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Rain, wind and motivation..

By Dave Roberts   

on September 20, 2010    No ratings yet.

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Rain, wind and motivation..

Looks like more of the same after this weekend. Only more so…

Been a crap week, and only managed to get out for some sort of exercise tonight in between the pizza scoffing and rain. At least this weekend’s looking good, but I think i need something to motivate me and shake off the excess weight – roughly equivalent to 1.09 Amy Winehouses.

So what should I train for?

1 – Snowdonia Marathon 2011 – considering i’ve never ran a race as i don’t like crowds, ran a max of a half mara and just recovering from a seriously sprained ankle with 11k being just about doable. BUT – that nasty ending to the Marathon over Cefn Du is my favourite, but toughest, training run and even if it’s a killer then it’s still a lot of fun.

2 – Bike from Caerdydd up to Conwy/Caernarfon in 3 or 4 days. I know it’s usually to Caergybi, but I can’t see the point as i live on the mainland and would need to find a way back. So a S-N Coast to Coast next May, tryingf to keep off roads, but as close to Lon Las as possible.

3 – Snowdon Race – i think that i’m too late to enter, plus I need to do a half (an official one!). Probably one for 2012?

4 – Some sort of fastpack challenge – with the problem being the time available being no more than 5 -7 days….

5 – All of the above…. Ok.. Ok.. No need to be mean…

Decisions decisions…. now how do we put a poll on here????? Suggestions below…

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Dave Roberts

Dave Roberts founded Walk Eryri in 2004, with the aim of providing routes that are off the beaten track. Walk Eryri is now part of Mud and Routes which continues to provide more off beat routes and walks in Snowdonia and beyond. Dave has been exploring the hills of Eryri for over thirty years, and is a qualified Mountain Leader. Dave also established Walk up Snowdon, Walk up Scafell Pike and Walk up Ben Nevis just to mention a few.

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