Hill running (walking) in February Written on February 28, 2010, by andys.
Yesterday’s training run in the Ochils Hills ended up being an outing of approximately 2 and a quarter hours during which time Joe (my brother) and I covered about 7 miles… Is this good training? How many miles does it count as for the training diary (what’s the hill/snow mileage adjustment formula)?!
In any case I [...]
2010 here we come! Written on February 18, 2010, by annaf.
After 2 months in the Himalayas with just two snowfalls above 5000m we were treated to a wintry UK on our return. Snowman making in London at 3am was of course the normal thing to do and arriving back in Wrexham we went in search of our van which was buried under snow. A quick [...]
Vertical Stair Racing, Milano Written on February 7, 2010, by Tim.
That’s not what Anna and myself were thinking the morning of the races!
Anna, Ricky and myself travelled to Milano for the 1st stair race in the World Vertical Sprint series. There were 2 races the Pirelli building 31 floors, 710 steps, elevation 127m – Altra Sede building 39 floors, [...]
Cross Country and injuries! Written on January 29, 2010, by johnh.
Last Saturday, whilst Ricky, Natalie and Anna were enjoying the delights of Milan, Rob Hope and myself were both flogging ourselves around a muddy Witton Park in Blackburn at the North of England Cross Country Championships. Both representing our athletics club, Pudsey and Bramley, we both finished in very respectable positions (especially considering it is [...]
My first post…. Written on January 12, 2010, by Tim.
I thought I would take 5 mins to put something together for the website…
Well 2009 is over and thank goodness – didn’t like that year – certain parts were fun and exciting, but other parts were not!
The end of 2009 saw me have a kidney infection, nasty reaction to the antibiotics, cold, stomach bug and [...]
Goddess Of Abundance – Circuit to ABC Written on December 29, 2009, by matt.
Anna and Gil’s Nepal adventure continues…
6am, steaming hot fresh cinnamon rolls awaited us at the ‘tourist’ bus park in Pokhara. 4-hours of gravel bumpy roads in a ‘tin’ bus later we arrived at the start of the Annapurna Circuit trek. At 800m altitude we were surrounded by jungle, orange and banana trees and the warmth [...]
Winter mountain biking Written on December 13, 2009, by andys.
Whist three or four million people in the Scottish Central Belt sat under a thick blanket of water vapour, Tom and I took to the hills on what was probably the best mountain biking conditions you could possibly hope for.
As we climbed out of Dollar and past the castle we entered another world from that [...]
Anna’s diary – 2 weeks to E-Day! Written on December 9, 2009, by matt.
Namche Bazar (3440m) to Gorak Shep (5160m) 2-Week Acclimatization
I joined the Everest Marathon “Red Team” in Namche Bazar who welcomed me as the other kiwi in a mixture of great people from all backgrounds of life, running, ages and cultures.
From Namche we had 2 weeks until race day, enough time to acclimatize to the high [...]
Anna Frost smashes Everest Marathon record on her way to historic win Written on December 8, 2009, by matt.
After months of preparation towards this year’s goal in Nepal, the 2009 Commonwealth and 2008 World Mountain Running Grand Prix champion Anna Frost has smashed the Everest Marathon record (formerly held by team-mate Angela Mudge). However, Anna had a tough start to her 2009 season. After some early knee problems the decision was taken to [...]
anna frost: running himalayas – episode 2 Written on November 21, 2009, by matt.
episode one documented their arrival in the nepal region, and the mamche bazaar. in episode two of frosty’s epic trip to this years everest marathon she talks about her’s and gil’s (matt gilbert) continued ‘acclimatisation’, the introduction of porter raj, plenty of sun and…snow!
after a nice rest day in namche topping up on treats we [...]