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Colin (aka Officehippy)Tracking link for the Northern Traverse is now open. Race starts 08:30 Saturday UK time. I’m bib number 73. Watch out for Damian Hall (bib 76) who is aiming to break the course record. Conditions look great but cold at nights. Excited and nervous in equal parts. Nowhere to hide now so I just need to deliver a finish, probably some time next Wednesday. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ultrarunning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ultrarunning</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ultramarathon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ultramarathon</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/running" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#running</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/NorthernTraverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NorthernTraverse</a> <a href="https://live.opentracking.co.uk/northerntraverse2025/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://live.opentracking.co.uk/northerntraverse2025/</a>

Colin (aka Officehippy)Easy paced 5 miles last night, and another 3.5 this morning after dropping the car off at the garage. Now just a few very short and easy jogs to go before heading up north on Friday to start the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/NorthernTraverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NorthernTraverse</a> on Saturday morning. Feeling mostly fit and well prepared, as far as you can be for 190 miles <a href="https://mas.to/tags/running" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#running</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/trailrunning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trailrunning</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ultramarathon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ultramarathon</a> I think the race will be live tracked on opentracking.co.uk but that’s tbc.

Ankur Sinha "FranciscoD"Woah, absolutely well done <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/JamieLaing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JamieLaing</a>!!! <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/ultramarathon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ultramarathon</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UK</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/ComicRelief" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ComicRelief</a>

Colin (aka Officehippy)Visit to the physio yesterday. Some hip adductors muscle issues but nothing to keep me from the Northern Traverse in two weeks time. Just a bit painful running but manageable. Now tapering ahead of probably the longest <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ultramarathon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ultramarathon</a> I will ever attempt. Three trail marathons booked in the calendar for later this year👍🏼 <a href="https://mas.to/tags/TrailRunning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrailRunning</a>

Colin (aka Officehippy)<a href="https://mas.to/tags/running" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#running</a> mileage is down a bit to around 30 miles a week for the last couple of weeks while I’m nursing some groin/hip/glute niggles. Planning a bit more this week but then it will be time to taper before the Northern Traverse😃 <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ultramarathon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ultramarathon</a>

Frank‘A huge day out’: Lachlan Morton makes history with 648km Auckland to Wellington ride in less than a day<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/feb/22/a-huge-day-out-lachlan-morton-makes-history-with-wellington-to-auckland-ride" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/feb/22/a-huge-day-out-lachlan-morton-makes-history-with-wellington-to-auckland-ride</a>Holy crap, what a ride!<a href="https://masto.nu/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Australia</a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/aotearoa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#aotearoa</a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/newzealand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#newzealand</a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/Cycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cycling</a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/Bicycle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bicycle</a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/Ultramarathon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ultramarathon</a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/Record" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Record</a>

Colin (aka Officehippy)<a href="https://mastodon.social/@bernis" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bernis</a> hi Omar👋🏻. If your running takes you off road then <a href="https://mas.to/tags/trailrunning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trailrunning</a> is another good hashtag to follow, and for idiots like me <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ultramarathon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ultramarathon</a> too😂 Welcome to Mastodon

Colin (aka Officehippy)Camille Herron and her husband are both rightly recognised for their dickish behaviour in this anti-sporting personality of the year award list. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ultramarathon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ultramarathon</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/dec/16/the-anti-sports-personality-of-the-year-awards-2024" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/dec/16/the-anti-sports-personality-of-the-year-awards-2024</a>

Colin (aka Officehippy)Well, that didn’t go to plan. 50 miles completed before DNF, mostly hilly and in the dark with a good amount of mud. Great course, really excellent race organisation by Centurion Running, and good company. But, I just wasn’t strong enough. I was falling asleep on my feet and staggering all over the place by half way, and struggling to eat, so it was time to retire. Good luck to everybody still on the Winter Downs 100 course…you’re tougher than me. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ultramarathon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ultramarathon</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/trailrunning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trailrunning</a>

Colin (aka Officehippy)It’s the big day today. Winter Downs 100 starts at 2pm GMT. Follow my slow progress here - race number 222 <a href="https://live.opentracking.co.uk/WD100-2024/?mc_cid=12a5c3a6cb&mc_eid=51291fc169" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://live.opentracking.co.uk/WD100-2024/?mc_cid=12a5c3a6cb&mc_eid=51291fc169</a> And good luck to all the other competitors. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ultramarathon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ultramarathon</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/TrailRunning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrailRunning</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/running" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#running</a>

Wes PlateBig day for the Copper Kings 100, a new 100 mile endurance run I have been building for a few years— registration is now open for our first permitted event in June 2025!Single loop, 14,400 feet of gain, 63 miles of CDT, 40 hour cutoffcopperkings100.com<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ultrarunning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ultrarunning</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ultramarathon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ultramarathon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trailrunning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trailrunning</a>

Colin (aka Officehippy)5.5 miles on the road this evening with a couple of miles at threshold pace. Last hard workout for a while. Perhaps a couple of very short, easy runs now before <a href="https://centurionrunning.com/races/winter-downs-100-2024" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://centurionrunning.com/races/winter-downs-100-2024</a> next week. the race weather forecast does not look too bad at the moment👍🏼 <a href="https://mas.to/tags/UltraRunning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UltraRunning</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ultramarathon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ultramarathon</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/running" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#running</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/trailrunning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trailrunning</a>

udo m. rader ☕ 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🐧Yesterday was the day I finally did my first <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/UltraMarathon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#UltraMarathon</a> The run itself was just as much fun as the truly magnificent landscape around Moab, <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/Utah" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Utah</a>. At over 7 hours, I was slower than I had hoped, but I was able to enjoy the landscape to the fullest. If someone had told me 5ys ago, when I started <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/running" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#running</a>, that I would be running an ultra <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/marathon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#marathon</a> at the age of 52, I wouldn't have believed it. Definitely a good feeling 😀<a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/garmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#garmin</a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/BeatYesterday" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#BeatYesterday</a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/TrailRunning" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#TrailRunning</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/running" class="u-url mention">@running</a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/DeadHorseUltra" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#DeadHorseUltra</a>

udo m. rader ☕ 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🐧This was my last, quite relaxed 18km/700m EG run yesterday at home in <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/Tyrol" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Tyrol</a>, about 1 week before the <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/DeadHorseUltra" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#DeadHorseUltra</a> in <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/Moab" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Moab</a>/#Utah takes place, my first official <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/UltraMarathon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#UltraMarathon</a>.Before that, I'm off to <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/KubeCon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#KubeCon</a> in <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/SaltLakeCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#SaltLakeCity</a> until Friday, which I'm also really looking forward to 😁 Unfortunately, it will be a long journey, all in all more than 16 hours ...<a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/garmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#garmin</a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/BeatYesterday" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#BeatYesterday</a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/TrailRunning" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#TrailRunning</a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/Running" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Running</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/running" class="u-url mention">@running</a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/Laufen" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Laufen</a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/Tirol" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Tirol</a>

Colin (aka Officehippy)Need some advice on managing your feet on multi-day <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ultramarathon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ultramarathon</a> runs? <a href="https://mas.to/tags/running" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#running</a> Video from the medical team and race director at Ourea Events who organise the Cape Wrath, Northern Traverse and Dragon’s Back ultras👍🏼<a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=v_MoLICZf_A" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=v_MoLICZf_A</a>

Colin (aka Officehippy)I have been shopping. Tried to find a second hand one on eBay in my size but no luck so bought last year’s model because I prefer the colour to any of the new range, and it matches my waterproof trousers👌🏻 None of my existing waterproofs meet the more demanding mandatory kit list for a long winter <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ultramarathon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ultramarathon</a> so it was time to raid the piggy bank for an OMM Kamleika jacket.

Richard JonesAnother <a href="https://aus.social/tags/trailrunning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trailrunning</a> goal achieved: ran the Rollercoaster Run event up on Mt Dandenong here. I've <a href="https://aus.social/tags/run" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#run</a> the loop course with my club a few times, so I ran the double loop 46k (2200m vert, also technically an <a href="https://aus.social/tags/ultramarathon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ultramarathon</a> 😆) for the bib. Day started out rainy but that wasn't gonna stop us 😁<a href="https://rollercoasterrun.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://rollercoasterrun.com/</a>

Colin (aka Officehippy)Big day out in the mountains yesterday in the English Lake District. 32.8 miles (52 km) and just under 8000 feet of EG in 13 hours. Mostly went very well until I forgot to eat enough. Got it done but totally died on my arse at the end. Absolutely fine this morning and my legs are feeling decent. A really enjoyable day out with friends in good weather. Dodged a bullet there because this morning it was really hammering with rain. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/trailrunning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trailrunning</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/running" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#running</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ultramarathon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ultramarathon</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/TheGreenRunners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheGreenRunners</a>

udo m. rader ☕ 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🐧One month to go until the <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/DeadHorseUltra" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#DeadHorseUltra</a> in Moab/Utah and unless a virus or something like that knocks me out, I'm in pretty good shape for the event.I've been <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/running" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#running</a> almost 50km a week for a while now and I'm really looking forward to my first official <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/UltraMarathon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#UltraMarathon</a>I'm still experimenting with nutrition and more than once my stomach wasn't exactly happy with certain power gels or energy bars. The best thing so far is an ordinary cheese sandwich 😜<a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/Garmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Garmin</a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/BeatYesterday" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#BeatYesterday</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/running" class="u-url mention">@running</a>

AI6YR BenAny ham radio folks near Big Bear (or who'd like to be in Big Bear) from Oct 11-13th, great volunteer opportunity to man the Kodiak Ultra Marathon. Contact K6DDZ (qrz email is good). <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/hamradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hamradio</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/volunteers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#volunteers</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/ultramarathon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ultramarathon</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/BigBear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BigBear</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#California</a>

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