wannabe ultra runner?

.....and the rope wasnt there

WiB wrote (see)

haha... yes and I wasn't the onyl person to forget! if I am there this year I promise to be the guinea pig and go first

can i play toooooooooooooooo????? i wanted a go on the swingy fing other week but the water was about 70ft high

andreaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa....you will love it!! pray for 80 degree heat for me

NiceIronDad wrote (see)

Oy! Us Tri's are delicate flowers you know, we can't help being cr*p at swimming, biking and running, but at least hiding behind all that lycra we feeeeel fast

bless you are the exception NID, we love you

Cragchick - Put my entry in for WHW yesterday, fingers crossed for both of us! I hope to see you there.

Having done my first couple of Ultras and Triathlons way back in 1989,while serving  as a Army PTI ,Ive got to admit that nether appealed to me at the time.I got picked to do the Army Tri Championships,because i ran and swam for the Regiment,and i used to bike the 40 mile round trip to camp and back.It was the same for my first Ultra,Being used to doing 10/20 miles a day in my job meant i was a obvious choice to do a 4 day team event.IT took me 20 years to do another Tri,and 22 for an Ultra, as the saying goes [what goes around comes around ] Now i couldn't even think about Not doing either .Doing all 3 disciplines makes you a more versatile athlete.The accumulation of all 3 sports will give you a much bigger endurance and crossover base of fitness than one sport will .You get less injuries and you don't get bored of doing the same thing day after day. My aim is to combine both events in to one by hopefully doing the Double Enduroman in 2014 Which is a 4.8 mile swim, 232 miles bike and a 52 mile run with a cut of time of 43hrs .[anyone else care to join me]

daytrekker...i'll get back to you on that one

DT - Sounds awesome but I really hate swimming! I certainly wouldnt have fun training in the pool and the reason I do the events that I do is for fun... Will be very interested in how you do though so keep us up to date.

i need armbands i think to get me through 4.8miles......tri/IM not for me ta

3rd ultra nothched up today- Glenogle 33, which is slightly shorter than 33 miles, but over 50km. 6:07, and a good day! Felt good most of the way, got a bit weary after about 30 miles, but all good. Managed not to faff about at checkpoints as much as usual. I think I'm slowly learning how to do these races.

ONwards and upwards- probablt aiming for glasgow edin double marathon next spring.

My garmin is superdooper and fandabidozy too If it could make the tea it would be the ultimate runners accessory, Lou.

BTW I saw the pic on facebook - the commentors havent seen the photo when taken from behind 

slaneuk wrote (see)

 

BTW I saw the pic on facebook - the commentors havent seen the photo when taken from behind 

eh? whassis slaneuk? which pic on what?

Training all messed up this week!

Missis NID is away, work++++ and two late work meetings, a disappointment after a good 50 mile week last week.... I think tonight will be a combination of a some bike turbo training and that 1980s step video again (!). How does everyone else handle crappy busy weeks? I'm mentally treating it as a lull after a training spike - which in theory should mean next week I bounce back stronger than ever!

NID: absolutely - it's your drop-down week!

had a great time at Druids, lotsa mud, lotsa hilly bits-would highly recommend XNRG events. well organised and lovely people.

Well done Lou, very envious of all this running going on, my training is feeling very feeble at the moment - life just keeps getting in the way and it's so so so frustrating!!

ahh but its the downs of life that makes us appreciate things more when they go right. I'm just going backwards this year in my training speedwise but there are some silver linings

I know Slaneuk, but it's been one of those years ... I'm usually pretty optimistic but I can't wait for this one to be over!

aw cragc-off to Anglesey with EL for us i reckon!!!