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Be still my beating heart
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There's no words, you put your heart into it for 12 months, dedicated yourself 100% to the training and the nutrition and ran an amazing race.What an achievement, you should be so proud of what you've achieved and I can only imagine what great thing lie ahead for you. Wear that jacket with pride, it was hard fought for and well earned
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Hearty congrats and much admiration on what you've achieved, both on and off the pitch. I know nothing about ultra nutrition but 100 miles seems like a huge return for the food/drink you put on. If you can master the killerz pizza technique you'll easily smash that 120 goal next time! Well done to you and all the crew. (Idea - bagged items in alphabetical order next time). 0
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Amazing stuff, and great to have the beating heart back
There aren't many people around here who have done anything like this. It's an incredibly unique achievement, and you deserve all the praise you're getting - somehow you always seem to have time to train incredibly hard and be incredibly positive to other runners...0 -
Just fantastic : the preparation, the race and the report, all of it! Huge congrats to you (and your crew). Such an incredible achievement. Had to laugh at the sitting down. I'd never heard the expression "Beware the Chair" before an ultra-running friend explained it to me
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AM, thanks so much for your support over the last while, but especially over the last few weeks. I wasn't going to bother posting the report, but I'm really glad I did now as I think it might be helpful to someone thinking of undertaking the challenge for the first time and it made me write in detail about it, which I wouldn't have bothered doing just for myself. Thanks againWow.. that's even tougher than I was expecting it to be. You really are an inspiration - MASSIVE well done on your Osoamazing achievement, am truly delighted for you on reaching the 100 miles and even more so seeing the level of discomfort you were in. Congratulations again and thanks for taking the time to post a report for usBrilliant, A! The training and preparation you did were as impressive as the race itself. And look at you beating yourself up because you only ran 23 hours :eek:
Thanks for posting the report, parts 1 & 2, great reads. And I hope you'll keep logging. We missed your log.
Cheers Anna, and for your lovely pm too. I wouldn't be me if I wasn't beating myself up over something! Enjoy the rest of the hols!What a report, really inspiring stuff there A. The last paragraph brought a tear to the eye to be honest, you should be so proud of yourself for getting through the training and then the big day itself.
Thanks so much guys. Your lovely comments mean a lotThe Muppet wrote: »Amazing Read .Amazing performance and an amazing achievement . Congratulations on your amazing achievements. And well done again last night D!
Thank you!TRR_the_turd wrote: »well done and congrats. Any plans to come back down in distance and run marathons etc or are you going to concentrate on ultra events now?
Oh I'm definitely gonna attack a marathon again. My current plan is this:
Sept 2016 - Castleisland 12 hour (rare opportunity to run an event like this on a track so can't let the opportunity pass and feel confident I can do pretty well off the back of recent training and 24 hour event.
Oct 2016 - DCM as a training run. Jog around it to sus out the new course.
June 2017 - Belfast 24 hour - with a vengeance! I have unfinished business!
Oct 2017 - A really good shot at racing DCM.
The way I see it, the big mileage can only help with the marathon so I can't lose. I'd hope to do specific marathon training from July - Oct next year. I'm not giving up on the shorter stuff either. I know 5 and 10ks aren't my thing, but I know I have an awful lot more potential at these distances. Ultimately though, I think I've found my 'thing' with the super long stuff.0 -
Thank you Neady, and for your super kind words by PM too. I'd wear the jacket with pride if it wasn't hanging off me! Unfortunately, it's just way too big:(There's no words, you put your heart into it for 12 months, dedicated yourself 100% to the training and the nutrition and ran an amazing race.What an achievement, you should be so proud of what you've achieved and I can only imagine what great thing lie ahead for you. Wear that jacket with pride, it was hard fought for and well earned
I hope you are recovering well from that epic 50 miler in the mountains! Someday!!!
Cheers beertons!Wow
haha 'Killerz pizza technique'. Love it! I wish! Thanks D and for your shout out to me, sent via mrs mc on the course. It was lovely to get the good wishes!Hearty congrats and much admiration on what you've achieved, both on and off the pitch. I know nothing about ultra nutrition but 100 miles seems like a huge return for the food/drink you put on. If you can master the killerz pizza technique you'll easily smash that 120 goal next time! Well done to you and all the crew. (Idea - bagged items in alphabetical order next time).
I think anyone could do it if they really wanted to. The thing is, most people would never want to:D Thanks FIFA!!!Wow!!!!! That's an amazing achievement!!!! Congratulations!!!!!! Can't get my head around how anyone could do that!
Cheers V for the kind words. You'd swear I was preparing for Rio with how seriously I took it:o But I'm delighted that I gave it everything.What an unbelievable achievement! I can't even fathom that level of commitment and dedication to a run.
Say bye bye to your toenails though, no more peep toe shoes for a while!!
I thought I might be lucky with the toenails, but they are only going one way now...Deadly.Epic stuff, very well deserved A.What an incredible experience and acheivement Ossoslo. And you're right - it's not just the 24hrs of running, it's the 12 :eek: mths of preparation and sacrifice that you did beforehand that makes you a winner.
Thanks guys and gal! It certainly was an experience mel.b. It's funny, but things keep coming back to me that I had completely forgotten about. I remember in the very early hours of Sunday morning, I thought I was hallucinating. There was a procession of about 10? people walking in the opposite side of the path towards us. They were walking really slowly and doing this really quiet chant I think, maybe praying? Some had their eyes closed I think. Nothing got to do with the race. Odd... Still dunno what it was all about. Maybe I was hallucinating!0 -
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Wow! Means a lot coming from you!TFBubendorfer wrote: »Epic indeed! Be easy on yourself, that was a pretty damn great performance! And you're only going to get better!Amazing stuff, and great to have the beating heart back
There aren't many people around here who have done anything like this. It's an incredibly unique achievement, and you deserve all the praise you're getting - somehow you always seem to have time to train incredibly hard and be incredibly positive to other runners...
haha, hopefully it'll stay beating for another bit:D we'll see...
Thanks B. Nice to hear that and great to meet you the other evening. You're gonna smash DCM! It's easy to be positive towards others, when I've had such positivity shown towards me. Rock on :cool:
Never heard that saying before! Brilliant! Sitting really is the death-knell... *lesson learned* and *crew take note!*Bungy Girl wrote: »Just fantastic : the preparation, the race and the report, all of it! Huge congrats to you (and your crew). Such an incredible achievement. Had to laugh at the sitting down. I'd never heard the expression "Beware the Chair" before an ultra-running friend explained it to me.
Can't wait to see what you do next!
Cheers G!
Great post and so nice to read. I remember you saying something equally poignant to me prior to DCM 2013 on the novice thread.A, you're an incredible woman and a fantastic athlete!
I remember what a big goal it was for you just to complete a marathon. Not that long ago really. Now look what you've gone and done! And you've achieved it all mainly through massive heart. Others might have genetics, strength, fast twitch muscles, whatever. Your massive heart has taken you further.
Never let it be still!
Well done, I'm a huge fan.
And to think I was gonna pull the plug on this place altogether a few weeks back...
Hope the recovery is going really well!Magnificent!!
Congratulations on a truly remarkable performance.
Thanks both, means a lot! I've a lot of catching up to do with the logs but hope training is going really well for you both!tailgunner wrote: »Incredible stuff, congrats!0 -
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Magnificent report, really took us through the preparations, the race and the struggles... Plus how you overcame them in the end. I don't know if I would have been as strong as you were to keep going if I had felt like you did. You've a great foundation and now some real experience there to build upon and challenge for some of the podium places in the future. I'll be watching with interest... If I can tear myself away from all of my outfit changes
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