Ultra Marathons are Cheap - Not Here

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Nelly Jul 2021 12:04pm, 28 Jul 2021 4,193 posts	0 Nelly I know there have been various threads over the years regarding the, ever increasing, cost of race entries. People have, for example, complained of "£45 for a 10k" but how about £15,499 for 120miles!?! highland-kings.com
cackleberry Jul 2021 12:13pm, 28 Jul 2021 2,133 posts	0 cackleberry I'm shocked they think it takes 4 days to run 120 miles! What are they messing about at, just get on with it!
The Mussile Jul 2021 12:18pm, 28 Jul 2021 584 posts	0 The Mussile I'm assuming for that price you don't actually have to run but are borne aboard some sort of elegant palanquin for the entire distance whilst being fed a selection of race fuels designed by Heston Blumenthal.
rf_fozzy Jul 2021 12:27pm, 28 Jul 2021 14,961 posts	0 rf_fozzy When I first looked at that, I thought it was a spoof. But no. Who on earth is actually going to pay £16k for that?....
Little Nemo Jul 2021 12:29pm, 28 Jul 2021 12,377 posts	0 Little Nemo More money than sense!
Ultracat Jul 2021 12:31pm, 28 Jul 2021 13,610 posts	0 Ultracat I think it’s for those with too much money
The Mussile Jul 2021 12:35pm, 28 Jul 2021 586 posts	0 The Mussile Its almost the antithesis of what most Ultrarunners want. I'd rather use that money to try and do Western States or something similar (Thinking of cost of whole process rather than just the event). Think Arch2Arc would still work out more expensive
♪♫ Synge ♪♫ Jul 2021 12:52pm, 28 Jul 2021 41,675 posts	0 ♪♫ Synge ♪♫ Isn't there a proverbs thread here somewhere? "A fool and his money are soon parted."
EvilPixie Jul 2021 1:15pm, 28 Jul 2021 26,845 posts	0 EvilPixie it is a complete package lasting 8 months so training university testing gala nights with adventures 1-1 support etc still stupid expensive but I expect if you costed it then it's not far off but yes it for posh kids
Dvorak Jul 2021 1:28pm, 28 Jul 2021 22,976 posts	0 Dvorak Posh 40-50 somethings, nearly all male. But I am thinking, well, if you are one of these driven and money no object types, you'd actually think this was soft, and too easy. Maybe there is a market amongst people who will probably largely walk it and want to be told how absolutely amazing they are for doing it and what an incredible challenge it was. (If the organisers were then going to recycle the money and take a thousand youths from deprived areas to do the same challenge (without butlers and chandeliers), I might think there was some worth in it. But that does not appear to be the case.)