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Nov 2017
3:24pm, 21 Nov 2017
1,064 posts
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Gromit
foolish talk  but no doubt a talk everyone who does the "main event" has at some point ...... good to have a dream eh
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Nov 2017
3:38pm, 21 Nov 2017
4,525 posts
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Northern Exile
It's good to have a dream, of course it is. I can tell you this though, for "normal" runners the UTMB itself is far from a dream - forgetting the hype for a moment, it remains one of the hardest races there is and the scope for disaster is huge. I did it before I tackled the CCC and TDS so didn't really have any hindsight. Being out for those two nights with that amount of climb is absolutely destroying and I think my CCC and TDS times illustrate this. You have to be sure you really want to do it, so many people go there having spent years building the points up and it all comes to nothing.
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Nov 2017
4:35pm, 21 Nov 2017
1,065 posts
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Gromit
Good job I don't class myself as a "normal" runner who is easily offended by "elitist" runners then eh.
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Nov 2017
6:24pm, 21 Nov 2017
4,526 posts
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Northern Exile
I'm not quite sure what you mean there, but I definitely class myself as a normal runner. If you thought I was claiming to be some sort of elite athlete, you'd be dead wrong.
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Nov 2017
9:16pm, 21 Nov 2017
5,182 posts
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NDWDave
I missed out last year on The utmb so hoping for second time lucky.
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Nov 2017
9:17pm, 21 Nov 2017
5,183 posts
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NDWDave
Two tickets in the ballot and if I don’t get in this year, I’m an automatic place next year assuming I maintain my points balance
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Jan 2018
6:13pm, 21 Jan 2018
5,668 posts
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NDWDave
No luck. I need to get my points for auto entry in 2019
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Jan 2018
6:17pm, 21 Jan 2018
4,616 posts
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Northern Exile
Sorry to hear that Dave. Something to look forward to in 2019.
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Jan 2018
6:21pm, 21 Jan 2018
5,670 posts
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NDWDave
Hopefully. I have one of the three races - just need two finishes this year
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Jan 2019
7:00pm, 18 Jan 2019
8,511 posts
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NDWDave
I’m in. Who else is?
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