65.27 Miles
22,415ft
343ft/mile
12 runs
It's hard not to be disappointed this month. Finishing January on a high had the thoughts of February up in the 40/50k vert bracket. I took the first two days as rest days, off work and off running and truly rested, a little stretch & foam roll, and some easy walks whilst doing errands. I ran on the 3rd and felt a bit sluggish, but put it down to the busy month previously.
I didn't feel up to running on the 4th & 5th and spent most of the 6th in Keswick Cottage Hospital with suspected kidney/bladder infection. Annoyingly the test for such isn't brilliant in my case as it looks for antibodies, of which my body is suppressed to keep my heart alive. Antibiotics and lots of fluids were ordered and off I went, another few days without running.
By the 8th I was back out as the itch needed scratched! Easy 3.73miles 1004ft to Walla summit and back, out again the next day for 6.52 & 1824, again the next day for a reverse Coledale Horseshoe with Byron & Tom and again on the Thursday for a recover 6.5 1800ft. No ill effects from the infection then.
The week after comprised of a few more Walla With Attitude runs as they have become known, and an evening, solo ascent of Grisedale Pike as no one would play out with me! Into the weekend we continued with another WWA and had planned a 10ish miler with about 3000ft for the Monday morning with George. About a mile in though I knew that ten miles was not going to happen as I felt pretty lousy, a scratchy throat had been causing a dry cough, and my sinuses were getting blocked as we ran. We opted for a 5mile 1200ft alternative and even on the descent I was feeling lacklustre and achey.
Monday night saw my better half and 3 of her university friends arrive for a few days, with the plan being to take them to Langdale on the Tuesday, I'd have a bimble upto Pavey Arc whilst they did photography stuff and would meet at Stickle Tarn on my descent. Sadly, or in hindsight gladly, everyone was hungover and we didn't leave town until after 11 which left no time for a run and the time they wanted at the quarries for photography. I felt OK during the day, just enjoying some early spring sunshine whilst they did their thing. Heading home though I started to deteriorate, I have an internal marker for when I have a fever, it's hard to explain, like someone popping a bubble wrap bubble every few minutes in my head. Sure enough when I got home my temperature was sky high, so paracetamol in, most clothes off, get temperature down asap! Luckily I do respond fast to paracetamol and my temp was down to relatively acceptable levels, when Azja says she is feeling rough. Having to go one further her temperature is higher than mine was, but paracetamol doesn't have any effect on her.
That was basically the end of the week for us both, we made it out to have some lunch together on Wednesday then took the friends to st bees beach and we made our way home to bed, duvet and lemsip!
I knew I was away working the first week of March so headed out to Low Fell on the 28th to stop the cabin fever and to see if I was feeling better. Zip zero energy on the climbs, and slow on the descent but just getting out was enough!
Also this month I took delivery of 2 pairs of Inov-8 shoes, kindly provided by the folks at inov-8 to aid my training for the Bob Graham, so a huge thanks to those guys. My thoughts on the shoes will be forthcoming but I've barely ran in them so far so that will have to wait,
Year to Date 2016
156.01 miles
50,417 ft
YTD 2015
81.51 miles
14,045ft
