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2010 PUMA HellRunner: Hell Down South Sunday
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Then thats when I will buy trail shoes BB - not before!
Oh and there's not a lot of trails in London to run that I know of either.
edit - I'm running away fast before someone tells me there are loads of trails around London. It sounds too hard really.
I would think there will be trail races within easy reach of London, sure! Hehehe..
See how you feel after this one! I reckon once you've finished....had a cup of tea & scrubbed the mud out of your toenails....you will be looking for the next off-roader to enter!
I got some Inov8 trail shoes for £30.
Looking at the results from last year, people were coming in at nearly 3 hours. You've still got 6 weeks to go, which certainly means you can add a few more miles to your long runs.
just keep up the regular training at least 3 times a week, try putting in a hill or two. increase those long runs bit by bit each week. Don't do much in the week before, but do something.
On race day, as bimbler say, keep it steady, don't go of too quickly, run-walk is fine, there will be times when most people are doing it anyway. Once you get into the mud you'll soon be having too much fun to worry about tiredness and then suddenly you'll be at the finish.
Let me be first to say that there's quite a few good places in London to do trail running.
Personally, I find Hampstead heath and Epping forest as great places for playing in the mud for an hour or so. Richmond park in the south is another good place and there's a few other parks that I've spotted down south that look good.
Basically its mainly the outskirts of the tube network and around the M25 where you'll find the best places.
If you look, you will find.
Cogga - I'm not going to be rushing this and plan to be at or near the back. I'm running 12 min/miles on the road for a 10 mile distance and I haven't done hill training. We can support each other up the hills and accross the bog. Don't worry, we can do it and just have a laugh.
Catcat - I already run Richmond Park but wouldn't call that a trail really. I'll see how this race goes first anyway.
Edit - Cogga are you in wave 1 or 2? I'm in wave 2 because I didn't want to be trampled on.
I'm starting to wish I was doing the Southern one....it sounds fun at the back of this one!
It better be this entertaining at the back of the Northern one....
Too far Soup...I'm in Manchester....
I ain't carrying anyone! 5ft 3 female too....You'll just have to drown...glug...
BB - I'll let you off then. Have fun oop North. And thanks for joining our thread too. I'll pop over the Northern one soon and say hi.
heres me lol that was my first sprint triathlon taken this year in june
i concur that hampstead heath is the place for muddy - and hilly - North London runs. I love it there. Also Trent Park, which is near Cockfosters tube has a trail around it where you can pretend you're somewhere more rural (and no hills).
I'm considering trespassing on a few golf courses to practice running up sandy banks.
this may have been stupid, but I've splashed out and brought some off road trail shoes especially for this event and training up to it. mainly based on the ammount of times i nearly slipped over in the mud last year i think they'll be worth it. i'm also hoping that they'll allow me to carry on running when/if snow comes. now there's a thought, what if it snows on November 28!!!???
I'll carry you Cogga!
What tri did you do? I'm quite addicted to tri myself - done 5 x sprints and 1 x HIM. Love it, but I'm concentrating on getting my neglected running back to some kind of form this year.
Think I'll do another muddy race in January to get my value for money from them. Any recommendations mud lubbers?
http://www.runnersworld.co.uk/events/viewevent.asp?sp=&v=1&EN=57960&ms=
Which looks likes it's over the same terrain as hell. and this
http://www.runnersworld.co.uk/events/viewevent.asp?sp=&v=1&EN=57911&ms=
which is supposedly quite messy as well.
I have my name in both starting lineups
Cogga - glad you enjoyed the tri. They are very addictive and i have a feeling that Hellrunner is going to have a similar effect. Must be something to do with getting wet??
Those other events look tough, which is probably a stupid comment when hellrunner is also tough! But good to know there are other options if I want to do more so thanks. That's when I'll buy trail shoes.
8 miles ran last Sunday, 9 miles scheduled for tomorrow and wanting to get back to 12 miles fitness. If i can get some hills in as well or off-road then that will be a bonus but in all honesty I can't see me actually running up sandy steep hills.
Its nearly November and only 5 weeks to go.
Johnny 2323
Think you will be glad you bought the trail shoes...bit late to get in on the poll onwearing road shoes vs trail shoes but after the Military 10km Redhill this morning I was really happy I went with a pair of trail shoes. Overnight and early morning rain made for an extra slippery run and the trail shoes made all the difference in staying up on my feet on the uphill and the downhills ( by the way - how do they manage to fit in more uphills than downs..surely this defies some law of nature or science?!) Other runners in road shoes had to really take care on the slopes and in some cases just had to slide down. This was my first experience truly off road and in new shoes so no expert here- but I think it helped that my shoes were able to drain pretty well after going through the mud trenches and water obstacles. And there were loads of them!
I can't wait to hit Hellrunner now....looks like the back of the pack is going to be a fun place to be!
Bright Bimbler - looking forward to hearing how Hellrunner up North goes ...
Is anyone going the fancy dress option? I'm running for CLIC Sargent so really keen to wear my lucky tutu.
But I don't want to stick out like a sore ( and muddy, dripping wet) thumb! There were a few tutus today and some fairy wings and even a jolly green giant...wings not a good idea for crawling under cargo nets...
I'll look out for the tutu malice.
I'm tempted with fancy dress but might feel a bit of a plonker when I'm on my own all the back. You need a bit of an audience for fancy dress I think. I remember being last by far on my very first road race (I thought it was 5k but it was 5 miles, oops) and there I was with my number on and no other runner anywhere in sight. I got a lot of sympathy from people at the bus stop. But a big cheer at the finish line.
I'm so unprepared for this but don't want to do a "practise session" because at the moment I think that ignorance is bliss. Bring it on.
Fancy dress is highly amusing till it's soaking wet and weighs a ton, loads of people did it last year including some very cold looking boys in Borat style mankinis!!