Hacc Posted April 12, 2023 Share Good luck to all running this weekend. Two Oceans is one of my favorite races, I miss being ultra fit. Lexx 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reteid Posted April 12, 2023 Share 3 minutes ago, Hacc said: Good luck to all running this weekend. Two Oceans is one of my favorite races, I miss being ultra fit. i also miss being ultra fit but not missing being ultra sore Hacc and Zebra 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hacc Posted April 12, 2023 Share 1 minute ago, reteid said: i also miss being ultra fit but not missing being ultra sore Very true, I like having toe nails McD23, Vetplant and Scary Rider 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zama7 Posted April 12, 2023 Share Anyone know where I can get a GPX file for the Two Oceans 56km ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McD23 Posted April 15, 2023 Share On 4/12/2023 at 5:56 PM, reteid said: Good luck to all doing the Two Oceans this coming weekend. Did my first one today. Loved it, massive vibe and if you a Hout Bay Harrier, running though HBay is an awesome experience! Was very impressed with organizing and running of it. Wish i had done this years ago! TheoG, Zebra, PhilipV and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilipV Posted April 17, 2023 Share I had fun on the 2 Oceans half yesterday. My first one, so started in the last group. But man, the vibe is lekker. I wanted to beat Wifey's time, 2:04, and managed to sneak in under 2hrs. I saw the look in her eye afterwards, she'll want to chop me next year with a couple of mins. There's something to be said for running races vs solo, yesterday was my fastest 21, 20k, 15k and 10k. Lexx, JohanDiv, tjommies3 and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottCM Posted May 4, 2023 Share For many Comrades runners this will be the last or second last weekend for a marathon. How has everyone's training gone this year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duane_Bosch Posted May 4, 2023 Share My wifey and I are planning our first overseas trip (funds dependent) since the covids came. We're planning on going to Nice late October/Early Nov. And by pure coincidence there's a half and a full marathon between Nice and Cannes on the 5th of November. If it all comes together it will be our first race. I've never run 21km before so that scares me a bit. At the moment we're doing 5km 3 times a week so we'd have to up our game quite a lot. the longest distance we've ever run is 14km And here @ScottCM is talking Comrades. Does not compute. Edited May 4, 2023 by Duane_Bosch dave303e and IceCreamMan 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceCreamMan Posted May 4, 2023 Share Speaking of Comrades. For years and years, 58 to be exact, I have managed to swerve it but now beginning to think it’s in the realms of possibility/madness so maybe maybe 2024. Let’s see how this summer goes and if I can stay free of injury. Andrew Steer, ScottCM, Duane_Bosch and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaper Posted May 4, 2023 Share Training on the spot for a sub 9 Comrades after a good sub 5 Two Oceans. 3 more weeks of 100km+ running then looking forward to tapering to race day. With distance only being 87.701km official this year, a good possibility if all goes well on the day..... fiqree, JohanDiv, ScottCM and 6 others 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave303e Posted May 4, 2023 Share Running distance is all relative. once you have run a 20km a 5km seems chilled, once you have run a 100miler a 40km seems chilled like a Sunday run. Keep running consistently and stretch the distance slowly, you will be surprised at how it goes. Vetplant and Duane_Bosch 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gr3mlin131 Posted May 4, 2023 Share 31 minutes ago, dave303e said: Running distance is all relative. once you have run a 20km a 5km seems chilled, once you have run a 100miler a 40km seems chilled like a Sunday run. Keep running consistently and stretch the distance slowly, you will be surprised at how it goes. Start of last year I could not get to 1km without stopping to catch my breath. Now a chilled 10 km seems like a fun run over the weekend. Slowly stepping up trying to see if there is a limit, so far so good. Just learned that jumping from 12 km to 21 km was a bad idea. That hurt the next week. Hopefully getting to comfortable 21 km by December. Vetplant, IceCreamMan and shaper 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexx Posted May 4, 2023 Share Very interesting read... http://runningmann.co.za/2023/05/04/comrades-over-comrades-doping-facts-and-rumours-from-comrades-2022/ IceCreamMan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruity Posted May 4, 2023 Share 2 hours ago, shaper said: Training on the spot for a sub 9 Comrades after a good sub 5 Two Oceans. 3 more weeks of 100km+ running then looking forward to tapering to race day. With distance only being 87.701km official this year, a good possibility if all goes well on the day..... Yip I read something about the distance being shortened https://www.enca.com/sport/comrades-marathon-race-route-slightly-shortened Edited May 4, 2023 by WeekendWarrior80 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McD23 Posted May 4, 2023 Share 6 hours ago, shaper said: Training on the spot for a sub 9 Comrades after a good sub 5 Two Oceans. 3 more weeks of 100km+ running then looking forward to tapering to race day. With distance only being 87.701km official this year, a good possibility if all goes well on the day..... what time if you don't mind putting it out there 🤐 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaper Posted May 5, 2023 Share 11 hours ago, McD23 said: what time if you don't mind putting it out there 🤐 8:45-8:50 hr. It's a long day and anything can happen on an ultra, especially if the nutrition goes wrong... but that is the goal and what the training is aiming for Duane_Bosch, IceCreamMan, ScottCM and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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