VegSeekingFit wrote:Ruff wrote:I'm back, my arm is so much better already.
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Exciting news in the family. Emily, my daughter, has got into the Kepler Challenge, one of the most prestigious ultra runs in NZ. It follows the route of the Kepler Great Walk, normally a 3 day tramp. I will be going down as well as her support crew. Its the first weekend in December. Very exciting. I managed to book a bach (kiwi for small holiday home) for us to stay in. We camped when my husband did it, but the biggest problem is queuing for the loos when most of the campers are also runners....as well as prepping food, and comping with wet gear in the rain. This way we get a little house to ourselves.
Hi Katie!
YAY!!! Glad that your arm is feeling a lot better!!!
This is so awesome about your daughter... I am hoping that you keep us up to date as it goes... Fantastic that you will be part of support crew!!! Curious if that means you do some portions of run / how it works?? I am not familiar with this NZ ultra... (but interested in hearing!)
I have never done an ultra (only read other folks stories on this...) ... but used to do Saturday long-runs in a pacing group with a wonderful person who was an experienced ultra-runner --- different events from Death Valley (hard to get into in US) to some stuff like where you see how many miles you can run in 24 hours (or some folks do this for a week...
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Hope you are enjoying the weekend...
Stephanie
The number of people on the course is limited by DOC so no pacers allowed, unlike say Western States in America where you get a pacer towards the end. Mostly Emily will be on her own. We can see them at Rainbow Reach, 10km from the finish and hand over Black Magic.....flat Coca Cola! This is, I think, the only legitimate use of coke, towards the end of an ultra race when the sugar and caffeine can get you to the end and drinking your calories is the only way you can get them in. Fueling during an ultra is very difficult, it must be light, full of easily available calories, not make you sick AND it must be digestible. Nuts for example won't digest quickly enough. A bad example as Emily is anaphylactic to nuts, but you know what I mean. My job is mainly pre and post race. Getting her to the start with all her gear, and carting her off and looking after her afterwards.
I have had a busy few days. I normally pop in her first thing in the morning, but I have been running, and also on the phone to family in the Uk first thing. I might have to pick a different check in time.
Food. All good as usual. Generally after McDougalling all this time, I keep it pretty simple, its winter so stews, soups, curry and chilli, with potatoes or rice as our starch, and veg on the side. Porridge for breakfast. I have to say, maintenance is simpler than weight loss, as I dont worry about reducing the calorie density any more. Today is leek and potato soup again, tomorrow will be mashed potatoes and gravy. this is one of my husbands favourite meals. The gravy is one of Mary McD's gravy recipes, and we just have mash and frozen peas and whatever other veg we have. It will probably be carrots tomorrow.