Thursday, 18 July 2019
Eiger.... Here we are....
This is it, what all the fuss is about, hopefully be running around here in a couple of days time!!!! The Eiger!!!!! 
Wednesday, 17 July 2019
Tuesday, 9 July 2019
Eiger ultra trail 2019
After reading plenty of stories about climbing attempts on the Eiger, with all the obsession and mystery involved, I cannot believe we are going out there to explore.
The event is staging multiple race lengths, including a Trail Surprise race which good friend Roz is entering. The surprise being that the course length and profile is only released three days before the event. Good luck on that one, fair Rosalina.
My race starts the following day. The profile looks more like a child's zigzag drawing, than an actual achievable profile. The hardest part will be (getting to and then) leaving the half way checkpoint. To start the whole climbing again after that length of time out on the course, will be quite a play on your mind. If I can get past that point, I'll be pleased.
Have a done enough hillwork for this? Have I done enough squats at the gym, attended enough core training sessions, eaten enough protein bars....? My legs look as skinny as ever and my quads do not look much bigger than when I first started training for this.
I want to plod, and I want to complete, within the race limits.
Aaaaaahhhhhh....
The event is staging multiple race lengths, including a Trail Surprise race which good friend Roz is entering. The surprise being that the course length and profile is only released three days before the event. Good luck on that one, fair Rosalina.
My race starts the following day. The profile looks more like a child's zigzag drawing, than an actual achievable profile. The hardest part will be (getting to and then) leaving the half way checkpoint. To start the whole climbing again after that length of time out on the course, will be quite a play on your mind. If I can get past that point, I'll be pleased.
Have a done enough hillwork for this? Have I done enough squats at the gym, attended enough core training sessions, eaten enough protein bars....? My legs look as skinny as ever and my quads do not look much bigger than when I first started training for this.
I want to plod, and I want to complete, within the race limits.
Aaaaaahhhhhh....
Eiger ultra trail 2019
As the excitement of the lakeland trail race starts to ebb, it is replaced with this. Next week, I get to fly out to Switzerland with a couple of friends, to attempt the Eiger Ultra trail.
Oh. My. Word.
This trip has been months in the plotting and planning. I have wanted to see the Eiger for a long long time. Get to run there? You have got to be kidding, I cannot believe my luck.
This event looks so hard, to me, that I wasn't going to apply for it. But, dreams should be big. It is 100k with 6,700m overall elevation. That is an humungous amount of up.
Oh. My.
On the Ultra Trail World Tour series. It looks phenomenal, out of this world
Oh. My. Word.
This trip has been months in the plotting and planning. I have wanted to see the Eiger for a long long time. Get to run there? You have got to be kidding, I cannot believe my luck.
This event looks so hard, to me, that I wasn't going to apply for it. But, dreams should be big. It is 100k with 6,700m overall elevation. That is an humungous amount of up.
Oh. My.
On the Ultra Trail World Tour series. It looks phenomenal, out of this world
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