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31 Dec
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6 |
Auld Lang Syne. |
56mins 02 |
Snowy and boggy! Came 182nd out of 386. |
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29 Dec
|
6 |
To the top of the fell and back. |
c. 59mins |
Still boggy and icy! Felt a lot better. |
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28 Dec
|
5 |
Road run round home. |
41mins |
Icy and dicey! “Interesting” road conditions to say the least. |
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26 Dec
|
6 |
To the top of the fell and back. |
c. 63mins |
Boggy and with snow drifts up to knee depth! So not a bad time after xmas exesses. |
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23 Dec
|
3 |
Hill reps. |
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Even the warm up was hard work in 10cm of snow!. |
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19 Dec
|
16 |
Leg 3 of the Bob Graham |
7 hrs |
Helping out with a Winter Bob Graham. Cold (very!) and snowy. |
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17 Dec
|
5.5 |
Night run up the fell. |
38mins 57 |
Came 15th (or as it’s commonly known - “Next to last”) about three minutes quicker than last year. |
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13 Dec
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5 |
Road run round home. |
41mins |
The roads are still wet! Just a bit faster than previous runs. |
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12 Dec
|
12.5 |
Out along the Pennine Way and back. |
2hrs 5mins |
Still boggy. Felt really hard work towards the end as I haven’t run this far off-road for ages. |
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10 Dec
|
9 |
Road run round home. |
c. 1hr 20mins |
Dry, coolish and dark. |
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8 Dec
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9.5 |
Road run round Ilkley. |
1hr 20mins |
Flat and fast reps! |
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6 Dec
|
5 |
Road run round home. |
c. 42mins |
Quite dark but felt pretty good even though I’m no quicker. |
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5 Dec
|
6 |
To the top of the fell and back. |
c. 60mins |
Slightly less boggy but still heavy going. |
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3 Dec
|
9 |
Road run round home. |
c. 1hr 20mins |
Dry for once but pretty breezy. Felt pretty good. |
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1 Dec
|
5 |
Road run round home. |
c. 42mins |
Semi-icy and pretty cold! |
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29 Nov
|
6 |
To the top of the fell and back. |
c. 62mins |
If I’d thought that it couldn’t get any boggier then I was wrong! Akin to running in treacle. |
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28 Nov
|
9 |
Road run round home. |
c. 1hr 16mins |
Nice and sunny. Felt pretty good. |
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26 Nov
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9 |
Road run round home. |
c. 1hr 20mins |
Windy, dark and cold but seemed a bit better running wise. |
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23 Nov
|
5 |
Road run round home. |
c. 41mins |
Wild and windy - the foretaste of a storm to come. |
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20 Nov
|
9 |
Road run round home. |
c. 1hr 25mins |
Pretty windy but most of the lying water seems to have gone. |
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17 Nov
|
3 |
Road run round home. |
c. 42mins |
Pretty windy and dark. |
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15 Nov
|
3 |
Road run round home. |
Dunno |
Finally the showers ended so I nipped out for a gentle jog round. |
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14 Nov
|
6 |
To the top of the fell and back. |
C. 58mins |
Again really, really wet underfoot. |
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11 Nov
|
3 |
Road run round home. |
Dunno |
Another dark night but a bit drier underfoot this time. |
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10 Nov
|
5 |
Road run round home. |
No idea |
Very dark and misty. |
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8 Nov
|
5 |
Road run round home. |
Dunno |
Still wet underfoot! |
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7 Nov
|
6 |
To the top of the fell and back. |
C. 58mins |
Mud! Glorious mud! Really, really wet underfoot. |
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4 Nov
|
5 |
Road run round home. |
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A night run. Very wet after all the heavy rain. |
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1 Nov
|
3 |
Road run round home. |
Don’t care! |
Really wild and windy! Just went for a gently jog to get the stiffness out of my legs. |
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31 Oct
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5 |
Road run round home. |
Don’t care! |
First run since my accident 8 weeks ago. Didn’t do too badly, but just so great to be doing something. |
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4 Sep
|
3 |
Hill run round home. |
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Very windy and very wet underfoot. |
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31 Aug
|
11 |
Out along the Pennine Way and back. |
1hr 43mins |
Very windy and quite humid. Not done anything of length for a while. |
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26 Aug
|
6 |
To the top of the fell and back. |
56mins |
A bit damp underfoot. |
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17 Aug
|
3 |
Hill run round home. |
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Not run for ages. |
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5 Aug
|
4 |
Hill reps round home. |
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Did a set of four but with a longer warm up. |
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2 Aug
|
9 |
Hill run round home |
1hr 20mins or so |
A warm day and long grass! |
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1 Aug
|
3.5 |
Hellifeld Gala |
34mins 22 |
Not done this race before - came 43rd out of 67 or so. |
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30 July
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4 |
Hill reps round home. |
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Did a set of six this time. |
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25 July
|
12 |
Out along the Pennine Way and back. |
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Underestimated the strength of the sun - ended up drinking out of a cattle trough! |
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21 July
|
5 |
Road run round home. |
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Not been on the roads for ages. |
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19 July
|
4 |
Run on Winter Hill |
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Supposed to go climbing but it was raining rather a lot so went for a run instead. |
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18 July
|
3 |
Hill run round home. |
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Same run as the other day - a bit wetter underfoot today though. |
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15 July
|
3 |
Hill run round home. |
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Hot and sweaty and some very high grass! |
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14 July
|
3.5 |
Hill reps round home. |
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Not done these for ages - just as hard as ever! |
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7 July
|
6 |
To the top of the fell and back. |
55mins or so |
Eventful! New shoes so some nice blisters plus I got “downed” by a cow. |
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30 June
|
6 |
To the top of the fell and back. |
55mins or so |
Warm and humid with some showers, the going was dry though. |
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24 June
|
6 |
To the top of the fell and back. |
55mins 02 |
Quite dry. A poor time - hardly doing any running doesn’t help. |
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18 June
|
6 |
To the top of the fell and back. |
Sub 60 mins |
Very windy! Took it easy - my knee began to ache towards the end. |
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13 June
|
15.2 |
Leg 3 of the Bob Graham. |
6hrs |
Supporting Simon Pearce on his BGR - he got round in under 22hrs! Was very mirky on the tops. |
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11 June
|
3.5 |
Run to the village, up the fell a bit and back. |
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Just a gentle jog to try and get my knee going. |
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7 June
|
11 |
The Mamores. |
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Supporting a Ramsay Round - didn’t go out to a couple of the outliers. |
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6 June
|
11 |
From Corrour Station to the Mamores. |
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Also went up Sgurr Eilde Mor and did a bit of wandering around. |
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2 June
|
6 |
To the top of the fell and back. |
53mins 20 |
Very dry and very warm! Felt like I hadn’t run for ages. |
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27 May
|
5 |
Road run round home. |
40mins 52 |
Thought I was going slowly and expected to be around 43 minutes. |
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21 May
|
6 |
To the top of the fell and back. |
55mins 50 |
Very boggy after the recent rain. Felt slow - not doing enough running! |
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18 May
|
3 |
Run to the village and back. |
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Just a gentle jog. |
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14 May
|
3 |
Run to the village and back. |
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Just a gentle jog to get the knees moving again after the race on Tuesday. |
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12 May
|
5.6 |
Jack Bloor race |
54mins 52 |
Thought I'd run faster than that! Still a nice race came 111th out of 218.
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9 May
|
6 |
To the top of the fell and back. |
55mins 45 |
Just took it steady though it was very windy. Quite slippy underfoot after the rain this afternoon. |
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6 May
|
3.5 |
Lothersdale fell race. |
32mins 10 |
Came 56th out of 119. Some photos from
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28 Apr
|
6 |
To the top of the fell and back. |
52mins 50 |
Just took it steady. Still dry underfoot but a bit damper in places after the rain. |
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24 Apr
|
6 |
To the top of the fell and back. |
51mins 31 |
Felt quite a bit better. Very dry underfoot. |
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21 Apr
|
3 |
Bunny Run. |
20mins 52 |
Came 113th out of 260 or so. First race as a V50! |
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17 Apr
|
6 |
To the top of the fell and back. |
52mins 32 |
Having not done anything for a while I wasn’t intending to go so quickly so quite encouraging. |
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17 Apr
|
3 |
Run to the village and back. |
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Actually feel like running again. |
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10 Apr
|
3 |
Run to the village and back. |
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First time since the weekend that I’ve felt like running. |
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5 Apr
|
25 |
Blubberhouses 25. |
4hrs 26mins |
Came 26th. Knees were really hurting from about the twenty mile mark. Doing OK up to then. |
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31 Mar
|
6 |
To the top of the fell and back. |
55mins 40 |
A bit slower because this is the old course I used to do. I was one minute slower to the top so it looks like five minutes difference between the two. |
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30 Mar
|
2 |
Run back home. |
20mins |
Got the train to a closer station so I didn’t have to run on roads! |
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28 Mar
|
11 |
Out along the Pennine Way and back. |
1hr 47mins |
Went the opposite way to my usual route, this is much hillier. Quite cold and pretty windy. |
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24 Mar
|
4.5 |
Run back home from work. |
39mins |
Very windy. |
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19 Mar
|
6 |
To the top of the fell and back. |
49mins 39 |
Pushed it quite a bit. Again quicker at each of my checkpoints. |
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17 Mar
|
6 |
To the top of the fell and back. |
50mins 25 |
Quicker all the way but didn’t gain much time on the descent. Felt good generally overall. |
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14 Mar
|
11 |
Out along the Pennine Way and back. |
1hr 36mins |
Again the hill reps doing me good - ran all the way. Very windy though. |
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11 Mar
|
6 |
To the top of the fell and back. |
52mins 27 |
Slower to the first climb but a minute quicker at the top. Didn’t lose time on the descent either. |
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9 Mar
|
4.5 |
Hill reps round home. |
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Did long reps this time with the aim of improving climbing stamina. |
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7 Mar
|
6 |
To top of the fell and back. |
53mins 46 |
Again quicker to the top of the first climb by nearly a minute but lost it by the top and got it back on the descent. Looks like I need climbing stamina now! |
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4 Mar
|
6 |
To top of the fell and back. |
54mins 21 |
Back to boggy again. Was quicker than previously to the top of the first climb but lost time after that. Still felt good though. |
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2 Mar
|
4 |
Hill reps round home. |
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A bit longer on the warm up circuit then four reps. |
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28 Feb
|
6 |
To top of the fell and back. |
53mins 49 |
The hill reps must be doing good! Felt quite comfortable all the way. |
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26 Feb
|
3 |
Hill reps round home. |
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A warm up circuit then four reps. |
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22 Feb
|
9 |
Fell run round home. |
1hr 26mins 57 |
A steady run - managed to run nearly all of the hills. |
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18 Feb
|
5.5 |
Beamsley Beacon night run. |
51mins 02 |
Was a bit disappointed with my time at first because I thought it was only a 4 mile run!
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16 Feb
|
6 |
To top of the fell and back. |
59mins 14 |
Back to boggy! :-( Felt a lot better though. |
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12 Feb
|
6 |
To top of the fell and back. |
61mins 11 |
Quite wild and very misty - I was as quick up as Tuesday but lost time on the descent. |
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10 Feb
|
6 |
To top of the fell and back. |
60mins 13 |
A nighttime run - still cold and icy, but quickest time to date. |
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8 Feb
|
6 |
To top of the fell and back. |
60mins 37 |
Quite snowy and icy. Ran it all again. |
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29 Jan
|
4.5 |
Run back from work. |
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Took it easy as my knees were still a bit sore from last night. |
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28 Jan
|
6 |
To top of the fell and back. |
63mins 40 |
Just as boggy but beginning to ice over. Another night run - managed to run all of this for the first time ever! May not have been fast but ... |
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27 Jan
|
5 |
Road run round home. |
43mins 08 |
Dark and murky. Didn't go too fast as I've had a bit of a cough. |
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23 Jan
|
6 |
To top of the fell and back. |
64mins 04 |
Can it get any boggier? Another night run. |
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21 Jan
|
4 |
Bowland night run. |
48mins 28 |
A bit wintry! Came tenth out of fifteen.
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18 Jan
|
12.5 |
Out along the Pennine Way and back. |
2hrs 7 mins |
Very windy with some wintry showers - fortunately the wind was on my back for the return. Really really boggy underfoot. |
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16 Jan
|
5 |
Road run round home. |
43mins 29 |
A bit windy but slow nonetheless. |
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14 Jan
|
5.5 |
Night run above Embsay. |
66mins 02 |
Managed to come 12th after a good proportion of the field got lost!
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12 Jan
|
6 |
To top of the fell and back. |
65mins |
What a difference a thaw makes! Did this at night, very boggy now. |
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10 Jan
|
9 |
Half Tour of Pendle. |
1hr 50mins |
Just a recce. Pretty chilly on top. |
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7 Jan
|
3.5 |
Hill reps round home. |
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Again at nighttime. A bit of warm up loop then five hill reps. |
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5 Jan
|
3.6 |
Night run on Ilkley Moor. |
46mins |
Cool and icy - quite a problem on the descents! Came 22nd
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4 Jan
|
6 |
Top of the fell and back. |
61mins 30 |
Cold and icy - at least it wasn't boggy! |
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2 Jan
|
3 |
Hill reps round home. |
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A nighttime run. A bit of warm up loop then four hill reps.. |