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Post by FatPom on May 21, 2021 14:24:08 GMT 8
Anyone have anything coming up?
I have SDW100 mile in 3 wks. (June 12th) and my right is not happy about it at the moment.
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Post by cottoneyes on May 23, 2021 20:03:01 GMT 8
I'm down to do Wonderland run in the Grampians in August - got my qualifier run in 2 weeks time - Traralgon half marathon (road run as I missed the Prom trail run I was going to do). A week after that entries into the 2 Bays trail run open for next January - I may be harbouring an idea of breaking my word of never again to have a damn good crack at it
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Post by FatPom on May 24, 2021 14:12:43 GMT 8
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Post by cottoneyes on May 24, 2021 17:32:44 GMT 8
or legal responsibility on the race organisers. Just about every race organiser here is sharing the story with some comment like 'This is why we insist on mandatory gear'
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Post by FatPom on Oct 1, 2021 4:57:01 GMT 8
Ive got a 110km, 3500 vert race tomorrow, starts at 8.00pm. Forecast is for it be pissing down and blowing a gale!
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Post by naut on Oct 1, 2021 9:34:17 GMT 8
I have Two Bays 56km in Jan. Only my second ever Trail race and first over marathon length (I don't count Great Ocean Road Marathon at 44kms).
Got me nicely scared and shedding weight as fast as I can. These 100kms+ races you do amaze me, I can't imagine ever signing up for one, let alone trying to train for it.
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Post by truck on Oct 1, 2021 14:04:19 GMT 8
Ive got a 110km, 3500 vert race tomorrow, starts at 8.00pm. Forecast is for it be pissing down and blowing a gale! Hills in the dark and wet. Sounds like it could be challenging although doing the dark stuff when you're at your freshest might not be such a bad idea. Enjoy and let us know how you go.
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Post by truck on Oct 3, 2021 8:52:47 GMT 8
Hey FP so how did you go?
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Post by FatPom on Oct 4, 2021 0:34:14 GMT 8
Hey FP so how did you go? Absolute disaster mate. The weather was truly awful, horizontal rain. We started at 8.30pm and it was weird starting at night but exciting. Navigation was a bit tricky and I stayed with one guy who was going at my slower pace. We were generally mid pack. I was eating and drinking well. We reached the first checkpoint (Woolacoombe in 4.05), so we were nearly 90mins ahead of cut off. The wind was very cutting and the rain made your eyes go dizzy because the headtorch illuminated the droplets, it’s a weird effect. After the checkpoint everything gets hard, an awful lot harder with very sheer cliff drop offs, big hills and narrow rocky paths. I was very glad to be with someone. About 10km after the checkpoint (so about 40km in) I started to feel some pain in my left hip. I’ve had this before and in my attempt at a 100 miler in June, this pain caused me a DNF, so I was wary to say the least! We made a huge navigational error that caused us to ascend for over 20mins and then we had to come down again, find the right hill and climb another 15, so that costs us and then 5km later we made a very similar mistake which caused us huge time chunks. By now my hip was on fire and my whole energy system had shut down. I’d never experienced anything like it and it was getting worse by the minute. By this time, the race sweeper had caught us with one tail ender and the last lady in the 110 milers (she was walking but strong). So in 20kms, we’d gone from being 90mins ahead to being right up against cut off. Talk about a detonation! We got the the next town but that was not a checkpoint, the next CP was a further 10km. i had no chance of making it, I could barely walk now and my feet felt like glass. It was 5.20am, no taxis, no sign of life in the small coastal town and I was worried. I saw a hotel that had lights on, and so me and the sweeper approached. The night manager took pity and let me sit in the nice warm lobby area, as the weather was still biblical. The sweeper went on and caught the others. Of course all the taxi companies in town were shut, so I was stuck but I was safe and off my hip. Later in the morning, the race org sent a mini bus to get me from the next CP, there was three other DNFs on there and then it took us to Minehead (where my car was) and we picked up another 2 DNFs on the way. They were heading out again to pick up others. So it was not my day, two DNFs in one year is very hard to take. I have a 50 miler in Nov but I’m thinking of canning that until i can get to the bottom of this hip issue. Ironically, my knee felt fine until i was actually driving home! :laughing: So I only managed 51.4kms in 8.5hrs and 1300mtrs vert but I did get some good night experience.
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Post by naut on Oct 4, 2021 7:55:19 GMT 8
Sounds brutal, I can't even imagine.
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Post by truck on Oct 4, 2021 10:13:52 GMT 8
Tough night out - I guess having either the injury or going the wrong way is bad enough but to have both..... Sitting here it's 30c and the sun's shining so it's hard to imagine how crap it can get sometimes! Well done on giving it a go.
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Post by FatPom on Oct 4, 2021 14:20:11 GMT 8
Cheers both, yeah it was pretty hard to take. It was hard to navigate. There are no race signs, you follow the coast path signs but they are tricky because they're wooden with an acorn carved in, not some great big reflective thing. I had the course on my phone and watch and so did my race mate but we still got lost. Sometimes the track is obvious and sometimes it's a massive wide hill with multiple options.
Even the sweeper got lost just before we hit the final town that it to and we all had to backtrack again for 10mins or so and he's done the race about 3 times and lives locally! Anyway, some of my Monday night running mates have given me the name and number of a really good running physio, so I'm calling him today to start the rehab. I'm really hoping my hip is not a laberal tear/ FAI issue.
If you want nutters, one of the guys that finished the 110 Mile version of the race. (they started at 8am Friday), then went to London and ran VLM in 4:30!
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Post by truck on Oct 4, 2021 15:03:24 GMT 8
Not sure what it is about race start times over there but have entered a 10k trail race starting from Kendal in Nov and it starts at 11.30am. I know it’s dark early in the morning and it’s winter but bit of an odd time? Also looked at another 10k road race down in London a couple of weeks earlier but that starts at noon and I have EPL tickets so forget that!😄
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Post by FatPom on Oct 4, 2021 15:27:58 GMT 8
Not sure what it is about race start times over there but have entered a 10k trail race starting from Kendal in Nov and it starts at 11.30am. I know it’s dark early in the morning and it’s winter but bit of an odd time? Also looked at another 10k road race down in London a couple of weeks earlier but that starts at noon and I have EPL tickets so forget that!😄 With this one, there were three races, 110 mile, 110km and 56km. They all start at different times so that the final cut off for al of them is the same I think. We were meant to be off at 8.00pm but the shuttle coach from the finish to our start took the long way round, so we didn't arrive until 7.40pm and then had to register/briefing etc. Strangely, they didn't extend CP cut offs by 30mins. The later morning starts, especially in the Lakes could be to allow ice to thaw on the roads but not sure. I have a 50 miler on Nov 6th (Wendover Woods in Bucks) and it has a 15hr cut off. I haven't looked at the start time yet but it's sure to be odd. I'll probably not do it, need to get a good physio to look at my hip and knee. When are you over here and where did you end up deciding on?
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Post by truck on Oct 4, 2021 18:45:35 GMT 8
When are you over here and where did you end up deciding on? Will be doing a bit of everything first up. Got a week or so split between Cambridge area and Newcastle (family/friends), then west London for a week (work and EPL!), then a couple of weeks around Ambleside in a AirBNB (hill walking and trail running), then will see what's happening and work out where to from there. Will be looking for some early snow somewhere if possible which could be Europe or Canada (really like Colorado but US may be a stretch too far at the moment). Will be a few late nights/v early mornings thrown in there for WFH and lining up with Aussie stuff but that pays the bills and should be able to manage it.
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Post by FatPom on Oct 4, 2021 19:37:44 GMT 8
When are you over here and where did you end up deciding on? Will be doing a bit of everything first up. Got a week or so split between Cambridge area and Newcastle (family/friends), then west London for a week (work and EPL!), then a couple of weeks around Ambleside in a AirBNB (hill walking and trail running), then will see what's happening and work out where to from there. Will be looking for some early snow somewhere if possible which could be Europe or Canada (really like Colorado but US may be a stretch too far at the moment). Will be a few late nights/v early mornings thrown in there for WFH and lining up with Aussie stuff but that pays the bills and should be able to manage it. Sounds busy. I'm in Winchester but am often further west in Somerset. If you head this way, give me a shout.
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Post by truck on Oct 5, 2021 6:12:42 GMT 8
Sounds busy. I'm in Winchester but am often further west in Somerset. If you head this way, give me a shout. Cheers, will do. Will be over from late Oct so will see how I go.
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Post by Ironnerd on Oct 12, 2021 12:52:43 GMT 8
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Post by truck on Oct 12, 2021 14:49:51 GMT 8
Speaking generally there's normally a long list of items required for these races which are non negotiable. More and more though you see FOP people wanting to cut corners wherever possible and get away with the bare minimum or deliberately lose stuff. At the other end of the spectrum you get other participants buying the cheapest sh!te possible just to be able to pass muster - often not knowing when or how to use it. When I did Celtman, not only was there a pre race complete strip down of all the kit that had to be carried and that it was up to scratch (not torn, genuinely waterproof etc) there was also another check on course at T2A before you went off into the mountains and they'd stop you if you didn't have everything. Add to that satellite tracking and the people out on course were the local mountain rescue team. Having said all that, they're called extreme races for a reason - that's part of the attraction, and the risk.
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Post by FatPom on Oct 12, 2021 14:57:24 GMT 8
Mandatory kit lists are taken pretty seriously at the races I do. Checks before and during the race. The requirements aren't so long for summer races but anything out of high summer usually has 10k HH coats as a minimum, most have 20k and w/proof trousers. Bivvy bags instead of blankets, extra layers and lights/batteries.
I often wonder how many folks just carry the minimum and ignore the very useful 'recommended' list. This stuff can save your life.
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Post by Ironnerd on Oct 12, 2021 15:22:01 GMT 8
I was entered into the UTA 100 for 2020. I bought all of the expensive gear they wanted and it is sitting in a crate unused.
At work I regularly run in sub -20C. I always have a back pack with an extra jacket, balaclava, gloves and food. If you are injured and have to stop you will very quickly get hyperthermia and die.
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Post by truck on Nov 21, 2021 1:17:53 GMT 8
First race in like forever. Did the Kendal Mountain Festival 10K trail run which has a bit of everything; road, mud, rocks, meadow, cobbles and about 270m of climbing/descending. Start list had around 700 on it (this is with 40,000+ positive tests/day). Ran hard and really enjoyed it averaging around 5.20 pace - been loving the Lake District and have done multiple hikes/runs with spectacular scenery. Another week here and finally starting to get cold with forecasts around 2c overnight and 7c during the day but with clear skies. Should be great!
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Post by FatPom on Nov 22, 2021 6:55:30 GMT 8
First race in like forever. Did the Kendal Mountain Festival 10K trail run which has a bit of everything; road, mud, rocks, meadow, cobbles and about 270m of climbing/descending. Start list had around 700 on it (this is with 40,000+ positive tests/day). Ran hard and really enjoyed it averaging around 5.20 pace - been loving the Lake District and have done multiple hikes/runs with spectacular scenery. Another week here and finally starting to get cold with forecasts around 2c overnight and 7c during the day but with clear skies. Should be great! Good stuff mate, glad you are enjoying yourself. I'm suffering a couple of niggles, so I'm binning Goodwood Marathon in Dec and concentrating on Arc of Attrition 50mile in late Jan
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Post by FatPom on Apr 25, 2022 14:50:32 GMT 8
Little one and me went for a 15km hike yesterday along the South Down Way. No running, just easy hiking, she insisted on carrying her own pack with drinks and snacks. Took us about 3hr10.
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Post by FatPom on Jun 11, 2022 19:17:32 GMT 8
Been watching this, what a lovely film
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Post by FatPom on Jul 13, 2022 4:54:23 GMT 8
Nearly time for the next round of madness. This Saturday I'm running this race. It's a qualifier with a guaranteed entry for the Arc of Attrition 100 miler in January. The Plague is about 105km and crazy hilly with over 550 steps in the first and last 8kms. The cut offs are very tight and oh yeah, we start at 12.05AM!
I tweaked a quad on a training run last week so I've been resting for 9days. Doing an easy test run in the morning but fingers crossed. The race is in Cornwall and about 5hrs drive from home.
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Post by bosco on Jul 15, 2022 16:13:45 GMT 8
Nearly time for the next round of madness. This Saturday I'm running this race. It's a qualifier with a guaranteed entry for the Arc of Attrition 100 miler in January. The Plague is about 105km and crazy hilly with over 550 steps in the first and last 8kms. The cut offs are very tight and oh yeah, we start at 12.05AM! I tweaked a quad on a training run last week so I've been resting for 9days. Doing an easy test run in the morning but fingers crossed. The race is in Cornwall and about 5hrs drive from home. Ok - found the right thread. I hope the quad is healing. Remember why you are doing this - don’t over think it, have fun and confuse to just take one step at a time! :-) Have fun….
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Post by FatPom on Jul 18, 2022 2:48:22 GMT 8
Nearly time for the next round of madness. This Saturday I'm running this race. It's a qualifier with a guaranteed entry for the Arc of Attrition 100 miler in January. The Plague is about 105km and crazy hilly with over 550 steps in the first and last 8kms. The cut offs are very tight and oh yeah, we start at 12.05AM! I tweaked a quad on a training run last week so I've been resting for 9days. Doing an easy test run in the morning but fingers crossed. The race is in Cornwall and about 5hrs drive from home. Ok - found the right thread. I hope the quad is healing. Remember why you are doing this - don’t over think it, have fun and confuse to just take one step at a time! :-) Have fun…. Cheers buddy. This one didn't go to plan but it was going to be a gamble. I made it about 27km and 4.45hrs in and did make the first aggressive cut offs my hamstring went ping and I was slowing down so much that carrying on was futile. I have other races planned this year, so it seemed sensible. However, missing out on a spot at the Arc of Attrition stings badly. This race was very good but my god, those steps are very very hard in the first 8km and the trail was incredibly overgrown. Stunning moonlit night over the sea though.
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Post by FatPom on Aug 5, 2022 14:34:40 GMT 8
Well, despite a DNF at my race , I've been invited to enter the Arc of Attrition 100 for 2023, based on my E24 result. I have 3 more races this year which I'll use as prep. Major EEK!
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Post by FatPom on Oct 6, 2022 4:43:39 GMT 8
Another race coming up this weekend. I'm in for the 110km from Barnstable to Minehead, We start at 8pm Fri.
There are three distances, 110 mile, 110km and 56km.
We are the group starting at night, if you look close, you can see me in this clip from last year. I'm in the blue/grey OMM coat
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