The Ultrarunning Thread

flattythehurdler · September 4, 2021, 7:02am

I’ve a few friends doing this. They asked me. I said no. Couldn’t be at the training needed.

caulifloweredneanderthal · September 4, 2021, 7:09am

Nearly 200km

I had plans earlier in year to try the light one 58km but decided against

TreatyStones · September 4, 2021, 8:21am

Wheres he from? I don’t know of him.

caulifloweredneanderthal · September 4, 2021, 8:44am

I think he might be from around Kildimo actually or Pallas

https://www.facebook.com/283105151749128/posts/4454240924635509/

backinatracksuit · September 4, 2021, 8:48am

I’ve ran most of it now at this stage, in various stretches over three years,
It’d be a lovely 4 day ‘holiday’ where you could enjoy the views and stop for grub etc, that doesn’t look like much fun though

caulifloweredneanderthal · September 5, 2021, 5:01pm

There were two lads who got in forty seconds before the 40 hour cut off. They looked absolutely broken men. But they got there

TreatyStones · September 6, 2021, 5:22pm

I see on Strava a lad I know did this

Just short of 35 hours. Madness.

caulifloweredneanderthal · September 9, 2021, 1:57pm

I heard another good story from last weekend.

Some fella from Limerick (Drom I think) was about 60 or 70km into the race and his quad was giving him awful trouble. He’d done the race a few times before and never had quad issues, but it got so bad he had to drop out. Every step was excruciating. He called his crew and was collected and brought back to the next aid station. Took his tracker off, changed out of his clothes, the race was done. A physio from Cork (who didn’t know your man) overhead his story at the aid station and she offered him a massage. She then suggested some dry needling. And me man starts jogging around the car park without significant pain. So, he talks to the race organisers. They agree he can go back to the point where he dropped out (which was two hours later by the time he was back there) and continue on with the race and he did it, and finished it!!

Raylan · September 12, 2021, 7:09am

Crutches · September 12, 2021, 7:15am

I was doing Gaelforce yesterday, very sad RIP

caulifloweredneanderthal · September 12, 2021, 10:44am

Awful. Was supposed to be a fit man. Awful. RIP.

TreatyStones · October 10, 2021, 12:02pm

Not sure if this qualifies for this thread

backinatracksuit · October 10, 2021, 12:04pm

Johnny Bog will break the thread

What did he do?
Edit: Sables
Some achievement

caulifloweredneanderthal · October 10, 2021, 12:19pm

Smashing stuff

Mac · October 10, 2021, 12:20pm

251km over 6 days? That’s some going

caulifloweredneanderthal · October 17, 2021, 7:19pm

TreatyStones · October 18, 2021, 1:39pm

250km on an indoor track is insane

caulifloweredneanderthal · October 18, 2021, 1:40pm

250km on any surface is insane. I saw a clip of your man walking afterwards yesterday and he still seemed to be moving ok

TheUlteriorMotive · October 18, 2021, 4:20pm

caulifloweredneanderthal · December 12, 2021, 10:20am

He went and knocked five hours off the record