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Kudos to Kevin that is a brutal achievement.
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Extra Mile Challenge | The Route

All the information you need to know about Kevin Sinfield's Extra Mile Challenge, a 101-mile run from Mattioli Woods Welford Road to Headingley Stadium in Leeds being run by the Leicester Tigers Defence Coach.
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Saw him leave yesterday from the office window!

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Kevin Sinfield and team are fundraising for Motor Neurone Disease Association, Leeds Hospitals Charity, The Darby Rimmer MND Foundation, Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association and My Name'5 Doddie Foundation

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The thing that gets me about running ultras is the average speeds needed sound comfortable. 100 miles in 24hrs is just over 4mph, which is a brisk walk pace. But as anyone who has run a marathon will tell you, weird things start happening to the body after 4 hours or so of effort (quad cramping REALLY HURTS 😂) so to keep going even at that pace for 24 hours is monumental.
 
We did the Thames Path Mighty Hike a couple of years ago, nice to say we`ve done a marathon but never again!
He`s just done 4 in 24 hours which is an immense acheivement.
 
Without realising it, I saw some of this yesterday, as he came past my house on the edge of Nottingham.

I went food shopping, and about 50 metres up the road were groups of people lining the road with England flags and a lot wearing Nottingham Forest scarfs, obviously waiting for someone or something to come along. I presumed it was a funeral for a footballer or fan, but on checking the route and timings it must have been this.

Would have stopped and cheered him on myself if I'd realised.
 
My sporting achievements, 2hrs 58 mins marathon, finished in the top hundred in 10 mile Road race with 10,000 runners and 5 times gold medal standard for the 3 peaks challenge .

Kevin Shinfield also completed 7 marathons in 7 days, for the same charity
 
rosieburns said:
My sporting achievements, 2hrs 58 mins marathon, finished in the top hundred in 10 mile Road race with 10,000 runners and 5 times gold medal standard for the 3 peaks challenge .

Kevin Shinfield also completed 7 marathons in 7 days, for the same charity
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Sub 3-hrs for the marathon is immense. Great job 👏
 
Essexyellows said:
Kudos to Kevin that is a brutal achievement.
www.leicestertigers.com

Extra Mile Challenge | The Route

All the information you need to know about Kevin Sinfield's Extra Mile Challenge, a 101-mile run from Mattioli Woods Welford Road to Headingley Stadium in Leeds being run by the Leicester Tigers Defence Coach.
www.leicestertigers.com www.leicestertigers.com

Saw him leave yesterday from the office window!

donate.giveasyoulive.com

Kevin Sinfield and team are fundraising for Motor Neurone Disease Association, Leeds Hospitals Charity, The Darby Rimmer MND Foundation, Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association and My Name'5 Doddie Foundation

Make a donation and help us reach our fundraising target with Give as you Live Donate.
donate.giveasyoulive.com donate.giveasyoulive.com
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I'm guessing your office is on the ground floor?

Well done to him either way.
 
Oxenford said:
I'm guessing your office is on the ground floor?

Well done to him either way.
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Level 3 - can look out towards Leicester Prison, the new hotel on Granby Halls car park blocks the view to Nelson Mandela park!
 
chuckbert said:
I mistakenly signed up for my first half marathon, next Sunday. I’m banking on doing that in 3 hours. (A, because there’s a 3 hr time limit and B I can almost walk it in 3.). The idea of doing twice the distance in 3 is mind boggling.
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Have you trained or is that kind of distance within your capacity?
 
I haven’t run that far yet. I’ve done 16 km (got lost running on holiday and still had juice in the tank), but have only run 12-14 in recent months. I walk that far regularly. Just going to pace myself and hope the legs don’t go in the last 5 km. I’ll report back unless I die.
 
Wonder how long it took him exactly - would have been a shame to have missed the 24hours by a couple of minutes
 
chuckbert said:
I haven’t run that far yet. I’ve done 16 km (got lost running on holiday and still had juice in the tank), but have only run 12-14 in recent months. I walk that far regularly. Just going to pace myself and hope the legs don’t go in the last 5 km. I’ll report back unless I die.
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14k is around 7.5mls in real distances, so a good base. Adrenaline on the day will buy you another 5-6k, so just 2k to dig deep for. You'll do it 😁
 
chuckbert said:
I haven’t run that far yet. I’ve done 16 km (got lost running on holiday and still had juice in the tank), but have only run 12-14 in recent months. I walk that far regularly. Just going to pace myself and hope the legs don’t go in the last 5 km. I’ll report back unless I die.
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Good luck, it might be needed! Don`t die!

We done 6 months training for our marathon, glad we did!!
 
chuckbert said:
I haven’t run that far yet. I’ve done 16 km (got lost running on holiday and still had juice in the tank), but have only run 12-14 in recent months. I walk that far regularly. Just going to pace myself and hope the legs don’t go in the last 5 km. I’ll report back unless I die.
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Don't go out too quick, just stay at your own pace and ignore others around you at the start. There'll be people whipping past you and others stopping for social media posts so it's difficult to find a rhythm when the gun goes. But you'll soon fall in with people going your pace. If you've done 16 km before you'll be fine with an additional 5 km.
 
This amazing 101 mile run reminded me that the 100 mile world record got broken earlier in the year: 11h15m. That's the same pace as a 21 minute parkrun, but for 100 miles!
 
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