30th August 2007 - Fell Run

Ran from Les Houches to Col de Voza and back. Straight up, straight down. With Brett - he did very well.

1hr 28' - 700m ascent

Felt easy.

27th August 2007 - Fell Run

Run from Argentiere village up north side of the valley, north to Le Tour then back down to Argentiere. With Maurice and Brett. Was Brett's first fell run.

1hr - 8km, 400m ascent

Feeling good and fairly fit.

24th - 26th August 2007 - Mountaineering

Aiguille du Tour, Mont Blanc Massif

Facile graded route

Great walk up to the Albert Premier Refuge then 06.00h start to climb snow field to Col. Then climbed SW face and ridge to summit. Descended to Refuge same day and then descended to Le Tour the following day.

Intended to use this route as a training route for Mont Blanc, but the second half of the week rendered thunderstorms and v.unsettled weather so we couldn't do the mountain, and had to stay in the valley for the rest of the week. Hoping for better weather for the next attempt - maybe next year?

Climbed with Maurice, Shags and Brett.

17th August 2007 Swim

3km London Fields Lido

1hr 01:39


500m splits

9:38.0
10:12.0
10:15.3
10:28.4
10:37.7
10:28.1


Feeling ok, tired afterwards, pretty tough 4th lap. First non-wetsuit swim for a while and I had to really kick to keep my legs higher in the water.

12th August 2007 Fell Run

Buttermere, Crummock Water, Vale of Lorton
Fell Running with Maurice

1hr 55'

8th August 2007 Run

Hackney, Vicky Park, canals and London Fields

1 hr at marathon pace.

Chest tight, got better after 30', feeling good last 15'

2nd August 2007 Swim

London Fields pool (WETSUIT swim)

2.5km - 43:59.9

500 splits:
8:25.6
8:41.9
8:58.4
8:57.9
8:56.1

Felt strong, good to get back in the pool. Need to work on getting left arm higher on each stroke.