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Hi, guys
Sorry I haven't been on lately- been a case of run, eat, recover, run, eat sleep lately!!
Will catch up soon
5.7m recovery run this morning. This afternoon was tougher- 30 mins at 6.11 av followed by 10 x 400s at 5.45 pace with 200m recoveries. 1m warm up/ down either side. Could definitely feel Sunday's 24 and yesterday's sports massage- all good though
Half a Mo ...
[Today's Brecon Beacons recce run report to follow. Six 2000' peaks in central Beacons, some hardship, and vile conditions (30m visibility throughout). With faithful collie.]
oh no...I suspect something went wrong in TRex's training!
Last minute preps being done for Saturday's ultra attempt..Run to the Castle. Hope its a nice day.
Panad..good news there.
oh goody a TRex tale
Good luck on Saturday Brer
very easy 3 mile forestry run last night with a new club member forgot the sss so i've been midged
H
ey Chrissi..off to Aberdyfi tomorrow, hope forecast is good, oopps don't know why smiley went there..new phone syndrome!
Weather's been ok today Brer should be having a good one
.thud...what a grueller.41.76 miles of rock climbing.battling with wind. Tourists who were everywhere..but had a belting day! 4 th lady, crap time due to my usual navigational talents but am now an ultra marathoner!
well done Brer, not sure why you think your time is crap when you finish so far up the rankings??
Tried to do a run/ swim session and got cramp....in the deep end ooowwwwwww.
Brer - agree with Camlo you were 4th lady in you first Ultra BRILLIANT
enjoy a well earned rest today. And then we want a full report - the rock climbing has me worried.
Camlo - swimming is a dangerous sport
Well i've just registered for TMW 2014 the full one
better go for a run
Well done Brer you did good x
May join you next year chrissi x
brer - the rate you're churning out difficult and long races, many I suspect entered at the last minute, and always doing so well in them is leaving me speechless
I'm back from from off the North Wessex Downs in more or less one piece this year, report to follow. I am aware I'm building up a backlog of reports.
The race that will definitely produce an interesting report is now only 12 days' away.
Hello team,sorry about quality of last post.New mobile thing is doing my head in. Anyway, on trusty iPad now. Well, the Run to the Castle event started from Aberdyfi and proceeded with 3 miles along the sand into a pretty grim headwind..good start
. Then the route turned inland and we had respite from wind, markers were good and scenery stunning. Then it started to go uphill and even more uphill..had not factored this in but was going well with a couple who were fab at navigation. Lost them at one point,don't know where they went but suddenly realised I hadn't been taking any notice of instructions. So, quickly latched on to another guy who was great but lost him on Barmouth prom. I felt fairly confident by now as I knew most of rest of route was along the coastline...except I had forgotten about several detours which were in place to ensure the distance
So,we continue! By mile 30, I knew I was entering new territory in terms of mileage.Thunder Run 24 was big mileage but with comfort breaks every 10k,it didn't feel like an ultra. Legs were good and as a stroke of luck, I ran the rest of the route with a guy on a mission so didn't dawdle. Mile 40 arrived and Harlech castle was in sight but so was the incoming tide.What should have been a steady trot along a sandy beach turned into climbing over huge boulders which cost us about 20 mins. Howevesolo after about a mile of this,we just had to drag ourselves up some sand dunes and leg it for another half a mile to the finish...phew.41.79 miles...but funnily enough, after a ham sandwich and a cuppa, I reckon I could have run another 20 miles on easier terrain. Anyway..I didn't. I went catch the train back to Aberdyfi and
Admired the beautiful countryside I had just run past. I consider this to be my first ultra,I learnt a lot in terms of being very careful not to under estimate terrain, navigation skills, pacing etc. I loved it but was continually frustrated by my own inadequacy with navigation and the reliance on others and therefore having to run to their pace. Sunday sees my next ultra marathon and this time,I will be better prepared!!
Holy hell,forgot to mention the nudist beach
'twas a bit windy to be shedding your gear..but a chap crossed my path with his collie but without clothes!!
next ultra ... on Sunday, presumably this coming Sunday?
I didn't mean to say something unprintable. It was meant to be this:
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What's going on?
TRex - you aren't doing cross Wales are you?? Looking forward to those race reports but not if they also contain nudity like Brer's !!
Fab effort Brer and lesson learnt for next time about avoiding high tide!?
Brilliant write up Brer - you'll be competing with TRex for the craziest run reports soon
Talking of which, TRex ... where are you? What's happened to your posts?
I'm here - what of my posts can you see?
Several blank ones then I think you are back in again
..next ultra is indeed on Sunday.Hardmoors 30 in beautiful N Yorks. CCamlo,did I read you were in prep for one?
Brer - How realistic is Run to Castle as a first ultra for someone likw me ??? Is it really hard to navigate (ok so i can recce abit first as not exactly far from home but navigation worries me) and would a very slow person get cut off by the tide? I thought costal paths normally had a high tide alternative? Were the hills big after barmouth?
Sorry loads of questions.
Going for my first ever interval/speed session tonight with one of the best runners in the club (does compete for Wales) all part of my plan for getting stronger and fitter (not necessary to get loads faster) so i a) finish all of next years marathons and b)finish feeling good
Chrissi,you have mail
Thanks Brer x
Gulp off home now to prepare for tonights session
So last night was 20 mins warm up then 7 x 200m efforts with recovery in between (was meant to be 8 but got chatting to another runner after 7 and had cooled off too much to do last
) then we ran about 1.5 miles to warm down. Really enjoyed of i wasn't super speedy (about 1m7s per 200) but it was fast for me. Will definately do again.
working on a plan B now for if i don't get into London ruled out Blackpool marathon as don't fancy 2 laps so either Manchester marathon or wimp and just do Chester 1/2.....or...... do both ??????
T Rex- lost for words