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Graham · Joined: 11 May 2006 Posts: 239

Kew (London) to Tring (Hetfordshire) on Saturday. 40 miles along the Grand Union canal, Ernie's stomping round. Nice conditions and eased home in 5:40. Return leg on Sunday. Decided to empty my sac in the hotel Sat night...haha...so ran with considerably less weight on Sunday. To compensate the wind decided to pick up and blow full in our faces for 40 miles, although at the pace I was running/shuffling it didn't make too much difference. 6:13, which by my calculations averaged out at 3 x sub 4 hour marathons for the weekend so was pretty pleased. Although to put it into context the winner ran 4:26. For both days. 'Kin ell.

There weren't that many people doubling up. Mainly a few fellow MdS entrants (and GUC runners) so made some friends I hope to see in the desert. On the Saturday this slip of a girl ran it in just over 12 hours. Running along the bumpy muddy canal track all alone in the dark can't have been much fun. Even less when you consider she dragged a great bleeding tyre for the entire 40 miles. I thought she was just a few sandwiches short of a picnic but when I chatted to her turned out she was training for an Antartic expedition so she was forgiven. Runners are weird aye.

Karl C · Joined: 11 May 2006 Posts: 1690 Location: Rayleigh

Well Done - cracking times.

Is the desert ready for GB ?

debbie g · Joined: 11 May 2006 Posts: 298

Are you completely nuts Graham?

Well done though, 3 sub 4 hour marathons my limbs are aching just thinking about that - makes the Great Bentley look like a wimps race. I'll stop complaining about the wind there now!!

Steffan · Joined: 10 May 2006 Posts: 543 Location: Basildon

Awesome mate, just awesome.
cheers

Graham · Joined: 11 May 2006 Posts: 239

Thanks kids. I was looking up the guy that won it be a county mile, UK 100km road race champion & West Highland Way record holder. Probably saves small children from burning buildings on his days off too. Not feeling quite so disconcerted about the gulf in our finishing times now.

Stevie · Joined: 10 May 2006 Posts: 413 Location: Benfleet

Quality stuff mate, you are one hell of a nutter salute

Ernie · Joined: 26 May 2006 Posts: 184 Location: Hockley GORC

There's no stopping him now !

Well done.

Pammie · Joined: 30 Jun 2006 Posts: 298

Well done Graham
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Mike Mason · Joined: 02 Jun 2006 Posts: 953 Location: Hockley

Graham, brilliant result. Don't feel to bad about the winner. I was at the West Highland Way race when he won it....and apart from being the UK 100km champ, Round Rotherham winner etc etc he got a top place in texas Sunmart 50 miler last year and the git is running in the US Western States this year.

But cheer yourself up this is him puffing his way around the Mont Blanc ultra walk on a training recce....

http://video.google.co.uk/videopl...=3019706600345321274&hl=en-GB
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