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RUNNERS PROFILEMAXINE LOCKyears starting with my first 100 miler.What/when is your next event?The Spine Challenger in January 2015.What is your typical approach or race strategyfor an Ultra Marathon event?I train as much as possible but also I like to get themaps out and look at the route. I like to know whereI’m going so that I know what is coming next. Ifpossible I will also reccee the route or sections of it.What does a typical training week look like?I try and run most mornings before work doing 3-4miles at 5.30am, if I get time I will do similar in theevening as well but that doesn’t always happen. Atweekends I try and do a long run – last weekend Iwas up in Northumberland so got a good, hilly 12miles done. In an effort to get faster I also do somefaster runs where I push the pace for 3-4 miles.What one tip would you pass on to peoplerunning an Ultra for the first time?If you have been running marathons then choosean ultra that is 30 miles or so and build it up fromthere. Also decide why you want to run ultras –distance, scenery, navigational challenge andchoose your race accordingly.Give us one interesting fact about yourself?I spend a lot of my time fixing people’s feet whilstmarshalling on races!Most amusing running anecdote?Earlier this year I was crewing on the West HighlandWay race, my second section was up the Devil’sStaircase and on to Kinlochleven, and for Brian (theguy we were crewing) his second night of no sleep. Ispent several hours bullying him into keepingmoving while he kept lying down and declaringthat the rocks were the softest things he had everknown. As we stumbled towards Kinlochleven all Icould hear behind me was his voice saying ‘pillows,duvet, pillows’!79 ULTRA TALES | OCTOBER 2014Sponsored by thehttp://