Feel great and although my foot aches a bit it doesn't bother me much at all,good stuff.
The weather has been terrible this weekend and thankfully i'd planned a day of eating and drinking beer today after running every day this week so far.Ran one of my favourite local routes yesterday,up alphin and back from home,10 miles with two 1000ft ascents thrown in,one up alphin and the other after dropping right down to the valley floor to climb right back up to my house again,all off road with a bit of everything thrown in,fields,foot paths and open fell.It was very wet and misty,couldn't see anything above 1000ft on alphin.Did the run in 1 hour 26 minutes which is not far off what i was doing last summer,even more pleasing as i didn't feel like i was pushing it at all.Going to try for the same mileage this week.
I have often jokingly slagged ultra running off as being for people who can't run fast enough to do real races and said i'd never get into it but having been watching alot of youtube videos and reading UTMB reports i have changed my mind! Although i wont be doing any in the next few years i can see myself trying in the future.
Some inspiring stuff going on out there..........
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWRActOyvek
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFWDUsvLCoE
Happy Running
Andy you'll get drawn in eventually. Resistance is futile. Anyway the runners who are fastest over short distances also tend to do the best on the ultras because they can run faster, period. There's 'just' the mental aspect to overcome on the ultras to achieve the best that your genes allow.
ReplyDeleteYour blog has added to my curiosity Nick,good reading!
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