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jhudalla posted 7 weeks ago.
WOW! I'm always amazed with the ultrarunners. I don't care what anyone says; running, particularly loooooooong running, is the hardest thing anyone can do. It's in them long hours between high-ups and low-lows that you are forced to confront your soul. Though ironman is insane and challenges you from 3 different directions, it's really not a comparison.
I'll be looking forward to your write up!
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Anton posted 7 weeks ago.
WILL be thinking of you on Saturday...all the best. Trust in yourself. Focus on the fun...
Temps up there look good.
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beads1985 posted 7 weeks ago.
Good Luck Star, I might have to do that one day for my VT marathon ;-)
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kylie posted 7 weeks ago.
Andrea -- borrow my legs Sat if you need 'em... I'll just be cleaning house and waiting for my new dog to get home :) Best of luck... you are ready and trained and will do awesome :)!!
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KitKat posted 7 weeks ago.
I am inspired my ultra runners, that's a long freaking time to be running. Good luck and I'll send some extra energy your way.
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Tamara posted 7 weeks ago.
I've said it before and I'll say it again.....you will be amazing. You have all our strength and encouragement behind you!
"It's very hard in the beginning to understand that the whole idea is not to beat the other runners. Eventually you learn that the competition is against the little voice inside you that wants you to quit." ~George Sheehan
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Tri_it_out posted 7 weeks ago.
Awesome. The best of luck. I hope you're taking a week off of work for the waddle around period after that. Kidding kinda. Have fun and stay hydrated/ electrolit(?).
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TriSooner posted 7 weeks ago.
jhudalla wrote:
No kidding. I'd happily do a 13h IM before I do another 6hr 50k run.
Though ironman is insane and challenges you from 3 different directions, it's really not a comparison.
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beads1985 posted 6 weeks ago.
Andrea, How did it go?
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Tamara posted 6 weeks ago.
I think she's on vacation this week with her husband, probably sans internet. BUT....if I read the results right, she came in first in her AG with a time of 18:44:02, for an 11:14m/mi pace. Go Andrea!!!
"It's very hard in the beginning to understand that the whole idea is not to beat the other runners. Eventually you learn that the competition is against the little voice inside you that wants you to quit." ~George Sheehan
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kylie posted 6 weeks ago.
Wow... looking at the results I think I need to drink more of that Toronto water when I'm up there this year! 3 in the top 5 from there... and just imaging running 7min miles for 11 HOURS 48 MINUTES!!! Yeah, I can't either :)
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kylie posted 6 weeks ago.
OK I was reading it a bit wrong... that list has all the 100k and 100 mile folks in it -- I think the K and M that start their class designations indicate which race, and their paces are done per K if in the 100k and mile if in the 100mile. And I'm going to guess the 7min pace guy was doing 7min/km, or 11:23min/mi pace. And Andrea seems to have gone an 18:05min/mi pace. But don't get me wrong -- that is still awesome and incredible and amazing! Those races are not only crazy long, but crazy terrain! Congrats again Star, and everyone else who raced!!
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Tamara posted 6 weeks ago.
Kylie might be right on the math -- but she's the one marrying a Canadian, so that metric stuff is easier for her. :-) Either way, Andrea clearly got her Trifuel name because she is a ROCK STAR!!!
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kylie posted 6 weeks ago.
yeah, great job Andrea! When's the 100 miler? ;)
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beads1985 posted 6 weeks ago.
Andrea,
Anton got me thinking about the Umstead 100, In April.
http://www.umstead100.org/
What do you think? ;-)
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Well, we're flying up to Vermont today for the 100K (and 100 Mile for my friends). I'm getting anxious thinking of the pain that I'm about to inflict on myself! I hope the weather holds out and we have some cooler temps than what we've been training in here in Florida....surely. If you have some spare energy on Saturday, sent it over to Vermont, 'cause I'm sure I'm going to need it!
Thanks for your encouraging words, widsom and humor...I truly appreciate it! I'll write a report when we return.....-Andrea
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