The SNOD ultra runnig thread

Well done FR on a great run. 66 mins is an incredible improvement.

I really enjoyed it . My only previous run was 2 year ago when it rained for most of the day. Very different this year, lot warmer and the views on the course looked superb.

Had a bit of a mare though ending up 22 mins slower than before. Didn't have a great start when my friend whom i was running with had a really nasty fall shortly after the bucket drop. After a while she said she was ok to walk back to the start, but subsequently found out she had broken her wrist in 2 places !

On a much less serious scale, I'd had a fair bit of calf ache before the race but thought i'd run it off. Didn't work out like that though and was struggling almost to the extent that when i got to the 22 mile check point I was very tempted to do what nearly all in the group i was in did, and change to the 26 mile option.

However i kept going on the 33 route and very glad i did. Slower time but still loved it all and looking forward to next year ! Great also that the race did what they threatened to do and had a kit check during the race presumably with a 30 min penalty to those not carrying the required kit.

nice one lads n lasses, espec sp for perservering, and fr/sz for pb's

ive seen the youtube piece

hope to be back there next year

SZ Belated Happy birthday (Damned Youngsters) i n answer to your question I put it down to not giving a toss i.e.went out planing on a nice leisurely nine hours,then just enjoyed the trip, and scenery and the occasional banter with other competitors   oblivious to time, and low and behold I turned right then left and the finish was just up the road felt easier than a 20 mile training run.

Well done on your 54 min PB also well done EUPH on you PB, I figure that the conditions were pretty good this year and the relaxed feel of the whole event was also a factor  and my guess would be that a lot of folk PBd this year.

My prediction for next year is that CD will be back

Well done Marcusuno It is great when things start coming back together, and the mental aspect starts to feel positive again, good luck with the trainining

Sound`s like a class finish SZ, it`s always handy to maintain that  KILLER KICK for the finish, doe`s wonders for the morale when you nail the freeloaders (those thst use you to navigate for them) on the finish line.

I will have to look back on last years  time for HP 40 now  and see what I feel about doing about it.

But first off there is the Lakeland 100 to enjoy, I guess your confidence is high now for the 50, watch out for CD though especially now he is into micro navigation after successfully naving west to east of the country.

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Sound`s like a class finish SZ, it`s always handy to maintain that  KILLER KICK for the finish, doe`s wonders for the morale when you nail the freeloaders (those thst use you to navigate for them) on the finish line.

I will have to look back on last years  time for HP 40 now  and see what I feel about doing about it.

But first off there is the Lakeland 100 to enjoy, I guess your confidence is high now for the 50, watch out for CD though especially now he is into micro navigation after successfully naving west to east of the country.

he was wearing killer heals i believe

 my last hp40 took me on an unscheduled and unwelcomed detour...my brain had gone onto standy mode

the only people watch out for me fr with my navving skills will be the mountain rescue teams

So you laying that  HP 40 ghost to rest this year then CD?

I reckon all things being equal I should be able to take an hour or two out of my last years time on the HP 40, I will confirm that when i look back on last years results.

On the subject of Mountain Rescue Teams, I was interested to see that Stuart Maconie is now Patron of CONISTON MOUNTAIN RESCUE team

schoolboy error fr..bit like robert greens..cost me at least 30 mins

i will be running for joy with the wind in my sails..and whatever i get i get

i think with your mileage you'll do that..look at osmotherley as a case in point

Tis a joy for sure CD

SZ now that you are no longer an OLD VET 40 but a YOUNG VET 50 which event`s are you targeting for a bit of Pot Hunting?.

My claim to fame was 1st vet 50 at LOCHABER MARATHON and LANGDALE MARATHON when I turned 50 and the little trophies look godd in the box with a multitude of slate coasters and finishers meadals

Hey up my old pals Stilldreaming and Marcusuno.

And FR, I'm pretty sure now that I ran with you for quite a while at the Osmo before you disappeared off into the distance. I was the one in the white Todmorden Harriers vest. Fantastic event, well organised, and great folk. Not one of my greatest running moments though, had a bit of a wibble in the middle third, before getting my legs back for the last third. Ta for your super company

Lakeland 50 next then. Think i'm gonna find it tough!

TJ don`t take any 10 quid side bet`s on your finish time for Lakeland 50

FR - we'll see 'on the what can I do at 50 front' who knows, I have a complex home life with three teens - two of them nuts! First competition though, will be the L50 - I'll be looking to finish that and - that'll do. If I'm honest, I haven't run an event where I've had to navigate with map and compass on the hoof yet.(My natural 'chancer instinct' usually pays off and gets me round without pondering too much, otherwise my times would be'extended'  However 50 with the last bit in the dark will demand more than a chancer's instict I know. Also, I;m not sure I'll get up up there and recce - which I could do with doing. Whatever though you can expect SZ to put some effort in somewhere! 

if i were you id use the roadbook in conjunction with the map

but then im not you