Week 44

Monday 14 December
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Tuesday 15 December
Gym after work
Normal routine, except gave in & did one of my shoulder press reps at 30lbs rather than 40 since it's been about 4 weeks since I last wne tot the gym. Made the mistake of scoffing two sheese twists before I went though, which made me feel like I needed to heave.
Also added some assisted pull ups at the end of the session.
Wedensday 16 December
Headed down the Nottingham climbing wall after work. Was nice to get there early before the crowds arrived. Challenging myself to climb alone - I managed 1 1/2 hrs :) Did about 20 boulder problems, up to Eng Trad 5a+ (strange grading system used at my local wall!)
Thursday 17 December
Run, 4 miles after work
Friday 18 December
Gym before work
Saturday 19 December
-
Sunday 20 December
Climbing

Week 43

Monday 7 December
Run 2 miles - including intervals along L'brough Rd
Tuesday 8 December
-
Wednesday 9 December
-
Thursday 10 December
Climbing @ the wall - lost so much finger strength :(
Friday 11 December
-
Saturday 12 December
Climbing @ The Works in Sheffield. Good session, did plenty of problems and caught my first proper dyno :)
Sunday 13 December
-

Week 42

Still convalescing. Allowed to run this week though, so

Thursday 3 December
4 mile run

that's all folks

Week 40

Monday 16 November
Run after work - try out my new neon pink hi vis vest. Smooth.
Tuesday 17 November
-
Wednesday 18 November
Climbing at the Wall in Nottingham - surprisingly unmotivated, probably due to impending laser eye surgery & subsequent weeks off that'll be required.
Thursday 19 November
Laser eye surgery - no action for a while.
Friday 20 November
-
Saturday 21 November
-
Sunday 22 November
-

Week 39

Monday 9 November
Short run before work, first ground frost. Took a while to warm up, but was enjoyable.
Tuesday 10 November
Gym after work. What a sweat fest - so many overheating people - morning as so much quieter.
Anyway, had a good work out, 35s on shoulder press and ab curls, 45s on chest press, 7s on free weights and 75 on ab machine. I think that the free weights are in kgs, the rest are in lbs.
Wednesday 11 November
Climb down the wall - did some nice new problems. Grades at the Nottingham wall are so arbritrary there's no point 'claiming' them - they need to sort that out!
Thursday 12 November
Lunchtime run, 3.5 miles. Down the river and back via the canal towpath. Started off too fast & had a stitch half the way round, must pace myself better.
Friday 13 November
-
Saturday 14 November
Climbing at the Edge, Sheffield with Claire. Led a few 5+s and a 6a, top roped a couple of 6as. Lost my tooth.
Sunday 15 November
Bouldering at Burbage North with Loz & Gareth. Did a few nice slabby problems, but was suffering from lack of interest and achey wrists.

Week 38

Monday 2 November
Run after work - about 4 miles
Tuesday 3 November
-
Wednesday 4 November
Climb down the wall - repeated a load of nice problems.
Ring training - wide push ups, jackknifes, pull ups
Core - fit ball sit ups, dorsal raises, left and right crunches
Thursday 5 November
-
Friday 6 November
Driving up to Northumberland after work
Saturday 7 November
Bouldering at Bowden Doors, did the lightbuld (F6a) and my project on scoopy block (F6b)
Happy to get my first F6b!
Did a few quality problems, and tried a few more. Lack of lunch severly affected afternoons power potential - must pay more attention to eating properly in the future.
Sunday 8 November
Rained in the morning, took L for a look round Kyloe in the Woods - just as impressed as I had thought he would be. There was definite dampness in the air, trees holding moisture so we didn't stay and climb. Ended up at Hepburn where I did a few easy problems but my last were suffering a bit from Saturday. Another place to revisit.

Week 37

Monday 26 October
Rest day

Tuesday 27 October
Gym before work

Wednesday 28 October
Climb @ the wall, nice and quiet, did some good problems

Thursday 29 October
Run before work - 4+ miles

Friday 30 October
Bouldering @ the wall, Fridays are best. Flashed some nice problems, completed a couple of mini projects.

Saturday 31 October
Rest day

Sunday 1 November
Climb @ the Edge, on sighted a 6a, did some nice 5s and 5+s. Tired myself out completly.

Week 36

Monday 19 October
too tired - rest day

Tuesday 20 October
Run - 3-4 miles, first night time run of the season, included motobikes on the river footpath.

Wednesday 21 October
Climbing @ the wall
Still tired from the weekend I think. Need to either treat the wall as a 'gym' ie get in get out training venue, or rediscover some psyche for the smeggy hell (might be impossible?)

Useful tip gained today from friend who is massively strong climber, on the inconsistency sometimes experience when training: we're not robots, travelling on a constant incline to massive power, some days we're up, some days we're down - performance changes.

Thursday 22 October
Gym - happy to report that I upped all me weights by at least 5kgs and still crushed.

Friday 23 October
Run before work - difficult to drag myself out into a dark dawn, but it was a great run once I got going. New playlist featuring punk rock. Frustrating MP3 player which does not know the meaning of 'random'. Need a new training player.

Saturday 24 October
Climbing @ the Edge in Sheffield. Led 6 routes, ranging 5 to 6a (or 6b?) So pumped, no stamia for long problems!

Sunday 25 October
Bouldering @ Burbage North & Higger Tor. Did about 7 problems, attempted 10. Fingers wailing, went through 3 tips!

Week 35

Monday 12 October
Climb @ the unit.

Tuesday 13 October
Run, about 4.5 miles?
Nice and steady, couldn've kept on truckin' for a whole while longer.

Wednesday 14 October
-

Thursday 15 October
Climb @ the wall

Friday 16 October
Gym before work - upped all my weights by 5lbs, still pretty do-able, will stick with this for a few weeks and add another 5lbs.
Side note: so many men at the gym over strain, and instead of using the eqipment to isolate and work certain muscle groups put their shoulders, back etc into bicep curls or something else. You need to lift lighter weights chaps.

Saturday 17 October
-

Sunday 18 October
Bouldering at the Plantation, Stanage, Derbyshire. Good temps, great friction - until it got too cold for comfort & we had to retreat indoors for cups of tea and cake.

Managed the grit rash my calf heel hooking on the 5+ overhanging traverse right next to the path to the Business boulder (Crozzle boulder?). Repeated a lot of stuff I've done before, but didn't tick anything else new.

Week 33

Monday 28 September

Gym quick session - 5 min run, basic weights routine, 5 min run


Taking it easy after biking on the weekend, and because this if first time back at the gym after 4 weeks off! How did that happen?!

Tuesday 29 September

Circuits

Wednesday 30 September
Run 4.5 miles. Stitch after about 3 miles, epic. From running too fast. Recovery after about 1/3 mile, and manage to run all the way home (wee, wee, wee...)

Thursday 1 October

Day off. Olives, jaffa cakes and pineapple juice for dinner.

Friday 2 October

Gym

Saturday 3 October
Bouldering at Roche Abbey in Yorkshire. Took a while to get into, but once there, good and knackering.

Sunday 4 October
-

Week 32

Monday 21 September
Climbing @ the wall - flashed a nice problem, but had very sore fingertips from the weekend


Tuesday 22 September
Went for a 3 mile run (am)


Wednesday 23 September
-


Thursday 24 September
Went for a 3 mile run (pm)


Friday 25 September
15 mins on tredmill (6mph)

(plus - 12 hr obs shift with NFRS)

Saturday 26 September
Mountain biking at Coed y Brenin - 10km


Sunday 27 September
Mountain biking at Coed y Brenin - 17km

Week 31

Monday 14 September
Run 3 miles

Tuesday 15 September
Ill and inactive

Wednesday 16 September
-

Thursday 17 September
-

Friday 18 September
Run 3 miles
(feeling a bit better, dosed up on vitamins)

Saturday 19 September
Bouldering @ the Plantation, Stanage
Ticked a 6a slabby problem on the business boulder, and a couple of other nice ones. Very hot day!

Sunday 20 September
Routes @ Bamford
Some classic VS 4cs. I didn't lead anything though.

Week 27

Monday 17 August
Climb @ the Unit. 2 hours. Trying a Font 6b problem, with a nice throw for a hold on the volume, will have that next time I go down.

Tuesday 18 August
-

Wednesday 19 August
Run, approx 2 miles. Death on a stick. Hill, massive stitch, overwhelming & unbeatable. Ended up walking, out for 30 minutes. Disaster. Resolve to run daily, short runs, with hills.

Loosing your fitness, so quickly, is so demoralising.

Thursday 20 August
Run (same route as yesterday). Not as bad this morning. 25 minutes (including a stop for a chat with someone I know). Almost got a stitch, but ran the whole way. It's becoming clear : hills kill me. More training required.

Side note: Since I started 'paying attention' to my gait & breathing, running has become harder. I can't not pay attention now though - even though it's hindering rather than helping things.

Friday 21 August
Run. 4 ish miles after work. Felt a little bit like I was going to get a stitch, but my slow plodding along seemed to assuage that. Felt a bit unworked afterwards. Need to push myself harder next time. Knee/shin giving a bit of jip though.

Saturday 22 August
Gym am. Normal routine, except 5 mins on treadmill & cross trainer before and after instead of 10 on treadmill at the start and 10 on crosstrainer at the end.
Also added some extra weights using the 12kg bar, just 2 sets of 8 curls and 2 sets of 8 shoulder presses.

Sunday 23 August
Bike ride, not far, probably 7 miles. Kite flying, deer stalking, pop drinking and lolly ice eating. Fun.

Week 25

Monday 3 August
Gym.

Tuesday 4 August
Run 4 ish miles


Wednesday 5 August
-


Thursday 6 August
-


Friday 7 August
-


Saturday 8 August
-


Sunday 9 August
Climbing @ Robin Hoods Stride in Derbyshire.
Quite warm & sunny for a grit day, but super nice non the less. Ticked a couple of 6a problems.

Week 24

Monday 27 July
-

Tuesday 28 July
Climbing @ the Wall, 2 hours. Ticked one of the problems I'd been working on. Took the younger sibling of a friend down with me, and climbed with her all evening. Super workout, we did loads of problems, just easier ones than normal.

Wednesday 29 July
Gym - workout felt too easy, which was a surprise after some time off. Will up the weights & distance next time.

Thursday 30 July
Climbing @ the Wall, 2 hours. Managed to do a nice problem in two parts, but failed to link them which was a shame. Also started on a new project on some little green holdes - need courage to pop for the next hand hold despite the slimy left foot I'm balancing on.


Friday 1 August
-


Saturday 2 August
Walking down the Strid, near Bolton Abbey. Rainy

Sunday 3 August
Climbing in Yorks, Colsterdate. Great views. Problems felt hard for the grade. Blame the heat.

Week 23

Monday 20 July
Gym before work - no tredmills so had to use the running simulator (which isn't the same as the cross trainer) very strange sensation.


Tuesday 21 July
Run 4 miles before work


Wednesday 22 July
-


Thursday 23 July
Climb @ the Wall.
Definitley missed my old callouses, finger tips were epicly sore!


Friday 24 July
? have forgotten if I did anything on Friday


Saturday 25 July
Headed to Sutton-on-Sea/Sandilands for a day of surfing, however the swell forgot to turn up, so it was mostly a day of relaxing in the sun.


Sunday 26 July
Climbing @ the Wall, felt better & stronger than on Thursday. Finger tips had recovered slightly! Also did some core & rings exercises.

Week 22

Monday 13 July
-


Tuesday 14 July
Suffering from a bit of malaise recently. Not as much motivation to train, maybe because I know I've passed my ladder lift now, and can relax for a couple of days. Must remind self that it's ok to have 'down time'. Dragged self out of bed early this am to head to the gym, but no clean sports bra available, so will have to see if I can revisit that motivation after work this eve. If not gym then a run - more fun. Better sound track.


Task -
Outline training plan for the rest of the week in red
Record actual training in black


gym pm
Gym @ 5:30


Wednesday 15 July
run am
Ran 3ish miles, early start, big hill, very tired.

Thursday 16 July
climb
Fingerboard session - 1 hour ish
Gym for 30 min session, slightly contracted run time & no free weights

Friday 17 July
gym
-

Saturday 18 July
climb
Run, 4 miles ish. Not my best time. Must run more - so out of shape.

Sunday 19 July
-

Week 21

Monday 6 July
Gym


Tuesday 7 July
Gym


Wednesday 8 July
Run - 4.3 miles


Thursday 9 July
-


Friday 10 July
-


Saturday 11 July
-

Sunday 12 July
Climbing @ Stanage Plantation. Grit stone ragged my finger tips. Ticked a problem that had been hanging over me for a while, and a nice thuggy overhanging problem with a great flake.

But went home unsatisfied.

Finding it frustrating that my progress isn't faster. I started climbing 'properly' 10 months ago, but I feel set-back by my girly physique. Not nessescarily rational - I am SO much stronger than I was 10 months ago, and I'm comparing myself the some of the biggest beasts in the county, nay country, when it comes to my climbing friends. Focus on the + and don't let one day's frustration & self-doubt take that away.

Week 20

Monday 29 June
Gym


Tuesday 30 June
Gym


Wednesday 1 July
Run - 4 miles.
First longer run in a while, felt kinda hard in the heat. Satisfying to complete though!

Thursday 2 July
Gym

Friday 3 July
Gym


Saturday 4 July
Sport climbing @ Harper Hill.
Uncorroborated reports suggest there were a couple of French 6a+ and a 6b completed.
There may have been some hanging about and resting on the rope though.


Sunday 5 July
-

Week 18

Monday 15 June
Run - can't remember how far

Tuesday 16 June
Climbing @ the wall - 2 hours
Intervals training run, 2-3 miles

Wednesday 17 June
?

Thursday 18 June
Climbing @ the wall - 2 hours ish (flashed 5b UK)

Friday 19 June
Dancing the night away...

Saturday 20 June
-

Sunday 21 June
-

(? forgotten what I did this week really)