Ultra Marathons

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Rosehip 29 Sep 3:51pm, 29 Sep 2024 33,305 posts	0 Rosehip @Badger forgot the tag
flanker 29 Sep 4:04pm, 29 Sep 2024 21,310 posts	0 flanker @paulcook forgot about fog and mist. That would be a pro for a chest light, but not enough to tip the balance.
roberton 29 Sep 6:16pm, 29 Sep 2024 1,651 posts	0 roberton Anyone know what happened with Macca in the Spartathlon? The tracker says "retired" but made it to the last checkpoint before the finish? I'm not sure how to read it...
NDWDave 29 Sep 6:30pm, 29 Sep 2024 20,099 posts	0 NDWDave roberton wrote:Anyone know what happened with Macca in the Spartathlon? The tracker says "retired" but made it to the last checkpoint before the finish? I'm not sure how to read it... I would guess that him and his tracker got picked up by the sweeper bus
Sam Jelfs 29 Sep 6:42pm, 29 Sep 2024 1,502 posts	0 Sam Jelfs Given he was doing 30km/h at cp70 it looks like he dropped out somewhere around cp69.
Rosehip 29 Sep 6:50pm, 29 Sep 2024 33,308 posts	0 Rosehip was definitely dicing with cut offs last time I was able to chceck Damn fine effort considering
roberton 29 Sep 8:06pm, 29 Sep 2024 1,652 posts	0 roberton Thanks! I knew I was missing something. And yeah, good effort 👏
Gromit 30 Sep 5:22am, 30 Sep 2024 2,002 posts	0 Gromit Just quickly going back to the headtorches I’ve just treated myself to one of the new silva ultra headtorches where you have the option of the heavy battery element being in your pack our waist area with a cable … 3 different options of battery usage … not yet tried it but certainly this week looks likely.
NDWDave 30 Sep 6:56am, 30 Sep 2024 20,104 posts	0 NDWDave Macca posted on the orange site that he had a good experience all things considered…
jacdaw 30 Sep 10:02am, 30 Sep 2024 4,602 posts	0 jacdaw I used that Silva ultra for the lakeland 50, @Gromit and it was perfect. I had the (big) battery on my head, and it didn't bother me. I took the AA (or is it AAA) battery pack as a just-in-case replacement, but obviously didn't need it. (I also took another headlight as a just in case, in case; but that's just me). On full beam, it's like daylight, but probably doesn't last long. I only have the big rechargeable battery and the battery pack. Do you have the smaller rechargeable battery too?