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PS fido2dogs! Yes indeed, there is a permanent number club here too, not met anyone to figure how they achieve such status though?
Thanks Mordo, not sure if I slept or not, but what the hey; I am up and about, breakfast scoffed and preparations under way. Switching off device now to concentrate on the run. See you on the other side of the finish line folks
SS - I am doing the one on the Saturday 20th.
becca - hope you falling over had nothing to do with yours NYE celebrations?!!!!!!. Get better soon
Marty - I'll see you there then. Will make sure I'm wearing something Comrades that day. It'll be day 8 so I'll be the really slow one with a pained expression
Bling is well big, size of my fist...
"IB" is unknown to me.
dont know who IB is but now I know of it I have sent a request to join as well.
Nice running Debra, we need to form an "Improve your uphill speed" club
> I have a Strava request from someone with initials IB to join the RWUKCT; is that one of us?
Not me either but now I know it exists I’ve requested to join..
Hello McH great to hear you are getting some consistent runs stringing together
In further lowrez buffoonery I appear to be running the Liverpool RocknRoll Marathon on May 26th! That's a bit close to the big day isn't it? Do you think I should drop to th'alf?
lowrez: depends on your recovery rate, really, whether a marathon 2 weeks before Comrades is or is not too close. You could treat it as a final training run...
Speaking of hills, I must get my entry in for 3 Forts soon. It's 2 weeks before NDW - should be fine!
Well done Debra on the 10 miler and county XC, good luck SS with the 10 in 10.
I did my longest run since early October at the weekend - 16 miles, hopefully up over 20 in the next few weeks.
I've sent off an email to the CMA with my 'Deathbed to Durban' type story (a much shorter piece than my race report!) in the somewhat egotistical hope they'll publish it in the My Comrades Story section of the website. In hindsight I should have given it that title for dramatic effect
SS - my experience of multiday events (although admittedly not 10 in 10) is that it’s all about the personal admin to maximise recovery. Eat both carbs and protein immediately after you finish, and make sure you have both proper evening meals and breakfasts. Compression tights are a big help (sleep in them if you have to) as well as making sure all your kit is ready for the next day - clean socks, water bottles sterilised etc (hygiene is important, you don’t want an upset stomach). Get any minor niggles, blisters etc sorted out as soon as possible, and massages if they’re available. Then you’ll be good to go the next day. The actual running is the easy part!
Thanks again folks - the reality on most of my close scrapes is they are real battles to get the job done - I didn't really deserve Xiamen off the back of the amount of training I've been able to put in - Loved the first half and aced the target of 2:20 I was aiming at - the crowd were absolutely fantastic, loving the fact I wasn't a local and so excited to see me spin by - but of course a half is a party every day, just like falling off a log - also my Fenix3 mucked me about again at the beginning of the second half giving me several way too short miles in amongst the sky scrapers of the city, but after Detroit I am well wise to its silky lies - the problem that presents on a course marked in km for a lad that grew up with inches and miles is how to judge pace on the remainder. As it turned out, because of the mounting fatigue, that really didn't matter, the last 10 miles were simply a dearth of a slog forcing out the best pace I could muster whilst not panicking - all my happy bravado and crowd waving ebbed away as all I could do was put me head down, concentrate on effective running form and keep the engines driving out the effort. So pleased so see the 30km, 35km, 40km, 1km, 800m, 400m to go signs and then the finish hoarding. Passing over those split mats and glancing at the watch and knowing the wave towering behind you with the ultimate wipe-out isn't going to break over you just yet gives you something to keep surfing off. Once again my watch told me I ran well in excess of 27 miles; what a fibber!
Folks, I need to let you know what a talent Mr Dannirr is; those medal hangers are all his own custom work! Absolutely amazing Dannirr! I love how the Commrades one has 11 slots; and that larger 90th year commemorative medal - with the larger back-to-back as well - very special pieces! I am going to have to put some effort into counting and displaying - I keep saying "30" every time someone asks how many marathons; I don't really know. I think you are definitely on to something displaying the medals in connected groups Dannirr - so I will actually need to run London a few times on that basis - I will need a medal for the Capitals display, another for Continents (you have to put prestigious locations in that don't you) - another for the Abbott World Marathon Majors display, another for The London Classics, another for...
SS your global business empire continues to expand I see!