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swittle
swittle
Aug 2019
4:37pm, 31 Aug 2019
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The Arnouvaz video shows a woman competitor on bare feet through a sort of transition area!

98.7k for Dave. :)
flyingfinn
flyingfinn
Aug 2019
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Sam if you've got a guaranteed place and you've not been to Chamonix during UTMB week before I'd recommend you go whatever your reservations. The whole experience is just in a different league to anything that exists in UK ultra running (think Premier League rather than League 2). Just work as hard as you can on your fitness and be prepared to put yourself in a bit of debt early in the race to get clear of the worst of the congestion. My plan is to put a CCC entry in for next year but I'll be at the mercy of the ballot, so I may or may not be there but I'd certainly like to be.
Sam Jelfs
Sam Jelfs
Aug 2019
6:26pm, 31 Aug 2019
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Flyingfinn - I have a guarantee place having been refused in 2018 and 2019, plus enough points still just. (most of my races refuse to pay the utmb tax)

To be honest I like the snack races, one of the reasons I initially stopped road running and switched to trails was I hate the big city races.

Guess I'll have to decide before registration opens on December. Far to many other races as a priority for next year already...
NDWDave
NDWDave
Aug 2019
8:26pm, 31 Aug 2019
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I dropped. I was pretty tight with cutoffs so was struggling to make the 1030pm checkpoint. Halfway up the 8,000ft+ pass, and almighty thunderstorm broke so decided to head back to safety. Almost certainly would have DNF Ed anyway but a massive bolt of lightning when you are holding a pointy stick helps clarify thoughts
NDWDave
NDWDave
Aug 2019
8:29pm, 31 Aug 2019
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UTMB is awesome and you should give it a go. It is ridiculous and quite fun if you don’t take it too seriously

I could pin my cutoffs struggles on the queues but I don’t think it made that big a difference
Northern Exile
Northern Exile
Aug 2019
8:30pm, 31 Aug 2019
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Ach, sorry to hear this Dave. Hope you are OK.
Velociraptor
Velociraptor
Aug 2019
8:35pm, 31 Aug 2019
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Bummer, Dave :( Next year?
FenlandRunner
FenlandRunner
Aug 2019
8:38pm, 31 Aug 2019
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Dave, if you dropped it ain't for me.
Badger
Badger
Aug 2019
8:39pm, 31 Aug 2019
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Unlucky, Dave.
roberton
roberton
Aug 2019
10:35pm, 31 Aug 2019
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roberton
Well done for making a good go of it Dave 👍

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