Highland Fling 2012

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DaveDemo May 2012 4:23pm, 2 May 2012 77 posts	0 DaveDemo Great blog Dave. Was nice to meet you in Paddy's bar on fling night. The section from Beinglas to Tyndrum was a nightmare for me last year too (first time). Think its a right of passage, infact anyone that doesn't suffer during it on their first attempt should be taken back down the route and be made to repeat it till failure!
_andy May 2012 6:38pm, 2 May 2012 8,002 posts	0 _andy Just a wee summary from someone who was enjoying a nice chat in the carpark in Milngavie at 7am at the weekend... http://www.fetcheveryone.com/blog_other.php?id=13514&y=2012&m=5#269002 I get distracted by reading all the other blogs that get written (these are great btw folks) and sometimes forget about my race and end up blogless. Hence, just getting a few thoughts down for this one. So that's (almost) two hours quicker than my first Fling in 2010. Just another hour off for 2013 and I'll be sorted
_andy May 2012 7:16pm, 2 May 2012 8,003 posts	0 _andy DaveM - cracking blog, but when did you run the Mordor ultra? Sounds like a great event. And M1nty is right about the 2 out of 3 thing - it ain't bad (maybe he'll write a song about that?)
M1nty May 2012 7:38pm, 2 May 2012 240 posts	0 M1nty _andy, reading your blog, I can help you make up two minutes and six seconds of that hour needed for next year quite easily
_andy May 2012 8:06pm, 2 May 2012 8,004 posts	0 _andy Great... let me know when you've sorted the other 57:54 for me, ok?
Liliaicha May 2012 7:07am, 3 May 2012 7,621 posts	0 Liliaicha Anyone else still shattered from the weekend? And my legs still don't work properly! Thank god it's a 3 day weekend coming up,
Joopsy May 2012 7:12am, 3 May 2012 6,507 posts	0 Joopsy it took me until yesterday to feel fine again.
dave_m May 2012 8:50am, 3 May 2012 560 posts	0 dave_m My legs have been a bit tight but less of a problem than I feared. I have been nauseous since the race although feeling much better today.
_andy May 2012 9:21am, 3 May 2012 8,005 posts	0 _andy I've been eating like a horse all week (hay anyone? another sugarlump?). That's one of the best aspects of this sort of race. Sunday's 5 miles were a bit slower than usual for the first few miles - something about the legs I think. Actually I'm tapering for a race tomorrow evening, so haven't run since Tuesday's hill run Beware the 'normalisation' that comes with Fetch
flip May 2012 9:32am, 3 May 2012 4,916 posts	0 flip not doing edinburgh North berwick the next day then andy?.................... * normalisation* great blog andy and others - so many great stories of the race. Was it warm and sunny with a slight coolng breeze. ? My race was although i think i over did the cooling breeze as of the 500 only 140 finished and the race was abandoned due to mass hypothermia !