Hoka Highland Fling Ultramarathon 2014

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TripletDad May 2014 10:56am, 6 May 2014 2,396 posts	TripletDad I went out for my first post fling run on Sunday and it hurt. I was meant to do 6.5 miles with my club but I stopped after about 5.5 miles and walked the last mile home in the sunshine as I was getting sharp pain behind my left knee. I'm meant to be doing 20 miles this Saturday as part of my club's running of the John Muir Way, I think I may have to borrow a bike
_andy May 2014 11:19am, 6 May 2014 9,455 posts	_andy Take it easy TD. After my first Fling, I really felt that it took 53 days to recover back to how things felt pre-race.
santababy May 2014 11:33am, 6 May 2014 70,386 posts	santababy oh i did 26.2 miles of John Muir way yesterday agree with Andy btw, last yr i nearly put my whwrace in jeopardy after trying to run too quick after fling (mind you i'd ran to kinlochleven next day)
FR May 2014 12:44pm, 6 May 2014 1,407 posts	FR I paced 4:15 at MK Marathon yesterday and felt really strong all the way around. The Highland Fling does re-adjust the body and mind to what is tough!!!
HappyG(rrr) May 2014 2:33pm, 6 May 2014 22,132 posts	HappyG(rrr) Errr, _andy, that's not what you told me, given that 20 days after the Fling you've roped me into a 60 mile, multi-day race?! But as you've already stalked my training log and approved my very gentle return to running, I'm assuming I'll be OK. Luckily 2.5, 4.5, 8.5 and 11.5 last week all went very well. No pains, no niggles, no blisters, no chaffage. I feel blessed! TD, sorry to hear that and take it easy. FR, you are just a machine! G
_andy May 2014 2:39pm, 6 May 2014 9,456 posts	_andy :-)G - these days I'd put the recovery time closer to a couple of days (except for an ache in my right side, but that's from rock-kicking) and I reckoned you'd be fine with your pedigree (!) I'd never run a marathon before my first Fling and had only done the D33 three weeks previously, which wasn't so clever as a first 'training' ultra so close to the fling. Last year, I set a 5k PB a week after the Fling and thought I'd then get faster later in the year without such tired legs, but that never happened. Right now, I'm running better than a fortnight ago, so reckon the Fling has been the right sort of kick-start my body needed. Maybe. To quote, "Och, you'll be fine!"
TripletDad May 2014 2:40pm, 6 May 2014 2,398 posts	TripletDad I suspect _andy is commenting based on our relative levels of fitness and expected recovery times G Having said that I'm going out with my club for another 5-6 miles tonight so I'll see how I feel after that
Tomsmum Nov 2014 3:59pm, 27 Nov 2014 1,491 posts	Tomsmum Is there a fling 2015 thread? It's DH not me doing it but as I am a regular fetch user and he isn't seems sensible for me to be signed up!
shanksi Nov 2014 7:45am, 28 Nov 2014 1,307 posts	shanksi http://www.fetcheveryone.com/search.php?search=fling No 2015 thread (yet?) but as ever, I ask why fetch users feel the need to start new threads for the same races each year, meaning that useful discussion could well be lost.
Tomsmum Nov 2014 7:46am, 28 Nov 2014 1,492 posts	Tomsmum Thank you I did look!! Just wondered if I had missed something