I will be 70 next Tuesday (18th) and to mark the occasion I am running up Ingleborough from Clapham, starting at 10am. If any wfdbwgua people would like to join me, it would be great to see you.
Thursday, January 13, 2022
Monday, January 03, 2022
Challenges for 2022
The New Year is with us so it is time to think about planning for some challenges over the coming 12 months.
I remember we discussed at the Autumn Equinox at the Rivington Bar & Grill about completing the Joss Naylor Challenge. For some of us it would be a first (TLoB, Carl, Lurdes? and me), for others (Ed), a revisit. Was Kev there and expressing an interest?
To my embarrassment, I have never even supported anyone on a JNC or BG, so it is new ground for me and although my limit is now a generous 24 hours, it is still a fair old challenge for someone who has had more than enough injuries over the last few years and is rubbish at descending. I prefer to minimise running in the dark so would want to complete in around 21 hours, a similar time to what I took over the Grand Raid Pyrenees 80k in 2014, which had a similar amount of climb although at higher altitude and with only just over 13 hours daylight.
Ideally I would be looking at a May or early June completion. How does this fit with others? Could we do over successive weekends to enable supporting each other. I know it's not encouraged but as Ed, TLoB have fairly similar pace, that may open up ideas. The same for Carl and Lurdes?
The former Mayoress and I have a week booked in the Newlands Valley in March so I hope to get some decent training in then, although not really close for recce, with a mix of bagging some Wainwrights, another challenge I have set myself. I hope that by then I will have recovered from my current injury (shoulder rotator cuff) which is not stopping me from running but means I am even more hesitant on uneven surfaces so I don't fall.
I have set the ball rolling. Responses please?
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