More BG Training and some Kinder Dozen Messing about!

An update to the training progression. The top chart below is a visual representation of what I think I should be doing. It has been recommended to me on the FRA Form that I need to be doing 3000 mtrs per week for about 3 months, before the attempt. The 100 mile training schedule that I found recommended that the schedule should be in 4 week cycles with a rest week before ramping the training up again.  The two lower charts show that I am well ahead of the schedule at this stage.

I am targeting the Kinder Dozen as ideal training for the BG. There are a few Kinder Dozen plots on Strava and they put it at about 39 Km and 2,900 mtrs of climbing. It is about 1/3 of a BG but it is much harder going with some steep climbs and very rough ground. I had a couple of night time reccies, between them doing about 8 of the climbs. Yesterday I took the morning off work as the forecast was excellent and had a go to see how far I would get. I started a 6am and knew I needed to be finished by 1pm as I had to get back to work.  I thought that maybe I might get 10 climbs in but in the end I managed 8 from the base of Jacobs Ladder, to Edale YHA. When I got to the YHA I knew I did not have time for another climb so I had to head straight back via the valley floor to Jacobs Ladder and onto Harry Moor Ford where I joined the route.  It was an excellent morning, really enjoyed it and in daylight it was a lot easier! On some of the night time climbs and descents I was trashing across rough ground not knowing there was a good trod near by.