47 Days and counting...

...and today is nearly over.

So in less than 7 weeks me and +Beccy Fairbank  are doing the Yorkshire 3 Peaks. Yikes!

Preparation, preparation, preparation!

So back in November we decided that on my birthday this year we were going to climb the Yorkshire 3 peaks. Now at the time it seemed like a lifetime away (one of my first posts was titled "222 days to go") but now it is getting close. Very close. Too close.

We have been building fitness and stamina by jogging 3 times a week and walking every couple of weeks through the winter months. I've had several 'injuries' on the way - see previous blogs - but keep bouncing back. However at the moment I have not done a good jog for nearly 2 weeks - lots of aches and pains preventing this. And after an 8 mile walk on flat ground yesterday, my knee is giving me great pain today.

Part of me wants to go back to November and start again, knowing what I do now about doing too much exercise, not having the right trainers, warming up / cooling down etc. But its too late. We're here and the day is approaching rapidly.

My current plan is to try jogging again this week with the goal of reaching 5k a couple of weeks before we go (I was up to around 4.5k just before Easter, but it has been nearly 3 weeks since I've run anything more than about 2k)

Plan B, if jogging is still hurting too much in a week, is to give up!

Not the whole thing, just the jogging. But I really think the stamina of running 5k on the flat will help us getting up those 3 peaks.

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Bye for now

M

One step forward, two steps back...

So at the beginning of December I was running Week 3 of the C25K schedule, and running it quite well. So well in fact I think I pushed myself too far by running a couple of days without rest, and trying to move on to the next phase too soon.

After nearly 3 weeks of calf, ankle, foot, knee pains I cannot run the week 3 schedule! Week 3 is 90 seconds run, 90 seconds rest, 3 mins run, 3 mins rest, then repeat (with 5 min warm up / cool down at each end). I did the first 90 seconds, but after 2 minutes of the 3 I was shattered and in pain. After the rest I managed 90 seconds again, but only about a minute of the final 3.

And as I sit here writing this, my ankle is throbbing! Not a happy bunny.

+Beccy Fairbank is sprinting (well jogging) ahead. She managed 8 mins jog, 5 rest, and 8 jog a couple of times this week. Well done!

Plan of action is to be able to do the week 3 plan - hopefully on Sunday and Tuesday, before moving back onto week 4 - which I was 90% capable of doing 2 weeks ago!

Despite this set back, we are still on track to be able to do the Yorkshire 3 Peaks in the summer of 2014, as long as I get get rid of these aches ASAP.