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Jul 2021
1:10pm, 10 Jul 2021
6,836 posts
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FenlandRunner
I did manage to jog-walk a 5km, so with rest (just walking) between now and the 23rd I should make the start-line.
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Jul 2021
1:13pm, 10 Jul 2021
6,837 posts
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FenlandRunner
And it sounds daft for a flat-lander but I'm not worried about the ascents at all.
It is the descents I fear... especially the first one from Walna Scar pass, after the Dockray checkpoint down to Dockray on the road and the utter bastard that is Gatesgarth.
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Jul 2021
2:08pm, 10 Jul 2021
21,733 posts
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Rosehip
My knee is not looking forward to the descents at all 
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Jul 2021
3:27pm, 10 Jul 2021
3,288 posts
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STOOSH
Don't think anyone's knees look forward to the descents. Think it's more of a 'manage the effort ' approach in the early stages so you don't wreck your legs for the latter stages.
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Jul 2021
6:18pm, 10 Jul 2021
6,839 posts
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FenlandRunner
Absolutely, Stoosh. That is bang on. The course punishes any early exuberance.
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Jul 2021
6:27pm, 10 Jul 2021
21,735 posts
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Rosehip
I'm aiming for very controlled sensible hiking pace with the occasional jog if it suits - no mad dashing downhill here
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Jul 2021
6:40pm, 10 Jul 2021
23,081 posts
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Dave A
My run on the 50 2 years ago was down to pacing. I lost 5 weeks of training due to injury so has to be very sensible with the effort levels. Even so I was probably on the edge for the last 20 miles.
It’s. or about staying within yourself, but knowing how hard you can push it.
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Jul 2021
7:38pm, 10 Jul 2021
6,840 posts
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FenlandRunner
Very wise, both Rosehip and Dave A.
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Jul 2021
2:31pm, 11 Jul 2021
6,842 posts
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FenlandRunner
Going through the mandatory kitlist. Have a new first aid kit on order that should be delivered tomorrow.
Then it is just the emergency food rations, for me that will be two bars of a four pack of Mars/Snickers/Bounty/etc. And a pack of paracetmol.
I've tried and tested wearing a race pack coupled with waist pack. That lets me carry everything I need, with the added bonus everything that I need regularly is easy to hand.
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Jul 2021
4:31pm, 11 Jul 2021
19,904 posts
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flanker
I'd echo the 'be careful' in the early stages bit. A couple of times I've had fun on the descent from Walna Scar, and then started the first climb in leg 2 and wondered why my quads were sore!
I think it's a year for breaking rules. I think I'll be starting in shorts I've never done more than 15 miles in, new shoes, and with a pair of poles*. Not particularly happy with this, but with no chance in the last 12 months to test these things on long runs it'll just have to be.
* not very happy about taking poles as it really doesn't feel right to me (more than happy that others do though) but I think given the lack of preparation I need to be pragmatic and give my body a chance of getting around.
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