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wear it!! then i can try and find you!! most likely my top will be union jack....or one on back of my shorts
the hill discussion was only 3 /4 pages back frm today rosemary...tim and WIB having a little dig at southerners 'hills'
oi! no one can make fun of our hills ... because we haven't got any
this past week has been week 1 of training for me, put in a 30 mile walk on tuesday and a 20 mile LSR this morning. . overkill? probably.
How were your B2Bs today? training going well?
did 16miles which wasnt as much as i wanted to but man came to fix my tap
...so got out an hour later thn planned after picking up miss llb frm dance classes...so was on limitd time thn.....still 16 is better thn nothing..and will go for 10 tomorrow...
...am wondering if im meant to be on this thread because im not doing 100miles ..im only doing NDW50...
...am i considered an imposter
i don;t know but if you are so am i! 50 is enough for me. . this year..
ah yes....never say never huh?
....100 is tempting..but lets see if we survive 50...
is anyone boinging this thread?
I'll go and have a look for it. Sadly, he's right with notable exceptions! Trying to do hillwork round here is very challenging.
Will definitely wear the Buff and any other Union Jack clothing I can find. Have you seen the new Brooks running shoes:
Might try a pair and see if they have enough support for me.
Rob, that's some good training there, are you doing another event before NDW? My training this week was a total of 39 miles. I'm following a plan from 'Relentless Forward Progress'. Loula, good running too. Wasn't the weather fabulous for running yesterday? I had a long-sleeved top on, but really only needed a T-Shirt.
Off to Colchester Half Marathon now. Have a good run today!
Rosemary - good luck with the half marathon! I am running the Compton Downland Challenge 40 miler in april so my training is more geared towards that for now but I'm hoping to hold up the fitness until august.
loulabell - I've always been tempted by a 100 miler but am not currently brave enough or fit enough.
sorry i don't know all the forum terminology. what's boinging?
That looks like a nice event and certainly good trail running practice. I would have thought it would be relatively easy to keep the training going for another few months for NDW50.
Loula, I found the posts on Southern hills and marathon runners hills! WiB was telling James on the TP100 thread that the Barkley marathons were a nice, gentle, downhill run. I'm sure we'll all appreciate that humour at mile 45, assuming he's not already at mile 80 plus by then!
I'm going to email the moderator and see if we can have the thread title updated to this year and including us 50-milers.
i dont know T Rex, is it the main thread?
can anyone doing the 50 be on here too? there doesnt seem to be a '50' thread.
am i allowed on here?
yes Rosemary thats a good idea to have us included in the thread title- i keep forgetting this thread because i never see '50'...
...erm yes no doubt WIB will be well away when we are on mile 45
Ive just been doing what I feel like but next week I will be doing 28 miles at Worcester then going to try 14 day after. So I should be on track.
What one are you doing?
I know nothing about it?
on ultraox thread..they mentioned a Forest of Dean trip
Have requested a name change to the thread, hopefully that will work.
I am doing the 'up-to-70 miles per week' training schedule from Relentless Forward Progress. It's 24 weeks, so plenty of time to get used to the back-to-backs.
Elite Ironman, Ultra Trail Runner
Took a few wrong turns but only lost a few mins. Worth recceing in advance.
Elite Ironman, Ultra Trail Runner
Hooray, I have my Union Jack crop-top and shorts! I won't be wearing both for NDW, but can use the shorts for other events.
Hi Daz, great running! What was Box Hill like? I'm not very good at gauging elevation, so can't quite get my head round the steepness.
I've done the Ballbuster Duathlon a couple of times that goes up Zig Zag , and I'd heard comments then about the 'hiking' route straight up the hill. I thought 'pah' how hard can it be. Well I'm just glad they have stepped it because my achilles would have been destroyed!
Mind you, it's so steep I can't see many people trying to run it, so we all may as well walk and enjoy the views....then kick off at the top!
Elite Ironman, Ultra Trail Runner
Sounds good to me, bit like Beachy Head. Most bizarre to see hundreds of runners start walking at the bottom of each hill, but we did all start again at the top.
did you get your union jack things from the website you mentioned rosemary?..i will get the top but prob wear normal shorts..and a union jack buff...as a headband if hot!
Daz, thank you for the tip off on Box Hill..i kinda had the image of it in my head...and that its gonna hurt a tad...so you have confirmed that!
...i too will be walking that bit