Manchester Marathon 2013

Bizarrely, I started and finished at the same time as a friend. My chip time gives a two minute difference?!?

My updated (29/4/2013) chip time was 4:23:45 which correlates with watch time.

Much less wet , cold and muddy this year hence the 15 minutes less on the time.

Splits:                 2013             2012

10km                 0:56:23          1:05:28
10 Mile              1:32:03          1:44:31
Half Marathon    2:01:25          2:16:36
20 Mile              3:14:47          3:30:29
Finish                 4:23:45          4:38:59

Lake District Video Re-Edit

This is the re-edit of various bits of Lake District footage.  Parts of it were filmed just after I snapped my A2, so the easier stuff was part of my rehab.

Chapel Stile - H&M Smith Traverse 6a+, Ly'al Fella's Wall 7a??, Pocket Slab Centre 5, Pocket Slab Far Right 6a, Wall 1 5+, Wall 2 5
Gouther - Four Winds Wall 7a+ (fail), Renegade NED 7a, Trev's Traverse 7a (fail)
Kentmere - Badger Arete SDS 6c+, Blow Yer Ballast 6b, Middle Earth 7a+/b, Negative Reality Inversion 7a+
Langdale Boulders - Problem 13 6c+, problem 18 7a, The Mantel 6b

Climbers - GCW and Rick Ginns, with a cameo from Sam Davenhall.
Music by Gordon Lightfoot.


Lake District Bits 01 from GCW on Vimeo.



http://vimeo.com/64553155

Rivington Ultra Trail Marathon

The official Rivington Ultra Trail 26 was postponed due to deep snow. We decided to run it unofficially today.  43km, over 1000m ascent. I struggled with the heat in the middle section which wiped me out. We did it in 5:50:02, which is below our 6 hour aim.  Still a little disappointing that I was shit.