Week 11

Monday 27 April
Wii fit. Apparently my 'Wii Fit age' is 37. This is not good news, I'm 26. Will have another go and report back on (hopefully) drastic age loss.


Tuesday 28 April
Climbing wall 2 1/2 hours

Wednesday 29 April
Climbing @ Trent Bridge. Very fingery.
Ran down (1 mile) climber for about 1/2 hour before everyone decamped to pub.
1 pint, ran home.

Thursday 30 April
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Friday 1 May
Drove up to Northumberland


Saturday 2 May
Routing at Bowden doors - 5 routes, VS-HVS.
Bouldering at Back Bowden Doors - got first 6a outside. Traverse, flashed.

Sunday 3 May
Kyloe Crag, routing. 4 routes HS-HVS. Led a S.
Kyloe in the woods, messed about on a 6b undercling traverse, Funs, but too battered to do anything.

Week 10

Torridon for the week.

• Two Munros
• Some bouldering (engage the fingertips)
• More walking
• A bit of slacklining (including an 'almost' turn)
• 4 mile run (crush!)
• Tendon pain in the left knee
• Epic travelling
• Some overeating
• A lot of tiredness.

Week 9

Monday 13 April

Slacklining for a couple of hours with V&M

Tuesday 14 April

Run, 3.5 miles. Flipping stitch again. Even after I made a special effort to concentrate on breathing, and trying to run sower. I think they may be linked to dehydration?

Wednesday 15 April

Climb down the Unit, 2-2.5 hours. 1/2 time spent on 15o, other half at 30o. Managed to do several warm ups on the 30o angle. Callouses hurt from the holds though. Endurance core workout. Amazingly no stomach muscle ache the day afterwards.

Thursday 16 April

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Friday 17 April

Run: 3.5/4 miles. Made sure I ran slower this time, which paid off. Easily cruised the distance, no stitches or breathlessness - had more 'go' left at the end of the run (shame I had jobs to do so couldn't really push it). Pretty pleased with that.

Saturday 18 April

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Sunday 19 April

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Week 8

Monday 6 April
Climbing wall, 2 hours. Knackered with sore fingers. Didn't get much done - no new ticks. Did some lock off and off set pull up training on the rings.

Tuesday 7 April
3.5 mile run after work. Still knackered.

Wednesday 8 April
Climbing @ the unit. 2.5 hours. Lock off and pull through practice. Exclusive use of tiny footholds. Felt strong!

Thursday 9 April
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Friday 10 April
Climbing @ the wall, 3 hours ish. Nothing particular to report.

Saturday 11 April
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Sunday 12 April
3.5 mile run. Epic stitch - I hate getting stitches.

Week 7

Monday 30 March
Climbing @ the wall. 2 1/2 hours
Also did some rings - pull ups, off set pull ups, lock offs.

Tuesday 31 March
3 mile run after work in new trainers. Very happy with them. Up and Running, Nottingham get my vote for service.
Came home and did some pull up training - 3 sets of 5 reps assisted pull ups (both grips).
3 sets of 2 reps pull ups

Wednesday 1 April
Eye appointment - not sure if I'll be able to climb

Thursday 2 April
3.5 mile run after work. Possibly ran a bit too fast. Stitch 3/4 way round. Felt good though.
40 push ups (sets of 10)
50 sit ups (sets of 10)

Friday 3 April
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Saturday 4 April
Boudlering @ Brimham Rocks in Yorksshire. Fairly hungover (a habit I need to break out of) but felt strong. Nearly latched a 5+ I was trying - frustrated I didn't just lob for the top.

Sunday 5 April
Slacklining in Roundhay Park. 5 steps! Success!

Week 6

Monday 23 March

no climbing or running - sore fingers from the weekend, sore feet from the weekend.


Tuesday 24 March

some pull ups - easily doing reps of 2 pull ups unassisted now :) Did rep of 3 today.


Wednesday 25 March

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Thursday 26 March
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Friday 27 March
climbing @ the Unit. Practicing lock offs and reach throughs. Got some new problems using the wooden holds.


Saturday 28 March
cycled around, into town etc.

Sunday 29 March
routes @ High Ned end of Stanage. First time I've actually roped up at that crag! Did some nice VS, HS and HVS's. Frustrated when I fell off the crux on a HVS 5b. Should've done that easily. Need to improve my route reading skills.

Week 5

Monday 16th March

Climbing @ the wall - 2 1/2 hours , success on the stepped overhang with the yellow & blacks. Too tired after that to get the pink and black though - much brushing required of the smeggy holds. Also ticked the green crimpy problem on the slab (with inclusion of ledge and 1 extra hold that some might have said was out...)

Tuesday 17th March

5 mile run - excellent, playlist was perfect. Felt super psyched.
Only issue is with my trainers. Even with tape on the arches of my feet the insoles are still rubbing and causing blisters. Need to investigate some new trainers if am going to up my mileage.

Wednesday 18th March

Pull ups training:
6 reps of 5 assisted pull ups - 3 of each grip
got quite bored...

Thursday 19th March

5 mile run (a treat saved from yesterday)
Decided to do it without the insoles in because had run out of foot tape - not going to do that again. Knees feeling ok now, but drastically reduced my technique/style. Felt like I was lumbering along.

Did some core and push ups while neighbours was on ;)

Friday 20th March

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Saturday 21st March

Climbing @ Burbage South. Very unfulfilling. Didn't get any of the (harder) problems I tried on the sheep or the tank. Went through 1 tip and was critical with 4 others. Left feeling shitty.

Sunday 22nd March

Went for a run, slightly longer than the usual. Stupid new taping system didn't work (note to self, revert to old system).
Did some pull up training:
* 3 sets of 2 pull ups unassisted.
* 6 sets of 5 pull ups assisted (both grips).