[Fultonius]

Anyone know how to log a mixed run/ride on strava?  Would you have to just split the GPX into two sections and log them separately? Because, currently, I can run 51km/h and do 1.56/KM pace ahem... 

Figured it out:  just cropped it to the run portion, then re-uploaded the GPX and cropped that one to just the cycle portion.  :bounce

.............................

Not so fast there!  Can;t re-upload as it's a duplicate of the first one :-(  Any thoughts? 

[SA Chris]

Is there the "brick" option? (what treathletes call a cycle followed by a run) how a re you recording sessions - phone or watch? If phone, probably best to stop and start as separate activity next time.

[Fultonius]

I'm using memory map on my phone. Just got the full UK OS 1:50,000 maps for £50!

[SA Chris]

Outdoor Great Britain gives you a an annual subscription to all OS maps online for about £6 a year.

Worth looking at a GPs watch (some cheaper options out there as well as the top of the range ones) as running it on phone eats into battery, especially if you start using to log ski touring days out etc.

[Fultonius]

Are those maps downloadable? Too late now anyway...paid my £50! I quite like that you can print paper OS maps too, as a backup.

My 7.5 hour Tyndrum round only ate ~35% battery, which is manageable.

If I was getting a watch I'd want one with a barometric altimeter but they're a big lump of fuckalls!!

 

[SA Chris]

Nothing when you consider the geek value (I got a free £250 voucher from Evans Cycles to get mine).

[galpinos]

If I was getting a watch I'd want one with a barometric altimeter but they're a big lump of fuckalls!!

Worth every penny.

Just think of all the extra metrics you could analyse. From my watch I get cadence*, stride length, vertical ratio, vertical oscillation, ground contact time and ground contact time balance. How do you survive without this? I can also get a temperature reading that is neither the air temperature nor my body temperature but a weird conflagration of the two. You’re missing out……

*I do actually find this useful for road/flat running when I’m fit enough to maintain a sub 7min/mile pace.

[SA Chris]

And if you get one with a heartrate monitor.....

[galpinos]

And if you get one with a heartrate monitor.....

Come on Chris, where do you think the data comes from! Vertical Oscillation is a torso movement measurement from the HR strap.

(I actually find the HR data useful, it gives a good indication as to how hard I am actually pushing myself compared to how hard i think I'm pushing myself)

[SA Chris]

I clearly know bugger all about what my watch can actually do (Fenix 3).

[Fultonius]

And if you get one with a heartrate monitor.....

Come on Chris, where do you think the data comes from! Vertical Oscillation is a torso movement measurement from the HR strap.

(I actually find the HR data useful, it gives a good indication as to how hard I am actually pushing myself compared to how hard i think I'm pushing myself)

Careful though...the only time I used a HR monitor was in the gym offshore in Malaysia. Most mornings I'd have a coffee before gym before work.

One day I didn't bother and I couldn't work out why my HR was so much lower (20bpm?) for what felt like the same effort.

[galpinos]

I clearly know bugger all about what my watch can actually do (Fenix 3).

Snap. Fenix 3 as well.

[mini]

I do like a good stat', but the only real use I get from using a HRM is to slow me down on my easy recovery runs. All other data is just a game on how high I can get it (currently maxed out at just over 200!).

That said, having used it for a while it is good for indicating improvements on overall fitness, comparing similar runs at a similar pace (or quicker/slower) and seeing your heart rate reduce / increase etc...

Anyone else on here getting stuck into XC season yet? Got my second race in the North Staffordshire league tomorrow. Great for improving general base level speed, and for getting dicked by the proper speed merchants.

[webbo]

Anybody watched the Barkley Marathon on Netflicks. Puts trail running on another level.

[bigtuboflard]

Not seen it Webbo but put it on my list for viewing soon.

Was going to go and do Lathkil fell race yesterday but bottled it, fitness is still way off form and didn't fancy going flat out for over an hour. So did the steady club run from the village up to Bradwell edge and back, two hours of easy pace was exactly what I needed I think, need time on my feet to build up to Trigger in January. Not even wanting to think about HPM yet.


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[T_B]

Yeah I watched it a few weeks ago. I thought it was really well done, in particular the interviews with Lazarus.

I was supposed to do Roaches yesterday but hadn't run for over 2 weeks. Got out on Saturday and felt exceedingly sluggish. No way would I have managed the distance, shocking how quickly you lose it.

[Monolith]

Nearly time for everybody's annual roundup of the year. Be good to hear how you all got on and about your designs on next year.

[SA Chris]

shocking how quickly you lose it.

Don't say that. Been ill for 2 weeks now, not run a step and still not shaken the cold.

[SA Chris]

2017. Possibly coming down to Englandshire with my partner when she does Manchester Marathon (I don't run that far!).

I will be on the course for moral support and try get some photos on the Sunday, but I think we might head down Saturday lunchtime and contemplating doing a race in the afternoon.

Two local options seem to be;

Pendle

http://www.fellrunner.org.uk/races.php?id=5267

West Nab

http://www.fellrunner.org.uk/races.php?id=5263

How hard would it be to get to these with public transport? I guess Pendle is easier to get to, are either worth doing?

Thanks

Chris

[steveri]

Not done Pendle but covered some of the same ground. Worth doing because it passes through 'Buttock'? http://www.claytonlemoors.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Senior-Race-Route-2015.jpg

[Fultonius]

I appear to have been cursed with the weakest hip flexors in history!  Went out for a round of the four East Glenshee Munros - 20km & 1000m vert.

The first 4km to the top of Carn an Tuirc went well, taking just over 52 minutes to get up 552m. Ran the first 2km, then power trudged the next 2. But I was noticing my hip flexors a bit already. I thought they'd ease up on the gentle descent towards Cairn of Claise but they just kept getting worse all day until I was reduced to walking.

I wasn't even particularly puffing and my legs weren't burning up the first ascent...did I just go at it too hard? Or do I maybe have some kind of poor running technique?

Still, under 4 hours for the round so not too shabby. Lags feel fine, except for the hip flexors!

[mini]

How hard would it be to get to these with public transport? I guess Pendle is easier to get to, are either worth doing?

Chris, I've done Pendle a couple of times and enjoy it. Give me a shout nearer the time and if I'm on for a third year I could collect from somewhere. Barley, the village it starts from, is fairly remote so I suspect local services could be few and far between.

[wintermute]

Loosely fell running related - I've entered the Sheffield open XC on the 17th December but can't make it anymore. RO says I can transfer the entry so if anyone wants a free place let me know.

Chris

[SA Chris]

How hard would it be to get to these with public transport? I guess Pendle is easier to get to, are either worth doing?

Chris, I've done Pendle a couple of times and enjoy it. Give me a shout nearer the time and if I'm on for a third year I could collect from somewhere. Barley, the village it starts from, is fairly remote so I suspect local services could be few and far between.

Cheers for the offer. Still undecided as to what I'm exactly doing, but I will bear it in mind.

[galpinos]

2017. Possibly coming down to Englandshire with my partner when she does Manchester Marathon (I don't run that far!).

I will be on the course for moral support and try get some photos on the Sunday, but I think we might head down Saturday lunchtime and contemplating doing a race in the afternoon.

Two local options seem to be;

Pendle

http://www.fellrunner.org.uk/races.php?id=5267

West Nab

http://www.fellrunner.org.uk/races.php?id=5263

How hard would it be to get to these with public transport? I guess Pendle is easier to get to, are either worth doing?

Thanks

Chris

No idea if I'll be running either (too far in the future) but drop me a PM nearer the time as I could give you a lift if required.