I haven't posted for what seems like ages. I've missed it, but life and meteorology have got in the way.
So Friday was the first dry moment without work, family or husbandly commitments since the last post. November was pretty much a write off, the only point of note was visiting Dangleberries with pads to find it wet, hardish, and needing a spotter to prevent headplanting. Friday, however, I went for a quick walk above our house to walk round a scree cone I hadn't navigated before.
Ponds! must remember these come the frogspawn season (for the kids obviously)
Cool Junk. The cone is pretty old so the composition is a little unstable and exciting with some cool lichens and plants.
random pretty rock, nothing to boot up for though.
Damn good wall.
Although Seren continues to be a fairly easy going baby, Ethan and Dylan are getting into their stride as 5yr old twin boys, hereby known as the Chaos Munkeys. The Chaos Munkeys have stopped destroying their school, and started to slow down on the destruction of the family home, but they're not going to bed like little darlings at the moment. Ho Hum.
Last week I also visited Sunny Carlisle. This was for a NIBAS course for the delivery of the meaty stuff; levels 4&5. Good coaching content, with a chance to practice on ourselves. With all the upheaval in my life at the moment it was good to set some Goals:
Short Term
Get myself back into regular training with good form and all niggles managed
I have been increasingly frustrated with my bodies failures of late. a lack of regular climbing combined with some long term injuries / sources of pain have made it a bit of a dark time (fortunately lit up by Seren). Borrowed this book for the Train Journey to Carlisle
The opportunities of delayed trains meant it all got read. The gist of it is that this is complicated; find the best people to advise you, work hard and adapt to keep enjoying it, eccentrics are good, sort technique and bio mechanics. So this week I have a date with a Dance, Pilates, and Fitness instructor Eirian Roberts for a full MOT, and I'll try to fit some (very) light conditioning in too, rather than be a boy and jump on the pretty hard things.
Medium Goal
Need to be fit, aerobically and core, for this, and for it to be warm. one for the spring.
Long Term Goal
Climb this:
By Next Winter I need to be solid of core, injury free, in full four wheel drive, and have muscles on my muscles.
The first step is to lap a few 5b's
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