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Saturday Apr 10, 2021 #
10 AM
Specific Endurance 3:50:46 [2] 40.06 km (5:46 / km) +1221m 5:00 / km
slept:6.5 shoes: EVO Speedgoat
Short night sleep with an early start. Up at half 5 and on the road for 6 to get up to Kinlochleven. Didn’t feel too tired this morning so a good enough sleep but legs felt a little stiff. No niggles or issues from yesterday which was good. Absolutely stunning day and although cold it was perfect conditions. Roads were gloriously quiet and through the whole of Glencoe I only saw one bus! That never happens. Was grazing in the car on the way up to get some calories in.
Wasn’t sure what to expect today after a bit of a strange one yesterday and first bigger back to back since last summer. Legs responded brilliantly and was pretty surprised how quickly I set into a good rhythm. Didn’t feel much doms or stiffness and if anything, the climbs felt stronger today than yesterday. Surprising but I’m pleased.
Started at Bridge of Orchy and ran down the hill from the station before climb number 1 of the day. Felt really comfortable and good to settle in. Got a gel in at the top before the descent and ran down the other side. Again feeling pretty good. Round the road and onto Rannoch Moor for some steady climbing and up and over to Glencoe. Was moving well at this point and cruising, if anything a little too fast but felt comfortable. Hit 3 gels and hour for the first two hours and managed to time it well to fit in with the course. After 2hrs my legs started feeling a bit of fatigue from yesterday - nothing that would slow me but just a dull tiredness that I became aware of.
Over the road from Glencoe and along the trail to the foot of the Devil’s Staircase. This section felt like a bit of a grind. Don’t think I slowed much but legs were complaining. Made sure to get gels in before the climb and had 2 along this section.
I absolutely ripped the Staircase a new one today (relatively speaking!!). I’m not sure where it came from but I wanted to put in a bit of an effort to test how my legs would respond and they did. Ran the first half and then hiked/ran the rest. Really pleased with this given that climbing yesterday felt like a struggle. No idea where this came from but good to know. Gel at the top and then about a 9k downhill section into Kinlochleven. Quads and knees were complaining a bit with the sustained descent but got down okay and along the road. Caffiene gel before the last climb.
The climb out of Kinlochleven went okay to begin with but started to feel the fatigue from the runs and turned into a bit of a trudge. Not the worst but did feel I faded a bit. Turned and ran back down to the car and a really satisfying run and a good back to back.
Nutrition Summary
500ml water
350ml Active Root (25g)
8x Gel100 (200g)
1x Caf100 (25g)
1x Spring Long Haul (15.5g)
*forgot to pack salt tabs this morning. Got away with it as it was cooler. No nausea today. Seemed more dialled in and stuck to the plan.
ALSO - biggest week ever for me and feeling good...if a little weather beaten and sunburnt!
Wasn’t sure what to expect today after a bit of a strange one yesterday and first bigger back to back since last summer. Legs responded brilliantly and was pretty surprised how quickly I set into a good rhythm. Didn’t feel much doms or stiffness and if anything, the climbs felt stronger today than yesterday. Surprising but I’m pleased.
Started at Bridge of Orchy and ran down the hill from the station before climb number 1 of the day. Felt really comfortable and good to settle in. Got a gel in at the top before the descent and ran down the other side. Again feeling pretty good. Round the road and onto Rannoch Moor for some steady climbing and up and over to Glencoe. Was moving well at this point and cruising, if anything a little too fast but felt comfortable. Hit 3 gels and hour for the first two hours and managed to time it well to fit in with the course. After 2hrs my legs started feeling a bit of fatigue from yesterday - nothing that would slow me but just a dull tiredness that I became aware of.
Over the road from Glencoe and along the trail to the foot of the Devil’s Staircase. This section felt like a bit of a grind. Don’t think I slowed much but legs were complaining. Made sure to get gels in before the climb and had 2 along this section.
I absolutely ripped the Staircase a new one today (relatively speaking!!). I’m not sure where it came from but I wanted to put in a bit of an effort to test how my legs would respond and they did. Ran the first half and then hiked/ran the rest. Really pleased with this given that climbing yesterday felt like a struggle. No idea where this came from but good to know. Gel at the top and then about a 9k downhill section into Kinlochleven. Quads and knees were complaining a bit with the sustained descent but got down okay and along the road. Caffiene gel before the last climb.
The climb out of Kinlochleven went okay to begin with but started to feel the fatigue from the runs and turned into a bit of a trudge. Not the worst but did feel I faded a bit. Turned and ran back down to the car and a really satisfying run and a good back to back.
Nutrition Summary
500ml water
350ml Active Root (25g)
8x Gel100 (200g)
1x Caf100 (25g)
1x Spring Long Haul (15.5g)
*forgot to pack salt tabs this morning. Got away with it as it was cooler. No nausea today. Seemed more dialled in and stuck to the plan.
ALSO - biggest week ever for me and feeling good...if a little weather beaten and sunburnt!