Running

Done!

Fucking get in. 🍺 🍺 🍺 time!! 499km for the month and it takes me to 1600km for the year 😎 (an annual milestone I’ve missed last two years through injury).

Thanks @hats wouldn’t have done it otherwise

Christ, you animal. Fair play. Did you not fancy an extra km for that sweet 500?

Blimey. Well done you two!

Christ, you animal. Fair play. Did you not fancy an extra km for that sweet 500?

Leaves 500 as a target for August...

Really impressive stuff both of you! Well done.

Currently at the pub - It’s 1km home. No chance I’m walking it 🤣

Well done Joe. Impressive as fuck.

Ha, finishing in style!

Amazing! Enjoy those sweet sweet beers!

My partner is mulling over a trip to join in a long swim in a lake near Llanberis. I can tag along with free time, it'd be rude not to recce some Paddy Buckley wouldn't it?

Reckon Llanberis - Glyder Fawr then cut over to the easier of either the miners or pyg tracks to Snowdon, then follow the pb route back to Llanberis. I could split it with a wild camp.

Too ambitious?

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do it!

^ all of it? 23h59 target!

I went plogging, the ridge was covered in dogshit bags & babywipes last night so I grabbed this kit and went up tonight to help clear it.

https://peakmountaineering.com/product/litter-equipment-loan-scheme/

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^ crap pics, it was windy & I was getting cold

Legend!

Such a good thing to do - I hate seeing waste out in the countryside. I do some occasional volunteering for Trash Running China and the amount of rubbish that gets picked up is wild.

Question: running at altitude. I don't feel like I'm getting enough oxygen in, should I do bigger breaths or smaller breaths? It's not super high here (2500m) but I live at 0m and can definitely feel it when I'm running.

If you're finding that you can't breathe how youd breathe at sea level, you need to acclimatise. 2,500m is actually pretty high for exercise if you're not used to it. If you breathe slowly st sea level you should ideally be able to breathe the same at 2.500m with a little training.

That feeling of shortness of breath should disappear when your body has caught up. It's hard to day how long you would need to feel comfortable but it might only be a day or so for most fit people.

In terms of numbers, at sea level effective oxygen availability is 20.9%. At 2,500m its about 15.5%. A fair whack to lose if you're not used to it. Nearly 25%.

If you're short of breath running that high you might notice you can't sleep very well at night. There are loads of resources online on how to acclimate to altitude.

I've been a keen mountaineer for 15 years or so and remember what it was like to feel out of breath at 2.5k well. Would really help you if you had time to have a night or two sleep at that altitude and do some short runs ecen higher on those days.

Just to add, somebody who is fit with no underlying heart or lung problems is very unlikely to cause themselves harm going for a run at 2.5k with no acclimatising. It is too low for proper mountain sickness. It's actually pretty good training

Just be aware that you night be a little less surefooted than usual as your coordination could be a little off. Of you feel like you are fainting, just stop and breathe and it'll pass.

Me and Jana are leaving for a climb in ten mins. From 1800m to 3450m in the course of about 2km horizontal. We will be feeling the altitude and then some. Time to see if the running and weight loss has paid off.

This is all really useful info. I probably should have acclimatised - I flew in, went for a coffee, got changed and then went for a 30km run. I've since been up to 3500m and went for a run back at 2500 and I wasn't short of breath as such, just felt like they weren't very good quality breaths, if that makes sense. Sleeping same as ever, if anything better than at home.
I just arrived in a little Tibetan town (still around 2500) so I'll go for a run when the day has cooled down a bit, and will be especially mindful of coordination.
Have a good climb!

Sounds like you've got things totally under control.

Cheers, let's see if being slightly less of a fattycakes pays off.

From my experience of Colorado it just takes time - the first visit is the one where thing such as for e.g. a pedestrian motorway overpass with steps either end gives you a slight shock at how much more effort is required to get your breath, but as you spend longer out there (and when you return) it gets easier. The thing I noticed most is that the fitter you are in general, the less impact altitude had on me -when I went out last time I rode with a chap who lived there, and who was much fitter than I was, I ended up panting like a hot dog after it has sprinted for the frisbee.

The thing I noticed most is that the fitter you are in general

Not denying that this is your experience but when you look at a bigger sample size there is surprisingly little correlation between fitness and altitude adaptation.

700m of vertical out of the way and feeling awesome. Started 2 hours ago.

My observation has a sample size of one.