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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

      Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

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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!

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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!

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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.

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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

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                        endo
                        見習いボス
                        Joined: 29 May 2020

                        man @Brock , that looks awesome!

                        si tacuisses

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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.

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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!

                              Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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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
                                • GrahamG
                                  Graham
                                  IHUK Crew
                                  Joined: 8 May 2014

                                  Nice one @Nkwkfld ! Well bloody done. Hill of Destruction sounded fun!  😢

                                  @gmac_ironheart
                                  🤘

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                                  • henry_davidH
                                    henry_david
                                    Joined: 28 Mar 2016

                                    Epic af @Nkwkfld! I've got my first trail marathon set for near the end of August. Stoked to get beat tf up.

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                                      Nik
                                      Raw and Unwashed
                                      Joined: 12 Nov 2020

                                      Thanks guys. In a couple weeks I'm marshalling a 100k event, picking up the course signs for the last 50k. Looking forward to seeing people take that on.

                                      last edited by 24 Jun 2021, 05:17 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                        Nik
                                        Raw and Unwashed
                                        Joined: 12 Nov 2020

                                        Nice to see @Graham and @AdamC at Parkrun last Saturday. Hope there will be better conditions next time!

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                                        • GrahamG
                                          Graham
                                          IHUK Crew
                                          Joined: 8 May 2014

                                          That was my first one and I loved it! Great to see you @Nkwkfld I will be down this Saturday too whilst the fam go for a dog walk so hopefully see you there!

                                          Watched a great documentary on the Badwater 135 last night. A man can dream!

                                          @gmac_ironheart
                                          🤘

                                          last edited by 12 Jan 2022, 10:13 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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