I have never done one. I dont really know anyone that has. There are only a hand full of them in this country and really only 2 of them on trails. I have read about ones in the usa, leadville , rockyracoon, badwater. I have read and know the route of the connemara 100 (miles!) race, it would be a very long cycle never mind run.
The 3 full marathons that i did, Dublin (1998, 2006) and Conemara (2002) were all a long ways from success stories, yes i finished them, but both Dublin's were horror stories, starting way to fast, sick and injured and struggling to finish the last few miles, the first i cant really remember much off, finishing in well over 5 hours and the second, whilst in a much better time of 3.35, was in truth a failure, as i was in shape to run a sub 3.15, but a sore foot , injured on the last long run prior to the marathon, and very poor tactics, (i did the first half in 1.31! and the second in 2.04!!) connemara was done on no training and a 4.02 was very satisfactory but the pain in my knee for the following 4 months, was most definetly not!!
So with that kind of a history in 'only' 26.2 miles, why the hell do i want to do races that are, in some cases nearly 4 times! as long. I have no real idea, but i know that some time in 2012 i will be toeing the line at the start of an ultra.
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