Ultradistance Training

[NotOnUrHelly]

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I relied on the NOYH bon bon/date concoction and plenty of fluids but am wondering if this is enough for anything more????

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What flvaour bon bon powder did you use emmi?
I find the fruit flavours are better than the toffee ones. Plus you get closer to your 5 a day using lemon or strawb bon bons.

No seriously, did you find that you got sick of them after a good few hours, I find that happens towards the end of a race.

See you soon
jamie

[NotOnUrHelly]

Hows this for an inspiring story

Never heard of this guy till yesterday

http://www.my-inspirational-quotes.c...ires-a-nation/

[Alf Tupper]

All good stuff. Personally i didn't change socks but if you have support i think it's a good morale booster. Would have been useful on this years Lyke Wake as the mud collected under my arch and i had to stop a few times to empty out my shoes of the build up.
Emmilou: Here are sites that i've found useful
www.extremeultrarunning.com
www.movinshoes.com
www.ultrunr.com
www.slb-coaching.com
www.runnersweb.com
www.halhigdon.com/ultramarathon
www.williamsichel.co.uk
www.runfurther.com
www.ultrarunning.com
The Don Allison book is great as is Noakes Lore of running.noakes gives a few programmes for The Comrades which is a similar distance to yours. Some inspirational stories too. Hope this proves useful.

[Alf Tupper]

Another thought , you don't tend to notice small pains like the blister pain , later on in a race as everything else seems to mask that pain. I totally endorse having Anti Inflammatories as a backup but not to take as a matter of course. There's quite a long article on this in Don Allisons book (The Definitive guide to Ultrarunning) .
As for food , it's what you'll actually eat , which after hours of running for me is anything!! I love my roast spuds heavily salted but any good source of carbs will do.
Being a sweaty runner i take a small sponge which i can carry easily and wipe away sweat or use to douse myself down.
One thing i often find hard is the interrupted/odd sleep patterns after a really hard run, which may affect recovery for a following day run. Use of booze is needed i think!!

[emmilou]

Thanks for the info Alf! I quite agree on the alcohol induced sleep - is there any other way?!!

[emmilou]

[quote=NotOnUrHelly;71990]

I relied on the NOYH bon bon/date concoction and plenty of fluids but am wondering if this is enough for anything more????

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What flvaour bon bon powder did you use emmi?
I find the fruit flavours are better than the toffee ones. Plus you get closer to your 5 a day using lemon or strawb bon bons.

No seriously, did you find that you got sick of them after a good few hours, I find that happens towards the end of a race.

See you soon
jamie

sorry jamie missed this

er i used the lemon flavour ones - not sure I got sick of them to be honest wasn't so keen on the warm mushed dates though after 6 hours of carrying them in a sweaty little plastic bag but they seemed to do the job!!

[Alf Tupper]

Lol emmilou, i'm sure they're other ways of falling asleep but i reckon i'd be too tired to try them out!! I tried counting sheep but as i'd been looking at them all day etc. Out of interest what is your 50 miler? Rotherham?

[emmilou]

Lol emmilou, i'm sure they're other ways of falling asleep but i reckon i'd be too tired to try them out!! I tried counting sheep but as i'd been looking at them all day etc. Out of interest what is your 50 miler? Rotherham?

yeah it is - but I'm interested in this april one you post of.

maybe we should go for a jolly round an about eat cake and have a chat about it!!

[Alf Tupper]

Sounds like fun. I'm doing Rombalds Stride in Feb and probably Trollers trot in March or Wuthering Hike. Forgot 9 standards Fell Race on New Years day.

[brett]

If the Hobbly Hike is going ahead!!!!