S-Nos- I totally agree, I do many LDWA events and prices range from £5-£15 and you get great food along the way and well looked after and have made many Ultra friends along the way, I have however entered running Ultra’s (around the 100 mile mark) for just under £100 but you get loads for your money such as bag drops, travel back, hot food along the way, full support and sports therapist on hand etc etc. Would love to do it just for the sake of running The Wall with other Ultra runners but they need to do something about the price now I think, I would expect to pay £50-75 for this being a running Ultra in line with others on RW.
Chris-P – Well done on surviving hell in a great time, I also did Hell runner on Sunday in a disappointing time for me of 1 hour 39 but I did come straight from working a 15 hour shift Sat Night and ran to the start! The best advise I can give for running Ultra’s is walk up hills, conserve as much energy as possible in the first half (my pace is between 10-11mins per mile compared to my marathon pace of 7min miles), if you feel in the second half you could go faster then do it but remember that it is a case of just finishing rather than winning. Take plenty of fluids regular whilst running but don’t bloat yourself (I use Nuun tabs for electrolytes and keep me well hydrated), eat plenty along the way and have a stop i.e. every 10 miles for 10-15 mins or so), this stopping is a great excuse to pig out on food and admire a nice view). Train hard and ensure you do at least a 20 mile run a week and a few other smaller runs starting ASAP, some say take it easy, I say no pain no gain and make your runs hurt in training. Some people may find other methods work for them but I find this works for me. Any more help you need please let me know, I might still run this yet put currently training for Bolton Ironman and a few 100 mile ultra booked before then plus running Brathay 10 in 10.
