Comments on: Ultra Training Diary: A Marathon as Training https://runningonfullblog.com/marathon-as-training/ Random thoughts, used to be about running Fri, 04 May 2018 16:33:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Sophie https://runningonfullblog.com/marathon-as-training/#comment-369 Tue, 27 Jun 2017 08:07:56 +0000 http://runningonfullblog.com/?p=2179#comment-369 In reply to james.

Cheers James. I’ve got to say I can’t imagine 1. running up a big hill at the end of a marathon and 2. having a beer in the last mile! What I’m loving about the training is the stress is off – I’m not a competitive runner and while I want to do the best I can, for me it’s much more about the experience than fretting about times!

]]> By: james https://runningonfullblog.com/marathon-as-training/#comment-368 Tue, 27 Jun 2017 04:41:00 +0000 http://runningonfullblog.com/?p=2179#comment-368 Great job Sophie…I cannot imagine running a marathon as a “training run” but having said that, I’m already eyeing 50K options next year so I totally get it! I technically have completed an ultra…at the Route 66 marathon in Tulsa, they offer a detour to run the “worlds shortest ultra” where you take about a 0.5 mile detour in the final mile of the marathon to get the ultra! It’s all for fun of course…you run up this big bloody hill down the other side, they give you a beer and then you run back up and down to rejoin the marathon course…everyone does it! good luck over the last few weeks…cheers!

]]> By: Sophie https://runningonfullblog.com/marathon-as-training/#comment-367 Mon, 26 Jun 2017 19:54:27 +0000 http://runningonfullblog.com/?p=2179#comment-367 In reply to marathonbore.

Cheers Stu. It was so good – tastes a little sour but you get used to it! Even though I guzzle down caffeine, I was bouncing after a few sips so suggest you don’t take it as a single shot! Let me know how you get on with it.

]]> By: marathonbore https://runningonfullblog.com/marathon-as-training/#comment-366 Mon, 26 Jun 2017 19:43:32 +0000 http://runningonfullblog.com/?p=2179#comment-366 Brilliant Sophie, how did you get on with the caffeine shot? I got a couple but haven’t tried them yet.

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