6 hour race escort training advice sought please
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Mar 2013
2:52pm, 18 Mar 2013
318 posts
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Roma
I did this event last year. There is barely any light on the course - the village doesn't even have street lights!! You'll need a good head torch  You are allowed to cycle in support. Depending on your friend's pace you could cover quite a few miles in 6 hours - a marathon training programme might be a good plan to follow.
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Mar 2013
6:15pm, 24 Mar 2013
1,787 posts
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minardi.
I now have a head torch but I'm not going to go out in the dark with it until the snow and ice disappear! I attempted my first "intentional" run/walk on Friday and have suffered from it ever since My left buttock is killing me. I went for a recovery run this morning and it's much less painful to slow plod than it is to walk - even around the house! Who knew run/walking could be so tricky? Any advice? I don't know whether it's because I should have tried shorter distances first, or longer running bits, or slower walking bits. Any ideas or suggestions?
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Mar 2013
6:25pm, 24 Mar 2013
7,843 posts
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Caterpillar
What kind of course is this? Not really out of idle curiosity - it affects what kind of training you would need. Mind-numbing interminable laps of the local athletic track? From Canterbury to Dover and back along the M2? An off-road 1 mile loop round the local woods? A ten-mile road/pavement circuit taking in some pretty villages?
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Mar 2013
6:26pm, 24 Mar 2013
7,844 posts
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Caterpillar
Or perhaps 24 hours on a treadmill?
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Mar 2013
6:27pm, 24 Mar 2013
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Caterpillar
I even heard of a 24 hour race up and down the stairs of a multi-storey car park. Some people are certifiable.
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Mar 2013
6:28pm, 24 Mar 2013
1,788 posts
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minardi.
It's just over 6.5 mile loops, mainly farm tracks as far as I know
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Mar 2013
6:31pm, 24 Mar 2013
7,847 posts
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Caterpillar
So training for that might involve running loops round farm tracks. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. Eat Fruesli Bar. Repeat.
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Mar 2013
9:38am, 26 Mar 2013
321 posts
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Roma
Kent 24 is a mixture of tarmac road, gravel track, farm track, grass track,concrete, bit more grass track, bit more gravel, unmade farm track, back on tarmac road. Rinse and repeat
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May 2013
8:21pm, 20 May 2013
1,878 posts
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minardi.
Not long to go now and I'm just wondering how many green bottles to have on the wall to start with
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May 2013
8:56pm, 20 May 2013
48,520 posts
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plodding hippo
Hi Kent will put out some glow stix at night too it is *very* multi terrain and can be muddy ive only done the 15 hour thingy here-well, thats how long it can take me to do 52 miles |
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