Les Croupiers Running Club Forum

Lyndon your enthusiasm is amazing. I am a big fan of ultras and they are an amazing voyage of self-discovery.
The important word is context.
In the context of your own running career, you're about to embark on your first marathon in 3 months time.
Marathon is not everyone's cup of tea, however well prepared athletes are.
And yet, without having done a marathon, you want to enter an ultra, and get 7 other runners to do the same?

Last September you achieved a significant breakthrough at the Cardiff 10 km, and were rightly elated. I would suggest those sort of distances are where you short be targeting your energies - or shorter - definitely not ultras.
You're still young - and fast twitch fibres can still be developed when you're a thirtysomething. And if you want to maximise your potential, develop your speed first.
Running ultras, without a long background in the sport, and early in your life, is a recipe for disaster.

What I'm suggesting of course, is really none of my business - feel free to do as you choose.
Of course it might be a real experience. It's also a big risk!

It was only my opinion, Lyndon. There's actually a lot of people entering events like this - and I wouldn't be surprised if they got a large entry. It all depends of how you see things (not me) and what you want to do.
I always see things in the long term. I often see athletes with relatively short careers - sometimes as a result of short-term thinking. We only have one body so I always encourage caution, coupled with gradual progression and consistency as being the keys to success.