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<lastBuildDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 11:19:42 +0100</lastBuildDate><item><title>LAU: the next big thing? rehab</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2026-06-08T12:38:00+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/c5fc1491638bda39ec7d803c66f7a791-147.html#unique-entry-id-147</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/c5fc1491638bda39ec7d803c66f7a791-147.html#unique-entry-id-147</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[My memory of the phone call is fuzzy, but I got the impression that because of the position, repair wouldn&rsquo;t be possible, and the best-case scenario would be trimming it to delay the onset of severe arthritis (thankfully, despite having walked quite a lot on it in the last year, only mild arthritis has developed so far). ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>LAU: post race: is that really me?</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2026-06-08T12:37:00+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/ba7967c11dfe08e0b0e51d3e192c21d9-146.html#unique-entry-id-146</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/ba7967c11dfe08e0b0e51d3e192c21d9-146.html#unique-entry-id-146</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[After sleeping through the night, I then spent the morning dozing, picking the Never Stops out of my remaining snack backs and eating the sweets I&rsquo;d been given at the finish (I&rsquo;d half-planned to pop to the supermarket in &Ouml;verkallix after finishing to stock up on non-race food, but didn&rsquo;t have the time and energy to do it). ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>LAU: loop two: it&#x27;s my maths that&#x27;s broken&#x21;</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2026-06-08T12:37:00+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/74df341646283819a9bc8f7e862b638e-145.html#unique-entry-id-145</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/74df341646283819a9bc8f7e862b638e-145.html#unique-entry-id-145</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Initially, I tried to manoeuvre Pulkee around them, but then Emiel told me that there were still more than 10 km to go to the CP (which would be quite a few hours at the speed we were moving at). ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>LAU: loop one: not last to CP1</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2026-06-08T12:37:00+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/15f8964e10f1c8323b35a9d0ea4e82ef-144.html#unique-entry-id-144</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/15f8964e10f1c8323b35a9d0ea4e82ef-144.html#unique-entry-id-144</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I hadn&rsquo;t had time to break in the backup shoes (they were a last-minute panic buy, in case it was really cold and I needed larger footwear that would accommodate toe warmers), so the boots went in the pulk in case my feet and legs didn&rsquo;t like the shoes. <br><br>
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>LAU: prerace</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2026-06-08T12:37:00+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/a4ea4d61db138d791773d38d9586abb0-143.html#unique-entry-id-143</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/a4ea4d61db138d791773d38d9586abb0-143.html#unique-entry-id-143</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[On the way back to the lodge, it suddenly occurred to me that I&rsquo;d been the first of the 3 of us to leave that morning (Roisin, who&rsquo;d also been on the Aviemore course but had past Arctic event experience, so didn&rsquo;t need to do the pre-race training course, had now arrived). ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Lapland Arctic Ultra: index</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2026-06-08T11:37:00+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/6189bea418746725c36f30de73379038-142.html#unique-entry-id-142</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/6189bea418746725c36f30de73379038-142.html#unique-entry-id-142</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Loop two: it's my maths that's broken  <br><br>
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>LAU: short</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2026-04-01T11:46:00+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/lau-shorts.html#unique-entry-id-148</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/lau-shorts.html#unique-entry-id-148</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[&ldquo;Initially, I didn&rsquo;t think I was moving fast enough to finish within the cutoff, but in the end I made it.&rdquo; <br><br><br>
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Lapland Arctic Ultra: pre-adventure</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2026-02-20T20:48:21+00:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/lapland-pre.html#unique-entry-id-141</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/lapland-pre.html#unique-entry-id-141</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[After a frustrating phone call to SAS customer services, where I was initially told that pulks/sledges weren&rsquo;t on their long list of allowed special sports baggage, it&rsquo;s added to my booking but not yet paid for. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>2025-26</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2026-01-03T12:15:38+00:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/2444a9bba262f3dcac4757a18fbade1a-140.html#unique-entry-id-140</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/2444a9bba262f3dcac4757a18fbade1a-140.html#unique-entry-id-140</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[However, it&rsquo;s vastly better than what I&rsquo;d been experiencing for the last few years: heavy bleeding, bad cramps, and a period starting on day 2/3 of any multiday race, regardless of where in my cycle it was. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Viadal 6 day: postrace</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2025-08-28T12:10:22+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/4bf5d8f9bca25ae9ce6bb979181d2baa-139.html#unique-entry-id-139</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/4bf5d8f9bca25ae9ce6bb979181d2baa-139.html#unique-entry-id-139</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I do regret inadvertently being dismissive of distances that I later realised other people would be happy with (&ldquo;My PBs 393 miles, so there&rsquo;s no point suffering 4 days of pain to end up in the low 300s.&rdquo;). <br><br>
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Viadal 6 day: prerace</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2025-08-05T13:55:06+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/5f539df21c20f1c394290b20546b6ecc-138.html#unique-entry-id-138</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/5f539df21c20f1c394290b20546b6ecc-138.html#unique-entry-id-138</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The best case scenario is that my multi-day shuffle still works and I can rack up a not-too-embarassing distance while trying out some potential fixes to issues: baggy shorts to avoid chafing, new sources of calories for when I&rsquo;m feeling sick on days 2-3, and a coil to stop heavy bleeding (more about this in &lsquo;the period bit at the end&rsquo;). ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>&#x22;It&#x27;s not 1992 and you&#x27;re not 18 any more&#x22;</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2025-01-04T14:59:25+00:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/99bd74f12b14105c86ed88743ee5d73e-137.html#unique-entry-id-137</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/99bd74f12b14105c86ed88743ee5d73e-137.html#unique-entry-id-137</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[If things go well I'd like to have another go at doing the Viadal six-day, but I won't commit to that until I've got a bit more training under my belt (the big uncertainty is what my body can handle once I'm back to work and commuting). ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The Six Days that wasn&#x27;t</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2024-08-15T18:05:30+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/SixDaysThatWasnt.html#unique-entry-id-136</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/SixDaysThatWasnt.html#unique-entry-id-136</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I wasn&rsquo;t sure that trying to run-walk for six days was a good idea, but I decided to go to the race with a big pile of books, take it easy and see how it went. <br><br>
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Pennine Bridleway Trail Challenge</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2024-08-15T17:45:00+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/PennineBridleway.html#unique-entry-id-135</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/PennineBridleway.html#unique-entry-id-135</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[On reaching the water point at the top of Cam High road just after dawn, I was very happy to be told that they&rsquo;d got my message and what I&rsquo;d asked for was waiting on the passenger seat of one of the vehicles. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Six days in the Dome: postmortem</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2024-08-15T16:56:00+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/SixDaysInTheDomePostmortem.html#unique-entry-id-134</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/SixDaysInTheDomePostmortem.html#unique-entry-id-134</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I was doing my usual track race day 1 routine of walking 1 lap every hour and every time I restarted running my heart rate would shoot up to over 170, even though it felt like I was running very slowly. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>2023-2024</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2024-01-01T16:55:00+00:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/2023-2024.html#unique-entry-id-133</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/2023-2024.html#unique-entry-id-133</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Zwift started as a way to keep fit while letting the tendonitis heal, but turned into a semi-addiction that got me through my dad's somewhat sudden death in the Autumn (which followed hot on the heels of the demise of our two elderly pet rabbits, Bob and Bat, in August). ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Six days in the Dome: prerace</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2023-06-15T12:28:42+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/SixDaysInTheDomePrerace.html#unique-entry-id-130</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/SixDaysInTheDomePrerace.html#unique-entry-id-130</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I did eventually build my milage up, but the peak milage I can sustain these days is nowhere near what it used to be. 5+ years ago in preparation for long ultras I&rsquo;d run 70-80 mile weeks, with back-to-back 20 and 30 mile runs at the weekend. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>2022-2023</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2023-04-11T21:05:33+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/2022-2023.html#unique-entry-id-129</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/2022-2023.html#unique-entry-id-129</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[In a &lsquo;shorter&rsquo; race milage goals are more helpful, and the rough plan at this point is to aim for ~100 miles in the first 24 hours, and then try and &lsquo;hang in&rsquo; for another 75-80 in day two.<br><br>
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Kauhajoki 6 day</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2022-08-20T20:14:30+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/kauhajoki6day.html#unique-entry-id-128</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/kauhajoki6day.html#unique-entry-id-128</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Not far in front of me was a bloke with a Spartathlon tattoo on his calf, and it was quite some time before anyone lapped me. 3 hours in my legs hurt but, given the issues I&rsquo;d started with, this wasn&rsquo;t surprising. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Gloucester 48 hour</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2022-08-20T20:14:19+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/Gloucester48hour.html#unique-entry-id-127</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/Gloucester48hour.html#unique-entry-id-127</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[There were a few good long days mixed in though; a 12.5 hour, 41 mile circumnavigation of all of the bear statues in Sheffield, and a fast packing weekend on the Lady Anne&rsquo;s Way route (in preparation for a race along it in Jan 2022). ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Convergence</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2022-08-20T20:14:10+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/Convergence.html#unique-entry-id-126</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/Convergence.html#unique-entry-id-126</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[And it turned out my 72.7 crow flies miles were enough for 2nd woman and 4th place overall-I&rsquo;m the magenta line just East of North (one of the successful &lsquo;black&rsquo; runs is missing from the map). <br><br>
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Streets (and footpaths) of Chesterfield 2</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2022-08-20T20:13:45+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/Streetsandfootpaths.html#unique-entry-id-125</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/Streetsandfootpaths.html#unique-entry-id-125</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The last 2 years have been a bit of a slog, but I&rsquo;m slightly embarrassed to admit that I quite enjoyed the first few months of the pandemic (once it became apparent that society wasn&rsquo;t going to immediately collapse). ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>2020-2021</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2021-01-01T16:32:00+00:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/884f483ab6e555a733cc855b0fbe1274-131.html#unique-entry-id-131</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/884f483ab6e555a733cc855b0fbe1274-131.html#unique-entry-id-131</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[In the end, I was glad when the Lady Anne&rsquo;s Way was postponed, a combination of a complete lack of fitness and being way behind schedule on a big work deadline meant there was no way I could have done it. <br><br>
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Rovaniemi 150</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2020-05-14T16:52:00+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/222391427212795fd5d5aba610f89c6f-132.html#unique-entry-id-132</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/222391427212795fd5d5aba610f89c6f-132.html#unique-entry-id-132</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I struggled to eat much of a rehydrated meal while I changed my socks and tried to dry off the bottom half of my fleece tights (my improvised &lsquo;slightly warmer than expected weather&rsquo; kit wasn&rsquo;t working particularly well) before pushing on. <br><br>
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Spine Challenger: post race</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2020-01-15T15:16:36+00:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/SpineChallenger2020post.html#unique-entry-id-124</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/SpineChallenger2020post.html#unique-entry-id-124</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I realised what I'd done after a couple of minutes and was just about to turn around when a runner coming the other way (who was trying to meet up with someone on the full race) kindly chased after me to tell me I was off route.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Spine Challenger: pre race</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2020-01-09T21:52:09+00:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/SpineChallenger2020pre.html#unique-entry-id-123</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/SpineChallenger2020pre.html#unique-entry-id-123</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[As I plodded my way, even more slowly than usual, off of Black Moor another Spine entrant caught me and figured out who I was (there aren't many women who've finished the Spine, so that information plus my first name was sufficient). ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Out of 2019 and into 2020</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2019-12-24T19:43:03+00:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/2019-2020.html#unique-entry-id-122</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/2019-2020.html#unique-entry-id-122</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[But Across the Years probably isn't going be viable for a mixture of reasons, both good (a potential epic 25th anniversary/OH's 50th birthday central American holiday) and bad (a big work deadline plus a new lecture course in the Autumn). ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>EMU 6 day race</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2019-12-24T15:55:04+00:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/EMU6day.html#unique-entry-id-121</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/EMU6day.html#unique-entry-id-121</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I'm also usually happy to go days without washing properly, but convinced myself that having 2 showers a day was a good idea for minimising chafing issues (possibly it was, but it was mainly an excuse to spent time not run-walking). 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Streets of Chesterfield</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2019-08-19T15:54:39+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/StreetsChesterfield.html#unique-entry-id-120</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/StreetsChesterfield.html#unique-entry-id-120</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[And I saw some interesting 'sights': my favourite was an ordinary road of red-brick semis, one of which had been stone-clad on the front, but not the side and another which had been 'made-over' in a mock Tudor style&hellip;
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>End of &#x27;year&#x27; update</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2019-05-06T21:14:27+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/End20198.html#unique-entry-id-119</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/End20198.html#unique-entry-id-119</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[When I'd entered the mini Mountain marathon in the Peak District in late August I'd assumed that I'd be back running by then, and went for the six hour version rather than the three hour one, on the grounds that usually the longer the distance the better I do. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>MW: postmortem</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2018-08-27T23:14:00+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/MWpostmortem.html#unique-entry-id-117</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/MWpostmortem.html#unique-entry-id-117</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[And then, if/when they got too tight (my feet don&rsquo;t tend to swell much, but there was very little spare room in these) my last resort was a battered old pair of Women&rsquo;s Roclite 336 boots, which already had 500+ miles (including half of the Spine and various other multi-day outings) on the clock.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>MW: aftermath</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2018-08-26T23:13:00+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/MWaftermath.html#unique-entry-id-115</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/MWaftermath.html#unique-entry-id-115</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The train was shorter than it was supposed to be and I only managed to squeeze on thanks to a bloke grabbing me and my bags and pulling me on (which brought back memories of being hauled onto the TransMongolian express by a dodgy trader after being detained at the Russian-Mongolian border on my honeymoon...). ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>MW: the end (for me)</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2018-07-28T23:13:00+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/MWend.html#unique-entry-id-114</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/MWend.html#unique-entry-id-114</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Ellen stopped a bit further along the route and when I caught her (and attempted to sit on a branch that really wasn&rsquo;t big enough to hold my weight) I again told her that she needed to drop me. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>MW: the middle</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2018-06-27T23:13:46+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/MWmiddle.html#unique-entry-id-116</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/MWmiddle.html#unique-entry-id-116</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Checking my phone I saw Peter was passing through Chipping Camden (I&rsquo;d later learn he&rsquo;d been late leaving CP4 due to a headache) while Ellen and Jon were one and two towns further down the route respectively, a pattern we&rsquo;d maintain for most of the day.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>MW: the beginning</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2018-06-27T23:13:07+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/MWbeginning.html#unique-entry-id-113</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/MWbeginning.html#unique-entry-id-113</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Eventually they pulled away for good, but not before Rich had checked that I was OK to do the canals through the Birmingham urban conurbation on my own (I&rsquo;d been moaning to all and sundry for the past 2 days about quite how grim they were).
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>MW: preparation</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2018-06-27T23:12:37+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/MWpreparation.html#unique-entry-id-112</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/MWpreparation.html#unique-entry-id-112</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[And when I turned my phone on in Stratford-upon-Avon I found a message from the B&B asking where I was (even though check-in was supposed to be open for another few hours) as they were going to a party. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>MW: preamble</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2018-06-27T23:12:16+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/MWpreamble.html#unique-entry-id-111</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/MWpreamble.html#unique-entry-id-111</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[To John Tennant and the Monarch&rsquo;s Way association for their &lsquo;painting the Forth Bridge&rsquo;-esque work in keeping the route stickered and passable, despite the worst efforts of some of the land-owners (and also to the sub-set of famers who actually keep the footpaths across their land clear).
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Plans for 2018</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2018-01-22T02:47:13+00:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/Plans2018.html#unique-entry-id-110</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/Plans2018.html#unique-entry-id-110</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[But it&rsquo;s not clear that a 100 mile race would be particularly good preparation for the MW (although I do definitely want to maintain running fitness, running the runnable bits will be necessary to build a buffer on the cut-offs). ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>2017</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2017-12-31T02:46:00+00:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/2017.html#unique-entry-id-109</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/2017.html#unique-entry-id-109</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[From early on it was clear that I wasn&rsquo;t running fast enough and the wheels (both mental and physical) finally came off on the infamous Sewestern (mud) lane.  
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Personliga Rekordens Tavling</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2017-12-22T02:46:00+00:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/PRT.html#unique-entry-id-108</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/PRT.html#unique-entry-id-108</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Yes I managed a decent performance at Escape from Meriden last year, but that was Iargely down to good planning and keeping going long after most of the field had stopped (and the hours around dawn were tough and I nearly stopped 30 miles in). ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>VS: the aftermath/postmortem</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2017-08-08T21:31:36+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/VSpostmortem.html#unique-entry-id-106</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/VSpostmortem.html#unique-entry-id-106</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[All in all I was feeling pretty good but I wasn&rsquo;t firing on all cylinders mentally: I accidentally managed to order a portobello burger with meat in it and didn&rsquo;t realise until several bites in (&ldquo;why&rsquo;s she asking me how I want my mushroom cooked?&rdquo;, &ldquo;Ooo, it&rsquo;s got a soya burger in it as well as the mushroom&rdquo;, &ldquo;Oh, it&rsquo;s not a soya burger, this is a real burger...&rdquo;). 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>VS: day 6</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2017-08-08T21:31:29+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/VSday6.html#unique-entry-id-105</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/VSday6.html#unique-entry-id-105</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I decided it would actually be a good idea to stop in Kimball in 4 miles time, sort out a room, dump anything I wouldn&rsquo;t need for the final 14 miles and dry myself off.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>VS: day 5</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2017-08-07T21:31:00+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/VSday5.html#unique-entry-id-104</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/VSday5.html#unique-entry-id-104</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Jeff from the previous afternoon appeared with more, much appreciated, cold water and I spotted Doug&rsquo;s support crew sun-bathing by the side of the road (choosing to spend time in the Sun seemed a bit odd to me by this point). ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>VS: day 4</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2017-08-06T21:31:00+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/VSday4.html#unique-entry-id-103</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/VSday4.html#unique-entry-id-103</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I was worried that all the food stores would be closed, like they were in Columbia that morning, and I&rsquo;d be without food, not just for that evening but also the long stretch to Shelbyville the next morning, so I asked Jeff&rsquo;s advice. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>VS: day 3</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2017-08-05T21:30:00+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/VSday3.html#unique-entry-id-102</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/VSday3.html#unique-entry-id-102</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Otherwise my routine was the same as the previous night with 2 differences. i) I didn&rsquo;t put my pants back on as, despite being made of thin, wicking fabric, they&rsquo;d felt like a wet nappy the night before ii) I didn&rsquo;t arrive till late afternoon (so much for avoiding the heat of the day) so it was already dark when I left.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>VS: day 2</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2017-08-04T21:30:00+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/VSday2.html#unique-entry-id-101</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/VSday2.html#unique-entry-id-101</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[However for the last 12 years I&rsquo;ve lived in the original Chesterfield (Derbyshire, UK) so I was keen to get a selfie with the road sign (I&rsquo;d been carefully looking out of the bus window on the drive to the start to check that Chesterfield, TN was in fact big enough to have a road sign). ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>VS: day 1</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2017-08-03T21:30:00+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/VSday1.html#unique-entry-id-100</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/VSday1.html#unique-entry-id-100</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I&rsquo;m not a fast walker and a fair few people overtook me, but I managed to keep up 17-18 min miles (I was wearing a cheap digital watch rather than a GPS, but the mile markers meant I could still check my pace). ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>VS: day 0</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2017-08-02T21:32:00+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/VSday0.html#unique-entry-id-107</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/VSday0.html#unique-entry-id-107</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[One of the bits of advice I&rsquo;d gleaned from the last but one Supper was to sit on the right hand side of the bus, so that you could see the side of the road we&rsquo;d be running on. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>VS: the buildup</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2017-08-02T21:30:00+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/VSbuildup.html#unique-entry-id-99</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/VSbuildup.html#unique-entry-id-99</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Plus someone who helpfully told me that having luggage was a sign that I was unsuited to doing Vol State (apparently I should have only turned up with old stuff that could be thrown away and then buy new clothes from Walmart at the end) and that my 6-7 day  estimated finishing time was probably completely unrealistic. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Mad dogs and an English woman go out in the Midday Sun</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2017-07-31T20:47:53+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/VS.html#unique-entry-id-98</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/VS.html#unique-entry-id-98</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I rashly clicked the &lsquo;post on Facebook&rsquo; button on ultra-signup and was a bit taken aback by the responses I got, which ranged from congratulations (thanks, but hold fire with those until I&rsquo;ve actually finished it) to asking if I knew what I was getting myself into (yes).
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>I didn&#x27;t miss by far...</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2017-04-05T21:53:57+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/VW2017.html#unique-entry-id-97</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/VW2017.html#unique-entry-id-97</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I think my reasons for doing the track race were sound; a 100 mile race in the build up to longer races has always worked well for me in the past, and I&rsquo;d be feeling a lot more miserable now if I didn&rsquo;t have 24 hour and 100 mile PBs to show for the past 6 months of hard work. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>24h endurance Helsinki</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2017-03-03T21:28:51+00:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/24hHelsinki.html#unique-entry-id-96</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/24hHelsinki.html#unique-entry-id-96</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I ended up taking 3 pairs of shoes out with me: very old standard fit Adrenalines, very new (they arrived from Germany 2 days before-hand) extra wide Adrenalines and my favourite trail shoes: Inov8 Race Ultra 290s. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>2017: the plan</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2017-01-07T22:28:21+00:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/2017plan.html#unique-entry-id-93</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/2017plan.html#unique-entry-id-93</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I&rsquo;m not sure about finishing goals yet. 6-7 days should be doable (on the grounds that if I can do 270 miles of peat bog in January with a 10kg rucksack in 6.5 days, I should be able to do 314 road miles in a similar time). ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>2016: good riddance</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2017-01-07T22:28:09+00:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/2016.html#unique-entry-id-92</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/2016.html#unique-entry-id-92</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Six weeks of wearing a splint and lot of physio it miraculously ended up more or less straight, although there&rsquo;s still scar tissue visible, it doesn&rsquo;t flex &lsquo;backwards&rsquo; like my other (hyper-mobile) joints and I&rsquo;ll probably never be able to play the Maple Leaf Rag properly again.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Sandstone Way variations</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2016-12-22T22:29:06+00:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/SW.html#unique-entry-id-95</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/SW.html#unique-entry-id-95</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[And was greeted by a not particularly friendly woman who acted like I&rsquo;d knocked on the door of a random house and told me they were in fact closed, and I couldn&rsquo;t stay because they&rsquo;d &ldquo;been painting&rdquo;. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Escape from Meriden</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2016-11-28T22:28:45+00:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/Escape.html#unique-entry-id-94</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/Escape.html#unique-entry-id-94</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I&rsquo;m sure google maps would have found me a more optimal road route, but by that stage I thought I&rsquo;d be glad to get off roads and onto familiar trails (my standard Sunday flat long route goes North on the trans-Pennine trail, with laps of Rother Valley Country Park, for mental toughness, in the middle). ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Kit review: Ultimate Direction PB 3.0</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2016-09-03T20:41:00+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/Kit.html#unique-entry-id-89</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/Kit.html#unique-entry-id-89</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[My biggest concern was whether a hard water bottle would fit in the front pocket (I&rsquo;ve tried soft bottles and I&rsquo;m really not a fan; they&rsquo;re a faff to get in and out of the pockets and an even bigger pain to refill). ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Trans Scania tips for foreigners</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2016-08-23T21:51:00+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/TransScania-tips.html#unique-entry-id-91</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/TransScania-tips.html#unique-entry-id-91</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[In a 100+ mile race in Britain I&rsquo;d expect to be off the back of the pack for the first ~20 miles, and then slowly work my way up to mid-field (on a good day at least...).  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Trans Scania</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2016-08-22T21:51:22+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/TransScania.html#unique-entry-id-90</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/TransScania.html#unique-entry-id-90</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[But given the navigation issues I was having (and the fact there were another 6 or 7 hours of darkness ahead of me) I decided a 45 minute sleep would be a good idea (and the idea of sleeping until dawn and then setting off in the day-light even briefly crossed my mind). ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Hunting the Herd of Sheffield</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2016-07-28T21:58:40+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/Herd.html#unique-entry-id-88</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/Herd.html#unique-entry-id-88</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Since I&rsquo;d be getting the train to Sheffield I decided to clear the city centre elephants first, then head out to the Botanical gardens via Weston Park, nip back to Bramall lane, followed by a big 3/4 circle taking in the outer elephants at Graves Park Animal Farm, Forge Dam, Our Cow Molly Farm, Hillsborough Walled Garden, Meadowhall and finally Crystal Peaks. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Northern Traverse</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2016-07-26T16:10:00+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/NT.html#unique-entry-id-87</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/NT.html#unique-entry-id-87</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Having been too awake to sleep in the toilets at the petrol station I was now feeling tired, so decided a 5 minute power nap would be a good idea before heading onto the moors. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>St Bees to Kirkby Stephen</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2016-05-16T16:09:32+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/NTrecce.html#unique-entry-id-86</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/NTrecce.html#unique-entry-id-86</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Looking on the bright side (after the sleepless night I spent in a soaking wet down sleeping bag a couple of years ago) I was using a synthetic sleeping bag and was just about warm enough to get back to sleep.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Viking Way 1&#x2c; Me 0</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2016-04-27T16:08:00+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/VW2016.html#unique-entry-id-85</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/VW2016.html#unique-entry-id-85</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I made it to CP7 at 96 miles ~12 min inside the 26.5 hour cut-off, but there was no way I was capable of going any further (at least not at a pace which would get me to the finish anywhere near the cut-off). ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Viking way rece 2</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2016-03-07T16:07:21+00:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/VWrece2.html#unique-entry-id-84</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/VWrece2.html#unique-entry-id-84</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[It was also becoming clear that I&rsquo;d significantly under-estimated the distance (forgetting to add on the couple of miles over the bridge to the start, and not realising that the Lincoln checkpoint is actually right on the outskirts) and I was at risk of missing the last train home. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>2016: the plan</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2016-01-02T20:02:32+00:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/2016plan.html#unique-entry-id-83</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/2016plan.html#unique-entry-id-83</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Well &lsquo;up my street&rsquo; so I entered as soon as it opened last June (which was good, since it meant I couldn&rsquo;t then be tempted into trying to take a fortnight off during exam season for the 600 mile Monarch&rsquo;s Way...).
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>2015: the good&#x2c; the bad &#x26; the &#x27;still can&#x27;t believe it&#x27;</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2016-01-02T20:01:41+00:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/2015.html#unique-entry-id-82</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/2015.html#unique-entry-id-82</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s joined my list of &lsquo;things where I worked really hard to do OK and ended up doing far better than I thought I was capable of&rsquo; (the other entries are Grade 8 piano, finals and Ironman). ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Recing the mud (aka Viking) way</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2015-12-22T20:01:07+00:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/VWrece1.html#unique-entry-id-81</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/VWrece1.html#unique-entry-id-81</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The plan was cycling (indoors on my turbo trainer) with the occasional weekend foray into the Peak District for mini mountain marathons  would keep me fit-ish and then I&rsquo;d start ramping the running back up in December. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Mini mountain marathons: things went wonky</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2015-12-15T19:59:48+00:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/MMM.html#unique-entry-id-80</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/MMM.html#unique-entry-id-80</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[My plans for Autumn were initially the same as last year: try and keep the training up, with one eye on having a go at my 100 mile and 24 hour PBs at the Barcelona 24 hour track race in December (and half an eye on seeing whether Autumn training for the Across the Years 6 day race in future would be viable). ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Leed Liverpool Canal Race 130</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2015-09-02T22:36:14+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/LLC.html#unique-entry-id-79</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/LLC.html#unique-entry-id-79</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I broke into a &lsquo;run&rsquo; again and was complemented on my shuffle. 100 miles in that would be a good thing. 13 miles is too soon to be shuffling, but that&rsquo;s what I was doing. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The long tour of Bradwell&#x2c; take 3</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2015-08-11T18:19:26+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/LTB2015.html#unique-entry-id-78</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/LTB2015.html#unique-entry-id-78</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[And then in 2011, in the run up to a failed attempt at UTMB I finished last again in 9.32, having officially missed the mid-way cut-off by 2 minutes (the marshals waved me through with the words &lsquo;we know you, you&rsquo;ll just keep plodding on&rsquo;). ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Thames Ring 250</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2015-07-02T15:23:04+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/TR250.html#unique-entry-id-77</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/TR250.html#unique-entry-id-77</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Rich was moving fast and there was no question of me trying to hang with him, but I did misguidedly think that maybe I could drop my walk breaks and just run. 20 minutes later I felt like crap, and switched back to the tried and tested routine. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Nordisk Oskar sleeping bag</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2015-06-01T14:55:00+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/NordiskOscar.html#unique-entry-id-74</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/NordiskOscar.html#unique-entry-id-74</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Everyone knows that down looses its insulating properties, but you don&rsquo;t truly know-know until you spend a night in a wet down bag, which the warmth of tissue paper.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Kirkby Stephen to Robin Hood&#x27;s Bay</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2015-05-27T14:54:52+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/NTrece1.html#unique-entry-id-73</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/NTrece1.html#unique-entry-id-73</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[But the route didn&rsquo;t go straight there, instead it meandered pointlessly (as far as I could tell at least) before hitting the coast at a caravan park several miles North of Robin Hood&rsquo;s Bay. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Taby Extreme Challenge 100</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2015-04-27T14:55:46+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/TEC.html#unique-entry-id-75</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/TEC.html#unique-entry-id-75</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[And secretly I was hoping to do some damage to my PB (22:52, as a split in a 24 hour track race where I walked all of the last 20 miles). 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>I ran until I dropped...</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2015-03-23T14:56:02+00:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/rundrop.html#unique-entry-id-76</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/rundrop.html#unique-entry-id-76</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[On Monday I ran to and from the station as in week 2, but got off the train half way through the return journey and ran the rest of the way. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Spine blogs: 2015</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2015-01-22T21:09:27+00:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/Spineblogs.html#unique-entry-id-72</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/Spineblogs.html#unique-entry-id-72</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ link to main Spine race blog index
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>2015 and beyond</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2015-01-08T19:42:35+00:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/2015plans.html#unique-entry-id-70</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/2015plans.html#unique-entry-id-70</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s not the end of the world though, in particular since I haven&rsquo;t yet worked out how I&rsquo;m going to manage to take a couple of weeks off in Feb/March for one of the longer races...
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>2014: bang&#x2c; meh&#x2c; fizzle</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2014-12-31T19:42:09+00:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/2014.html#unique-entry-id-69</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/2014.html#unique-entry-id-69</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The Dark & White Edale one went well; on &lsquo;home territory&rsquo; with the clag down I finished 3rd LV40 thanks to cunning route choice and some luck in finding tricky checkpoints. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Gear review: Ultimate Direction Fastpack 20l</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2014-11-25T20:15:00+00:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/UDFastPack.html#unique-entry-id-67</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/UDFastPack.html#unique-entry-id-67</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[This wasn&rsquo;t a long enough outing to really put comfort levels to the test, but (even without sudocrem...) there was no chafing and the wide shoulder straps spread the weight, avoiding a sore collar bone. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>On being a gear junkie</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2014-11-09T20:16:15+00:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/gear.html#unique-entry-id-68</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/gear.html#unique-entry-id-68</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I ran my marathon PB (nearly 20 years ago, when I was a penny-less PhD student) wearing a pair of &lsquo;trainers&rsquo; from a high street shoe shop, some M&S cotton socks, a huge 99p cotton T-shirt from New Look and a pair of purple shorts from the bargain bin at the local running shop. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>T184: kit</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2014-10-31T22:08:21+00:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/T184kit.html#unique-entry-id-66</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/T184kit.html#unique-entry-id-66</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The one plus side of having broad shoulders is that unisex packs fit me OK. The only problem was that it was on its last legs, which I only noticed as I was on my way down to London. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>T184: post-mortem</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2014-10-28T22:09:00+00:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/T184postmortem.html#unique-entry-id-65</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/T184postmortem.html#unique-entry-id-65</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[On the grounds that if my pack weighed much more than 8 kg I wouldn&rsquo;t be able to run at all, and I wanted to try and do a little bit better than just finishing inside the time limit. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>T184: the race</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2014-09-03T23:08:00+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/T184race.html#unique-entry-id-63</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/T184race.html#unique-entry-id-63</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I&rsquo;m usually right at the back for the first 20+ miles, but here it didn&rsquo;t feel like that (and in fact, according to the other-half who followed the race trackers online, I was at the front of the middle of the pack from the outset). ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>T184: preparation</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2014-08-30T22:09:00+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/T184prep.html#unique-entry-id-64</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/T184prep.html#unique-entry-id-64</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I did my fastest time ever on my regular 3 mile training loop, and then took 10 minutes off my best time for my favourite undulating off-road 10 mile Peak District route. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>A weekend in the Lakes</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2014-07-31T18:25:31+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/Lakes.html#unique-entry-id-62</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/Lakes.html#unique-entry-id-62</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I cooked up a plan to get the train up to Penrith on Friday evening, walk to Dalemain and then run/walk the L100 route Spine style (i.e. with a big rucksack and not much sleep) over the weekend, catching the last train home on Sunday evening. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Gloucester 24 hour track race</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2014-06-27T01:00:39+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/Gloucester24h.html#unique-entry-id-61</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/Gloucester24h.html#unique-entry-id-61</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[My plan was to set off at 5.5 mph (with half a lap walking every 10 laps) and see how long I could hold if for, with the vague goal of breaking my 9.59 50 mile PB. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>&#x2a;&#x2a;&#x2a;&#x2a;ing suitcases on wheels</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2014-05-31T00:26:02+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/suitcases.html#unique-entry-id-59</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/suitcases.html#unique-entry-id-59</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[But I&rsquo;d consistently chipped time off my hill-repeats, getting down from my usual 10.30 mm to nearly 9mm, and I was comfortably running back to back long runs at my goal speed of 5.5 mph. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Speed: the final frontier</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2014-03-01T22:30:48+00:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/speed.html#unique-entry-id-58</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/speed.html#unique-entry-id-58</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[So the plan is weekly speed work and hill repeats sessions, and, as a first step, trying to up my &lsquo;run all day&rsquo; pace from 5 to 5.5 miles per hour (which would get me to 50 miles in ~9 hours). ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Spine: index</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2014-02-02T22:15:00+00:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/spine-index.html#unique-entry-id-0</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/spine-index.html#unique-entry-id-0</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I&rsquo;ve tried not to tell other people&rsquo;s stories, in particular since my perception of things which happened might be very different from other people&rsquo;s (and reality was probably something else again...). ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Spine: random musings</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2014-02-01T14:53:09+00:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/spine-random-musings.html#unique-entry-id-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/spine-random-musings.html#unique-entry-id-1</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s hard to quantify, but (for someone slow like me whose goal is to finish comfortably within the time-limit) if the Spine is a 8 then Ironman (the most over-hyped thing in the Universe) is at most a 1, a flat 100 a 2 and a hilly 100 or GUCR a 3.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Spine blogs: 2014</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2014-02-01T13:56:01+00:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/spine-blog-list.html#unique-entry-id-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/spine-blog-list.html#unique-entry-id-2</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Tackling the 2015 Spine race
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Spine: the aftermath</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2014-01-31T16:42:14+00:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/99b6f890ac738e7c24c170bf94045af8-57.html#unique-entry-id-57</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/99b6f890ac738e7c24c170bf94045af8-57.html#unique-entry-id-57</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Another night I dreamt that I&rsquo;d taken the OH on an expedition and his feet had got frozen and he&rsquo;d had to have them amputated and it was all my fault. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Spine: stage 6&#x2c; the race for last orders</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2014-01-31T14:00:49+00:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/spine-stage-6.html#unique-entry-id-4</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/spine-stage-6.html#unique-entry-id-4</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[It was suggested I could have a snooze on the bench on the final hill to kill time until Saturday morning, but not to expect them to come back and wake me up. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Spine: stage 5&#x2c; the 1100 calorie brunch</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2014-01-30T15:02:45+00:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/spine-stage-5.html#unique-entry-id-5</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/spine-stage-5.html#unique-entry-id-5</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[There was floor-space across the car park, but some of the runners currently sleeping were planning to leave in an about an hour, which was about as long as it would take to eat and sort kit.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Spine: stage 4&#x2c; I wish I had a willy</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2014-01-30T12:06:59+00:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/spine-stage-4.html#unique-entry-id-6</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/spine-stage-4.html#unique-entry-id-6</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[In fact when I arrived in Dufton a marshall (who I later discovered was Tom who&rsquo;d had to drop out early on) told me that there were deep snow drifts before Cross Fell and therefore they were holding us in Dufton until dawn. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Spine: stage 3&#x2c; plodding on fumes</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2014-01-29T15:17:01+00:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/spine-stage-three.html#unique-entry-id-7</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/spine-stage-three.html#unique-entry-id-7</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[What was wrong with it had a name (I don&rsquo;t know whether it was the Latin for &lsquo;manky toe-nail due to hacking at it with nail scissors&rsquo;) and I was probably going to end up with an infected nail-bed which would need antibiotics. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Spine: stage 2&#x2c; the long one</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2014-01-29T13:17:55+00:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/spine-stage-two.html#unique-entry-id-8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/spine-stage-two.html#unique-entry-id-8</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[In retrospect Malham would have been a better place to stop & bivvy, but I wanted to keep going for a bit longer while I felt good and pressed on to CP 1.5 at Malham tarn. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Spine: stage 1&#x2c; a slow start</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2014-01-28T11:19:08+00:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/spine-stage-one.html#unique-entry-id-9</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/spine-stage-one.html#unique-entry-id-9</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Thanks to the mud I was an hour and a half slower than last year to this point, but the 10 or so miles to the checkpoint didn&rsquo;t involve mud/bog so should have been OK. If I hadn&rsquo;t got over-confident with my navigation. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Spine: the week before</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2014-01-28T10:21:17+00:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/spine-week-before.html#unique-entry-id-10</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/spine-week-before.html#unique-entry-id-10</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Kit check was from 6.30 on race morning, but you could get it done on Friday night if you then left your rucksack in the hall overnight. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Spine: kit</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2014-01-27T15:22:10+00:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/spine-kit.html#unique-entry-id-11</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/spine-kit.html#unique-entry-id-11</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Didn&rsquo;t get cold enough to use these so (apart from stage 3 where I wore them for the first 5 mins of Great Shunner Fell...) they stayed in my drop bag.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Spine: preparation</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2014-01-06T15:31:19+00:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/spine-preparation.html#unique-entry-id-12</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/spine-preparation.html#unique-entry-id-12</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I didn&rsquo;t officially confirm my entry until September, at which point I wasn&rsquo;t doing much running and had had to pull the plug on a training run/walk on the Pennine Way at Stanedge, a paltry ~24 miles in. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>2014</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2014-01-05T15:31:26+00:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/2014plans.html#unique-entry-id-13</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/2014plans.html#unique-entry-id-13</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Beyond the Spine I&rsquo;ve entered the Thames 184 at the end of Summer, and I&rsquo;ll probably do something &lsquo;big&rsquo; in between, I&rsquo;m just not sure what. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Looking back at 2013</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2013-12-29T15:32:39+00:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/2013.html#unique-entry-id-14</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/2013.html#unique-entry-id-14</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[It was a bit of a struggle towards the end but I managed to sneak PBs at 50 miles (9.59), 100 miles (22.52) and 24 hours (103.3) and another 1st place woman finish (there were slightly more women here, but the field wasn&rsquo;t particular deep).
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>British Ultra Fest</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2013-10-14T15:33:21+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/BUF.html#unique-entry-id-15</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/BUF.html#unique-entry-id-15</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[With a few hours to go I was in 5th place overall and the bloke in 4th had stopped at 100 miles, and was sitting by the track wearing normal clothes. 4th place overall should have been a nice carrot, but I just couldn't make my legs run. 4th place's support crew cajoled him back onto the track.&nbsp; 6th place (who I'd been evenly matched with all day) was holding it together better than me and leap-frogged me. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Grand Union Canal race</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2013-06-14T15:34:58+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/GUCR.html#unique-entry-id-16</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/GUCR.html#unique-entry-id-16</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[There were a handful of other runners there and I felt well and truly out of my depth as they discussed their past runs at Spartathlon (which has a 50 mile cut-off an hour inside my PB...) and the Viking Way. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Thames Path 100</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2013-04-18T15:35:55+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/TP100.html#unique-entry-id-17</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/TP100.html#unique-entry-id-17</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[By now it was clear that my finish time was going to be outside 26 hours whatever I did, and I made a deliberate decision not to push hard. 26 or 27 hours really didn&rsquo;t make much difference in the grander scheme of things. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Spine blogs: 2012 and 2013</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2013-02-26T15:36:45+00:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/Spineblogs.html#unique-entry-id-18</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/Spineblogs.html#unique-entry-id-18</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Gary Morrison: 1,2,3,4
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Spine challenger</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2013-01-22T15:41:20+00:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/SpineChallenger2013.html#unique-entry-id-20</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/SpineChallenger2013.html#unique-entry-id-20</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[In the past year I&rsquo;d managed 3rd woman in the LDWA 100 and 2nd in Run24, but I&rsquo;d never, ever won anything athletic (apart from, I think, the 3 legged race at primary school). 1st out of 2 isn&rsquo;t exactly a triumph, but I&rsquo;d had it at the back of my mind from the outset that this might be my chance to officially win something. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Spine kit</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2013-01-22T15:38:09+00:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/SCkit.html#unique-entry-id-19</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/SCkit.html#unique-entry-id-19</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The boots were good for grip and stability but probably didn&rsquo;t have quite enough cushioning (judging by the intermittent &lsquo;being hit with a hammer&rsquo; feeling I got for several days afterwards, just like after running the first ~30 miles of the Games 100 on tarmac in trail shoes) and the uppers have begun to split after only ~250 miles, which is a bit crap (and would be a problem for the full Spine Race).
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Spine training</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2013-01-09T15:42:51+00:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/SCtraining.html#unique-entry-id-21</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/SCtraining.html#unique-entry-id-21</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The weather on Saturday was a bit miserable and I really didn&rsquo;t like the rock steps up Pen-y-Ghent, and they&rsquo;d be nagging at the back of my mind for a lot of the race (in particular what they were going to be like if icy or snowy). ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Looking back at 2012</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2013-01-03T15:45:40+00:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/2012.html#unique-entry-id-23</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/2012.html#unique-entry-id-23</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[As it was they turned into a death-plod and a DNS respectively, but I did chip 7 minutes off at Run 24 (you&rsquo;re probably not supposed to start a 24 hour race with a 50 mile PB).
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Goals for 2013</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2013-01-03T15:43:45+00:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/2013plans.html#unique-entry-id-22</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/2013plans.html#unique-entry-id-22</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[GUCR is the obvious target in terms of far (and I was lucky enough to get a place in the draw) and the sub 24 100 carries over from 2012.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>A tough day at the reservoir</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2012-10-01T15:47:11+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/Ladybower50.html#unique-entry-id-24</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/Ladybower50.html#unique-entry-id-24</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The next 20 miles were a mental battle, talking myself in and out of DNF-ing (pro: running is supposed to be fun, and this isn&rsquo;t, con: if you can&rsquo;t finish a 50 what hope have you got of finishing GUCR?). ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>UTMB take 2: weather deja vu</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2012-09-29T15:47:46+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/UTMB2012.html#unique-entry-id-25</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/UTMB2012.html#unique-entry-id-25</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I&rsquo;d feel a fraud posing around in it not having run the full route, but post race in Chamonix would have been the one time when I could have worn it with pride (and if you see someone hobbling around Chamonix post race without a fleece, you assume they&rsquo;ve DNF-ed). ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Back to the Alps</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2012-07-26T15:48:37+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/Alps.html#unique-entry-id-26</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/Alps.html#unique-entry-id-26</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[My memory of Bovine was a nightmare of clambering over rocks (and for the past 2 years I&rsquo;ve had at the back of my mind &lsquo;how am I going to get up that with 75 miles in my legs&rsquo;). ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Canal dreaming</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2012-07-09T15:49:27+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/Canals.html#unique-entry-id-27</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/Canals.html#unique-entry-id-27</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[And with the slowly growing realisation that while I love running in the mountains I&rsquo;m better (or less bad at least) at plodding on the flat, a bigger plan is fermenting. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Run 24: another 100 PB&#x21;</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2012-07-06T15:49:59+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/Run24.html#unique-entry-id-28</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/Run24.html#unique-entry-id-28</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[As I was approaching the start-finish line at the end of my 17th lap the PA started up with an announcement of the leading runners&nbsp; The first woman had finished her 17th lap about an hour before, but was there anyone between me and her? ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Games 100: big PB</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2012-06-09T15:50:56+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/Games100.html#unique-entry-id-29</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/Games100.html#unique-entry-id-29</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[When I got there, there was a track on the right, but the `Warning police dogs training&rsquo; sign on the gate made me think it wasn&rsquo;t the one I wanted. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>I&#x27;m OK&#x2c; but I&#x27;m not so sure about the wall</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2012-05-05T15:52:02+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/OK.html#unique-entry-id-30</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/OK.html#unique-entry-id-30</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[We made it to Fleet Moss OK, and then had to wait (in the midst of a the bog in the storm) while &lsquo;full steam ahead&rsquo; (FSA) man faffed with this kit for 5 minutes.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>It could have been worse</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2012-04-21T15:52:47+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/CalderdaleHike.html#unique-entry-id-31</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/CalderdaleHike.html#unique-entry-id-31</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[For most of the day it felt like I was right at the back of the field (and if they hadn&rsquo;t extended the cut-off towards the end of the race I&rsquo;d have missed it by a couple of minutes). ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Delusional goals and dubious complements</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2012-03-24T15:53:32+00:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/WutheringHike.html#unique-entry-id-32</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/WutheringHike.html#unique-entry-id-32</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[After last weekend&rsquo;s lesson in realistic goal-setting, my goal for this one was to finish in under 13.42 and beat my &lsquo;Wuthering Hike-Hardmoors&rsquo; double-header time from last year.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>UTMB rematch is on&#x21;</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2012-01-22T15:55:07+00:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/UTMBrematch.html#unique-entry-id-33</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/UTMBrematch.html#unique-entry-id-33</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Repeatedly getting blown off the path on the Mam Tor ridge was the final straw and I decided to drop down into Edale, do a quick out and back through the village to squeak the mileage up to 20, and call it a long, slow day.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>... and forwards to 2012</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2012-01-02T15:55:46+00:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/2012plans.html#unique-entry-id-34</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/2012plans.html#unique-entry-id-34</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[But both of the 100s I've done have been hilly, off-road, unmarked courses, and I've got my eye on a 24 hour race on a flat trail loop. 100 miles in 24 hours is probably still over ambitious, but it's something to aim for. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Looking back at 2011...</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2011-12-30T15:56:23+00:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/2011.html#unique-entry-id-35</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/2011.html#unique-entry-id-35</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[A couple more OK runs (squeezing inside 11 hours at Round Rotherham, nearly half an hour outside my PB, but a decent result in the circumstances) and that was that.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Brecon 40</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2011-12-05T15:57:24+00:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/Brecon40.html#unique-entry-id-36</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/Brecon40.html#unique-entry-id-36</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[And acquired 3 bikes and a set of wheels, each of which were individually worth more than my car at that time (although that says as much about how old and crap my car was as it does about my fall into the &lsquo;triathlon bling buying&rsquo; trap).
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Lakeland 100 recce 1</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2011-11-07T15:58:24+00:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/Lakelandrece.html#unique-entry-id-37</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/Lakelandrece.html#unique-entry-id-37</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[But it seems to be getting more popular (the internet's full of people with the 'start running ultras, bag the qualifying points and run UTMB' plans/delusions I had 4 years ago), so I might not be lucky enough to get a place. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>around Rotherham again</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2011-10-18T15:59:57+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/RR2011.html#unique-entry-id-38</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/RR2011.html#unique-entry-id-38</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I went through half way in 5.15, and at this point I began to wonder whether a finishing time starting with a 10 might be possible (the 1st half contains more flat, even trail/road than the 2nd, so some slowing down was inevitable). ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>High Peak 40 - the road of doom</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2011-10-08T16:01:19+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/HP40.html#unique-entry-id-39</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/HP40.html#unique-entry-id-39</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[And with a combination of counting footsteps and inventing pace and heart rate goals, I ran all but a couple of hundred metres of it, making up the time I&rsquo;d lost on the big off-road climbs.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Lessons learnt/master plan</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2011-09-03T16:03:09+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/UTMBlessonslearnt.html#unique-entry-id-40</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/UTMBlessonslearnt.html#unique-entry-id-40</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[High Peak 40 is probably the best bet as I&rsquo;ve struggled a bit both times I&rsquo;ve run it (despite the 2nd senior woman medal in 2009...) whereas the 2009 Round Rotherham was one of the best runs I&rsquo;ve ever had.&nbsp; ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>I&#x27;ll be back</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2011-08-30T16:05:06+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/UTMB2011.html#unique-entry-id-41</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/UTMB2011.html#unique-entry-id-41</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[As the early time cut-offs were going to be tight&nbsp; I&rsquo;d made a spread-sheet of times, speeds elevations etc. which I&rsquo;d been planning to tie to the outside of my rucksack, but with the shortened cut-offs I&rsquo;d decided to just see how far I could get without worrying too much and stuffed it inside my bag. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Three days and counting</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2011-08-23T16:06:03+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/UTMBpre2011.html#unique-entry-id-42</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/UTMBpre2011.html#unique-entry-id-42</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[In particular about the 3 big climbs laying in wait in the last 25 miles (where I&rsquo;ve really struggled in both the 100s I&rsquo;ve done before). ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Long tour of Bradwell: deja vu or not</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2011-08-19T16:06:41+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/LTB2011.html#unique-entry-id-43</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/LTB2011.html#unique-entry-id-43</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I nearly caught them again at the bottom of the last climb,&nbsp; but despite running my fastest mile of the race through Bradwell to the finish, ended up a minute and a bit behind them. 7 minutes slower than 2009 and last again, but well inside the final 10 hour cut-off at least.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>UTMB training camp</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2011-08-07T16:07:29+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/UTMBtraning.html#unique-entry-id-44</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/UTMBtraning.html#unique-entry-id-44</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Things got a bit better as the 4 days went on though, and the highlight was going up the final climb to La Tete Aux Vents and across to La Flegere under my own steam, at my own pace (albeit with a head start...)
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Housman 100</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2011-06-06T16:08:19+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/Housman100.html#unique-entry-id-45</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/Housman100.html#unique-entry-id-45</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Waiting at the station I chatted to some other participants, and discovering I&rsquo;d been the fastest finisher of the small group perked my up some more (although I was a bit embarrassed by an exchange between one of the group and a random person: &lsquo;are you lot going for a walk?&rsquo;, &lsquo;No we&rsquo;ve just done 100 miles&rsquo;, &lsquo;Oh.... how long did it take?&rsquo;, &lsquo;It took me XX hours, but she [points at me as if I was some sort of superstar] did it in 34&rsquo;).
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Fellsman 2011</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2011-05-31T16:09:54+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/Fellsman2011.html#unique-entry-id-46</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/Fellsman2011.html#unique-entry-id-46</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[En route we&rsquo;d be overtaken by several groups (one of which was being &lsquo;driven&rsquo; by a woman who seemed hell-bent on burning her companions out one by one...) but we&rsquo;d then catch and repass them at the checkpoints.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Injured. On the way to get my UTMB medical certificate signed</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2011-05-09T16:11:15+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/injured.html#unique-entry-id-47</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/injured.html#unique-entry-id-47</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I&rsquo;d had one eye on trying to better my placing in the &lsquo;most total points&rsquo; category in the Run Further UK ultra-running championships (last year I was just outside the top 3) but convinced myself it wasn&rsquo;t worth jeopardising UTMB (or the rest of my May plans). ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>I can sleep through Machine Head live&#x2c; but I can&#x27;t sleep through that</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2011-04-02T16:12:07+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/Hardmoors2011.html#unique-entry-id-48</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/Hardmoors2011.html#unique-entry-id-48</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The luminous figures in the distance started coming back to me and by the time I got to the turn-off off the moors 2 miles outside Osmotherley&nbsp; I knew I was going to make it, just... ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>To UTMB</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2011-02-05T16:13:37+00:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/UTMBentry.html#unique-entry-id-50</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/UTMBentry.html#unique-entry-id-50</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I spent the next couple of evenings finding a &lsquo;not-too-horrifically expensive hotel in Chamonix that isn&rsquo;t above a bar or next to the race route&rsquo; and (re)reading every UTMB blog or report I could find. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Inspiration fodder</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2011-02-05T16:13:04+00:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/UTMBblogs.html#unique-entry-id-49</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/UTMBblogs.html#unique-entry-id-49</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp; Team &rsquo;Run like a girl&rsquo; on runfurther
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>2011: UTMB or not UTMB</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2011-01-01T16:14:13+00:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/2011.html#unique-entry-id-51</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/2011.html#unique-entry-id-51</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Come 2009 I had enough points to enter UTMB, but with a better idea of what I was getting myself into, decided to run another, easier 100 first. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Round round Rotherham</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2010-12-03T16:16:41+00:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/RR2010.html#unique-entry-id-53</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/RR2010.html#unique-entry-id-53</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[My appetite finally returned and at the final checkpoint I grabbed two handfuls of biscuits and headed off, determined to finally drop the group I&rsquo;d been going back and forth with for most of the day (they were moving faster, but lingering at checkpoints). ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>2010: a year of two halves</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2010-12-03T16:15:05+00:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/2010.html#unique-entry-id-52</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/2010.html#unique-entry-id-52</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I was definitely somewhere in the midst of a fantastic 3 week trekking holiday in Nepal: up the Gokyo valley to Gokyo Ri, over the Cho La pass and on to Kala Pattar and Everest base camp. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>High Peak 40 (more snot&#x2c; less medals)</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2010-09-19T16:17:33+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/HP402010.html#unique-entry-id-54</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/HP402010.html#unique-entry-id-54</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Last year I struggled up Deep Dale 1 and the never ending, gently rising, road from hell, but didn&rsquo;t get the fuss about Deep Dale 2 (a steep sided ravine that appears at the last moment in the middle of an innocuous looking field). ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Ridgeway 85: knee stops play</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2010-09-05T01:19:00+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/RIdgeway85.html#unique-entry-id-55</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/RIdgeway85.html#unique-entry-id-55</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[So I decided to DNF at checkpoint 4 while it was still early enough to find a bed for the night (thanks to the other half....), and hopefully save my knee for another day (High Peak 40 and Round Rotherham).
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>A tale of two Ironmen</title><dc:creator>Anne Green</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2010-08-11T16:19:49+01:00</dc:date><link>http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/Ironmen.html#unique-entry-id-56</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://anne-green.net/personal/blog/files/Ironmen.html#unique-entry-id-56</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[  Get a bit carried away and run 5 ultras in 11 weeks....... culminating in 105 miles where you loose the skin off the balls of your feet (and several toes) and render yourself incapable of doing anything for a fortnight. ]]></content:encoded></item></channel>
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