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ARTICLETHE BOB GRAHAM ROUNDsub3 marathon shape, made 10 separate trips to theLakes for training in a 7 month period, had possiblythe most experienced team of navigators andpacers available (of 12 people who paced atdifferent times, 7 of them had finished the BG),devoted my entire summer racing season tomeeting this goal and got in with a relatively paltry1h45mins to spare at the third attempt.“Ultimately fell fitness isvery different to runfitness and that is thecrucial element”I would liken my effort to running well under 18hrsfor 100 miles on the flat. It is an exceptionallychallenging run. Ultimately fell fitness is verydifferent to run fitness and that is the crucialelement. Someone with a lot less road speed can dothis, being a good climber and descender isimportant. My fell experience is still relatively smallin comparison to my run experience. Billy Blandwalked the route in 22hrs. That's the difference fellexperience can make.Ian noted toward the end that the number ofpeople attempting the BG is increasing, but that thespirit doesn't seem to have died in any way. Heexpressed concern that press coverage could beleading to many ill fated attempts but I still get thefeeling that relatively few go for it in full. I'm notsure how I earned the respect of people like he tomake them willing to support my effort, but I thinkmy determination to succeed and wanting it to bemore than just a simple 'get around to tick the box'exercise was perhaps evident in my earlier reports.Whatever the case I am exceptionally grateful to thegroup of people who made this happen. Whilst Imay have been the only one able to do the actualrunning, I was held aloft by the support team all theway around.coaster. There are big peaks in troughs in trainingand racing. If you hang in there, it will come backaround. It's been 5 very poor efforts for me betweenprobably my two best ever runs, Spartathlon 20<strong>13</strong>and BGR 2014. Really, all I had to do was keep myhead in the game and I have no doubt that a fewyears ago I would have sacked this off and movedon. Finishing it the third time means many morethan 3 times over what it would have done to bag itin one. I could feel the pressure at times in the past6 months, wondering why I continued to chomp atthe bit when a rest seemed to be prudent. I guess Ijust knew in myself that that wasn't necessary, thatit would turn around and that when it did, it wouldturn around completely.I read the below just recently and perhaps it mayapply to those of you who, like me, occasioanallyfall short over the years.It is not the critic who counts; not the man who pointsout how the strong man stumbles, or where the doerof deeds could have done them better. The creditbelongs to the man who is actually in the arena,whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood;who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes shortagain and again, because there is no effort withouterror and shortcoming; but who does actually strive todo the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the greatdevotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; whoat the best knows in the end the triumph of highachievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at leastfails while daring greatly, so that his place shall neverbe with those cold and timid souls who neither knowvictory nor defeatLastly, a few good friends have been strugglingwith injury, poor performance and the odd DNFrecently. I have flirted with all three many times inthe past. From my relatively inexperienced position,all I'll say is that this sport is somewhat of a roller170 ULTRA TALES | OCTOBER 2014Sponsored by thehttp://
10 PEAKS - BRECON BEACONSEVENT REPORT | PAUL SMITHCLIF BAR 10 PEAKS - BRECONBEACONSRace Organiser: 10 PeaksWebsite Link: www.10peaks.comDate of Event: 6th September 2014Event Type: Single StageDistance: 58km / 89kmLocation: Talybont on Usk, Brecon BeaconsDescription: A fell face taking in the ten highest BreconBeacons peaks with two different distance options.Race Results: http://results.sportident.co.uk/home/event.html?eventid=95a8c59a-9f32-4955-8893-24d05c07a816&mobile=false171 ULTRA TALES | OCTOBER 2014Sponsored by thePHOTOGRAPH | STEWART BONDIhttp://
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