Who Needs To Detox?

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I think I'm all set for the race tomorrow morning. I have to get up at 4:00 am :shock: in order to get downtown and catch a shuttle to the start. The race officially starts at 7:00 am (GMT -8) but I'm in wave 21 so I probably won't get started until around 8:00 am. If all goes well I'll be done by 10:30 am, or right about the time the UK is sitting down for dinner.

Raise a glass for me!
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Good luck Glenn. I'm running the Coventry Fun Run tomorrow. It's only 4.5 miles but there are obstacles all over the course - they are called children.
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I'm not sure if it's too late but: best of luck, Glenn, I hope you acheive your goal :wink:
KillerB wrote:Fun Run
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I took a half day from work yesterday and headed to the Lake District. My target was Helvellyn, being the third highest mountain in England and standing at 3,117ft. I had chosen the ascend via Striding Edge, a rocky knife-edged arete leading to a rocky scramble up to the summit ridge. This was my first time attempting anything as exposed and scary as this and it was with a great deal of trepidation that I set off from Glenridding on the banks of Ullswater.

Two hours later I had reached the summit and felt very brave :D

From the summit I abandoned my planned route (back down via Swirral Edge) and decided to go for a longer walk over the tops of White Side (2,831ft); Raise (2,897ft); Stybarrow Dodd (2,766ft); Green Side (2,608ft), and; Sheffield Pike (2215ft). This was a walk of 10 miles with 3,780ft of ascent and was completed in 6 hours.

Here are the pictures...
01 - Striding Edge from the blunt end.jpg
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02 - Looking back at Striding Edge.jpg
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03 - Red Tarn from the Scramble.jpg
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03a - The scramble to Helvellyn summit.jpg
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04 - Striding Edge from the Memorial.jpg
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Charlie fell to his death here in 1805. His faithful dog was found guarding his skeleton 3 months later. Was he guarding him or eating him? Who knows :-)
Charlie fell to his death here in 1805. His faithful dog was found guarding his skeleton 3 months later. Was he guarding him or eating him? Who knows :-)
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06 - Looking back at Striding Edge from the summit of Helvellyn.jpg
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07 - Looking down on Swirral Edge.jpg
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08 - Raise summit cairn with the western Fells behind.jpg
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09 - The western Fells from the summit of Raise.jpg
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10 - A reflection of the rarely spotted Cannae-take-apicture-assaurus trying to photograph some tadpoles at Sticks Pass.jpg
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11a - Looking west as the sun begins to fall.jpg
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12 - Stybarrow Dodd summit cairn.jpg
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12 - Sheffield Pike and Ullswater from Glencoyne Head.jpg
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13 - Catstycam with Helvellyn behind from west ridge of Sheffield Pike.jpg
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14 - Me on Sheffield Pike with Helvellyn in the background.jpg
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15 - Helvellyn from Sheffield Pike summit.jpg
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Thanks for the wishes. :)

Sadly, I started having joint problems in both knees and both hips during mile 7, so I had to struggle to finish. I *did* finish, though, so I'm happy about that.

I'd started out well and was actually a minute or two ahead of my planned pace, but my hips never really recovered from a nasty hill at the end of mile 5. Then my right knee started hurting which caused me to alter my gait, and that of course caused my left knee to start hurting. My hips continued to tighten up too, which meant that I could take very long strides. Over the last couple of miles people kept stopping and asking if I was okay, so I must have looked pretty bad.

Oh well, at least this means it will be easy to beat my time next year!
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Well done Glenn. Getting to te finish is the prime objective and the fact you did that through obvious pain and discomfort is credit to your determination. All you have to do now is keep running every day for 364 days until the gun goes off for next years race :wink: :D
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Ha! No, I'm going to take at least a week off while I drive to LA and back for a couple of Port tastings. I'll probably take a couple of weeks off, actually, in order to let the tendon strain in my left foot fully heal.

But I'll be back to running by mid-July because there's a 5k that I like to do in August and I have to be ready for that!
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I walked 7 miles and climbed 1,300ft in the Peak District this morning in 25 degree heat. Then it was home for a BBQ and then sat down to enjoy the football. I'm still not convinced that ball crossed the line :lol: :lol:
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DRT wrote:I'm still not convinced that ball crossed the line :lol: :lol:
That ball only failed to cross the line if you've had too much Port.
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Well done Glenn.

Got through the Fun Run. Turned out not to be 4.5miles at all, I suspect the woman that said 3.7miles was correct. It was blisteringly hot so I just jogged round in 32 minutes.
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Well I gave my foot 2 weeks to heal after the half marathon, but had barely started into a 4-mile casual run last Saturday when it started to hurt again. So I'm suspending running until I have a chance to talk to a sports medicine specialist and/or a foot doctor. :(
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My time has now arrived. At 12:00 today I will get in the car and begin the 350 mile drive to my starting point on the West Highland Way.

My training, which started at the end of January, has consisted of 45 walks covering 476 miles and ascending 98,333ft to the summits of 20 mountains above 3,000ft and twice as many smaller peaks. I didn't manage to hit my weightloss target but have shed 2 stone since the end of January and feel much fitter than I did back then. I think my calf muscles have put on about half a stone each :lol:

My WHW walk will cover 140 miles with around 28,000ft of ascent including five mountains over 3,000ft high and one over 4,000ft in 10 days. According to the long-range weather forecast there is a 60% chance of precipitation on almost every one of those 10 days :-(

I will not be back online after today until this challenge has been completed. I will also be in a completely Port-free zone for the entire trip!

See you all soon :wink:

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Day 1: wet
Day 2: wet
Day 3: wet
Day 4: wet
Day 5: wet
Day 6: wet
Day 7: wet
Day 8: more than likely going to be wet
Day 9: more than likely going to be wet
Day 10: more than likely going to be wet
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DRT wrote:Day 1: wet
Day 2: wet
Day 3: wet
Day 4: wet
Day 5: wet
Day 6: wet
Day 7: wet
Day 8: more than likely going to be wet
Day 9: more than likely going to be wet
Day 10: more than likely going to be wet
At least you don't have to worry about running short on water in your bottle. :P
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The weather improved towards the end of the week and we completed the task, apart from the two mountains we couldn't climb because of the threat of lightning on the summit. 140 miles and 20,000ft+ of ascent in 10 days. It was a brilliant experience and something I would recommend to anyone. To top it off I lost another 5lbs along the way despite eating like a horse and drinking every pint of wet stuff I could find 88)

My feet hurt.
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Congratulations, Derek!
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After 3 lazy months I finally pulled on the boots and made myself trudge up a big lump of rock last weekend. I couldn't have hoped for a better day in November. No wind or rain, blue sky on the way up and a stunning view from the frost-encrusted summit above the clouds...
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Perhaps the experience will inspire me to stop eating steak pies and get back into regular exercise? :roll:
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DRT wrote:After 3 lazy months I finally pulled on the boots and made myself trudge up a big lump of rock last weekend. I couldn't have hoped for a better day in November. No wind or rain, blue sky on the way up and a stunning view from the frost-encrusted summit above the clouds...
Schiehallion-Summit-Nov 2010.jpg
Perhaps the experience will inspire me to stop eating steak pies and get back into regular exercise? :roll:
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