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    Brock
    Raw and Unwashed
    Joined: 8 Sept 2015

    Prepping to run the Timberline Trail this Saturday.. 42 miles around Mt. Hood with 10,000’ of vert.

    Getting stoked!





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    last edited by 26 Aug 2020, 00:40 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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      Polly
      Joined: 27 Jul 2020

      @Brock These pictures are unreal. I live in the wrong city. A London 10 miler is lifeless in comparison. Good luck with the trail!

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        neph93
        見習いボス
        Joined: 18 Aug 2014

        @Polly:

        A London 10 miler is lifeless in comparison. Good luck with the trail!

        Also the health benefits of the run may be outweighed by the air politution. Having lived in London for three years I do love the city, but don’t miss that.

        “Some of those that work forces
        Are the same that burn crosses”

        • Virginia Woolf
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          Brock
          Raw and Unwashed
          Joined: 8 Sept 2015

          Cross post from what are you doing today…

          Instead of pictures I’ll just include my Strava link.

          Circumnavigated Mt. Hood yesterday with some friends. It was an epic day and a massive check off the bucket list!

          https://strava.app.link/yCpHRhYpn9

          Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

          last edited by 30 Aug 2020, 16:38 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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            Nik
            Raw and Unwashed
            Joined: 12 Nov 2020

            Ran up and around Butser Hill this morning, 1000 ft of elevation in less than an hour, pretty fun!

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              Giles
              IHUK Crew
              Joined: 22 Sept 2009

              Madness 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 I kneaded some dough…..

              "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                Nik
                Raw and Unwashed
                Joined: 12 Nov 2020

                A cold one this morning in the fog

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                  cander49
                  Raw and Unwashed
                  Joined: 8 Apr 2015

                  I just did my longest run in years on Sunday!

                  In the absence of marathoning in 2020, I decided to train up for something I could do at home in my garage on my treadmill. I planned to go out on pace to break 5 hours and 50 min in running time (7:00 / mile) and hopefully have only very brief bathroom breaks so I could keep it under 6 hours. I was able to do it just a touch faster, with a moving time of 5:44:04 (6:53/mile) and limited the bathroom time to 4 min and change, so my total including bathroom pit stops was 5:48:26 (6:58/mile elapsed time). I ended up live streaming the whole thing on Zoom and doing it as a fundraiser for Best Friends Animal Society, so it raised $1375 for them, which is awesome: https://support.bestfriends.org/site/TR/PersonalFundraising/General?px=3527814&pg=personal&fr_id=1500 Hoping it'll trickle up above $1500 in the last few days I leave it up!

                  More details on nutrition on Strava if you care: https://www.strava.com/activities/4498645045

                  Training for this was more or less similar to a marathon cycle, except that I added in 4 long runs of between 31 and 35 miles, ranging from 2 35 milers at a pace in the ballpark of the 50 mile pace to a progressive 50k at 6:36/mile average, starting in the 6:50s and ending in the 5:50s.

                  Really grateful to everyone who tuned in to watch and kept me going, including @neversummer. But seriously, that hurt like hell – mentally even more than physically -- so I hope that marathoning is a reality again in 2021 and I don't have to do something like that again any time soon.  😃

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                    Nik
                    Raw and Unwashed
                    Joined: 12 Nov 2020

                    @cander49 that is a long and fast run, great work

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                      den1mhead
                      Raw and Unwashed
                      Joined: 6 Oct 2014

                      Wow @cander49 that is some type of superhuman effort / achievement 👍

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                        AdamJ
                        IHUK Crew
                        Joined: 29 Jun 2017

                        @cander49 that is incredible, well done

                        The devil is in the detail..

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                          Baba-san
                          The Unwoven
                          Joined: 11 Oct 2018

                          just stumbled across the topic….

                          @cander49 … that is one super human effort there... even more so with the added boredom factor of the treadmill!

                          Top effort too @Nkwkfld

                          and @Brock  - that looks like an epic run around Mt hood… what an absolutely beautiful place and awesome phots as per usual from you! 😉

                          Everything is just on such a huge scale compared to the UK... I'd love to ride around there on my mountain bike... or dirt bike for that matter!

                          last edited by 23 Dec 2020, 15:45 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                            cander49
                            Raw and Unwashed
                            Joined: 8 Apr 2015

                            Thanks guys! @Baba-san, everyone keeps asking how in the world I did that on a treadmill, and my reaction is the exact opposite: how in the world could anyone do this NOT on a treadmill?  😃 I didn't have to carry any supplies and still, I had a box of gels, stack of cookies, candy, and 3 bottles at my finger tips the entire time! Plus, I got to watch TV for the first 31 miles and then crank some music on the sound system in the last 19 miles. I couldn't imagine a more optimized environment for something like this.  🙂  In all seriousness, I get really bored if I'm doing a short, easy on a treadmill, but if I'm doing something like a workout, a long run, or a time trial, I'm focused enough on the run and what I'll get out of it that it never gets boring!

                            last edited by 23 Dec 2020, 17:09 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                              neversummer
                              Raw and Unwashed
                              Joined: 21 Mar 2017

                              @cander49 an impressive effort to watch- thanks for doing the zoom thing, it provided some entertainment at work. As you might be to odd person for liking treadmills, I am the odd person who likes to virtually spectate. I’ve watched Moab 240 the past few years, as well as a few other ultras. And all it is it watching someone’s tracker very slowly move around a map!
                              I’ve come to appreciate the treadmill in the past year, but don’t think I could do 50 on it…. maybe some elevation gain based goal, like 10k vert.

                              last edited by 23 Dec 2020, 18:59 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                Brock
                                Raw and Unwashed
                                Joined: 8 Sept 2015

                                Made it out into the mountains today.









                                Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

                                last edited by 19 Jun 2021, 19:52 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                  endo
                                  見習いボス
                                  Joined: 29 May 2020

                                  man @Brock , that looks awesome!

                                  si tacuisses

                                  last edited by 19 Jun 2021, 19:58 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                    twin
                                    見習いボス
                                    Joined: 12 May 2012

                                    @Brock  That's more then I can do. Your photos are magnificent. Hope to make it to Oregon someday. Crater Lake was booked for this summer. Maybe next year.

                                    last edited by 19 Jun 2021, 21:40 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                      Fadez
                                      啓蒙家
                                      Joined: 9 Nov 2011

                                      [mention]Brock [/mention] epic on so many levels!

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                                        Brock
                                        Raw and Unwashed
                                        Joined: 8 Sept 2015

                                        Thanks guys!! It was really an amazing day! It’s fun to get out in nature by yourself and reflect sometimes. We’re really blessed to be able to explore this world we live on.

                                        Twin, Crater lake is absolutely gorgeous! You will love it if you ever make it down there!

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                                        last edited by 19 Jun 2021, 23:09 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                          Nik
                                          Raw and Unwashed
                                          Joined: 12 Nov 2020

                                          First marathon done. A trail event with just under 700 meters of elevation. It hurt and felt great at the same time. Hit my goal of under four hours despite the mud.

                                          last edited by 21 Jun 2021, 20:55 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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