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roadrunner · Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 4:05 pm Post subject:

Congratulations John. You should be really pleased with your trip. The sights you have seen will stay with you forever. Now get home, get them running shoes on. We need you on the team!

JB · Joined: 29 Jan 2007 Posts: 6

Don´t worry Andy lad, been doing some running these days. I've left the bike in Quito and are now travelling around the country. A few days ago I went over to the Cotapaxi national park. I stayed in a luxury mountain hut and did some running at 4000m. It makes training feel like a whole new experience. Its only possible to jog, and it feels like you're lungs are as small as 2 peas. Me and Anna hired a guide and we set off at midnight to climb the volcano. Anna could only manage to get to 4600m before falling down and vommiting a lot. Luckily she could stay in a refuge while I continued to the summit at 5897m. Got there as it was getting light. It was a scary experience, climbing on such steep icy slopes, but I never felt any effects of the altitude. I'm thinking of climbing Chimarazo this week. Thats 6300m.

I won't be back for intercounties fell, but hopefully I'll be fit when it comes to the euro trial. Training for that, today i'm hoping to run up volcano where I'm staying. Just to the last hut, at 3800m, i'm staying at 1900m, its an active one, and last night it was smoking.

See everyone soon, flying home on the 20th. Then pedalling up to manchester from Brighton.
JB

John123 · Joined: 05 Nov 2006 Posts: 53 Location: Heald Green

Brighton to Manchester. A mere bagatelle!!
See you soon, John
Cheers
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roadrunner · Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 7:43 pm Post subject: