@p00key pointed out to me that the entires for Tenerife Bluetrail are opening
Before I go on my charm offensive with Mrs T to persuade her that it would make a lovely holiday at that time of year, anyone else fancy it? @jeffb @fruit_thief and @p00key all expressed an interest?
The TT crew stock is high at the moment following “that nice man” @funkin turning up at the Houghton Farm checkpoint on the SDW - any other participants might help on the persuasion front 
I’d like to think I’d be in shape and functional by then, as this year’s big events have been somewhat robbed from me.
However, I’m meeting Jamie on Tues for lunch and I suspect the charm offensive of ’ YOU HAVE TO DO IT’ will be high for Comrades. 
My mate Craig will also be keen to have some SDW100 redemption next year. I might take up knitting museli
Actually, just realised I’ve conflated race entry and race date. Hmm, that’s closer to my birthday 
I’d love to but it’s not realistic for me, certainly not for 2026. Would need to get back to UK and see if longer runs still work on my modified hip & then figure out how to get them UTMB points required to enter.
But so do it! Would love to hear all about it here 
How many points are required.
Too lazy to look it up or run/walk the distance.
(As I say that just reminding myself of how it works on another screen )
Might be because on holiday next week but all of a sudden I feel like training for something again (havent felt like it really since the Marathon, just carried that into Outlaw half and have just ticked over since, I wouldnt call it training.)
It really depends on Tokyo for me so need to see how that goes, it’s as much the leave from work as I’d want to go to Tokyo for a couple of weeks.
I’m hoping it doesn’t sell out too quickly.
UTMB index of 410 for the 110km, which is all the way across the island from South to North over Teide.
No idea what that number actually means or how difficult to achieve. Presumably quite ? 
I think I’m around 600 on the races I’ve done but it’s about 3 years since the 100k so won’t be near that!
100k 1800 M+ in 17 hours gets you about 350 points by the look of it.
Score hasnt been calculated for the Cotswold Challenge yet 101km 2040 M+ (Which was last weekend?)
The 410 Index is a suggestion of what is needed to finish as opposed to a requirement to enter. Mine is 433 so should just be able to scrape a finish (albeit that the last 2 qualifying races I have done I have done with friends so probably lower index than would have otherwise)
@gingerbongo you will have an index from the North Coast 110 last year
Is there some hard requirement too? Seem to remember there was in previous years.
Although actually it might just have been having completed an event of over a certain distance
I think a requirement to have done a race which has a UTMB index but there are lots of those knocking around
Haha, yes run was first!
Tim (guy in third) looks like he’s having a cardiac arrest, he’s one of those runners that makes groaning noises when running too which I also find off putting.
I was actually dropped by these guys but smoked them all in transition…
I might understand incorrectly but I read to enter a World Series Event you have to have a UTMB index (score doesnt matter, I guess unless in the championship,) so yes what you said.
Yeah, most of mine have expired (didn’t even know this page existed). Might be making a return in 2026 to finish off my 100+ mile career though.
I wonder why you lose 1 between your 100M points and your UTMB Index points.
Absolutely no idea. But I have no plans to do UTMB. So it makes absolutely no difference! 
I think my index is something bad like 366
Weren’t you logged in? re: log in for index message
410 is the same as ‘Race to the Stones’ in 14h 18min 30sec.
Sounds easy, oh wait, I’m forgetting it is 100k
So assuming that means you could complete the “Bluetrail” theoretically, I wonder what time that would be in, the cut-off?
No, wasn’t logged in.
