In reply to grubes:
Only just had a chance over the weekend to look at last week's thread, some super-impressive and inspiring things in there, well done all you goal achievers!
Nomics/Ali - I'm also looking for some gear-tastic E2s to get on this summer. Would be keen to get out at some point?
This week was fairly unproductive. I got sucked into a good book which killed a couple of evenings.
M: Castle Rock, think I reported this last week, nothing exciting.
T: Bike commute.
Castlebergh Crag, led a 5+, 6a and 6a+. Wanted to get on more but a school group was taking up most of the lines. Happy with the 6a+, felt steady.
W: Bike commute with longer, fun way home. Lunchtime run, 4.8km, 25 mins.
T: Biked to work only (a lift home was too tempting as it was pouring down, I felt guilty all the way home though)
F: Ran to work (finally... been putting this off for months (10km, 57mins)). Biked home.
S: 2hr run/walk around Malham area. Should have gone climbing as it wasn't as wet as expected.
S: Started driving to the Peak but it started raining... Leeds wall instead. Only had half ropes with us so just TR'd - was aiming for every TR route 5 and above but had to quit after 26 lines... quite a few 6b's in there, a pretty good attempt at a 7a (just one move I couldn't do) and jelly for arms afterwards.
I set goals until the end of April, so here's how I got on: (not too well...)
- Excited to get to the wall again regularly and get some strength back. 2x wall sessions/week, leading 6b indoors comfortably by the end of winter, working 6c. Bouldering maybe V4 or so? -
Did plenty of bouldering over the winter, up to around V5. No where near as much roped climbing as I should have done. Was starting to feel 'ok' on 6b, though not totally comfortable. Didn't finish anything harder.
- Running - run at least 3x/week, and at least 25km/week. Build up milage aiming towards a marathon in the spring.-
Was going well but seem to have dropped the longer runs a lot recently. Maybe 15-20km/week average. Haven't entered a marathon and think I'd struggle to run one.
- As and when weather permits, consolidate at E1 outdoors.-
Haven't climbed anything harder than HVS, but then I barely climbed outdoors until a few weeks ago. VS seems to be going very smoothly at least, feel confident on pretty much any VS now which is a start.
- Get a mountain bike again as soon as I can afford it and get out lots!-
Tick!
- Start training again, on the fingerboard and leg strength stuff also. 2 sessions of each/week.-
More commitment needed. Lots more.
- Ski at least one week over winter, preferably touring.-
Tick, one week long tour and quite a bit of day stuff
- Scottish 4 lead. Climb in Glen Coe/Ben Nevis area as only been to the Cairngorms before.-
Only led III and pottered around on the Ben. I did realise (finally!) though that I'm really not a winter climber and would much prefer to have skis on my feet. I'm happy enough accepting that fact and going for occasional axe-swinging bimbles.
- Start a Yoga or Pilates class. -
Not enough time, abandoned this plan though might try and do some yoga at home at some point.
So new STGs needed, set until mid-summer - end of July.
- Consolidate E1 (specifically, lead 8 E1s) and push to E2. Concentrate on crack climbing in preparation for Italian granite-fest end of summer.
- Sport: 6b and get on a 6b+/6c.
- Enough indoor/fingerboard/core training to enable the above. Develop a routine with this and stick to it.
- Spend a week climbing in either S Wales or Cornwall (weeks holiday to use still)
- Scotland trip - mountain multipitch somewhere (Cuillin Ridge would be a bonus)
- Running: complete a trail half or full marathon race. Run the 3 peaks (the Yorkshire ones that is).
- Run commutes at least once a week. Build milage up to ~40km/week.
- MTB: the Mary Townley loop in a day.