Top 5, aim to go under 20 in parkrun soon, could probably do it on a bit of rest but itās a tough course
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30km Ecotrail done in just under 4 hours. Iāve pain in places I didnāt even know could have pain. I was so zonked at the finish line that I accidentally deleted the run rather than saving it. I guess that means I never really ran it 
No idea how @caulifloweredneanderthal could do the additional 16km
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Fair play, some buzz. The pain is worth it.
Great to see a crowd out racing again. I was cruising for first 18km and on course for 3hrs30 and got a blister on my heel. Iād say I walked half the last 10k
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Did not realise Parkrun was back. Going to do one next week to guage fitness.
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Mungret ? Itās all hills.
Iāll do one in a few weeks once the GAA is all finished up.
Is it around that big playground? Thatād be a fucker of a run
Ya, I think its 4 laps of that, but turn off into a different path for last 150m or so, which I assume is what @backinatracksuit missed
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Iām already researching how to recover it
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Itās missing the elevation but itās there now 
Edit - elevation added. What a fuckin success!
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Mungret isnāt back yet, it was the other one I ran.
If my times are anything to go on Mungret is slightly easier, my times are always a bit quicker there, only by 15 or 20 seconds
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Iām deliberately not giving that Kudos now
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Iāve given that post a like
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Well done, the pictures look great, looks like it would have been too much effort for you to smile like.
Iāve always wanted to go up the Sugarloaf, itās one on my list, great job 
I do have a pic where Iām smiling but I look like an absolute clown cos the sun was in my eyes!
Waiting for @caulifloweredneanderthal to sign in
Unreal, well done.
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Signing in. Signing out I suppose.
Didnāt go to plan unfortunately for me today. Was going nicely first 17/18km (made it to first checkpoint maybe 14-15kmish in in around 2 hours and felt comfortable. But when it came to the fifth climb of the day around 20km, my legs immediately just felt like jelly. Had absolutely no energy. More or less walked to 27km where I dropped out. Iād the big climbing down for the day (1200/1700m) but just couldnāt see myself getting another 20km ticked off. It would have probably been stupid to carry on.
I did a course of steroids and antihistamines this week after a nasty wasp sting that is still leaving an impact on me. On top of that I was sick from Tuesday onwards but I felt Iād improve a bit in the 36 hours before throw in and rolled the dice. I think in better health I would have gotten around fine. Iām sure I would have started struggling from 30-35km onwards but I hadnāt banked on having issues so early. Maybe Iām just using the health stuff as an excuse, I donāt know. Iāve had two shit races this year. Iām never going to be fast but I usually have endurance. Iāve also been in situations where Iām injured or just wrecked and still finished it out.
Took me nearly two hours to get back to Bray then on the drive of shame. Ended up that I knew the brother of the driver (his bro is main organiser) and he has good friends from down home. Had to pull in early days where I had a watermelon flavoured puke. My fellow dropouts in the car were getting worried about me as I got progressively paler so one woman give me a few sugar melts that perked me up. A bottle of ginger beer and a pack of salt n vinegars back at car sorted me out. Iām off for chips now.
Disappointing truth be told but Iād a lovely 2.5 hours or so before the wheels fell off. My first - and hopefully my last - DNF.
Iām tempted to take a few weeks from running. Iām a little deflated. Iām also tempted to give the Slieve Felim Way a rattle before the year is out and get a similar distance to what I should have got today.
Fuck, that was a long rambling post but I might as well be honest with ye
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Go out and run the IMRA race on your doorstep next weekend and your confidence will be soaring. Youāll know the route better than others. Tis only 12km or so.
Youāll be raging in a few weeks if you donāt do it
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The Phoenix must burn to emerge.
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