[Closed] extreme mountain running

I hate running up hills, why would any sane person want to run up mountain.

Is that scrambling wearing Lycra ?

Some of the best mountain runners in the world are from the UK, specifically Yorkshire

nice 🙂

Some of the best mountain runners in the world are from the UK, specifically Yorkshire

I hate running up hills, why would any sane person want to run up mountain.

Was making me feel a little bit sick watching some of it.

I love it when he reaches each summit and there's a bunch of guys in serious mountaineering clobber, helmets and ropes.. and he just trots past in his shorts and trainers to launch himself at the next perilous ridge traverse

Glencoe Skyline is on this weekend in case you fancied seeing proper nutters in action
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Really? Ben Mounsey in the Mens. Who else? Jebby used to be.

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Glencoe Skyline is on this weekend in case you fancied seeing proper nutters in action

I'm doing that, going to be pretty cool lining up with Killian Jornet. Great forecast too!

LOVE Zermatt.

Best of luck Spin - saw some folk going off training when the mrs was running The Devil. "Bugger that" springs to mind...

I'm doing that, going to be pretty cool lining up with Killian Jornet. Great forecast too!

That's a tough course!

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How long do you expect to take?

6 hours 33 minutes for last year's winner

https://www.strava.com/activities/718085181/overview

Killian will likely go faster.

Not as extreme but a nice little challenge none the less... Im running the below in a few weeks

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50 mile and 4k of ascent .... Lakes in a Day

Some of the best mountain runners in the world are from the UK, specifically Yorkshire

Eh? Not many here I can see, and it's probably the top mountain race at the moment:

http://www.irunfar.com/2017/09/2017-utmb-results.html

(Only top 10 Brit I can see is Anna-Marie Watson in 7th).

Glen Coe looks good, too. Weather would be the major problem there, lucky you've got a decent forecast Spin!

Aye - it was only a little bit of snow on Ben Nevis earlier this week. Miles away from Glencoe - you'll be grand...

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/first-snow-winter-falls-arctic-11173812

@footflaps I was just under 9.5 hrs 2 years ago but its a different course now but I'm in much better shape. Hoping for under 9 hrs.

@bensales not a given that Killian will win but should be interesting!

My brother is doing the Ben Nevis Ultra tomorrow. Nutter that he is.

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Some of the best mountain runners in the world are from the UK, specifically Yorkshire

Really? Ben Mounsey in the Mens. Who else? Jebby used to be.

Hmmm. Skyrunner World Series rankings say otherwise. The top Brit in the Sky series (in 21st place) is Jon Albon, and he's from Essex. Duncan Coombs is in 69th, from Edinburgh. Murray Strain, 95th, also Scottish.

In the Ultra series, Hector Haines comes in 40th and he's from Yorkshire but lives in Edinburgh if I remember rightly. Oli Blomfield 93rd, from the Lakes. Tom Owens, 95th, from Glasgow.

One out of 6 ain't bad...

I was at school with the Symonds brothers who are from Yorkshire and not too slow. Neither of them are pro runners though, they both have proper careers.

Mogrim, Damian Hall was 12th in the UTMB this year. I finished the TDS ( http://utmbmontblanc.com/en/page/22/tds%C2%AE.html) and then watched the UTMB. The lead guys are very very fast.

Good luck Spin!

Good luck spin. Nutcase.

Jasmin Paris, Carol Morgan, Nikki Spinks, Marcus Scotney, Jim Mann and Tom Hollins (off the top of my head) all seem to fit into 'some of the best in the world' category for this year.

*adds Spin to illustrious list of forum lunatics.

Good luck. I'm off this weekend, I might come and heckle if the weather is nice.

Mogrim, Damian Hall was 12th in the UTMB this year. I finished the TDS

TDS is on my list of maybes for next year, got the points already for the draw but think I'm one short when it comes to the UTMB draw 🙁

And I'm not saying there aren't any UK runners, but I don't know of any that are considered contenders for the top spots at the major races. That said, I live in Spain and I'm more familiar with the Spanish racers, but I do sort of follow the ultra results and I'm pretty sure I'd have noticed a UK runner winning a major.

Cheers for the good wishes folks.

@thegreatape if you do come out and want to hurl some abuse I'm no 128

There's also a live tracker, could be an interesting battle at the head of the race if watching dots on a screen can ever be interesting!

Spin, best of luck!! I've been following the build up. Looks a good event.... have fun.

Yorkshire farmer Nicky Spinks and her record-breaking double Bob Graham run ...

Well, Killian won in a new record time and last year's winner was second and also quicker than last year. Emelie Forsberg won the women's race. Celebrations all round in their house!

How'd you get on?

22nd or 23rd depending on where you look. Official results not up yet but my SI print out says 22nd in 8.33.55. Totally delighted with that but it was a tough shift.

Well done!!! 🙂

Thanks mogrim, it is a bonkers race.

Spin - that's amazing, huge congratulations! You get the chance to say hello to Kilian and Emelie?

Thanks fatmax. I saw Emelie on the out and back to Stob Coire nan Lochan but Kilian was long gone! It's an awesome weekend of events with loads of folks out on the hills cheering.

Spin (and other ultra runners on here) - if you don't mind me asking, how do you get along with injuries when training and performing in ultra events? Are you just "lucky" and blessed with injury free bodies or do you do loads of yoga or Pilates or anything like that? Do you find you just "run through" a lot of aches and pains or do they never actually occur?

I'd love to have a go but suspect my body would let me down and I'm always worried I'll do something permanent and end up not being able to run at all- not sure if I just need to be a bit more mentally robust?!

PS congrats on the result, it is very impressive

I'm lucky with injuries but I also stretch a lot and listen to my body. I do run with lots of niggles but the trick is working out what's just a niggle and what's more sinister. Building up the miles slowly helps.

Awesome result fella. Course looks stunning. How much is runnable ?

Excellent result Spin!

How much is runnable ?

More for Kilian than me! It's the usual story, most of the ups are walking and downs running. There isn't much flat.

Excellent result Spin!

Cheers.

Spin (and other ultra runners on here) - if you don't mind me asking, how do you get along with injuries when training and performing in ultra events? Are you just "lucky" and blessed with injury free bodies or do you do loads of yoga or Pilates or anything like that? Do you find you just "run through" a lot of aches and pains or do they never actually occur?

Much the same as Spin - lots of niggles, but touch wood nothing too serious at the moment. I have been injured, usually when I ramp up the training too hard after a break. I do Pilates once a week which seems to help, and try to remember to do my stretches. This year I want to add some weights in to see if that improves my times.

Nice one!

@thegreatape if you do come out and want to hurl some abuse I'm no 128

Alas my wife had other plans for me. Maybe next year!