Nick
I've decided to take the weekend off. I feel tired and lack motivation. Normally I can't wait to get out of the door and run. But today and yesterday I have just not felt it. I guess at ... read more
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- http://nearlyshoeless.com
- Miles:
- 1783 total / 627 in 2013
- Goal:
Running the equivalent vertical of 12 Mount Everest this year. A sprinkling of mountain races, short ones, medium sized and long. All friend requests accepted
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great Home to Cap Blanc Summit via ... 7.34 mi 01:42 13:53 pace
Vertical : 927 metres
Altitude : 1195 metresRan at an easy pace, taking my time and stopping now and again to admire the awesome views of the mountains, forest and nature. Saw a fox on top of th... read more
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good quick lunchtime 5 miler 5 mi 00:55 11:00 pace
Just a quickie. Felt good didn't push hard. Did have a strange nose bleed half way along.
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good La Tour - Col de Camil - retu... 6.79 mi 01:30 13:15 pace
Vertical : 600 metres
Warm up for about 10 minutes, followed by steady up hill running for about 30 mins, after which I hiked a little then ran last half mile of climb to the col. Decided to go v... read more
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Action shot of the "water crossing" from Sunday's race! Should've ran through it like I would do normally - that plank caught me a bit off guard!
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good RACE - The Trail de Dalou. 8.12 mi 01:14 09:06 pace
Vertical : 642 metres.
http://www.sport09.com/course_a_pied/trail_de_dalou_2013.htmlFirstly I was pleasantly surprised at the starting pace, a lot slower than what I normally do, I could see t... read more
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Nice Job:
Good report! Sounds like a good performance, too.
7 days ago
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Nice run Nick - "steep undulating" is my favourite kind of route :)
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Thanks guys. Just found out that my placing was 45, out of 234. I'm happy with that. I feel like I could have squeezed a bit more out of myself on a better day though.
6 days ago • Like
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Actually I was 46th, but I did beat the first women for once! Annnd no one with poles passed me ;)
6 days ago • Like
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great Forest trail. Easy loop via ... 5.31 mi 00:51 09:31 pace
Vertical : 487 metres
Pacier fartlek style run, went steady on hills up to Becq then recovered slightly and walked the steeper bit that comes out in a field. I ran everything from there on pickin... read more
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great Forest trails. (Micou loop, w... 7 mi 01:17 11:00 pace
Vertical : 613 metres
Max Altitude : 895 metres.Nice easy start, jogging slowly and walking the initial climb. Picked up pace on the first descent and section around waterfall. Then ran the res... read more
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alright Hill-tervals. La Tour to Col... 7.26 mi 01:21 11:09 pace
Vertical: 655 metres
Max Alt: 1107 metresStarted off with a 20 minute warm up then managed 3 reps of 2 mins running hard and 1-2 mins recovery hiking before realising that today was not the day t... read more
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great 20 mile Time trial. 21 mi 03:57 11:17 pace
Vertical: 1751 metres.
Max Altitude: 1000 metres.Started off strong so decided to carry on with the initial good feeling and see how fast I could bust out this 20 mile route. The split for 10 m... read more
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good La Pouge - Col de Camil (loop) 6.13 mi 01:14 12:04 pace
Vertical : 562 metres. Max Altitude: 1099 metres. Great lunch time run, shame my MP3 ran out of juice as I was enjoying the motivating tunes. Ran most of the route save the last mile or so of... read more
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alright La Tour - Becq - Micou, fores... 5.75 mi 01:11 12:20 pace
Vertical : 498 metres. I Didn't feel like running but pushed myself out of the door and told myself to see how far I felt like going. I ended up surprising myself pushing quite hard up the ... read more
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Total vertical last week : 3175 metres. Pleased to get back to a 40 mile week. Will probably try a couple of faster workouts next week - more races are on the horizon.
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great La Tour to Col de Camil 7.26 mi 01:29 12:15 pace
Vertical 600 metres. Warm up 8.50 minutes of walking (included in above time and distance)
Nice run/hike up to the col, which is still full of snow. Got to the top in 59 minutes then back home in... read more -
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good Big almost 16 mile loop, with... 15.82 mi 03:08 11:53 pace
Vertical : 1254 metres. Max Altitude: 1092 metres. Didn't warm up as I intended a nice slow distance, but immediately felt that this run could be taken a bit quicker than usual (yes 11.53 i... read more
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great La tour - Micou - Becq - La t... 5.63 mi 01:12 12:47 pace
Vertical: 498 metres Max altitude 894 metres. Walked for 5-6 minutes then mostly ran everything with some small amounts of hiking on the steep to keep my breathing in check. Nice steady pace thr... read more
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great Col de Marrou - Pic de Fontfr... 8.18 mi 03:00 22:00 pace
Vertical: 606 metres. Hike with Delphine and Cat. Mostly quite slow, but I ran a few times. We stopped quite often, to enjoy the view, and rest in the sun. I ran the last section of climb - a ... read more
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good Road/Trail around village 3.5 mi 00:38 10:51 pace
Vertical : 217 metres Including 4 minute walk. Quick one around village, hitting the first part of the trail up in woods. Left knee still slightly niggly.
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Vertical total for the week... 3122 metres. Pleased with this and very happy with my gradual build up of miles. I hoping that I'll hit the low to mid forties next week with about the same am... read more
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great High forest tracks and trails... 9.6 mi 02:12 13:45 pace
Vertical: 824 metres. Max Altitude 1004 metres. We warmed up with 15 minutes of hiking before running a little then hiking the next steep section. The rest of the loop was a mix of easy running... read more
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Nice!
about 5 hours ago • Like