Sunday, April 06, 2014

Connemara

I had a few dodgy miles between 31 and 33 but rallied to have the kind of finish runners only tend to dream about - caught no less than 5 runners on the Hell of the West to finish in the top 10 apparently. 4:49:xx is a new ultra PB by over 4 minutes, despite the savage wind over the last few miles, so I'm absolutely delighted. Great day!

Real race report in a day or two.

Update: I came 9th overall and first man over 40!!!!

7 comments:

  1. Well done Thomas - great racing. Beautiful report too (even if it wasn't real).

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  2. Well done Thomas, fantastic running.

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  3. We await with anticipation Thomas, you sound very happy , delighted for you and well deserved K.

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  4. Great stuff sir. What a cracking end to a big week of mileage as well.

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  5. Good one, Thomas; you're an inspiration. In comparison to your fabulous time, my 5h13m seems tardy but I've to be happy enough given it's a course PB of 8 minutes. Looking forward to your proper race report, Andrew.

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  6. Excellent result Thomas. Not only 4 minutes faster, but done with a 8 bpm lower average HR too... did you catch a bus?

    Running faster is great, but for me the lower HR is significant breakthrough and suggest much less heart rate drift, which bodes well from your your 24 hour race.

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