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Saturday July 2nd: Western Way 50mile trail run
Oh hello lovely squishy mountains. My legs were sore but the mountains always put a spring in my step.We took to calling out markers up ahead that we’d run to - house, a horse, an electricity pole, a gate, a fence ….. it was a game and it was working. Of course there was more singing and lots of giggles and it really helped.we sang a song and laughed
It took a while but 14 and a bit hours later we ran down the slope to the car park and through the finishing gantry. We hugged it out and congratulated each other on a great team effort.
Oh My Dear God. Neady you're a legend!! you ran 50 miles across mountains in the rain with a backpack a sick stomach and a sore achilles and your report is full of songs and giggles and games and references to 'lovely squishy mountains'
Love it!!!
Well done on the silverware, the high placings and sticking with it. Well done to snailsong too as he doesn't have his own log
. You guys are all kinds of crazy :pac: 0 -
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Oh My Dear God. Neady you're a legend!! you ran 50 miles across mountains in the rain with a backpack a sick stomach and a sore achilles and your report is full of songs and giggles and games and references to 'lovely squishy mountains' Love it!!!
Néady has one of the best attitudes I've come across. A 50 mile race under those circumstances may seem like madness but you gotta remember that she is training for a 5 day non stop race :cool: You just have to learn how to suffer.
Well done Néady for pulling through that bad patch so early on.0 -
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Excellent report, N ady! Sums it up perfectly. Brilliant performance, you're some woman.
Now that the pain has begun to subside, I have better perspective on what an epic day out it was. That abiding memory will be of the fantastic company of yourself, Martin and Rachel. It's great to make new friends.
Yourself and Rachel really showed your class on the last leg. Martin and I had no hope of keeping with ye. Ye looked fresh as daisies when we got in. We had empty tanks.
Looking forward to the next time.
Paul, you are so kind, positive and supportive, thank you a million times over. Thank you so much for the company and for keeping me going when I was about to throw in the towel. It was a great day wasn't it - I'll never forget that lake with the surrounding rock, magical. I'm really looking forward to spending a day on the road with you again
Hope you're back to normal, well done Ehhhh...is it just me reading too quickly or did you do the whole thing on coke and jelly beans?
Explains a lot actually! :P
Mental or incredible; I'm not sure which. Probably both.
Oh I forgot 1 snickers, 1 bag of salty crisps at Leenane, half a bounty bar & some of my coconutty balls The coke played a blinder though Oh My Dear God. Neady you're a legend!! you ran 50 miles across mountains in the rain with a backpack a sick stomach and a sore achilles and your report is full of songs and giggles and games and references to 'lovely squishy mountains' Love it!!!
Well done on the silverware, the high placings and sticking with it. Well done to snailsong too as he doesn't have his own log. You guys are all kinds of crazy :pac:
Thank you so much FD, I appreciate it. There were some tough times FD but when you've great company with you, they haul you through it and you only remember the good times Snailsong is a legend and a gentleman on so many levels.Well done Neady, great result and performance! Being out that way myself on Sat I know the weather wasn't great, not the type of weather I'd like to be up the mountains in, I probably wouldn't be up the mountains even if it was nice out though!
I wonder if the tiredness at the start is an accumulation of all the recent stuff catching up on you?? You have been going great now for a long while and doing some really long racing and training. I've no idea if this is the case, just something I thought about reading your report.
Cheers Joey. Yea, I've wondered myself if I've piled too many long events on top of one another this past month or two. I've really been taking it easy during the week to compensate so much so that my weekly hours of training have dropped so I should be recovering well. It could also be all of the traveling I've been doing lately with work. I fully intend to take it easy for the next two weeks anywayshotgunmcos wrote: »Néady has one of the best attitudes I've come across. A 50 mile race under those circumstances may seem like madness but you gotta remember that she is training for a 5 day non stop race :cool: You just have to learn how to suffer.
Well done Néady for pulling through that bad patch so early on.
Thanks Mike, you're always so positive I've no doubt that there will be many of those bad patches during ITERA so I may as well get used to them Head down and wait for it to pass and if it doesn't make sure one of my teamies drags me out of it 0 -
Routinely epic events and epic performances from you....love the report and well done on the silverware!
Thanks Diego, I'm really loving these longer not your run of the mill events. There's so much uncertainty surrounding them that they're fun and the scenery is always breathtaking. You couldn't but enjoy this wonderful country that we live in.Fantastic! You are made of tough stuff! Saw some pics on Paul's Strava. Despite everything you endured, you are still smiling! Hope the recovery is going well and looking forward to seeing the next adventure unfold!
And just to say, you radiate this immense positivity which is infectious, and we need more people like you over on AR so keep popping by!
Thanks so much Ososlo, that is really kind of you. I very much appreciate it. It ain't no 24 hour race around a track though, the thought frightens me no end, well done you on your epic performanceLoved the report as always, Neady, really well done. Love the image of the four of you belting out songs along the way like mad things. Glad you got through your early wobble and recovered... Hope the Achilles is ok?
You're a star Anna, thank you. My achilles is on the mend thankfully - I've no pain in boots but can't put my runners on just yet. I went to the physio yesterday and there's no damage done, it's just annoyed from going up and down all them hills A week of rest and doing the right stretches should have it as good as new.What a super report as always, your energy is contagious - you're the only person I know who can say "can't race 13 miles, so I'll go on a 50-mile journey instead". Very glad to have met you en route!
Cheers Nop, honestly, give me the handily paced 50 miles over your 13.1 miles of paced hell any day. I've given up on the dream of going sub 1:48 for the half, it's too much hard workWell done again Neady.
I honestly don't know how you do it, its just one epic adventure after another. Where do you get the energy from? Congrats on the silverware.
Thanks so much Jake I have to haul my ass outta bed most days but on adventure days, I don't have that problem, the fresh air (and coke) give me all the energy I need 0 -
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career move wrote: »Well done on the silverware. No doubt there's plenty more to come!! Hope your training is going well. 4 weeks, 2 days, 16 hours and 12 minutes till kick off
#squeakybumtime
Actually its now only 4 weeks, 2 days, 15 hours and 56 minutes. Not that anyone's counting... 0 -
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career move wrote: »Haha Oh we're counting alright!!!!!
Two weeks aaaggggghhhhhhhhhhhhJust back from an active holiday and low and behold this is the first report I got to read. Puts my "active" 2 weeks in the shade. Well done you Neady as that was a gutsy performance. I know those hills and it can be quite unforgiving when moving fast.
Awh thanks so much Denis, with any bit of luck, ITERA will see us on those hills in two weeks timeAll quiet around here. Hope all is going to plan on the run-in.
Two weeks :eek: :eek: :eek:
It took three weeks of not wearing any shoes (flip flops only) and three physio sessions to nurse my Achilles back to good health. I put on 7 pounds (my appetite didn't subside) and lost a lot of sharpness but I slept loads
We got out for our last session as a team this weekend.
We took the kayaks out around Kilkee and practiced our towing and capsizing and getting back into the kayaks in choppy water. The swimming lessons really paid off, I wasn't quite as panicked when I fell in the water and I was able to swim to the kayak if it got away from me.
Sunday, we did the mid-Clare way on the MTB bikes. I spent the day telling the lads to take it easy and not get hurt. A cat did it's best to take Frank out and a wasp flew down my top and stung me in a sensitive area - I nearly went over a ditch with the fright and the pain. You just never know what is going to happen.
So now, we're planning logistics and gear. I started grocery shopping last night for ITERA.
What we know:
- 5 days non-stop
- 36 teams
- 8 stages (3 of these will be kayak stages - 120km of kayaking in total)
- 7 transitions
- just over 550km in distance
- 14,000m elevation gain
- We finish in Killarney
Each stage will be 15 hours on average so we need to carry food for at least 15 hours of activity. Trying to think of non-perishable food that will give you energy and won't turn your tummy after 3 days of racing isn't easy.0 -
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I highly recommend Gilly Bars Neady and they should keep fine outside the fridge for a few days at least. I've had them away on holidays and they were fine after a few days in the car....but would try keep them cool if you could to help keep their shape.
Thanks Diego, I've put a few in some of my 12 hour food bags to add varietyThe very best of luck this week Neady!!!! What team number are you guys so we can stalk ye support from our armchairs
Thanks so much FD
The weekend was a blur of sourcing batteries, last minute bits and bobs and ticking things off lists. The car is packed. There's no going back now. It's getting real
You can watch our dot move very slowly here: http://www.itera.ie/live/
Team A.R.S.E. are number 290 -
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going to be busy for the week neady, so best of luck. i look forward to reading about it afterwards, probably not going to be tracking this year, got a bit of a distraction to take care of.
most of all enjoy it, once in a lifetime event.
Thanks Mossy, I'm really looking forward to soaking it all in and enjoying every minute
Best of luck in Copenhagen That sub 11 is within reach, smash it I look forward to a race report when I return from my adventures 0 -
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