A Day in the Company of the Old Man

[enitharmon]

Not my Old Man - soon we'll be marking the thirtieth anniversary of his demise - but this distinguished gentleman:




Coniston Old Man - 803 metres of tough old mountain. Find out more about my day.

This was a substitute for 30 minutes running. I was up there for nearly seven hours and my knees are killing me. How many other running sessions was it worth?

Comments

[tvor.livejournal.com]

Wow well done you and i'm glad you got back safely.. You even managed to find some blue sky! Looks like you really enjoyed that beer at the end, too and have you gone all red headed since i saw you last?

[swanofkennet.livejournal.com]

Hush dear - that's natural colour!

(Henna's natural, isn't it?)

[tvor.livejournal.com]

Is that anything like "her hair went postively gold with grief"? ;)))) I think it's lovely!

[paul-temple.livejournal.com]

It's a long time since I climbed that. In fact I think it's... 8 years. So I would have just 9 years old :-)

[beebarf.livejournal.com]

To answer your question - according to the calculator on weightlossresources.co.uk, these would be the calories burnt if I had done the same stuff (you will be lighter than me, so the calories burnt will be less!)

Running for 30 minutes, 6 mph - 411 (8.5 mph - 556)
Hillwalking, up and down, recreational, 420 minutes - 2300

Note to self: must get and walk more! :-D

Looks lovely, the Old Man is one of the ones I've never done, when I was a VS Leader, we tended to walk nearer Keswick or Wasdale.

[elhamisabel.livejournal.com]

That's a beautiful place.
I saw the pictures on flickr. Great!

[thermalsatsuma.livejournal.com]

That pint of beer looks richly deserved! Fabulous pictures Rosie.