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Same here. I started laying out all the stuff I need for Sunday this afternoon and it's really brought it home what I'm doing on Sunday. People keep phoning me up and wishing me luck and it's getting serious now.
Moments of confidence coupled with moments of utterly bricking it......
I may sleep in the car on Saturday night if the weather's as bad as it is at the mo!! Thunderstorms and tents don't go in my book!!
New garmin's great. Bit lighter but much less bulky. Just need to get the display how I want it.
Guys, can anyone who lives close to the event give some sort of update on what the weather is like there at the moment - just trying to understand if the course is likely to be dry of flooded!
Extreme downpour late last night, very windy and sunny today. Having run the course last weekend, i,m dont think flooding will be an issue, although previous competitors have warned that large unavoidable puddles can appear on the concrete sections during rain.
There is a short section which you run through twice each lap that is narrow and overgrown which made our feet wet due to the dew.
Dont know about you guys but i,m struggling to concentrate at work and think of anything else other than sunday.
Amen to that. Just packing up my stuff ready to go home. I'm no use to anyone here.
I might have accidently upset someone!
...Yeah taper madness, people get on my wick wingeing...
I almost forgot about the 50 mile challenge on Sunday. Where is it again? Is there any hills?
Might see some of you tomorrow, though you won't know who i am!!! HaHa. Everyone else reading this, seriously, good luck on Sunday, i know i'm going to need it.
oh
Didnt realise you were doing this lardarse
Good luck to all for Sunday. Hope you all enjoy it.
Can anyone find out if Mike intends putting this on next year as i always planned to do it again and finish it this time and I plan to do that next year.
Too much else going on in life at the moment.
I hope so Speedy be good to see you. There was a bit of a problem a couple of years ago when Mike lost lost his sponsors and was losing money on the Challenge, but I think that's sorted now. I'll let you know on Monday.
Lardarse - you can run (better than I can I'm sure) but you can't hide - PH knows who you are - until Sunday
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actually
i dont know who he/she is really
We havent met in real life
see you sunday BBH
Well that's be tapered. Nothing else to do now other than pack some bags for tomorrow and get an early night.
Good luck everyone. See you tomorrow. Please take the time to say hello. It would be good to meet some forumites.
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Well done to all - some pics from Jelly Baby Corner!
oh dear
I am so, SO fooked now
hey JFDI lot, you forgot to mention the sosssiges,,bacon, mobile wash facilities and bento box of goodies you had on each lap
thank you
Well done Hippo. Great run.
Are you home or staying the night in Kent?
Was that not a long drive after such a long race Hippo? I thought you would have been staying.
How are the legs today?
i didnt drive-he did
i would rather have stayed overnight , had booked to do so
heigh ho, at least i slept in my own bed
My legs are massively bruised form the fall and rather stiff
How did you manage to fall? Hope they heal soon.
As you say at least in own bed which is a bonus.
I am always tripping speedy-am very clumsy
A rutted track
fell twice at SDM 5 weeks ago too
sigh
Oh dear. You are going to have very bruised legs if you keep falling.
As long as you are ok thats the main thing.
Child minding Jayden this morning and he demands attention so better go and deal with him
have fun speedy
I deffo did NOT do that last time
have realised that i ran through slippy grass in the cornfield next to it
well done to all who finished yesterday!!! and what a well run event (Thanks Mike!) awesome day and loved every second
Lap7 was the lap from hell for me... I so wanted to lay down in the grass verge on the backstraight (after the hill) and die...i shuffled forward though remebering what my coach said and held it together and actually managed to post my fastest lap time in lap 8. Amazing what a bit of Metallica blasting in the earphones can do for ones physic!! perhaps some of this extra energy came from the surrounding rocks and trees!! I was willing to believe anything at that point as long as it kept me going forward.
Hows the legs today people...? I went for a walk this morning to try and help stretch the muscles a little. stairs are far from easy but coping.
Fantastic running from all of you yesterday. As Mike said its a challenge not a race so wherever you finished at whatever time WELL DONE !
We had a great time at Jelly Baby corner and enjoyed meeting you all and hopefuly helped you all in some way