Ultra Marathons

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rhb Feb 2017 7:51am, 1 Feb 2017 840 posts	0 rhb From what I read the RO is thinking of alternating EfM and C everyother year. Ef... may not always stay as Meriden either which makes sense to freshen up the race after everyone susses out the fastest/easiest route. Convergence sounds interesting, defo a better atmosphere at the finish as runners meet up rather than just powering down a tracker in isolation.
Velociraptor Feb 2017 8:55am, 1 Feb 2017 35,429 posts	0 Velociraptor Something along the lines of EfM but with a different starting point each year, disclosed only a couple of weeks in advance, could be quite fun
rhb Feb 2017 9:01am, 1 Feb 2017 841 posts	0 rhb I reckon there'd also be a market for more unsupported longish point to point races with no defined route, but guidance similar to EfM e.g. best avoid A roads and definitely don't trespass.
Velociraptor Feb 2017 9:05am, 1 Feb 2017 35,430 posts	0 Velociraptor A bit like the TGO Challenge, whose remit is only "go across Scotland from one side to the other within a fortnight"?
flanker Feb 2017 11:05am, 1 Feb 2017 16,780 posts	0 flanker Is that still going? Come to that is TGO still going? Longish unsupported point-to-point races with no defined route. Basically a Rory Coleman event?
Velociraptor Feb 2017 11:28am, 1 Feb 2017 35,431 posts	0 Velociraptor tgochallenge.co.uk Yup I quite liked TGO but it seemed to be a bit of a relentless Cameron McNeish vanity publication for a while a few years ago and I cancelled my subscription. The Challenge has always been a Nice If You've Got The Time sort of event for me.
flanker Feb 2017 11:57pm, 1 Feb 2017 16,783 posts	0 flanker Likewise, I used to subscribe, but then cancelled as it all got a bit predictable. Bit like Trail but with long words and more them
jacdaw Feb 2017 12:33pm, 2 Feb 2017 1,763 posts	0 jacdaw Is Cameron McNeish a bad thing? Anyway, did anybody get a place in the devil of the highlands?
Northern Exile Feb 2017 1:10pm, 2 Feb 2017 4,208 posts	0 Northern Exile I quite like his guide to the Munros and his little Munro Almanac is superb. I didn't really think there was a big ego going on there, but then again, I'm not a big TGO reader
Velociraptor Feb 2017 1:13pm, 2 Feb 2017 35,438 posts	0 Velociraptor Cameron McNeish is not at all a bad thing, but a little bit of diversity is better