Comrades Marathon 2022
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Jul 2022
2:51pm, 11 Jul 2022
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icenutter
Is anyone doing Comrades this year? I’ve got a place carried over from 2020 and we all know how 2020 panned out. Trainings going well at the moment. This will be my first ultra, so it’s a big step up. |
Jul 2022
3:04pm, 11 Jul 2022
39,917 posts
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Night-owl
I'm not but thought I'd say I wish you the best of luck
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Jul 2022
3:29pm, 11 Jul 2022
546 posts
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icenutter
Thanks!
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Jul 2022
5:52pm, 11 Jul 2022
23,146 posts
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Ness
Out of my league, I’m afraid but good luck! 🍀
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Jul 2022
9:59am, 12 Jul 2022
547 posts
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icenutter
To finish inside the cutoff, you only need to run 8:00kms or 12:48 miles. That’s hardly fast.
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Jul 2022
9:59am, 13 Jul 2022
14,529 posts
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chunkywizard
might be worth asking on the ultra thread. I'm guess there are a few people who have done it before. Is it up or down this year?
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Jul 2022
1:30pm, 13 Jul 2022
14,534 posts
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chunkywizard
link is fetcheveryone.com/forum/ultra-marathons-10360/2827
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Jul 2022
1:34pm, 13 Jul 2022
550 posts
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icenutter
Thanks. It's a down year. I'm told that's harder. |
Jul 2022
12:52pm, 14 Jul 2022
9,427 posts
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becca7
The down year is harder on the body. A lot of the down is in the last quarter so it mashes the legs and a long downhill like Fields Hill is punishing on the quads. It is seriously worth looking at downhill running technique and even having some walk breaks on the long downs. I would have been going but salmonella put paid to it as I'm still getting back on track after that. |
Jul 2022
1:27pm, 14 Jul 2022
3,745 posts
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Mr. K.
Is anyone doing Comrades this year? I’ve got a place carried over from 2020 and we all know how 2020 panned out. Trainings going well at the moment. This will be my first ultra, so it’s a big step up. Does watching count as doing ? I loved the down run - I had to back off the pace with 21Kms to go though - really concerned about cramp & if you know that hill at 21 then you know why. Still 45 mins quicker than the up. I think it took me that 45 mins to get from the finish (old stadium) to the beach front hotel - it`s not that far  You not going becca?? I wrote about of blogs about my experiences. |
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