STUFFMOUNTAIN

Check out my account of a fun day out at http://h18-orr.blogspot.co.uk/

The Hangar 18 team will have a stand in the field in front of New Dungeon Gyhll Hotel on saturday May 18th. Call in say Hi and take an opportunity to 'See the Gear'.

You can always for an off road Speed Training group session, just go out and do reps, 3 x 4 sets of 400m on the flat with 1 minute rest between each rep....but why not do something a little different. A handicap route. For example, a 3.25mile route with 525 feet of ascent over varied terrain. Start with a  single track hill climb of 200 feet, a short flat run along an old land rover track, a long descent of the rocky path to a bridge a climb up a forest trail , downhill to cross a ford [ wet feet ], after a short uphill then more or less a flat fast trail to the start / finish point. You time yourself and after the first run you are handicapped on your time to complete the route. If the handicap is correct then you should all finish around the same time. Not only are you running against the clock but you have added incentive of trying to catch the runner in front of you. Do this for a summer, say every 4 weeks, see if you improve. So speed training with a little valu...

This is the second failure in 12 months, tonight total failure again [ not battery ], I have had one new unit FOC last feburary. I do much night running and cannot risk failure again. I have used petzl for years with no probs. I am going to check out other manufacturers. Not impressed.

Following the sucess of the 680 grm bag, and after 2 years of testing H18ORR launched last weekend at the Howgills OMM their new lightweight 480 grm Down Sleeping Bag. Check out the bag, purchase one plus some reports of it use at the OMM on www.h18orr.com  . A non zip sleeping bag of this design is in development.

Congratulations to Jim Mann whom completed and finished in 6th place in this 5 day holiday, many think to be the toughest Mountain Running race in the world. Awesome and truly inspiring.

Check out http://www.amazon.co.uk/Terrain-Training-Off-Road-Runners-ebook/dp/B008VHNJPC/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1346068555&sr=8-4