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Some of you may or may not have known of my two ultras in seven days which I successfully completed this weekend.
On 27th November I ran a 35 mile downland marathon (Gatliff) and on 3rd December a 40 mile mountain marathon in Brecon Beacons, Wales
Here are my race reports
Gatliff Marathon (35 miles)
Breacon Beacons (40 miles)
Enjoy
Jerry A runners blog-updated daily
Well done! They both sounded like enjoyable runs. I don't know how it could be possible to have that much fun when running for so long.
BTW, I think it was nice that you stopped to help the injured lady on your second ultra. Recover well.
Jerry, congratulations!
You're nuts, but congrats
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After doing the river crossing with guide ropes to stop us falling in, in the pitch dark with only a headtorch, I too questioned my sanity....
#artbydmcbride
You're a tiger!!
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Queen of 3rd Place
Good gawd, it's one thing to do back-to-back ultras, but you had some tough terrain and conditions!
I loved this, as you near the end of the second event, that you and your friend "even howled with laughter when we took a wrong direction and I found myself groin high in cold flood water." Way to keep your spirits up!
Ex runner
or a "liger"
congrats on your mega mile runs! (i can't even get up to one of your races in weekly mileage!!)
Treadmill Addict
Holy cow, congrats! What an amazing accomplishment!
Sarah (37)
Mom to Abby (10) Jacob, (8) and Colton (5)
18 half marathons, 6 full marathons
Goals- run more, lose 20lbs.
Nice!
The Breacon Beacons.
Isn't this where they separate the men from the boys during SAS training / qualification?
"Famous last words" ~Bhearn
Nice! The Breacon Beacons. Isn't this where they separate the men from the boys during SAS training / qualification?
Correct, we passed a group of British Army at 26.4 miles and got nods of respect from them as we did them as they were in full packs and rifles. They have specific routes to do in certain times, they were doing a 16 mile route in 4 hours, most would say not fast but remember these guys have to cover the distance and potentially fight a battle and win it
My brother went through the American equivalent called the Q Course (Green Beret) in the early 80's.
Very tough.
My hat's running visor off to both the SAS and GB's.
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