Resurrection

That was the most brutal, spectacular weekend I've ever had.  Definite type 2 fun. My legs and feet are battered.  I keep falling asleep and I can't wait to do it again!  What the hell is wrong with me? I traveled the hour and a half to the start on the bus with Paul.  It was really good to get tips from him, like "don't start too hard".  Although I'm not sure why I was listening to someone who does a 50 mile run race six days after an ironman.  The bloke's a legend! We started at 11:45 from Dalemain.  This section is a 3-4mile loop.  It starts uphill!  I took it really easy and jogged this.  It was really hot and its so easy to wreck the entire day by starting too hard.  After the Dalemain estate we headed to Pooley bridge and up the fells.  I ran most of the way to the first check point at Howetown.  About 10.5miles of narrow rocky trail, with fantastic views of Ullswater.  We then had to wait 30mins in a line to fi...

Calf injury has cleared up. Back is a bit niggly and I’m in full on taper mode. 2 days until the Lakeland 50 Nervous and excited!

Didn’t write about the Lakesman half. No idea why.  It went well. 5:36 total 35min swim  3hr bike 1:50 run Long transitions!   Then spent a week running mountains in the lakes. All good.  Got home and strained my left calf jogging. Not so good. I haven’t run now for two weeks. Missed my biggest training weeks and I’m starting to freak out. 13 days until the ultra. It’s healing but the lack of fitness is going to hurt Planning to start running in another 5-6 days. Fingers crossed! Oh and I’ve ordered a new bike and entered Lakesman full next year!