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February Running Challenge
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I wanted to walk soooo bad..
I'll post details on my log but this was tough, really tough. Found a hill just within my 5k which was a 27m over 400m. It averaged 7+% gradient but had 11-12% ramps. I was wobbly for a finish and pressed stop at 39:50 only to realise I hadn't actually pressed it :eek:.. Panicky stop at 39:59 just in time :eek::cool:
303m elevation and I doubt I could squeeze any more out of it. Reps are bloody hard. Strava gave me 255m. I covered 11x 2 min reps and a few ramps at the top.
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Did a recce today on the only hill/mountain in my 5k radius. I'd have gotten more had I run too the hill but opted to just run up and around it. Hilariously garmin gives me exactly the same 150m elevation I got from my run around town but this was much slower (very difficult terrain for a lot of it).
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TFBubendorfer wrote: »Oh good god!
I ran up and down our driveway, which is a fairly steep hill. While this was more a test to see if my Achilles would be able to cope with hills rather than a real workout I still expected more.
Garmin says 153 meters https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/6238693383
Strava says 100 meters https://www.strava.com/activities/4753918781 (bastards!)
I see we both have the head and carrick gollan to take advantage of for this challenge
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shotgunmcos wrote: »February Table Update #5
* denotes bonus point to be added if challenge completed
?? need a time limit (10k or double 5k rounded to nearest minute)
Points system is 20, 19, 18... 1,1,1. For this challenge it MAY be the same for both hill rep options and mountain climb options.
Can we split the table into Garmin & Strava categories also, seeing as Garmin has a higher random number generator
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No!
Some are getting same Strava/Garmin -
Some are getting higher Strava
Some are getting higher Garmin :cool:
Some are using elevation correction on Strava which sometime gives you more
Some are enabling elevation correction on GC which invariably gives you less :rolleyes:
Link whichever you like ... rules#1-6 stand
The likely split will be climbs vs Reps. With each getting the same points system0 -
Another recce. Tried a hill in Catherine's Pk. It's short but steep. Returns were very disappointing, lap data very erratic. Strava showed a variation from 1m to 11m! Garmin lap data was worthless, but the elevation trace seemed to show a consistent 8m.
Garmin 106m
Strava 93m
I did 2 x 6 x hill. Each ascent took about 60sec; each descent a little more. 5 mins between sets.
Overall gain includes cool down return to car.
Legs are feeling it.
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Pherekydes wrote: »Another recce. Tried a hill in Catherine's Pk. It's short but steep. Returns were very disappointing, lap data very erratic. Strava showed a variation from 1m to 11m! Garmin lap data was worthless, but the elevation trace seemed to show a consistent 8m.
Garmin 106m
Strava 93m
I did 2 x 6 x hill. Each ascent took about 60sec; each descent a little more. 5 mins between sets.
Overall gain includes cool down return to car.
Legs are feeling it.
Did you try the one at the end of the river walk? That's surely worth more. That's assuming the one you did was the short sharp one at the small ruin?0 -
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Pherekydes wrote: »The one at the end of the river walk is the one I did, Annie. Honestly, I was expecting more from it.
I did think about the other one you mentioned, but didn't fancy it. It might get a go yet. :pac:
Fair play Pherekydes! Many had a few goes at the January Challenge but pretty brave to have multiple goes at this one
Also, I am constantly typing your username wrong and the gent you are, never to correct me 0 -
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354m climb reps challenge
I had rest day yesterday, so decided to give this a shot today with reps up and down a 90m hill.(with a mini rep towards end to use up couple minutes). I think I need more than a rest day tomorrow. Ignore heart data, it's a wrist monitor.
The last climb was difficult and made me wish my 10k time was only 30 mins! 354m climb, delighted the with effort and the lungs really felt they got good clear out! It was a very slow cool down to get home.
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323m in 44mins
Ran up my local Annagh hill, which was frozen and snow dusted as you went higher. I opted to take a direct steep route (over 40% gradient in places!) which meant a climb with stick in hand, and lots of slipping back down. All my running is easy pace for the moment so no records were broken. I reached the highest point sooner than anticipated so had to run back down and up again to try and grab extra elevation. Next time I think a longer route up might be more runnable, and may lead to greater cumulative height. I'd also bring a camera for the views which for now remain in memory... a distant snow-covered Lug, the sun setting over frozen Mt Leinster, snow squalls coming over the Irish Sea from Wales...
But the overall "score" is not really important... it'd be different in other weather, ground conditions, route choice, time of year. And that's the real beauty of running up a hill (and I reckon a large part of the reason MCOS chose this particular challenge!)
Kudos Mike, good fun was had 0 -
Kurt_Godel. wrote: »323m in 44mins
Ran up my local Annagh hill, which was frozen and snow dusted as you went higher. I opted to take a direct steep route (over 40% gradient in places!) which meant a climb with stick in hand, and lots of slipping back down. All my running is easy pace for the moment so no records were broken. I reached the highest point sooner than anticipated so had to run back down and up again to try and grab extra elevation. Next time I think a longer route up might be more runnable, and may lead to greater cumulative height. I'd also bring a camera for the views which for now remain in memory... a distant snow-covered Lug, the sun setting over frozen Mt Leinster, snow squalls coming over the Irish Sea from Wales...
But the overall "score" is not really important... it'd be different in other weather, ground conditions, route choice, time of year. And that's the real beauty of running up a hill (and I reckon a large part of the reason MCOS chose this particular challenge!)
Kudos Mike, good fun was had
Thanks Paul! Knew you love the hills and knew you'd enjoy this one. Thanks for taking part. Not quite the mad TDA challenges we used to do on the dark side forum way back. But many months still to go...0 -
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February Table Update #8
Don't be shy folks. Better weather this week, have a go! Doesn't matter what everyone else has done
* denotes bonus point to be added if challenge completed
?? need a time limit (10k or double 5k rounded to nearest minute)
Points system is 20, 19, 18... 1,1,1. For this challenge it MAY be the same for both hill rep options and mountain climb options.
O/A Pos|Runner|Jan Pts|Feb Elv|Feb Pts|Time Limit|Total
1|crisco10*|18|439m Climb|19|37|38
2|Lambay Island*|14|442m Climb|20|36|35
3|Omeceron*|20|244m Reps|14|45|33
4|shotgunmcos*|16|303m Reps|15|40|32
5|Murph_D*|18|183m Reps|11|42|30
6|Swashbuckler*|18|105m Reps|5|37|24
7|BeginnerRunner*|20|||50|20
8|fletch*|19|||40|19
9|axe2grind||354m Reps|18|39|18
9|Kurt_Godel*|1|323m Climb|17|44|18
9|healy1835*|18|||34|18
9|eyrie*|18|||50|18
13|Annie get your Run*|9|150m Reps|7|58|17
13|eposhea*||307m Reps|16|47|17
13|dna_leri*|4|218m Climb|12|35|17
13|mister paul*|12|67m|4|42|17
13|Unknown Unthought|17|||??|17
18|jamule*|15|362m Climb|Rule #2|36|15
19|racersedge||230m Reps|13|44|13
19|Dudda|13|||??|13
21|Comic Book Guy*|11|||39|11
22|Kander*|10|||40|10
22|Wubble Wubble*|10|||45|10
22|jackc101||160m Reps|10|49|10
22|Laineyfrecks*|1|152m Reps|8|44|10
26|TFBubendorfer||153m Reps|9|42|9
27|Pherekydes*|1|106m Reps|6|58|8
27|skyblue46*|8|||54|8
29|En Passant*|7|||48|7
30|omicron*|6|||34|6
31|ReeReeG*|5|||45|5
32|Huzzah*|3|||58|3
33|Dubh Geannain*|2|||37|2
34|Zico10*|1|||35|1
35|OOnegative*||||40|
35|edinrunna*||||37|
35|AMK||||??|
35|py||||46|
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Annie get your Run wrote: »I have a couple more locations to try, will do one at the weekend and maybe another the next weekend. I won't win any trophies but can hopefully improve on my table position:).
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Swashbuckler wrote: »Saying what exactly :pac:
Bringing out our competitive nature no doubt
I'm absolutely not in the least no way hose no not me never in anyway competitive. Nope.. :pac:0 -
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