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Dec 2013
5:31pm, 5 Dec 2013
1,214 posts
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shanksi
On the subject of tea, the organisers keep an urn of hot water on the go for coffee, tea, and wine bottles to use as hot water bottles.
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Dec 2013
9:35pm, 5 Dec 2013
331 posts
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M1nty
Hello 
Happy G running the WHWR in 2015? Now that's a training plan I'd like to see!
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Dec 2013
9:43pm, 5 Dec 2013
5,631 posts
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mrs shanksi
Hya Minty!
I obviously missed the wine bottles as hot water bottles thing, don't remember that at all
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Dec 2013
9:55pm, 5 Dec 2013
7,407 posts
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Boab
I see what you mean Tizer about being on your own, but I think this one might be a different in that it is a 4 or so mile loop in Glenmore forest (you remember that, we ran part of it at new year with our head torches on that was a braw run). You are likely to see people most of the time, it must be good for the mutual camaraderie 'high fives' ;). A long point to point race is where the loneliness would come in, WHW for example. Although I have no experience of such race, it comes down to how you cope with it. I was on my own from about 7 miles at GO33, but then, I like my own company
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Dec 2013
10:04pm, 5 Dec 2013
5,632 posts
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mrs shanksi
True Boab, you do see other folk reasonably frequently during the run and of course every lap when you go through the camp. It was such a boost for me to see everyone and to have another lap ticked off.
I found the long hours of darkness the hardest part to cope with. In whw race the nights are much shorter. At Glenmore I was desperate for the sun to come up, the night seemed to last forever... One positive was the fact the race starts at noon so we had a fun night before and a long lie so I felt rested. Much better than starting at 1am for me! And since I'm slow I need the 2nd night at whw but you know at Glenmore when the sun comes up you are in daylight until the end.
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Dec 2013
10:11pm, 5 Dec 2013
4,110 posts
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Duchess
Wine bottle hot water bottles! Oh god they were amazing... Every so often I wondered why I had a wine bottle full of Luke warm water tucked under my jumper. And then I remembered.
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Dec 2013
10:25pm, 5 Dec 2013
21,386 posts
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HappyG(rrr)
It's partly for the night running experience that I want to do it. I think the sleep deprivation will be part of the challenge of WHW, so wanted to practice a bit. Hiya Minty, Duchess and mr and mrs s - I'm looking forward to joining all the ultra folk in the family! Minty I don't think my WHW training will be particularly clever, but I would love to get to the start line strong and the finish line in one piece! :-)G
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Dec 2013
10:41pm, 5 Dec 2013
5,633 posts
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mrs shanksi
Pro plus is your friend :-)G
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Dec 2013
11:09pm, 5 Dec 2013
7,431 posts
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SpicedApple
Oh, a second Three Islander - you and _andy doing it together, HappyG?
Hot water bottles, you've just sold this race to me, shanksi! (Need to check whether I'm on the right entry list now. :-o)
Seeing other runners a lot is one of the things I'm curious about. When struggling, I seem to cope best when on my own and sometimes find company a bit exhausting (Don't get me wrong, I love running with you all! However, when things get difficult, I seem to be beter on my own.), so it'll be interesting to see how I manage with constantly changing people around for 12 hours.
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Dec 2013
11:10pm, 5 Dec 2013
21,387 posts
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HappyG(rrr)
You're already in Spicey. I saw your name. :-)G
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