Bob Graham Round

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flyingfinn Aug 2014 6:58pm, 8 Aug 2014 509 posts	flyingfinn V3K = Vegan Welsh 3000s vegan-welsh-3000s.co.uk It was at the end of June this year so it would only work as a training run next year f you were going in August.
Mountain Cat Aug 2014 7:00pm, 8 Aug 2014 2,756 posts	Mountain Cat Looks fun. we might consider an Aug attempt. We usually spend July in the Alps, which would mean we had plenty of red blood cells to give us an extra edge! June is probably better though.
Derby Tup Aug 2014 7:05pm, 8 Aug 2014 11,960 posts	Derby Tup Alps trip, taper , BG sounds perfect. We both had a week in the Lakes a fortnight before our rounds
Mountain Cat Aug 2014 7:09pm, 8 Aug 2014 2,757 posts	Mountain Cat We'd be spending a fair bit of time above 4000m in the alps - you usually come back super fit! Didn't happen like that this year due to terrible (dangerous) conditions high up for most of the trip, so we went trail running instead. Ran a fair bit of the Eiger Ultra Trail which was fun.
stuart little Aug 2014 6:24pm, 9 Aug 2014 845 posts	stuart little Glad the consensus is to not really race andvjust train on big hills as that's what i've been doing!
Derby Tup Aug 2014 6:28pm, 9 Aug 2014 11,974 posts	Derby Tup Good man. In three words climb, climb, climb
Derby Tup Aug 2014 6:28pm, 9 Aug 2014 11,975 posts	Derby Tup And Don't forget descending
FenlandRunner Aug 2014 7:24pm, 9 Aug 2014 2,253 posts	FenlandRunner Being a flatlander, it's not the climbing that is a problem. It is the descending
Derby Tup Aug 2014 9:28pm, 9 Aug 2014 11,978 posts	Derby Tup Fenners, what goes up comes down
nuttyficket Aug 2014 9:34pm, 9 Aug 2014 47 posts	nuttyficket My ascending legs went before my descending ones in L100 I'm not exactly a flatlander - I live on the edge of the NY Moors - but my longest ascents/descents during regular training max out at around 200m up/down. The Moors are pleasantly lumpy, but definitely don't offer any big ascents. I guess I should just compensate with "big" weekends in the Lakes? FR, what's your plan for handling the ascent?