Saturday, September 07, 2013
Ready For The Gritstone Grind??
I have the Gritstone Grind tomorrow... this is an event organised by Rich and the guys from Beyond Marathon. It's basically the 35 miles of the Gritstone Trail in a day- hills and all.
I entered this event months ago, reasoning that this would give me loads of time to get really fit... yeah right!!
I have been training and have been doing hill work in the past few weeks but I think we always feel we should have done more... I had a bit of a hiatus whilst my Dad and Step mum stayed with me for a few weeks in August and came down with a virus last week so things have been a little sporadic.
There is a 12 hour time limit, which gives an average pace of 2.9 mph but of course the hills will have an impact. I will aim to settle into a nice easy (slow) run, run the flats and downhills and walk the uphills. With luck it shouldn't be too muddy!
Here goes...
I entered this event months ago, reasoning that this would give me loads of time to get really fit... yeah right!!
I have been training and have been doing hill work in the past few weeks but I think we always feel we should have done more... I had a bit of a hiatus whilst my Dad and Step mum stayed with me for a few weeks in August and came down with a virus last week so things have been a little sporadic.
There is a 12 hour time limit, which gives an average pace of 2.9 mph but of course the hills will have an impact. I will aim to settle into a nice easy (slow) run, run the flats and downhills and walk the uphills. With luck it shouldn't be too muddy!
Here goes...
Labels: Gritstone Grind, Gritstone Trail
