Thames Path again for my qualifier and SDW100 to target now
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Sorry that just sucks.
I didnāt see any women get in from the UK either .
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On the other hand I am pleased I failed, I had entered, but if I had got in, it certainly would have created some logistical complications, so happy days 
and I can enter next year with more tickets
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Getting on the wait list would be the worst of all worlds
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Iām tempted to enter the WS100 raffle next year - not that I am getting desperate or anything. Also tempted to go and watch it ā¦
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I watched Ryan Claytonās channel last night, he didnāt get in either.
I know what you mean - would be good to try and get a feel for the heat out there during the race - difficult to comprehend when it is currently 3 degrees outside and blowing a gale
Not a cheap trip though. Lake Tahoe is supposed to be lovely.
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Plus an unstoppable desire to hold your hands above your head in a Y shape at the top of a hill. 
For anyone that used ViewRanger it looks like theyāve been taken over by/merged with Outdoor Active. Doubt it was making much moeny, so looking for longer term investment.
Whilst itās a shame, as the free version of VR was really good (though i did buy some OS maps for various areas of interest), they do have to make some money, so i donāt begrudge them that.
Iāve juct downloaded OA and if you do it now, and sync it to your VR account (all your routes etc will sync across) then you can also have a āno strings attachedā 3 months free of their Pro+ service. To be fair the service is only ā¬5 a month anyway, so pretty decent value.
Pro+ gives you full Harvey Maps, which i think is easily worht the ā¬5! Thereās a bunch of other stuff thatās specific to France/Swiss topographical standards etc as well, which would be good if you go to Europe in the mountains often.
I used the free version on OA to download NC110 and eventually got it into to my watch. Then promptly forgot to use it and got lost 4 times.
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This golden oldie popped up on my tv feed. Iām not a dog person but we liked watching this again.
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Lovely short film that
Thanks for posting that FP, really sweet somehow. Also happy to see you got in a little run recently 
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Thanks Anna. Smalls steps in the right direction thankfully 
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Iām really enjoying Jason Koopās book Training Essentials for Ultra Running. Just wanted to say 
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One for the birthday list. 
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Listen to his podcasts a lot - very good
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Emails have just arrived for my priority entry to UTMB, I was looking at it again last night and the route and getting seriously worried 
About 6000m of vert over 100k on the CCC
Hopefully I can get my medical certificate.
Has anyone done the CCC? How long did it take, Iām thinking 20 hours!
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Havenāt run CCC before but have done UTMB a few times which follows 90% of the route
Recceād the first part of the CCC course with a mate who was doing CCC up to the Tete de la Tronche
Key tip is to get as far to the front of the start group as you can even if it means a long wait in the queue - the path to the top of the Tete de la Tronche is very narrow and tends to become a long conga like queue going at the pace of the slowest - which is good as long as you are near the front as it stops you going too quick
Difficult to say what your time should be as different for everyone - doing UTMB the second part of the course took me circa 23 hrs (same route as CCC except for the climb to Tete de la Tronche)
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