[Viewing the blog – in case you hadn’t noticed pictures are zoomable if you click on them. Maps can be pulled and pushed to follow the route in blue. Maps can also be zoomed in and out and viewed full-screen.] 14 Different start places on the west coast of Scotland. How to decide? And then […]
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(@45670!) A confluence of events into the post-lockdown period of 2021 meant that coherent training for the epic Lakeland 50 race just was not possible. At this point my longest race was 10 miles, and I had no way of knowing how I would find this 50 miles ultra. 3000m of ascent made it doubly
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Here we Go – TGOC 2021! The Great Outdoors Challenge Scotland coast-to-coast backpacking In 2016 I ‘walked’ through the jumble of rocks that make up Dirc Mhor, this time I will be definitely walking around! Planned for May 2020, postponed to 2021, and now shifted a month or so into the midge season! Here’s the
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Coming To Running: Getting ready to Run – Assessment (part 2) [Coming to Running at 40, 50, 60, 70 years old] We are thinking about running and avoiding the common pitfall of injury. The risk increases with age. The risk increases with posture and body imbalances, and that’s why we considered an assessment before getting
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[Coming To Running at 40, 50, 60, or 70!] There are big differences between running at 17 and running at 70. At 70 you are most likely slower. More significantly however, at that age you are at high risk of an accident. And if you do become injured recovery will take longer. Much longer. Read
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[Coming To Running at 40, 50, 60, or 70!] We don’t want to cause injury from exercise! We’re talking about older people here, people over 40. We are talking about people who have had many years of sitting with one leg crossed over another; many hours leaning in a special way while they write, always
Coming to Running: Are you fit to run? Read More »
Starting to run is quite easy – just go out there and do it! It will affect your mind and your body. The impact will depend on your age and condition, but whatever your age and whatever your condition – start easy and increase gradually. The first target may be to run for 30 minutes.
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You won’t be running if you are not mobile or don’t want to exercise. But otherwise, why should you choose running? This is a symmetrical activity. You use one leg at a time, but anything the left leg does the right leg is also bound to do which means the load on the body is
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Mankind’s destiny Man achieved ascendency on Planet Earth through a big brain. The big brain came from eating meat, which started from the transition from gatherer to hunter. Archaeologists maintain this happened as a result of developing tools from 2.6 million years ago. Paleoanthropologists posit that the transition started earlier through running. Human physiology is
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It’s October. Daylight appears at 7am and lasts until about 6 pm. This makes for a relaxed backpacking plan:- a core of 7 hours walking, topped and tailed by 2 hours for breaking and making camp. [route map at end of post] Arriving late on a Tuesday evening, I had the campsite to myself –
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