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Crusader said:
Question for the more versed runners. Starting out on my long run this morning I encountered two women running (separately) in the same direction I was headed. The route was going out of town, so not that much foot traffic normally. I was already on the opposite side of the road from them. In order to not look like a weirdo trailing them for the entire run and making them feel unsafe I completely blew any chance of a zone 2 run, accelerated past and kept the pace up until I lost them around a bend. They must have turned around since I didn't encounter them again on my way back.

Are there any established unwritten rules/best practices for situations like that?
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I typically run with a pram so seen as "no threat" - usually just a friendly greeting if you get near them etc

Beyond that not much you can really do
 
Did a "Backyard Ultra" for the first time Saturday. Awesome format that was quite fun. I managed just two laps, narrwoly missing the cutoff on the second. Even if i just made it doubt i would have gone very far on the third lap.

However, the rest of the field did amazing, at 6pm or so i checked in again and there two nutter still going at it Kudos to them.

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Crusader said:
Question for the more versed runners. Starting out on my long run this morning I encountered two women running (separately) in the same direction I was headed. The route was going out of town, so not that much foot traffic normally. I was already on the opposite side of the road from them. In order to not look like a weirdo trailing them for the entire run and making them feel unsafe I completely blew any chance of a zone 2 run, accelerated past and kept the pace up until I lost them around a bend. They must have turned around since I didn't encounter them again on my way back.

Are there any established unwritten rules/best practices for situations like that?
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Another option would be to pull-up, engage in small-talk for the next 10km, say "cheers" and then bolt in a completely different direction only to realise you're not sure where the hell you are or that you now have an extra 7km added to your run.. It worked for me once before, it might work for you
 
amo_g_wanderer said:
Did a "Backyard Ultra" for the first time Saturday. Awesome format that was quite fun. I managed just two laps, narrwoly missing the cutoff on the second. Even if i just made it doubt i would have gone very far on the third lap.

However, the rest of the field did amazing, at 6pm or so i checked in again and there two nutter still going at it Kudos to them.

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Ah nice. I am looking at their site and might consider this next year, or even their marathon.

So it seems to be about 13km per lap, with about 350m of elevation, is that right?
 
Kornhub said:
I was using the runna return to running and it wanted me to do a run walk for 3km but I just kept running because I felt fine(ish).
Maybe I should just keep doing slow 5ks for a bit
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I'm doing the return to running as well after 3 months out...
 
amo_g_wanderer said:
Did a "Backyard Ultra" for the first time Saturday. Awesome format that was quite fun. I managed just two laps, narrwoly missing the cutoff on the second. Even if i just made it doubt i would have gone very far on the third lap.

However, the rest of the field did amazing, at 6pm or so i checked in again and there two nutter still going at it Kudos to them.

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I have done it 3 times one of my favourite races, everytime you do it you learn something about yourself. I did one lap and the camping at Van Gaalen a few weeks back trying to ease my foot back to health but seconded some friends who did 14, 16 and 18 laps. My personal record is 12 laps 9am-9pm.

The race is more about fueling than running. Carbo loading days before because you can't eat enough on the day, then high carb intake without filling your stomache. Roughly 30-50 carbs a lap, I mix my own which are 100g of carbs a sachet and have it over 4-5 laps, plus salt and vinegar chips, biltong, boiled potatoes, pretzels, bars, bananas etc.

Force down 500-750ml a lap and stay away from anything super sweet like GU.

The war I have is how much I can intake vs how sick I feel.

I try stay at 7 - 7.30 per lap which leaves like 10mins to feel like a human before starting again. You also need a base/tent where you don't have to worry sleeping, keeping your stuff safe and can refuel.

The wierd part is when it gets dark you feel refreshed until it runs out then a giant crash kicks in, my friends say 12am - 3am is really tough. Some guys do that for 3 days.
 
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