Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Climbing Training

I'm training for a trip to Kalymnos, Greece in a little over a month.  In preparation, I got a membership to the Denver Bouldering Club, and have been several times.

My current method of operating is the following:
- Climb (or attempt) every E-, E, and E+ bouldering problem and downclimb.
- Do some random core stuff

The DBC doesn't use the V rating, so I really have no idea how hard these climbs are.  I think that as long as I can do M+ by the end of December, I should be in a good position for Kalymnos.

However, I need to start doing some top-roping and lead climbing to keep my endurance up.  I also need to get outdoors, moreso than just the JTree trip with Minwah in December.

WOOT!!!

New Things

I haven't posted in this blog in a long, long time.  But, I want to start again!
I moved to Denver, Colorado in fall of 2011.  I stopped posting on here because it's "Cambridge" Exercise, and I'm no longer there.  But I suppose I'm an Ex-Cambridger, so it still works?

In any case, it's been a long, long time since I posted.
Some things that happened:

Running
Half Marathons
- Bay State Half Marathon - 10.17.2010, 1:59:00 (pace, 9:06)
- Pikes Peak Ascent - 08.18.2012, 4:29:43
- Boston Half Marathon - 10.12.2014, 1:55:00

Fun Runs

- McAdenville Christmas Town USA 5k - 12.01.2013
- Bolder Boulder 10k - May 2014

Biking
- MS Cape Code Ride - 2010, 175 miles in 2 days
- Courage Classic - 2013, 2014; big mountain passes

Climbing
- Red Rocks, NV - Dec 2011, 7 days
- Colorado: Shelf Road, Boulder Canyon, Clear Creek, North Table, Eldorado Canyon
- I lead 5.9 sport and 5.7 trad now!

Hiking
- 260 miles on the AT - April 2011
- Sarek National Park - June 2012
- 32 Colorado 14ers

Skiing
- Arapahoe Basin, Keystone, Loveland, Brekenridge, Vail, Beaver Creek
- Alpine -> Telemark; 1 day of snowboarding, ew.


In summary, I got a *lot* better at climbing, running, biking, skiing, and hiking in the past 3 years.