Ultra Marathons

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Sam Jelfs Jul 2022 11:33am, 13 Jul 2022 1,201 posts	0 Sam Jelfs My main tip - have a plan on how to spend your time between laps. Even a written checklist of food / drink / etc etc that you want, also with a priority depending on time. If you have 10 minutes between loops, how will you spend them? Only 5 minutes, what is essential?
SooWoo Jul 2022 2:39pm, 13 Jul 2022 609 posts	0 SooWoo Thanks Sam Jelfs 😀
geordiegirl Jul 2022 5:50pm, 13 Jul 2022 18,360 posts	0 geordiegirl See Debbie finished in 20th place. Formidable effort - no moaning about how warm our running is!
Night-owl Jul 2022 5:58pm, 13 Jul 2022 39,931 posts	0 Night-owl That's great geordiegirl I looked this afternoon see how she did amazing cannot even begin to imagine temperatures like that
icenutter Jul 2022 8:56pm, 13 Jul 2022 551 posts	0 icenutter When I crewed for someone at a backyard ultra, they said what helped was treating him like a prima Dona. So he came in and sat down, then didn’t lift a finger. New socks? Someone took his shoes off. Pot noodle? Someone made one. Moral of the story: take the help you are offered.
geordiegirl Jul 2022 6:56am, 14 Jul 2022 18,366 posts	0 geordiegirl I listen to You g Hearts Run Free podcast. This episode guest is Ultra Kazy, she does backyard ultras. I ended off meeting her at a yoga for runners weekend a few weeks later. Fantastic lady have a listen to her podcast. podcasts.apple.com We talked about running 24hrs as I had my big run coming up. One thing I remember her saying is when it gets tough, dark hours or just because she needs to switch off she puts her headphones on, she chooses to listen to a a favourite audio book so she can get lost in the story. I said I tend to listen to podcasts (YHRF) as the guys chat takes my mind off the wandering. I’m sure Kazy is going the BYU in July if you see her talk to her the positivity and energy she has is amazing. You’ll find her on Insta, connect and I am sure if you were to message her she will reply. Another one I heard different run completely but echos icenutters snippet was a lady doing Cape Wrath and she’d been told if you have support take full support let them do everything so you only have to run.
Sam Jelfs Jul 2022 8:38am, 14 Jul 2022 1,202 posts	0 Sam Jelfs If you have crew, then they really need to know what to do... preparation is key to this. As an idea, this is the (first) sheet that Merijn had made up for him and his crew at the BY Masters the other month (The weisbier was a key part of it )
SooWoo Jul 2022 9:48am, 14 Jul 2022 612 posts	0 SooWoo Makes note to add weisbier to kit list 😀 Thanks for your post geordiegirl 😀
HappyG(rrr) Jul 2022 7:38am, 17 Jul 2022 42,995 posts	0 HappyG(rrr) Have we got a cheat or an amazing new record at Badwater 135? Ashley Paulson - marathoninvestigation.com Why would anyone ever cheat, it's just a mystery? Not easy to verify in ultras - pace varies massively, over the course and between runners. Don't know if there is good GPS signal the whole way. And with a support crew, you could swap it to someone else, you often can't see anything or anyone during night sections etc?
Velociraptor Jul 2022 8:34am, 17 Jul 2022 58,847 posts	0 Velociraptor I confess to having been ghoulishly following that saga, G, though the current situation seems to be that there are doubts but no direct evidence of cheating at Badwater.