Ultra Marathons

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NDWDave Jun 2022 12:42pm, 4 Jun 2022 16,876 posts	0 NDWDave Tough luck DT I met Sam Amend on the TP100 at a night CP. She grabbed my bottles and filled them even though she probably shouldn’t have. I cheer her on a bit more as a result. I think she is also over 40 or possibly 50 too
Mr. K. Jun 2022 3:26pm, 4 Jun 2022 3,733 posts	0 Mr. K. thepowerof10.info Sam likes to race.. She ran the Centurion Track 100M in 14:10:41 - not bad tune up.
Sam Jelfs Jun 2022 3:59pm, 4 Jun 2022 1,167 posts	0 Sam Jelfs Seen that Macca stopped with hamstring issues just after MK, hopefully nothing too serious.
Sam Jelfs Jun 2022 4:50pm, 4 Jun 2022 1,168 posts	0 Sam Jelfs And RunHammyRun has taken 2nd place on the GUCR
Rosehip Jun 2022 4:57pm, 4 Jun 2022 25,493 posts	0 Rosehip Yes, and for RunHammyRun
Velociraptor Jun 2022 5:04pm, 4 Jun 2022 58,340 posts	0 Velociraptor Well done RunHammyRun 😀 I didn't realise that was his real name.
geordiegirl Jun 2022 7:18pm, 4 Jun 2022 18,108 posts	0 geordiegirl Congratulations runhammyrun huge well done. Sam is 42, she is also a single mum of 2, works full time, she was talking about her training tegime and fitting it in with her son who now plays football, my cousins kid is a football player and I know how much time that takes up to get to training, fixtures etc can’t comprehend how those at the top of their ultra game do it. Super human. Link to podcast podcasts.apple.com of anyone is interested.
Maccathecracker Jun 2022 8:12pm, 4 Jun 2022 796 posts	0 Maccathecracker Not my day or was it night at GUCR but some amazing performances, particularly SA. I think I understand now why this is such an iconic race. After two months written off with covid induced hamstring issues 86 miles without doing any damage is a decent result but as I type, with 7hrs until final cut off I sit here wondering if there might have been a little bit more.
Rosehip Jun 2022 9:27pm, 4 Jun 2022 25,496 posts	0 Rosehip Tough one, Macca However you could have carried on and ruined the rest of the year, especially with covid in the mix. You’ve not had a great spring, that’s a very fine effort considering.
geordiegirl Jun 2022 9:51pm, 4 Jun 2022 18,109 posts	0 geordiegirl Macca to do what you’ve done is phenomenal, hindsight is a great thing but it’s important not to cause more damage and for that it was a sensible decision. I have to confess I have felt tempted by this in past knowing there was no chance. But with what I’m doing now and what I’m thinking is maybe it’s worth a try…. Not for a few years I suspect.