Great news. Shit news about your toe.

I will have to buy Smiler a beer - bloody Royal Mail and their letter sizes!

Jerry - we will have to chat about our support strategy - do you know if Smiler has lap counters or do we have to provide our own? Pam Storey has volunteered to do mine.... told her I'd let her know.

I am definitely going for the course record. I think that 40 is achievable for me - but I'm still uncertain about "that hill".

Tom

This is what I found on the application form

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Organiser's Statement: Nearby car parking, changing facilities, showers, toilets, goody bag, quality trophies,
Polo shirt, energy drinks, energy bars and jelly babies, provide your own if you wish for the 6-Hour Ultra. Excellent and friendly recording team to get you around. Instant results service. No flash trophies for any categories, everyone is a winner in these events. We treat the last runner home as we would the first. Certificate of achievement.

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I am assuming they are the lap counters but with 40 competitors they are either going to look after multiple runners or there will be individuals, I think it will be the former.

Tom, here is the route (my guess)

Faversham Ultra

Do you know if there will be change in direction at any stage? Clockwise or anti-clockwise?

You can see that there is a "hump" in the southern section away from the sports field, steeper near the bowls club so it could eat away at the old legs more if anti-clockwise.

Quote from Purdey on 5/5/2009 at 7:03 AM:

HOORRRAAAYYY I am confirmed.....No. 38

I see you are as well

I have heard rumours that another member from my club is a late entry, I don't know him personally but he specialises in ultras so he may be a dark horse as I don't know his experience. I am taking this one reasonably serious and was discussing strategy last night, mainly food, pace and clothing. I will be unsupported so will be writing a big list and clipboarding it on my own table. When I think about this I am pretty well fired up and 8 weeks will be more than enough time to really knuckle down especially after my recent marathon time.

I certainly won't be going out that hard but it would be nice to try and go for a reasonably good marathon time but don't want to bugger up my later splits. So I am erring towards the tortoise approach and plod at a set pace. I have just knocked up a quick excel sheet and if you "blat" out at 8:00 min pace you are projected to be in at 45 miles (obviously not vectoring in rest and walking breaks) In my heart of hearts and if I am totally truthful I would like to get very close to 40 miles by the end but that would mean me doing an average 9:00 min/mile which will have to be more 8:30-8:45 pace....we'll see

Hi Jerry / Purdey / Celtic Tiger This looks interesting, are entries still available. Was scheduling to rest in June/July but this looks good fun. As you said Jerry, i need to stop doing those road mara's and get back to the Ultras. Hope everyone is in good health, got a little HM in Wokingham on Sunday and then South Downs Mara 13th June (yes i know its 'only' a Mara but it is off road). So could just carry on from there with the training. David