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steve-zodiac,
Any idea why she was DSQ. There is no sign of her in the photos. I take it that you are the deestriders vest with no number?
SS
90 euros - wow that's a bit steep NG.
Okay, I have a question for the panel. If, and I say IF, one were to ever think about running a nice gentle off road hilly 50 miler, what do you folks reckon is a good one?
Here's a quick recipe if you're feeling peckish, say, during a marathon:
simple sticky flapjacks, rockin'!
Bullock Smithy LM - 56 miles for the price of 50 ! http://www.bullocksmithy.com/
Great fun - starts at 12 noon.
Tis pricy that NG. All overseas maras seem to be very expensive. Cologne cost me about 65 euros from memory.
How many people have access to an oven during a mara LM ??
lm - i'm a great fan of the highland fling..3 miles less than the bs but thats the tight scots for you
heres the tempting bits - bottle of beer and a bottle of bubbly to all finishers, a great fish n chip cafe (real food cafe) at the end with unlimited free tea, a dance if you're that way inclined and , if you've not had enough like t rex, the chance to go the whole hog for another 40+miles to the end of the whw in fort william
what more could a man want.
i think i've just talked myself back into ultra running after a brief absence!
SP/SZ, oh yes, I quite forgot, it's been so long since I did a marathon, I felt sure there were ovens involved!
Bullock Smithy - ooh yes, recognise some of those places from HP40. I'll check out the cooking facilities first.
LOL SZ - no, there's just no chance to eat anything on a 10k is there, it's rubbish!
Isn't it time Eric and Norm christened the thread?i'd say both sz
re ny marathon..i cant see why anyone would want to give away their time and money to runn through such s###holes that the route passes through
give me a tenner each and i'll devise a 26.2m route for you through some derelict industrial areas and dodgy residential parts of the potteries...though i refuse to man the waterstations
Lol CD.
This ultra in May looks interesting, albeit exclusive. Any-one done it ? http://cateran55ultra.webnode.com/
Am, but limited to only 50 entrants. Hope navigation will be easy because there wouldn't be many others to follow !!
have a think then...and lets talk...if im heading back into ultras i need to start cranking the mileage up again quite soon
navving will be easy...you'll have me to do it!!!
ng's talking about charlie, isnt that right ng!
He loves it NG -
Apparently girl got DQ'd for missing last check-point. Easily done - rotten luck.
sz- funny that. at wharfedale this year the female winner of the half and several others did likewise and didnt get disqualified
sp, sz, ng, everyone...theres three weeks between the fling (53) and the cateran (55)..all say 'aye'? i'll have to put me boots on!
hello everyone,
A massive well done to everyone for SNOD 09, i am sure I saw everyone at some point on the hill, i was sat about 3/4 up, but understandably most people looked preoccupied.
I had a little jog with one of my freinds at the top for morale but i was gutted not to take part.
I have just had some orthotics sorted out for what appears to be a short leg with a tendency to pronate, apparnetly this is the cause of all my woes.
Went for a 3.5 mile quick walk this mornng and hey presto no pain, which makes up for the last two and a half months of getting fatter and unable to go more than a mile without getting chronic pain.
Also found out all my shoes are a size to small, this would rate as 'fairly embarrsing' i can still hear my mum blasting me for all the money she spent on clarkes shoes!
So i have a week of 40 minute walks, so leg massage and then...might break into a jog.
Would love to put my name down for SNOD 10 but some how I think it could just be a little premature!
Excellent race report, steve-z. You captured the atmosphere brilliantly. Sounds like a sort of race I ought to enjoy.
I've only done one fell race - the Llanbedr to Blaenavon 15, and I was rubbish at it. Chatting to people at the start, I remarked it was my first fell race, and what did the category "AL" mean? They looked at me with pity and probably thought, "The poor sod". Its the toughest category of event A = >250' ascent per mile and L= long.
Won't be working out my 2010 events yet, but Highland Fling will be on the list. (And of course SNOD.)