Sports you play as an adult

303abuser

Running in sand sucks.

Smallman1

303 if you need me to introduce you to anyone, just let me know!

303abuser

Smallman1 Me on Saturday night: I’m never doing this again. Today: I might sign up for a 12 hour race in 4 weeks. Something is obviously wrong. 😂

Millsy

Phil-McRackin 100m? Was it a Shoot5 from the garage?

Phil-McRackin

Millsy Surprisingly not. Just a tide out beach in Wales which was just an expanse of flat damp sand with no cunt in sight to kick it back. Think it was the first time I’d sprinted since a Dads race at Primary school before Covid.

Hursty

303abuser good work 303! Those backyards seem properly hardcore, will you do another?

I raced a 50 miler in April, managed to bag 3rd place which was nice. Big 100 miler in the brecons a month from now which is the main target. 5500m very in it so going to be tough.

303abuser

Hursty I legitimately said after the race that I didn’t really have that much fun and I probably wouldn’t do it again. Here we are 3 days later and I may have changed my mind. I’m sure I could have done 80k if I had started with fresh legs, so that’s why I’m considering taking a shot at getting to 100k in 12 hours next month. It’s a flat course (compared with single track with 50m elevation per loop) and I don’t have to deal with that bloody clock.

What made it difficult was being forced to start again when I could have used another 5 minutes. Having a crew would make all the difference, it was basically a 9 hour blur for me. It’s definitely an interesting format and it was the first time I really got into the pain cave, as my legs felt like cement by loop 3.

That’s a great result on the 50 miler, well done. 100 miles still sounds terrifying to me, but I’m sure you’re prepared for it. Hopefully the weather is good for you.

Hursty

Cracked the 100 miler last weekend, it ended up being 167km in total with 5500m vert in just over 30 hours.

It was very warm for the day parts which made it tough, quite a few DNFs, but I think we dodged what could have been a crazy hot weekend.

The pain was ridiculous but even more interesting was the body giving up sending the pain signals and you feel fresh again, quite weird to go from totally broken and just about able to walk to running and getting a PB on an ascent up a mountain at mile 95!

I’ve canned the 200 miler for next year, although I loved it I’m going to work on building speed up for the shorter stuff, takes less time

Mad_Cyril

Hursty
Fair play, some serious shit that!

RichM

Hursty fair play mate, that’s impressive.

303abuser

Hursty Good for you, congrats on finally getting it done! That’s an amazing accomplishment. How are you feeling the last few days? I’d imagine the first one of that distance will require a little more recovery time.

Hursty

303abuser cheers, it’s taken a week to fully feel ok, I’ve done a couple of slow runs this week, hopefully next week I’ll be back to it properly. The main issue was tiredness, i did mess up by going in the sauna on Monday and didn’t hydrate properly afterwards so had a monumental headache all that night, lesson learned!

303abuser

Hursty The sauna seems like a mistake you make exactly once haha. I think I’m with you on the shorter distances too. 50k is raceable, the recovery isn’t bad, and the training is manageable. Beyond that and it really starts to become a full time job for me with all of the recovery work on top of actual running.

RichM

303abuser I assume you didn’t mean to put a space between the full stop and 50k, as I do not think 50k is raceable. However .50k is a decent distance I could cope with

303abuser

RichM My first 50k was super enjoyable, but I got most of the logistics wrong and definitely didn’t “race” it. The second one, I did 4 aid stations in 10 total minutes, had a solid plan, and ran pretty competitively. Different experiences, but I like racing, fills that competitive need.

I was hoping to crack the top 15, maybe top 10 this year on a perfect day, but I’ve got a hip flexor and adductor strain on one side that’s making training difficult. I enjoy pushing myself to the edge of what I can physically do.

RichM

303abuser I wish I enjoyed pushing myself to the limit. I would get off my arse and run a lot more then

Smallman1

Love 303’s 50k ‘shorter distance’ humble brag claim.

303abuser

Lol I meant in comparison to Hursty’s 100 milers. The furthest I’ve ever gone is 61k, I mostly run 15-25k races.

303abuser

It’s a funny thing, definitely not something I was into when I was younger. I was never a distance runner, 5k was a long run for me, and now I enjoy grinding up and down hills for 3 hours on Sundays. There are probably worse ways to spend my time. Not sure I’d be as motivated without racing though.

303abuser

Smashed my 50k race on Saturday. They added 300m of elevation this year (was 1350m last year), which made the course a lot tougher and it was hot again, and I cut 25 minutes off last year. Finished 15/150, 12th male.

Legs are pretty trashed still, but I feel pretty good about the whole thing. Apparently rucking stairs with a weighted vest will get you into pretty good shape.

Hursty

303abuser congrats mate, sounds like you smashed, really strong finishing position considering it was a tougher course too. Did everything just fall into place, training, nutrition etc?

Any plans going forward?

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