Alright so I haven't done much, but Richard wants it up here, so basically while I was in cambridge I went sculling twice (bout an hour) and running twice both an hour, don't like erging if I can avoid it. In germany I went running once for 45minutes, then it was too icy by the time I got up the next day (i could barely walk on the stuff let alone run) then the day after I got ill, until more or less the last day. It's a bit shit I know sorry but I'm going to do lots more this term. After all I don't want to be religated to MPoo.
C
Monday, January 12, 2009
Last few weeks...
I didn't manage to do much, and things got a bit crazy in my last week at home. But Richard said he wanted any un-blogged training, so...
27/12 Outing
29/12 10k
03/01 Outing
04/01 Outing
07/01 10k
I think there might have been another erg, but i can't remember. Not much i know, but better than nothing.
27/12 Outing
29/12 10k
03/01 Outing
04/01 Outing
07/01 10k
I think there might have been another erg, but i can't remember. Not much i know, but better than nothing.
Monday, January 05, 2009
Rob Raine
I trained in College up until the 18th, have been hill-running at home only since my rowing club hasn't been up to much, bad weather etc. 11/12 2km 7:29.5, 13/12 80mins 17700m, 15/12 30mins@rate24 7435m, 17/12 5km@rate26 19:13.2, 18/12 2km 7:22.4. See you soon, Rob
Sunday, January 04, 2009
training a'la Goodbourn
Training (for want of a more accurate name for it...) I'm unfortunately not about to buck the trend here. That man-flu got the better of me too and I spent a whole two weeks feeling sorry for myself. Tried to do a 2k test during that and failed miserably, it really felt terrible. Found a gym in London and did some work there over Christmas, that felt much better, and then again in Edinburgh. But it was so expensive I couldn't afford every day. For most of these ergs I was really just finding some form again. I've also tried for a solid 2 hour ride on days I didn't erg, but it's probably worked out much less than that because I didn't have a bike for much of the time. I shaved off some quite distinguished facial hair a few days ago that I'd cultivated over the holidays, and like some bearded Samson (Samson of biblical fame, as opposed to Sampson of M2 fame) I immediately succumbed to another man-flu, this time a mutated woman-flu courtesy of my wife. I've got a good feeling about this one and I'm sure I will be back in action Monday for an erg or two and then some outings and more erg love for Rowing Week. Can't wait, particularly looking at the forecasts. Catch you all soon. - Mixed crew outing for Christmas Head (nothing much to speak of here, but this list needs some padding)(LIES my coxing was epic and well worth a mention - Rizchard) [12/12] - 2 x 2k 1:48 splits (7:12 Av) [ILL, 10 min break] - 80 min 2:06.0 splits (19050 m) [FO, 18 spm] - 5 x 2k 1:52.8 (7:31.2 Av) [8 min breaks] - 80 min 2:05.1 splits (19185 m) [FO, 18 spm] - 30 min 1:56.9 splits (7699 m) + 30 min light rowing for technique [20 spm] - 4 x 2k 1:50.9 (7:23.6 Av) [8 min breaks] - 80 min 2:04.1 splits (19340 m) [FO, 18 spm] - 5 x 2k 1:51.5 (7:26.0 Av) [8 min breaks] Pat.
Madder MadaTraining...
Ahoy chaps
You're (we're) all fucking lazy (all being the 4 people that read this blog I think :D).
I've pretty much finished my stuff in Madagascar now, I'm chilling out for a couple of days before flying back home. After the last bout of trekking I entered a rather lazy Christmas week comprising of travelling to a beautiful island in the North East of Madagascar (google Ile Sainte Marie or wait for facebook photos if you're interested) where Fickling and her frog-friends were too lazy to do any exercise. I did undertake to cycle three quarters of the length of the island and back (roughly 20-25 miles each way) in one day while they rented motorbikes, but fell foul of a few problems, most notably that the ratchet was broken on my bike such that by the time I got to the end of the island the pedals didn't turn the wheels round, the 'road' would give most mountain bikes a good hiding it was so rocky, whereas my bike had no suspension and pretty much no brakes, and we arrived at the other end of the island with an hour and a half of daylight left (me with no lights) so I ended up having to settle for cycling the 20ish miles there and getting a lift back. Other than this the majority of my training was sweating profusely in the 35°C or more heat on the island and eating fucking nice food.
Once back I bid farewell to Fickling (after an epic 4 plate buffet lunch for 3 quid) and toddled off on my own for some hard trekking in the rainforest. This is how it panned out:
Day 1 - Arrive in Fianar after an overnight bus journey (i.e. no sleep) and head out to Ranomafana national park. Arrive at Ranomafana, walk 7km uphill in flip flops then do a é hour circuit of the rainforest and walk back (roughly ' hours, a warm up walk :) ).
Day 2 - Proper day in Ranomafana. 7 hours of walking but pretty broken up so not really too hard, although quite steep. Meet my guide for the 2/3 day trek starting the next day. Go to bed at 9pm on New Year's Eve (boooo).
Day 3 - New Year's Day. Leave at 5:30 am and begin hike from Ranomafana to Andrambovato. Arrive at first village, where we're supposed to spend the night, at 11:30am. Because I am not a wuss I point out that we are not stopping and should keep going, Especially once the guide points out the final destination in the distance. We end up doing the whole trek in one day, arriving at 18:30 in the evening, at which point my guide tells me we've done 72km in a day. Pretty chuffed, especially as I was carrying my own pack (12-14kg probably) and it wasn't nice flat roads but proper trails with river crossings etc. Also no other tourist has ever done it in one day, apparently (I have been impossibly smug for several days about that).
Day 4 - VERY gentle 6 hours of walking around the village, legs were absolutely KO'ed.
Day 5 - 25km hike to Sahambavy to get a bus back to Fianar.
So, that's my training (and haha look what I've been doing this winter :P), like before it's pretty good for my legs but I can feel my heart and lungs not really getting a proper work out, gonna need to do some 80' when I get back to Cam on Sat...
You're (we're) all fucking lazy (all being the 4 people that read this blog I think :D).
I've pretty much finished my stuff in Madagascar now, I'm chilling out for a couple of days before flying back home. After the last bout of trekking I entered a rather lazy Christmas week comprising of travelling to a beautiful island in the North East of Madagascar (google Ile Sainte Marie or wait for facebook photos if you're interested) where Fickling and her frog-friends were too lazy to do any exercise. I did undertake to cycle three quarters of the length of the island and back (roughly 20-25 miles each way) in one day while they rented motorbikes, but fell foul of a few problems, most notably that the ratchet was broken on my bike such that by the time I got to the end of the island the pedals didn't turn the wheels round, the 'road' would give most mountain bikes a good hiding it was so rocky, whereas my bike had no suspension and pretty much no brakes, and we arrived at the other end of the island with an hour and a half of daylight left (me with no lights) so I ended up having to settle for cycling the 20ish miles there and getting a lift back. Other than this the majority of my training was sweating profusely in the 35°C or more heat on the island and eating fucking nice food.
Once back I bid farewell to Fickling (after an epic 4 plate buffet lunch for 3 quid) and toddled off on my own for some hard trekking in the rainforest. This is how it panned out:
Day 1 - Arrive in Fianar after an overnight bus journey (i.e. no sleep) and head out to Ranomafana national park. Arrive at Ranomafana, walk 7km uphill in flip flops then do a é hour circuit of the rainforest and walk back (roughly ' hours, a warm up walk :) ).
Day 2 - Proper day in Ranomafana. 7 hours of walking but pretty broken up so not really too hard, although quite steep. Meet my guide for the 2/3 day trek starting the next day. Go to bed at 9pm on New Year's Eve (boooo).
Day 3 - New Year's Day. Leave at 5:30 am and begin hike from Ranomafana to Andrambovato. Arrive at first village, where we're supposed to spend the night, at 11:30am. Because I am not a wuss I point out that we are not stopping and should keep going, Especially once the guide points out the final destination in the distance. We end up doing the whole trek in one day, arriving at 18:30 in the evening, at which point my guide tells me we've done 72km in a day. Pretty chuffed, especially as I was carrying my own pack (12-14kg probably) and it wasn't nice flat roads but proper trails with river crossings etc. Also no other tourist has ever done it in one day, apparently (I have been impossibly smug for several days about that).
Day 4 - VERY gentle 6 hours of walking around the village, legs were absolutely KO'ed.
Day 5 - 25km hike to Sahambavy to get a bus back to Fianar.
So, that's my training (and haha look what I've been doing this winter :P), like before it's pretty good for my legs but I can feel my heart and lungs not really getting a proper work out, gonna need to do some 80' when I get back to Cam on Sat...
Saturday, January 03, 2009
my lame attempt at training
Well, i promised to blog my training, hasn't been all that great to be honset. Between a bout of man-flu, screwing my back over with some heavy lifting and going to a country so cold that 'going for a run' would have been rather suicidal, i have from memory managed to complete
2 15K's - splits roughly 2:04's (as i was getting back into it after said man flu)
3 80 minutes - splits roughly 2:07's (2 before the man flu, 1 just before i did my back in)
and thats it. sorry. splits are only rough because i forgot them. I will see what i cna do today and tomorrow, but it's more likley i will start erging again when i'm back in cam on monday for rowing week.
If your training has been better than mine, show me up and blog it, if it has been lamer than mine, well......
Richard
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