Archive for the ‘ TransRockies Run 2008 ’ Category

Week 25 Summary (21/07/2008 – 27/07/2008)

28th July 2008 | 1 Comment

Weekly Totals:Exercise Time: 11hrs 40minsRunning: 6x, 105.50km (65.1 miles) Expended: 3515Consumed: 2230 (Fat 30%, Carbs 50%, Protein 18%, Alcohol 1%) Weight: 87.4kgBody Fat(%): 17.5 HRrest: 56HRmax: 180 (estimated)


The long and the short of it!

27th July 2008 | 1 Comment

Well, the final countdown has started. Only one month to go – can’t believe it’s August at the end of this week. The last month has been pretty frustrating from a training perspective for me and if I’m really honest, I wondered how this would impact my performance during the actual event. It’s added another [...]


Bearly Living…

24th July 2008 | 2 Comments

When we entered the TransRockies Run we weren’t thinking of charity or changing the world etc, but once we entered we realised it would be foolish and irresponsible not to raise some fund for worthy causes while we were at it. Jo chose to raise funds for MacMillan Cancer Support because she knows of several [...]


Inconsistency

23rd July 2008 | Closed

It hasn’t been a good few weeks…..we’ve been hit by the trainers worst enemy, inconsistency. Inconsistency in our training, in our diet, and (as you can tell from my multiple blog posting) inconsistency in our blogging!!! Four weeks ago Jo’s leg was giving her pain, hence her training suffered – which in turn also affected [...]


Week 24 Summary (14/07/2008 – 20/07/2008)

23rd July 2008 | Closed

Weekly Totals:Exercise Time: 1hr 52minsRunning: 2x, 17.90km (11.0 miles) Expended: 2501Consumed: 2293 (Fat 24%, Carbs 55%, Protein 19%, Alcohol 2%) Weight: 87.6kgBody Fat(%): 19.0 HRrest: 56HRmax: 180 (estimated)


Week 23 Summary (07/07/2008 – 13/07/2008)

23rd July 2008 | Closed

Weekly Totals:Exercise Time: 3hrs 41minsRunning: 3x, 34.90km (21.5 miles) Expended: 2585Consumed: 2403 (Fat 30%, Carbs 51%, Protein 18%, Alcohol 1%) Weight: 88.4kgBody Fat(%): 19.5 HRrest: 56HRmax: 180 (estimated)


Week 22 Summary (30/06/2008 – 06/07/2008)

11th July 2008 | Closed

Weekly Totals:Exercise Time: 16hrs 18minsTrekking: 5x, 62.10km (38.3 miles)Total Incline: 3150 metres (10335 feet)Total Decline: 3350 metres (10991 feet) Expended: 3199Consumed: 2826 (Fat 43%, Carbs 40%, Protein 16%, Alcohol 1%) Weight: 88.8kgBody Fat(%): 19.5 HRrest: 56HRmax: 180 (estimated)


Week 21 Summary (23/06/2008 – 29/06/2008)

11th July 2008 | Closed

Weekly Totals:Exercise Time: 5hrs 42minsRunning: 2x, 13.70km (8.5 miles)Trekking: 1x, 15.70km (9.7 miles)Total Incline: 1625 metres (5331 feet)Total Decline: 1000 metres (3281 feet) Expended: 2720Consumed: 2592 (Fat 29%, Carbs 52%, Protein 17%, Alcohol 2%) Weight: 88.8kgBody Fat(%): 19.5 HRrest: 56HRmax: 180 (estimated)


Yodelay-ee!!!

6th July 2008 | 2 Comments

We’ve been a bit quiet lately as we were on holiday last week. We had wonderful week of hiking in the Swiss Alps. Our intention was to get some proper mountain running in, but we found the gradients a bit too steep – doing 700 metres over a 5km distance is on average much more [...]


Week 20 Summary (16/06/2008 – 22/06/2008)

23rd June 2008 | 4 Comments

Weekly Totals:Exercise Time: 13hrs 49minsRunning: 5x, 74.33km (45.9 miles)Bike: 1x, 72.80km (44.9 miles)Longest Run: 30.00km (18.5 miles)Total Running Incline: 1445 metres (4741 feet) Expended: 3610Consumed: 2325 (Fat 28%, Carbs 50%, Protein 20%, Alcohol 3%) Weight: 88.2kgBody Fat(%): 18.5 HRrest: 56HRmax: 180 (estimated)