PodromelliferaPirate GodzillaSpansPodroOther:New to runningplodderWelsh flagTri TaffiaSpansScottish flagDebbo (blatantly copying TT's great idea for identifying the celtic underdogs) I'm with Cinders and Mouse in not qualifying for anything. Although I will run a sub three
Anyone doing this and is it a goodun? Hi Tilly P, I'm thinking of doing this one as my first race!!! I like the sound of it as its flat!!! I live in Yorkshire so lots of hills to deal with. Anybody out there done this? I haven't run it myself but been to the event and my other h...
-70% is 'off road', but that really means cindered tracks, (ie converted rail lines). ie its not singletrack......There are a couple of bits of tougher off road, but these are only a couple of hundred yards long. I did it on a mountain bike with knobly tires
.5 laps of the cinder track with him for a warmup. Bone dry conditions so I decided on the Ekidens.One and a half laps of the track to start and typically for a lot of unattached and fun runners, they set off like bats out of hell, then blew up big time
Anyone entered this yet. It's promised to be a flat course???Details at:http://members.aol.com/beyondthelimits/(scroll down) Hi MinnieYes, I'm thinking about doing it now. It shouldn't be much warmer than yesterday at Sutton Park. Closing date for entries is late July so I'll m...
.. lets hope i just had a bad day .. good luck all Hi Cinders, I'll be a bit behind you then - going for sub 2:30.Rabbit - I like to think of them as "up-ulations" :-) Hopefully they are nothing like the Hills of Longleat!RD Better than flat
. Stratford definitely isn't the easiest course. Cinders - I've done this race 2 or maybe 3 times and I still can't remeber any hill! So it couldn't have been that bad.But that long stretch on the track is awful, especially 2nd time round.but will have
I know the whole subject of declining standards in UK (men's) athletics is well-worn,but one statistic in Athletics Weekly's 2008 review struck me as being quite remarkable.In 2008,eight British men broke 2'20" in the Marathon.However,the number of British men who did that in 198...
somewhere-cheers.Siance-thans ut not sure if it is weakness or what. I will not beat myself up as eing weak if I fail-gets you depressed and smoking more in my experience.COPD Cinders is Chronic Obstructive summat disease. It is catchall term to describe
Well I'm all booked up, who is going to join me? Very tempting. I fancy pushing myself beyond marathons and a 30 trail run sounds about right. Is this an "ultra" race? and do you think that this would be a suitable first "beyond marathon distance" race to do?Could anybody recomen...
