did you see Kim Collinson cruched the PBR record on the weekend. Under 17 hours!!! Great weather for it though,.
He won Arc one year didn’t he?
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There is no mandatory kit as it is ‘only’ a 4 mile loop. Other than a head torch must be worn from 6pm - 7am.
I had 5 head torches with me.
1 excellent pretzl, but only excellent on 2 bulbs, average on 1 bulb. I only used 2 on downhills when I was running. It would only last 2 or 3 laps. I knew this so also had my wife’s pretty good one. But this was the one with the connection issue.
The other 3 were less good and I had it in mind by that point I could only use the pretzl.
I was wearing a vest overnight to carry a rain jacket, but for some reason I didn’t add one of the rubbish spares in there as I could probably have used both i.e. even carrying one in hand.
The feeling of disappointment of dropping out grows…
I wouldn’t be hard on yourself mate, it’s easy to say ‘what if’ after the event. At Endure 24, solo runners get priority camping, right next to the course.
The pull of thinking ‘the van is just over there’ will be strong, especially in crap weather. I think these types of events are incredibly hard to nail first time.
You’ll come back, way more informed and ready next next time.
yup, that’s the one. Quick AF.
Yeah I first noticed him when I think he paced Anna Troupe to her win and then realised it was hime that denied Steve Wyatt his win the year before.
Not sure if this is the best place or should go with a new thread but anyone got any tips for minimal carrying kit.
My trail race is coming up early May and the minimum kit list is quite basic as:
Phone
1 Litre of fluid
Map
I’ve got a light race vest so could use that but even light they can feel a little restrictive. I’ve always thought a bum bag with a kg of fluid and a phone in could feel a little unevenly distributed but does anyone have any particularly minimal ways of covering the litre fluid requirement plus some pockets for a phone and gels. My phone is a 12 pro so not small though I guess I could buy a cheap phone if its small enough?
you can get bum bags with little pockets all the way around, think Salomon do one, so that the weight is more evenly distributed and not just flopping about.
Do you need a litre of fluid on you, or the ability to carry a litre of fluid? If the latter, and you can guarantee you can get enough from the aid stations then just stash a soft flask in your pouch. Otherwise maybe a handheld 500ml flask - you can get little pouches that the bottle goes into, that you slot your hand in - if that makes sense i.e. so you don’t have to grip the bottle the whole way.
I have a mate that’s used these techniques on fast trail races with slightly OTT kit lists. Buy/borrow the smallest phone you can if you dont’ need it for nav and just want to be moving as quickly as possible. I seem to recall yours is a pretty ‘safe’ but fast course i.e. you’re not worried about twisting an ankle and being stuck on a mountain type scenario. So you want to be as light and quick as possible.
Something like this:
with one of these:
A lot of the Flip Belt type solutions could carry two 500 ml bottles and you could put gels and phone in the pockets if you have some trail type shorts with the long pockets.
Personally, I’d much rather have a light vest, than a ltr of fluid sloshing around my waist.
I have a Pulse belt like that 
Great for carrying a phone and a couple of bits and upto 500ml water but I think 1l of water would be too much weight for it
Sorry i’ve just updated my post.
I’d chuck one 500ml bottle in the belt, and then have one hand held. Drink the belt bottle (soft flask) first, then just leave it in there empty. Top the hand bottle up as you go.
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Do you need a full map or can you get away with copying - & possibly laminating - the relevant section?
Race Ready and Road Runner Sports have long distance shorts and tights with mesh pockets around the waistband. Sometimes I use them with a water bottle belt, or just carry 500ml.
Will race directors be requiring you to have a rifle or something to protect yourselves in the minimum equipment list?
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some brilliant answers guys I think ill check out that pulse belt. I already have a handheld bottle so could combo that with a pulse or similar maybe.
Yeah its a pretty safe trail (I get within 6 mile of my house and its only got about 1600 ft of elevation so pretty flat by ultra standards)
Currently thinking ill consume about 1200 kcal so 8-10x gels, some sports drink and prob some actual food though the nutrition bit is the bit that’s got me most worried as marathon running is sub-3 so not had to deal with up to 5 hours of just gels (I barely drink at all on a marathon and consume about 8 gels there!)
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Really getting a bit concerned about my lack of training for SDW100. I was shooting fo a 4week traditional build/recover cycle but my quad injury and dealing with some work stress issues shot that to pieces.
I’ve doing enough to perhaps survive the SDW100 but could without 28odd hours of constant regret. I’m currently sat on 46km for this week. (my week is Sun-Sat) and a tiny bit of riding. Planning 14km today and some Butser Hill repeats tomorrow.
I’m hovering around 1,000 mtrs vert, some weeks more, some way less. Race day is 7wks tomorrow. My new plan is to have a concentrated 6wk block, and a 7-10 day taper. I need to culminate in a couple of weeks that are over 100km and at least 1,800 vert.
I probably should be doing in miles what I’m doing in kms but I roll with the hand I have. I just need to really make the most of the upcoming 6wks. Some very long runs planned and night excursions. (something I lack right now).
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better to be undertrained and injury free than the other way round as they say (or some such like)
1000m of vert is fine - come race day they will all be walked - perhaps throw in some light squats for conditioning the quads to prepare them for the downhills (which are the real killer come the event)
7 day taper is what I will be aiming for
2 weeks to the Thames Path and not done anything really this week due to dodgy lower back. Feels a lot better this morning and so will be out tomorrow for slow (flat) marathon with Mrs T who wants to do the virtual London marathon
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Cheers Tunster. I am doing about 3 x 25 double leg squats per day (the ones where I’m just touching a chair with my butt) prescribed by the physio. About 10 x 10 calf raises and some hip/bridge stuff.
Less frequently I do some one legged squats but find them extremely hard and some lunges.
Good luck with the TP100, I’ve watched clips of that and even though flat, seems to be very tough on people’s feet (I suppose it’s the constant pounding monotony?)
I worry about 1 legged squats putting too much strain on the knees so steer clear
TP100 is harder than most people think as there are no natural walking breaks (long ups) and no change of stride/pace on the downs.
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