He is going through DRC and it is going about as well as one would imagine.
This cunt is absolutely mental
Was just reading this. The man’s cracked.
#ibeleivehim
Big Jim Walmsley looks like he will win UTMB @Tassotti.
Scott Jurek on commentary excited about an American finally winning the men’s race.
1 Like
He’s won it alright, I don’t how they do it, went up a fairly minor col here this morning and lasted 1.5 miles, I had to take my top off as it was drenched with sweat
A lad I know came 14th in the 60km Ultra Lite in Kerry.
2 lads from the club close to finishing the 200km Kerry Ultra on the go from yesterday morning.
A mates brother from home is somewhere close to finishing the 200km Kerry Ultra.
Absolute fuckin maniacs
I know the first man home in the Lite - he was well beaten overall by Sorcha Loughnane who has/ had the Irish 50km record and has now started turning her attention to trails. The fella I know is married to my yoga teacher who is an even better athlete.
As it turns out, I’d know the second places in the night (a fella from home who was on a big charity cycle and run expedition last month) and the big one.
1 Like
The Aisling Murphy one?
Yep
Was following this during the week.
4.5 days. 450 miles.
There was an Irish lad in it that has done well in European events (got up to 89 hours) but tapped out after 74 hours (300 miles and change). An interesting story - started running to push his daughter with cerebral palsy around. They did 2017 marathon together as his first big run and she died 8 weeks later. Keith Russell from Navan. Finished the event with her face on his tee shirt.
2 Likes
That’s both sad and uplifting
1 Like
3 of the first 4 finishers home in The Spine North are Irish and the winner breaks the course record by 16 hours. All 4 finished ahead of the previous course record - was the route easier this year @caulifloweredneanderthal or why were they so quick?
The North route is relatively new. Maybe only the second or third year of it. It froze very hard this year but apparently that made it faster. The main route record got absolutely smashed as well.
I know the two lads who came joint 3rd. They’re both Wicklow boys. One of them is from the Glenmalure Lodge and they’re childhood friends. They ran together for the whole thing. One of them lives up here now with his wife, one of Ireland’s best mountain runners (and my yoga teacher). She did her ankle before Christmas but gave it a rattle and stayed with them for about 100 miles (she was leading the women’s race) but had to drop out.
The fella who won the main Spine was a fella who had an awful gambling addiction and gave it up five years ago. I suppose he probably needed to find another extreme.
2 Likes
Ex Addicts always end up doing stuff like this, fellas who do this to themselves are running away from themselves, they have serious problems in their heads
1 Like
Jesus, you’re an awful bore
Why would you bother 
Where is he now?