UK hiker
Options
stephm112
Posts: 297 Member
Hi all
I'm new to the group. I see most of you are in the US so I don't know what trails you guys are talking about but they all sound awesome. My bucket list just got a whole lot bigger!
I'm currently training for a 100 mile non stop in 36 hours hike (in aid for charity) I try to train as much as I can and go for 1 big hike a week up the quantock (English hills. Lots and lots of hills) and pretty much walk everywhere with my daughter on my back and my boots. Glamorous right!
Just a quick one to say hi, and any training tips welcome. Especially tips dealing with very long elevation gains. I had to deal with nearly 2 miles uphill on Sunday and I wanted to die! My friends run up the hills and I'm there just trying to breathe let alone run!
Does it get easier?
Steph
I'm new to the group. I see most of you are in the US so I don't know what trails you guys are talking about but they all sound awesome. My bucket list just got a whole lot bigger!
I'm currently training for a 100 mile non stop in 36 hours hike (in aid for charity) I try to train as much as I can and go for 1 big hike a week up the quantock (English hills. Lots and lots of hills) and pretty much walk everywhere with my daughter on my back and my boots. Glamorous right!
Just a quick one to say hi, and any training tips welcome. Especially tips dealing with very long elevation gains. I had to deal with nearly 2 miles uphill on Sunday and I wanted to die! My friends run up the hills and I'm there just trying to breathe let alone run!
Does it get easier?
Steph
0
Replies
-
Welcome Steph!
I struggle with elevation gains as well, but I'm trying to do running training in order to improve my cardiovascular capabilities. I don't know if that will work because I'm not there yet, but that's what I'm trying.
This 100 miles in 36 hours. Is that 36 hours of hiking or 36 hours total? I'm hoping 36 hours of movement because that comes out to approx. 2.7 mph, which seems about right. If you stop and take breaks, does that deduct from your time or does the clock keep running?
Either way, that will be quite a feat. I live in the midwest US, where it is quite flat. The highest elevation gain anywhere that I could hike nearby is about 600-800 ft. change. I've gone to mountains, and have reached the summit of a few small mountains here in the US, but I am here to improve my condition and be capable of more activity.0 -
Welcome Steph. That 100 miles is that the Coast to Coast Hike in the North of the UK? I remember reading about it once. I spent a week in the Lake District about 15 years ago. It was a unique experience walking out of the campground-jumping onto a local bus and getting dropped off at the Trailhead. Completing the Hike at the Local Pub with a few wet ones and then catching the bus back to the campground.
The hiking I do is quite a bit different - you have to be completely self reliant for 3-4 days minimum there's no Bus or Pub. Try your local Library to see if they can source this book first Canadian Rockies Trail Guide by Brian Patton and Bart Robinson. Or buy it from
http://www.amazon.ca/Canadian-Rockies-Trail-Guide-Patton/dp/0981149189.
A Canadian Classic called the West Coast Trail. Blisters & Bliss
http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/pn-np/bc/pacificrim/activ/activ6a.aspx
http://www.amazon.ca/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_7?url=search-alias=stripbooks&field-keywords=west coast trail&sprefix=west+co,stripbooks,2700
