2026 Races

Events
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Oh yes, I remember that now, news of it came out on the afternoon/evening the day before.

Having checked, England lost 4-1 to Germany, so not a must-watch match.

Don’t worry, I’m not the most memorable! I remember someone called Big Willy too!:sweat_smile:

At the time my dad worked for a holiday company, so we stayed in a hotel at derwent water.

Having looked at the Epicman routes, the run is multi-loop, probably a lot easier to manage than sending people up on a 13 mile loop onto a hillside.

Anyway… back on topic.

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Lanza 26 is officially not happening for me.

We just had an annual leave planning meeting at work, and May half term has been fully booked by other people, so I can’t have it.

The crazy idea was starting to gain a bit of momentum in my head, think I may have dodged a bullet, will have to be a local sprint instead like normal :sweat_smile:

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Were you not thinking of AdH with @jeffb ?

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not ruled it out…

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166

I’m following them on facebook to see if they say how many spaces are left in the hope I can pay next month!

It’s been a very expensive month for me again already with cars :face_with_symbols_on_mouth:

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just too many moving parts here right now, kind of difficult to think about next August.

I think I’m going to bury head in sand a while longer

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If you’re free you can come come and pace me up the hill :grin:

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169

with me on an ebike maybe. Or maybe the chairlift from Huez

Seen you in action on Bologna, you assassin :grinning_face:

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Outlook Half 2026 booked. Going to cross post to smackdown thread

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Notts?

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Yes.

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Not sure I’ll be at the Outlaw half in May, probably a bit early in the season as Barca is in October and keeping up motivation to swim that long won’t be easy. Not totally ruling it out though.

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I’d like to do both.

Notts is a bit early though.

This year, two-three weeks before I was thinking sh1t the waters cold, and I don’t feel ready. Then the hot weather kicked in and it was okay (plus Marathon training carried over well).

Some years, most, I’d think it would be chilly.

Was a great event this year though.

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Saw something saying over 1000 entries already, I suspect that’s all their races but a positive start for them.

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Does that mean the cheap entries have sold out?

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I didn’t look at that much detail but guess it’s why there’s so many sold so quickly, rather than something like Roth.

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I was chatting to a mate about Helvellyn and how good value it is. Checked IM Swansea for net year - it’s now over £400. WTAF!

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Id like to do that again but not at that price.

I could do with being 5kg lighter to do Swansea, again.. lol.

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Just entered the Taunton half marathon Sunday 1st March 2026. Something to keep me honest over first UK winter for a couple of years :cold_face:

Hopefully legs will allow a bit of training before then :crossed_fingers:

1h29m59s is the dream.

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I don’t think that’s much of a target for you unless it’s all uphill or running on Lego!

Good start to the season though and when the calf improves it will give you something to aim for.

I reckon you need to be just under 20 for a 5k?

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