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Has anyone done it? Comments please!
Has anyone done it? Comments please!
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and jolly nice it was too.. albeit actually 52miles... and 3 pints at the pub the night before wasn't a great idea.... and i crashed and burned having not been disciplined enough to eat when i didn't feel like it.
very friendly, all abilities, all distances!
fab event, I think it may clash with another race I have planned this year, but I would do this race every year if I could
the 30paces (or however many) run/walk thing has been useful to me since though.
i don't have this on my calendar yet, its a bit early really and could mess up my august half ironman plans... but we'll see!
shades, when is Hull 24 hour
I'm not going to commit myself yet but it looks good.I'm not very experienced at this ultra game, but i'd imagine that running in hot weather for so long would be a nightmare.The heat doesn't bother me normally, but after 50 miles it might.
Those that ran this last time, how did you find it in that temperature? (I'm assuming it was warmish)
I can feel a list coming on!
I like the idea of it being loops so you can drop out easily if you are really struggling but I wonder if this might make it too easy to give up?
Also, what about the heat? It starts at 6am so there would be a few hours of respite before the real heat creeps in but for a plodder like me there would be no escape later on.
You can pull out of this event at 30 miles or 40 miles and you still get a certificaate for your distance completed.
It was very humid right from the start, we sweated buckets on the first lap but it was OK despite being on marshy land which made the humidity worse. You keep the pace slower in an ultra so you can generally cope with the heat better (except for Boddington of course).
Hippo - still haven't hear back from Hull, I'll let you know as soon as I do.
I'm toying with the idea of doing ultras but i'm only upto 1/2 marathon distance at the moment but i only started running in March.
but it was invariably depressing every time i couldn't make it.
at the 50miler this year shades was making good progress on me doing a fixed no. of paces walking and running each time.
it's not too big a number! and focuses you nicely on the task at hand rather than wondering why the time is going so slowly!
thats my angle on it anyway.
On flatter parts of a race if I feel myself tiring I walk for 30 paces (but walk fast) then run for at least 30 paces - sometimes I run a lot further - and I find I don't lose too much pace this way but you feel that you are giving yourself a break.
Like ed, I tried the walk/run using minutes but found I couldn't keep the running up to the allotted time which had a very negative effect on my mood and I ended up walking more than I probably needed to.
the organiser was a bit worried as i was rather pale when i finished.
Spud
Thinking about it:
Let's put our names down!
What is recovery from these like? It looks like I'd need to be in work on the Monday.
So far I've only done two half marathons slowly (2:46/44) and have felt fine next day - none of this not being able to do stairs that otehr beginners seem to suffer from - is that 'cos I do my stretches religiously?
Spud
Dodge
Thinking about it:
SHADES
beanz52
you get a medal at 30 miles, you dont have to do all the 50