Trail & Ultra Running Thread

Shit me that was hard! Straight off the plane, check in, change and off we went. Turns out it was The hottest part of the day and we were probably all dehydrated and had woken up at 3am!

But once the 75 odd mins of misery ended and I got to the top it was bloody beautiful. Proper scrambling up scree etc. My legs are battered! Did some great ridge work on the way down and then some free flowing single track. Great start to the weekend!

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Fantastic mate, well done. Keep those pics coming. :+1:

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Is there anywhere nice to run near Guildford that flattish and not a mud fest?

I have 25km to do tomorrow.

When I lived in Godalming, I used to run the canal path to Guildford and back. You could do it in reverse, start down by John Lewis. (I think), there’s a pub and a small weir there. I can’t remember the exact location.
About half way along, you come across a gate with some steps, that leads up to a bridge and another trail that goes over toward Bramley.

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NDW out and back

Perhaps not the flattest?

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Cracking view of Benners

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Looks amazing - very jealous you are somewhere warm - :sunglasses:

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Brilliant, like @p00key feeling very jealous :blush:

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I’ll join the canal and run town to Godalming✅

I’ll keep an eye out for a route to Bromley but does the canal way go further south that Godalming perhaps?

It turns into more of a river at the Godalming end but I’m not actually sure where it goes. By that point I was always knackered and sought sanctuary in the old converted chapel that’s now a cafe. (Bell and ‘something’)

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For people who slate Benidorm, it is cheap to get to, cheap to stay, great nightlife and family parks etc., and the running, climbing, cycling and swimming, wakeboarding etc. in close vicinity are amazing all year round as can be seen in the photos. Have swam out and round that island in the distance a few times - further than it looks (about 5k round trip).

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Day 2 was a proper ridge scrambling day. Maybe one of my coolest and most fun days ever!

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Nice route, thanks :slight_smile:

Not one for wet weather methinks.

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Were the cows in the meadow? They were always a bit shifty :smile:

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Can’t quite see the faces, Justin in there?

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Yep, he’s our boss man. :+1:

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Looks ace :+1: and the sunshine :sunglasses:

A few mates from the running club are in Benidorm for the half marathon tomorrow.

As Tony says, I thought it was nicer than it’s reputation, remember the old town being quite nice? Keep away from Sticky Vicki though :rofl:

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We’re a good few miles from Beni. It looks rank! :joy: It’s the high rises.! But the surrounding area is class.

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I had your holidays mixed up, I thought you were in Belize, that’s why I was so impressed with your ability to run after landing. I thought it looked a bit barren :rofl:

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but that’s the same for a lot of Spain - the coastal developments are usually awful but go a few miles inland and it’s a different world.

and ditto - Italy, Croatia, Montenegro, France - in fact most of the Med

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