Ultra Discussion Thread

Ososlo · 23-10-2016 9:16am

All over!

Men:
Eddie Gallen 25th 223.379km
Aidan Hogan 26th 221.167
Darragh O'Loughlin 41st 204.577
Eoin Keith 53rd 196.835
TfB 64th 186.881 Au
John O'Regan 75th 161.443

Women:
Amy Masner 17th 213.425

Congratulations everyone and hope conditions were ok and no injuries sustained!!! Can't wait to hear all about it!! Enjoy the sit down:D

TFBubendorfer · 23-10-2016 10:43am

Oh! My! God! That was so tough! I have never suffered more for so little return.

I had my worst 24 hrs race by quite some distance but it definitely wasn't for lack of trying. I was knackered after 3 hours already, which was just ridiculous. I have no idea what happened. After that it was a brutal grind for every single step, every single km.

Congratulations to all the Irish runners but especially Amy for that outstanding top-20 performance

Ososlo · 23-10-2016 10:56am

TFBubendorfer wrote: »

Oh! My! God! That was so tough! I have never suffered more for so little return.

I had my worst 24 hrs race by quite some distance but it definitely wasn't for lack of trying. I was knackered after 3 hours already, which was just ridiculous. I have no idea what happened. After that it was a brutal grind for every single step, every single km.

:(ah jaysus, so sorry to hear that. Fair play for grinding it out to the bitter end, even though finding things so tough so early on.

Working class heroes · 23-10-2016 7:48pm

TFBubendorfer wrote: »

Oh! My! God! That was so tough! I have never suffered more for so little return.

I had my worst 24 hrs race by quite some distance but it definitely wasn't for lack of trying. I was knackered after 3 hours already, which was just ridiculous. I have no idea what happened. After that it was a brutal grind for every single step, every single km.

Congratulations to all the Irish runners but especially Amy for that outstanding top-20 performance

Hi TFB. Have you ran 2 24hr races that close together before?

TFBubendorfer · 24-10-2016 5:44pm

Working class heroes wrote: »

Hi TFB. Have you ran 2 24hr races that close together before?

No. And that may well be the problem!

Working class heroes · 24-10-2016 7:13pm

TFBubendorfer wrote: »

No. And that may well be the problem!

Maybe you need to chew on an Iron bar:)

Enduro · 25-10-2016 9:59am

Great event out in Albi. Well organised, and the course was pretty good as these things go.

I went out to do a big distance, so pushed the pace out to my limits... was on track for PB pace beyond 16 hours. In retrospect probably a little beyond my limits on the day as I had a crash approaching 200km in. A timeout didn't really fix things to any significant degree so called it a day. As ever, lots learned in failure.

Eddie Gallen had another outstanding run. He is Mr. consistancy of Irish ultrarunning. Banged out another 225k+ run to set his championship PB and be top Irish finisher. Amy Masner also had an excellent run on her championship debut running a steady tactically solid race all the way. Great finishing position, with a lot of notable scalps taken

I can vouch for TFB's hard day at the office... it was a big effort from him to stay the course out there. There were plenty of other top runners struggling.

Great win by Dan Lawson. He is a class act. Good to see one of the GB team get the gold. And amazing performance from Maria Jannson in the Women's racing, destroying the field and setting an new European record. Outstanding running that was a pleasure to witness.

RacoonQueen · 25-10-2016 4:20pm

How old is steady Eddie Enduro? Phenomenal performance from him - he's like the quiet man - I don't see much of his racing etc on the net and I forget about him then he appears in a line up and goes out and does a great performance. Very impressive.

Enduro · 25-10-2016 5:14pm

RacoonQueen wrote: »

How old is steady Eddie Enduro? Phenomenal performance from him - he's like the quiet man - I don't see much of his racing etc on the net and I forget about him then he appears in a line up and goes out and does a great performance. Very impressive.

Can't rememberhis exact age, but in the M50 cat, approaching M55 (And set his absolute 24hr PB in belfast this year with 230km). It's actually hilarious how well known he is abroad. All anyone wanted to know from Irish people at Spartathlon was "Where is Eddie"

. We were joking that Eddie must spend the first 10 laps of every championship just shaking hands with everyone greeting him.

TFBubendorfer · 25-10-2016 6:04pm

Eddie was born in 1962, so probably 54 or 53, depending on his birthday.
And he's run 33 24hr races. Has anyone run more?

UM1 · 25-10-2016 7:59pm

They say u shud never meet ur heroes..but that dosent apply to Eddie.One of the nicest humble guys you could ever meet.When they are writing the book on ultrarunning in Ireland,there will be more than a couple of chapters on him..

TFBubendorfer · 26-10-2016 7:14pm

I finally forced myself to sit down and type that race report. It's much harder to do after a disappointing race.

http://rubbishrunner.blogspot.ie/2016/10/unforgettable-albi.html

It comes with the usual health warning: it is very long!

dekbhoy · 26-10-2016 11:12pm

great read. fair play for slogging it out, inspirational in itself that you never gave up. your one tough cookie!!!

Enduro · 27-10-2016 6:38pm

Posting this here as well as the Spartathlon thread. Finally finished my race report. Bit of a long one!

Working class heroes · 28-10-2016 1:13pm

Howdy ultra folks.
I'm planning on taking part in the Art O'Neiill in January.
Entry not guaranteed so I need a back up plan. Any suggestion for a similar length run early to mid January? Can't seem to find any.
Ta.

UM1 · 28-10-2016 7:50pm

Working class heroes wrote: »

Howdy ultra folks.
I'm planning on taking part in the Art O'Neiill in January.
Entry not guaranteed so I need a back up plan. Any suggestion for a similar length run early to mid January? Can't seem to find any.
Ta.

Eoi have a marathon on last sat in january...though slightly shorter the Aon

Working class heroes · 28-10-2016 8:23pm

UM1 wrote: »

Eoi have a marathon on last sat in january...though slightly shorter the Aon

Ah yes never thought of checking them out. Could be a plan alright, cheers dude!

UM1 · 31-10-2016 10:06am

EG wins the madrid 50k ...

UM1 · 27-11-2016 1:08pm

Alex o shea about 80k in in circa 6hrs in world 100k champs..

UM1 · 30-11-2016 4:19pm

Well done enduro..

RayCun · 30-11-2016 4:27pm

UM1 wrote: »

Well done enduro..

wasted characters there, UM
If you'd just said "well done", or perhaps "wd", Enduro would probably have figured it out anyway

UM1 · 03-12-2016 11:46pm

UM1 wrote: »

Well done enduro..

Will u ever stop winning bleedin races.

dekbhoy · 04-12-2016 1:08pm

UM1 wrote: »

Will u ever stop winning bleedin races.

some going..... can even afford to take a wrong turn and come back and win:D:D.. well done enduro!!!!!

UM1 · 06-12-2016 6:44pm

Shud be good

http://ultrarunnerpodcast.com/hardrock-lottery-lawsuit/

RayCun · 06-12-2016 7:01pm

UM1 wrote: »

Shud be good

http://ultrarunnerpodcast.com/hardrock-lottery-lawsuit/

Comments are interesting, case may not be as stupid as it appears.
Limited entry race that charges people to enter a lottery for a place. Charge is not refunded if you lose. Fair enough.
But if they say they have a hundred places in the lottery, and actually twenty of those places are reserved for mates of the directors, they are getting money under false pretences

Djoucer · 06-12-2016 9:01pm

New York marathon did similar.

http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN11F2V1

Paying just to enter a race lottery is pretty ****ty.

More to that Hardrock story than pissed off runner angry at not getting in

Norseman ironman also charge but flash triathletes don't seem to mind. That said, some of fee goes to charity.

UM1 · 06-12-2016 9:24pm

https://www.ultrarunning.com/featured/hardrock-100-invites-observers-to-2017-lottery/

Observrrs invited to lottery.....bit ****ty to pay to enter lottery

UM1 · 17-12-2016 2:33pm

few irish lads doin the 24hr,irish burd doin the 12hr and Sir Eddie gallen doin the 6hr at Barcelona
http://championchip.cat/24hores/informes/

UM1 · 11-01-2017 5:14pm

http://www.parkrecord.com/sports/local-runners-go-across-the-pond-for-new-adventure/

they dont rate u enduro..:)

Enduro · 14-01-2017 12:12am

UM1 wrote: »

http://www.parkrecord.com/sports/local-runners-go-across-the-pond-for-new-adventure/

they dont rate u enduro..:)

The poor lad was misquoted by his local paper. He's mortified apparently.

I've written my own thoughts on contenders for this year here. It all kicks off on Sunday. Live tracking available as usual, so everyone gets to watch us suffer and mess up!