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  • #212
    ultraman1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,742 ✭✭✭ultraman1


    menoscemo wrote: »
    Did the Irish Rocky Meet the Polish Rocky at the Spartathlon last year?
    Yea .polish Rocky battered Irish rocky by about 9hrs...


  • #213
    Jotunheim
    Closed Accounts Posts: 150 ✭✭Jotunheim


    ThisRegard wrote: »
    Me too, don't know why they didn't just say "Cork man wins....... ".


    I thought the headline made sense. Identifying him as a hurler brought a different angle to people's understanding of his achievement by getting the attention of people who had little or no interest in running, never mind ultras, and vice versa would have caught they eye of runners who wouldn't know hurling. It also gives a headline biography to the man, shows his level of proven ability in two different sports.


  • #214
    ultranewbie
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 10 ✭ultranewbie


    Hey - just checking in here. I am new to Ultra but would be faster than most of the lads in it. Iam looking to break some Irish records over the next few months. Anyone have a suggestion of the softest ones?


  • #215
    ultranewbie
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 10 ✭ultranewbie


    Sorry just to be clear I realise they are all pretty soft tbf


  • #216
    Enduro
    Registered Users Posts: 3,617 ✭✭✭Enduro


    ultranewbie wrote: »
    Sorry just to be clear I realise they are all pretty soft tbf

    Go for the 24 hour. That's really easy.

    Edit:

    Although, given your obvious talent, you're showing a real lack of ambition by just looking at something as soft as the Irishr records. Surely world records would be a more worthy target for a man of your obvious talent.


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  • #217
    happygoose
    Registered Users Posts: 703 ✭✭✭happygoose


    ultranewbie wrote: »
    Sorry just to be clear I realise they are all pretty soft tbf

    Why run far when you can run fast?


  • #218
    menoscemo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,915 ✭✭✭✭menoscemo


    Itziger wrote: »
    That's a very good question Bel. Unfortunately the family are Na Piarsiagh (SP?) I believe, our closest rivals - We're Glen Rovers ourselves although incredibly two of my sisters married into that crowd. Don't know if Carta ever really played the stuff, went Stateside young enough.

    (I understand your question was tongue in cheek but decided to respond anyway)

    Not sure he'll be thinking of hurling training as he winds his way up the last 'hill'.

    I presume this is the man himself?

    http://www.the42.ie/irish-man-running-badwater-135-2237593-Jul2015/


  • #219
    Runner Mojo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 77 ✭✭Runner Mojo


    I'd like to push my distance out from a marathon to an Ultra by the end of the year - any advice for a newbie to the field? (When I say newbie, I mean real newbie)


  • #220
    Jotunheim
    Closed Accounts Posts: 150 ✭✭Jotunheim


    Runner Mojo wrote: »
    (When I say newbie, I mean real newbie)


    And when you say real newbie, do you mean to running, to marathons or what are we talking here? You may be one of the cover stars for running mags who claims to go from sofa to Sparta within a week of giving up smoking and fried breakfasts, but much more likely you have a longer journey, like the rest of us, so the advice you want will be better if you say where exactly you are now and how you got there.


  • #221
    Runner Mojo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 77 ✭✭Runner Mojo


    Jotunheim wrote: »
    And when you say real newbie, do you mean to running, to marathons or what are we talking here? You may be one of the cover stars for running mags who claims to go from sofa to Sparta within a week of giving up smoking and fried breakfasts, but much more likely you have a longer journey, like the rest of us, so the advice you want will be better if you say where exactly you are now and how you got there.


    lol - thanks.. yeah, you are right, I didn't exactly give any details.

    I used to run quite a bit. Not very fast, but I have a fair few runs behind me.I am back running after a couple of years absence and at the moment my long runs are hitting around the 10 miles.

    I have done a few marathons and am training for Dublin at the moment. Never went over a marathon (or finished one thinking I could keep going any further).

    Average pace at the moment on a typical short run is 8:58 min/mile and on long runs, around 9:12 min/mile

    Can I pretend I look like a cover model, or do I need to share a pic? ;-)

    Anyway - any advice on how I should continue after the marathon would be great, thanks


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  • #222
    Jotunheim
    Closed Accounts Posts: 150 ✭✭Jotunheim


    Runner Mojo wrote: »
    I used to run quite a bit. Not very fast, but I have a fair few runs behind me.I am back running after a couple of years absence and at the moment my long runs are hitting around the 10 miles.


    The inconsistency and long layoff here would, I think, be your biggest concern. You're now trying to go from 0 to 60 without the platform.


    Because of that, my response to this....
    Runner Mojo wrote: »
    Anyway - any advice on how I should continue after the marathon would be great, thanks


    ...is wait and see how you get on with the marathon. If you can handle the program for that, injury/burnout free and you're still enjoying your running, then make your choices and look to find out how to achieve them. You'll have a physical platform and experience to build on, as opposed to where you are now which seems to me to running before you can walk, a phrase that has even more meaning for an ultra.


    I don't know what age you are, but like any long distances runners get better as they mature, up to a point, so unless you have a reason to rush giving it a few more months to arm yourself, then a few more after that to train specifically for an ultra seems a lot more sensible to me than setting a short-term target that it both potentially unobtainable and injurious. There are also lots of ultras to choose from, all year 'round, in lots of different places to suit your schedule, budget etc, so no reason to set the calendar year as your target. There's no rush unless you have a good reason to be in one.

    Runner Mojo wrote: »
    Can I pretend I look like a cover model, or do I need to share a pic? ;-)


    That's what private messages are for, hit me and we'll take it from there :pac:


    Good luck with the marathon and enjoy it.


  • #223
    Runner Mojo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 77 ✭✭Runner Mojo


    Jotunheim wrote: »
    The inconsistency and long layoff here would, I think, be your biggest concern. You're now trying to go from 0 to 60 without the platform.


    Because of that, my response to this....




    ...is wait and see how you get on with the marathon. If you can handle the program for that, injury/burnout free and you're still enjoying your running, then make your choices and look to find out how to achieve them. You'll have a physical platform and experience to build on, as opposed to where you are now which seems to me to running before you can walk, a phrase that has even more meaning for an ultra.


    I don't know what age you are, but like any long distances runners get better as they mature, up to a point, so unless you have a reason to rush giving it a few more months to arm yourself, then a few more after that to train specifically for an ultra seems a lot more sensible to me than setting a short-term target that it both potentially unobtainable and injurious. There are also lots of ultras to choose from, all year 'round, in lots of different places to suit your schedule, budget etc, so no reason to set the calendar year as your target. There's no rush unless you have a good reason to be in one.





    That's what private messages are for, hit me and we'll take it from there :pac:


    Good luck with the marathon and enjoy it.


    I'm 44 ( I think) and although I said after the marathon, I was kinda looking at more, how to keep going and start adding mileage, if that makes sense. But anyway - I think you are right - I was looking at a couple of possible races but maybe I should think in terms of getting capable of the distances first. I'll come back and wait outside the temple after I get the marathon done.

    Sending PM with Photoshopped Mens Health pic now... :-)


  • #224
    ultraman1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,742 ✭✭✭ultraman1


    ultraman1 wrote: »
    http://dbase.adventurecorps.com/individualTd.php?e=5476
    P seems to have stopped ...race was won in 23:27
    Polish Rocky pulled up


  • #225
    belcarra
    Registered Users Posts: 3,759 ✭✭✭belcarra


    ultraman1 wrote: »
    P seems to have stopped ...race was won in 23:27
    Polish Rocky pulled up

    Is it not still going?
    Only 4 have finished so far and Marshall Ulrich is only 6 positions ahead of Carta.
    http://dbase.adventurecorps.com/results.php?bw_eid=74&bwr=Go


  • #226
    ultraman1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,742 ✭✭✭ultraman1


    belcarra wrote: »
    Is it not still going?
    Only 4 have finished so far and Marshall Ulrich is only 6 positions ahead of Carta.
    http://dbase.adventurecorps.com/results.php?bw_eid=74&bwr=Go
    Hence I said stopped as couple of dudes have reach next check point dat were around him at last poi t,hopefully there soon....me fone is focked refreshing it


  • #227
    Alfie Tupper
    Registered Users Posts: 70 ✭✭Alfie Tupper


    I reckon he's still going.
    He reached the 72 mile checkpoint just before 3am and the last person recorded to have passed the next checkpoint at 90 miles took 9 hours to get there.
    Hopefully I'm right.


  • #228
    ultraman1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,742 ✭✭✭ultraman1


    belcarra wrote: »
    Is it not still going?
    Only 4 have finished so far and Marshall Ulrich is only 6 positions ahead of Carta.
    http://dbase.adventurecorps.com/results.php?bw_eid=74&bwr=Go
    Just hit the 92 mile c/p at 28 hrs


  • #229
    Alfie Tupper
    Registered Users Posts: 70 ✭✭Alfie Tupper


    ultraman1 wrote: »
    Just hit the 92 mile c/p at 28 hrs

    8.17 for the last section, 18 miles.


  • #230
    ultraman1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,742 ✭✭✭ultraman1


    Alfie Tupper wrote: »
    8.17 for the last section, 18 miles.
    prob had a kip....


  • #231
    ultraman1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,742 ✭✭✭ultraman1


    Throo 122 mile cp at 38 hrs....10 miles left


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  • #232
    menoscemo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,915 ✭✭✭✭menoscemo


    ultraman1 wrote: »
    Throo 122 mile cp at 38 hrs....10 miles left

    has the course changed? I thought it used to be a 30 hour cut off?


  • #233
    Alfie Tupper
    Registered Users Posts: 70 ✭✭Alfie Tupper


    32 miles in a little under 10 hours now just the small matter of this to go


    "Lone Pine (3610′), Mile 122.7 (Time Station #5)
    Lone Pine offers the weary runner and crew all the amenities of a real town: fast food, pizza, restaurants, motels, gas stations, grocery stores, and more, not to mention our Race Headquarters at the Dow Villa. Restock here for the climb to Whitney Portal. Turn left onto the Whitney Portal Road to begin the final leg, the longest and steepest climb of the race (13 miles with 5000 feet of elevation gain). After the turn from Hwy 395, it’s 8.4 miles to Time Station #6, located at the start of the switchbacks. Temperatures will steadily decrease during the ascent (though depending on time of day). Be prepared with extra layers of clothing and rain gear the final few miles; at night it can approach freezing temperature. Be sure your support vehicle is always parked completely off of the road and that you do not block traffic, even for a moment.

    Mt. Whitney Trailhead, (8360’), Mile 135
    Congratulations! You have finished the world’s toughest foot race! "

    Good luck Carta


  • #234
    _Tombstone_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,006 ✭✭✭_Tombstone_


    Is a Boardie running in this or who are we rooting for???


  • #235
    TFBubendorfer
    Registered Users Posts: 6,340 ✭✭✭TFBubendorfer


    menoscemo wrote: »
    has the course changed? I thought it used to be a 30 hour cut off?

    Badwater always had a 48 hours cut-off time as far as I can remember back.
    Maybe you're thinking of Western States? They have a 30 hours cut-off.


  • #236
    Alfie Tupper
    Registered Users Posts: 70 ✭✭Alfie Tupper


    He has finished but I don't have any times as they aren't updating the results page for some reason.

    It is one hell of an achievement, so not only is he a Badwater 135 finisher but as Tommy Tiernan's joke went " more importantly he's from Cork"

    Congratulations Carta.


  • #237
    opus
    Registered Users Posts: 4,963 ✭✭✭opus


    He's made it into 'de paper' as well today :) Some achievement to complete that event!

    CORKMAN COMPLETES 217KM ULTRA MARATHON


  • #238
    belcarra
    Registered Users Posts: 3,759 ✭✭✭belcarra


    opus wrote: »
    He's made it into 'de paper' as well today :) Some achievement to complete that event!

    CORKMAN COMPLETES 217KM ULTRA MARATHON

    Why wasn't that heading just "MAN COMPLETES 217KM ULTRA MARATHON"??:pac:

    Well done Carta!!


  • #239
    kit3
    Registered Users Posts: 2,677 ✭✭✭kit3


    belcarra wrote: »
    Why wasn't that heading just "MAN COMPLETES 217KM ULTRA MARATHON"??:pac:

    Well done Carta!!

    Guess he was never a hurler then :rolleyes: ;)

    Well done Carta !

    Edit - posted before I read the article about his GAA background !


  • #240
    ultraman1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,742 ✭✭✭ultraman1


    http://www.6jours-de-france.fr/
    Eddie gallen takin on the 6 day race,,,for the craic ,so he says


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  • #241
    ThisRegard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,834 ✭✭✭✭ThisRegard


    The Journal today has another article on Paul Tierney, again leading the headline with "former Cork hurler" instead of say "Top Irish athlete.....".

    Pretty comprehensive interview in fairness which does cover his GAA career, some pretty dopey comments, as is par for the course with the Journal "The former Cork hurler who swapped All-Ireland medals for 100-mile trail runs"
    http://the42.ie/2250095
    Imagine the amount of column inches Enduro would have got over years had he played hurling or football at even minor level ☺


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