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Mid/long ultra newbie in 2015 - share your journey! :-)
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Nov 2014
2:17pm, 28 Nov 2014
23293 posts
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HappyG(rrr)
Hiya. A thread for those who have maybe done a couple of ultras 30, 40, 50 miles, but are doing their first 70-100 miler and want to chat about training, planning, logistics, fuelling, kit, whatev! I am hoping to get into West Highland Way, which is June 2015. I have done a few 30-50 mile ultras, including hilly bits and one 24 hour as well, but mostly flat. So this will be my first reasonably hilly, near 100 miles (14,700ft ascent/descent and 95 miles). Here are some questions I posed on another thread (but they don't want to chat about planning for their race yet - mostly because the ones who chimed in are all super experienced and can just rock up in March and be ready by May. But not me, I need to do a bit more prep! Anyway, it's fun to chat about it all!) Don't limit yourself to these topics though - plenty other stuff to chat about! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Nov 2014
2:42pm, 28 Nov 2014
5818 posts
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becca7
Hmm. I'm contemplating the Berlin Wall race, Der Berliner Mauerweglauf. It looks cool but it is a heck of a long way to run. I'm not entered yet and I'm still at the "do I really want to do this?" stage. I have done a couple of Comrades and the SDW50 but this will be a big hike in distance. I shall be doing Comrades again next year and, prior to that, the Glasgow to Edinburgh. Plus a few marathons and shortish ultras to get ready for Comrades. I figure that I might have my legs back by the time of the Berlin race in August. |
Nov 2014
3:16pm, 28 Nov 2014
23295 posts
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HappyG(rrr)
Ooh, cool becca, I'm doing Glasgow to Edinburgh too. Look forward to meeting you there! Would love to do Comrades too one day. That's def a bucket list race! So Berlin Wall race - presumably roads and reasonably flat, so the step up is just distance? (What distant, btw?) So no difference in terms of terrain, shoes, kit etc. How is it supported? Aid stations, drop bags etc? And are you using races as your long runs (I know a lot of folk use that technique)? Maras + shorter ultras for a longer ultra? I'm off to google Berlin Wall ultra! ![]() |
Nov 2014
3:38pm, 28 Nov 2014
5819 posts
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becca7
Yes, I have been wanting to do Glasgow to Edinburgh for a while. See you there. Berlin Wall is 100 miles, so a big hike from 50 odd. It won't have the hills of Kwazulu Natal but that might mean the same muscles getting pounded. It seems to be on paths and it looks like folks wear road shoes. There are 27 aid stations and there are three drop bag opportunities. 30 hour time limit. I'm thinking that once I have done Comrades it is going to be about recovery so there's not much time for specific training for this race. |