Six weeks to go and the training is not going as well as expected due to snow and cold. Fiona and I have been getting out, but it's a bit sporadic and none of the long rides we need. I don't feel as good as I did this time last year. Maybe training too hard too early and really hammering the skiing and incorporating running to see if I can prevent the patellar tendonitis that wrote off the end of last season. Fiona gets out when she can but has missed weeks of biking that she and the girls normally get in, mostly becasue of the extreme weather. Anyway, never mind our groans and remember that Macmillan pays for much needed nursing and palliative care. Without donations made from nutters like ourselves many less fortunate folk would suffer. So go to http://www.justgiving.com/crankitupgear and help us reach our target. A wee taster of the event can be seen below.
Wednesday, 31 March 2010
Friday, 19 March 2010
Saturday, 13 March 2010
Avalanche Course
What a day. Great students on the course, good conditions and the hosts at Glencoe Mountain were fantastic. 13 folk passed the module with flying colours.
Martin Taylor Glenshee Patrol with Tracker DTS 2
The students doing stablilty tests and profiles
Neil Gray Cairngorm with Ortovox S1 at final phase of a 2m burial
Alpine Feeling at the bottom of the Fly Paper
Sunday, 7 March 2010
Another XC Race Out the Way
Spean XC today. Nice short course but steep little snaps hammered the legs by lap 4. I seem to be strong on the up but weak spot is being too cautious on the downs. Still, I am happy with the result as it's an improvement and I seem to be getting better results this year. I just need to work on not being a wimp! Fiona actualy did realy well as it was icy and slidey so 2 laps as training for the Etape. NACC Duror XC next Sunday - if it thaws enough!
Saturday, 6 March 2010
Iffy in Places?
Nice day today. Started cloudy but quickly burn't off. Checked out some training areas for next weeks avalanche course and had a ski around. A small but deep self triggered slide had come off the lower Rannoch glades, a slope that at 35 deg has gone often in the past. Pictures below to give scale. Also looked at the wall formed on the West Spring run traverse. Also the Glencoe ski club have built a nice igloo over the water hole.
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