Lakeland 50 and 100 in 2017

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_andy Jul 2017 9:59pm, 1 Jul 2017 9,920 posts	0 _andy Oh my goodness... What a great question! Pull up a chair TripleJ... Actually, a lot depends on geography - I'll wax lyrical about the Scottish ultras which I do, but that's not so great if you're not in Scotland. However, the must-do ultra that tops my list is the 53 mile Highland Fling in late April.
flanker Jul 2017 11:58pm, 2 Jul 2017 17,129 posts	0 flanker Not checked recently, but I think it's a case of doing a qualifying event, of which the lakeland 50 is one, not all of them.
Fenland (Fenners) Runner Jul 2017 7:44am, 3 Jul 2017 12,994 posts	0 Fenland (Fenners) Runner Wot flanker said. And I think there is a specified time you need to complete the Lakeland 50, sub-15 hours from memory.
Dave A Jul 2017 8:18am, 3 Jul 2017 21,700 posts	0 Dave A I thought the 50 was a sub 16 qualifying time?
mrs shanksi Jul 2017 9:51am, 3 Jul 2017 8,051 posts	0 mrs shanksi I'm hoping it's sub 16
flanker Jul 2017 2:04pm, 3 Jul 2017 17,131 posts	0 flanker not sure, but you'd need to be able to do a lot faster than a 16 hour 50 to meet the 100 cut-offs. The 3 x 50 mile time does seem to be a good estimate of 100 time.
Northern Exile Jul 2017 8:21pm, 3 Jul 2017 4,319 posts	0 Northern Exile I was just thinking that. I'd say you're spot-on there.
Fenland (Fenners) Runner Jul 2017 8:42am, 4 Jul 2017 12,996 posts	0 Fenland (Fenners) Runner Yep, flanker you agree with Andy Cole, he advocates Lakeland 50 x 3 as a benchmark for the Lakeland 100.
flanker Jul 2017 9:56am, 4 Jul 2017 17,134 posts	0 flanker Which means I need to go and sort out my 18:xx 50 time at some point
_andy Jul 2017 5:29pm, 4 Jul 2017 9,923 posts	0 _andy Nice to have some chat here. 'Cos this is coming up soon isn't it? I need to sort out what I'm doing. Actually, that's easy: run 50 miles... I need to sort out logistics, such as anything more than get up early on Friday morning, drive to Coniston, pitch a tent and wander about chatting a bit. Anyone else heading down from Scotland?