Great effort on the 53 miles @doug
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Well done Doug
Always uneasy reading, stuff like that. This is where you need that little voice in your head or the feeling in your gut telling you to reassess your situation. The sort of thing experience can give you; I also found leading groups of others made me more objective and circumspect in these environments. I may have a particular occasion in mind 
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Stupid is as stupid doesā¦
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Had a look at Normās Helium vs the Bustinskinās Backyard Pig. I quite like the look of the BP but itās just a week before Thames Path 100, so that wonāt work.
Not sure about 250mtr very per 5km loop at NH though. Serious weight loss would be needed 
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I was looking for a major lifetime type event to aim for in a couple (2-3) of years. One of the UK ones.
Thinking about 1 of:
Dragons Back Race
Cape Wrath Ultra
Spine Winter Race
Ranger Ultras also do a Pennie Bridleway Ultra which is 270km over 100 hours. Itās a lot shorter than the others but a lot cheaper and easier to get into.
Spine would be my favourite based on the pure bonkers nature of it. But you have to be accepted, and it all rubs me up the wrong way and being told what to do. Plus you end up down this path of to enter this you have to do one of these, well to enter one of these you have to do one of those, oh you want to do one of those , well go and do that.
What ones have people done, and what recommendations?
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Work saw me having to pull out of DB but to be honest, I think it was beyond me anyway.
Multi day winter races seem like an exercise in how miserable I can make myself and that is a lifetime memory for all the wrong reasons.
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Preston parkrun?
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See I like that idea. Lugging your crap, dealing with the shitest of weathers. Imagine how nice that hot bath and beer will feel at the end. If youāre dead obvs.
Maybe something with a tiny bit more drama
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I guess I was focusing too much on the āonce in a lifetimeā part.
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Hardmoors do a 110 and sometimes a 200 mile race 
I think theyāre usually May so the weather shouldnāt be too bad.
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Iām signed up for Cape Wrath next year, will let you know how it goes.
Another Iām looking at is GB Ultra Great Britain (or race across Scotland) 215 miles on the Southern Upland Way, maybe in 2023. I was born and brought up in the area so it has some special significance for me.
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Thatās some list; sounds like you need to stop navel gazing and start preparing by entering the winter Fan Dance šš
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Spine is a great event but very weather dependent, the colder it is the better as snow is more fun than mud!
Iāve hiked some of the Cape Wrath trail and it is stunning, and so remote.
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Dragons Back looks very very hard
Spine Winter doesnāt appeal as basically a very long hike for most and looks proper grim
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Seen a funny story about thatā¦ I a chap volunteered at āPreston parkrunā, well at least thatās what he intended, heād actually volunteered at āPreston Park parkrunā, which is in Brighton (itās location the start of the marathon), and to be fair to him, he turned up. At least Iām sure I had read that, a lack of Google results is suggesting I dreamt it.
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Here we go again - more in hope than expectation (as usual)
Suspect the number of places available in the December lottery is hugely reduced due to the overseas runners who had to defer this year 
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Best of luck mate 
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