Potentially if you get the pace right, you almost certainly would have to stop for food or drink unless they have a helper.
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160 kms constant running
Nearly four marathons back to back ?!
Insists she doesnt walk one step of it?!?
That does seem strange to me
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āConstant runningā to an ultra runner is very different to marathon distance or less. Sheāll be having a proper stop at all checkpoints and restock on food and water and then carry on at her pace.
But yes, very possible to constantly run. On terrain that allows it.
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Itās possible but would depend on the technicality of terrain and the vert. I would say unlikely that she wouldnāt be a ānameā in the community with skills like that.
When Courtney walks, youād better believe every other person in that race is walking.
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As @FatPom says yes possible depending on the terrain
For example, Thames Path 100 - as flat as you can get without being on a track
Menās and womenās records above
Even at 16 hours thatās 4x4hr marathons back to back which might leave a bit of time for walking but not much
In the mountains, everyone walks some parts
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Thatās the whole point
I mentioned feed stations and uphills ā¦ā runs all the way ā
I did think about telling her to FRO and drowning her in the bubbles but Iām not that guy anymore
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So its Escape from Meriden this weekend; anyone in?
Jan, plus friends are doing it and Iām on support duties. I donāt need to drop them off at Midnight thank goodness, but will then need to āfind themā around 4am in deepest darkest Warwickshire. She is hoping for 60 miles this time around which takes her to somewhere around Luton.
Just been reading the guide and I had forgotten that there is an option to be chained together. I think that if Jan and I did this it could end very badly 
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Yep. Centurion got their 30%.
Iām not in shape to do Hurtwood on Sunday, which I had in mind to get the required distance done before NDW50, andā¦ fuckā¦ actuallyā¦ well itās done now, but as I write this I could have sorted my shit out and found something to do as a āqualifierā.
But, itās done now; this way I can put in a plan to get to Verbier in July without forcing the NDW50 in too (though there wouldnāt really have been any forcing).
Fuck it. I donāt know. I just need to get some consistency under my belt, and to get myself out of this bastard rut I seem to be inā¦ but thatās not for this thread.
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Interesting diagram though I suspect a little depressing. I didnāt realise that there were only 260 places. Or is it that there are 260 places available to the general public.
Seems like a very low number for a race that is 100miles and which not everyone will complete.
Yeah - itās 369 places for the event overall which makes it feel a bit quaint compared the 2500 that do UTMB
The rest of the spots go something along the lines of:
- last years top 10 men
- Last years top 10 women
- Winners of golden ticket races
- (Ie top pros who werenāt in the top 10 in the year before)
- Sponsor slots
- Volunteer slots
- Etc
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Ah ok, still 369 still seems small. Maybe they are trying to keep the environmental impact low. Otherwise Iām sure they could bump the numbers up. Not exactly short of applicants 
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They are stuck with 369
The race runs through the Granite Chief Wilderness Area - when this area was designated that year the race had 369 runners in it. As a result of the designation they cannot go above that number.
I think itās the first 10 miles of the course
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The trail run Iām doing tomorrow has been shortened a bit and reduces the ascent\descent as it has taken out the Roseberry Topping climb, this has reduced about 3K and 400m depending on where they turn us round, which could be 20-25 minutes due to the terrain. Seems reasonable as it wouldnāt have been fair on the marshals at the top.
Thereās also a chance of another smaller diversion after about 5K but theyāll confirm that tomorrow, not sure why, itās a bit exposed but I think itās more likely just going to be almost impossible to get up as it is a very muddy but short climb and thereās a very easy detour.
Iām still planning on going and will just have to man up .
Chris is on the start list for the full distance but not sure if heās going? It will be a tough effort with the lack of running.
Iām telling myself it canāt be much worse than the 55 a few years ago when we got hit by 2 named storms!
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The weather here looks reasonable tomorrow so will be out on the trails with Mrs T
It will be really really wet though underfoot
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Yeah I wonāt be going. Forgot about it and Iām working this weekend.
Guess Iād have dropped down to the 10 or 21km and had a walk-jog if free. Shame as been hoping to do this event for 15 years. Maybe next year!
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Another year of perhaps unsurprising disappointment in the Western States draw
Onwards and upwards
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I watched the first one of these as well. Clearly Iām not āserfistikatedā enough because he keeps banging on about the āawesome viewsā and it just looks like more of the same boring AF landscape to me? 
This one looked much more interesting to me.
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The bottom one is the one that I did with Jack in 2022.
This was the film that was shot about one of the runners - Jack spoiled the plot a bitā¦.
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Jack starts to feature more from 6;30 of the third video