🌳🐿️Grenaa Halvmarathon - 6 timers ULTRA løb
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️Grenaa Halvmarathon - 6 timers ULTRA løb71K is what it amounted to today on today’s 6h race 
. That was pretty nice …. I attempted (for the first time ever) a negative split. By bumping pace every 2h. At the end it wasn’t super true to the plan (had to dig deep to summon the power).This also resulted in a new 50K PB (by 12 min). But to be fair the old one was set in January (cold!) 2024 and a more exposed route. But I’ll take it 
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️Grenaa Halvmarathon - 6 timers ULTRA løb
71K is what it amounted to today on today’s 6h race 
. That was pretty nice …. I attempted (for the first time ever) a negative split. By bumping pace every 2h. At the end it wasn’t super true to the plan (had to dig deep to summon the power).This also resulted in a new 50K PB (by 12 min). But to be fair the old one was set in January (cold!) 2024 and a more exposed route. But I’ll take it 
Hey @recollir … I almost did the negative split thingie
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️Grenaa Halvmarathon - 6 timers ULTRA løb
71K is what it amounted to today on today’s 6h race 
. That was pretty nice …. I attempted (for the first time ever) a negative split. By bumping pace every 2h. At the end it wasn’t super true to the plan (had to dig deep to summon the power).This also resulted in a new 50K PB (by 12 min). But to be fair the old one was set in January (cold!) 2024 and a more exposed route. But I’ll take it 
@moelholm Nicely done! Negative splitting an ultra … WOW.
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️Grenaa Halvmarathon - 6 timers ULTRA løb
71K is what it amounted to today on today’s 6h race 
. That was pretty nice …. I attempted (for the first time ever) a negative split. By bumping pace every 2h. At the end it wasn’t super true to the plan (had to dig deep to summon the power).This also resulted in a new 50K PB (by 12 min). But to be fair the old one was set in January (cold!) 2024 and a more exposed route. But I’ll take it 
@moelholm Very well. Congratulation!
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Hey @recollir … I almost did the negative split thingie
@moelholm Good.
I hope it was not the last time. Any learnings and insights from executing the race like this?
Damn, 890m short of the magic 72km and sub 5:00 pace.
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@moelholm Nicely done! Negative splitting an ultra … WOW.
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@moelholm Very well. Congratulation!
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@moelholm Good.
I hope it was not the last time. Any learnings and insights from executing the race like this?
Damn, 890m short of the magic 72km and sub 5:00 pace.
@recollir I did not even speculate in the magic. Actually the last -8 ish minutes was a huge “waste” (just jogged until the 6 hour limit
… with all the others near the finish line) …. So I could have used them better if I had such objective 
Will for sure try again. Felt fantastic. Best execution ever I think. Felt strong throughout- never imagined I could pull of a sub 5 min pace at the 60/70 kilometers
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@recollir I did not even speculate in the magic. Actually the last -8 ish minutes was a huge “waste” (just jogged until the 6 hour limit
… with all the others near the finish line) …. So I could have used them better if I had such objective Will for sure try again. Felt fantastic. Best execution ever I think. Felt strong throughout- never imagined I could pull of a sub 5 min pace at the 60/70 kilometers
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@officehippy @JvdB @recollir thank you Colin
. It is excellent type 2 fun  (the last 2 hours required a good amount of focus and self negotiation
… it was indeed a tough one to “suddenly” summon even faster pace so deep into the race) -
@officehippy @JvdB @recollir thank you Colin
. It is excellent type 2 fun  (the last 2 hours required a good amount of focus and self negotiation
… it was indeed a tough one to “suddenly” summon even faster pace so deep into the race) -
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️Grenaa Halvmarathon - 6 timers ULTRA løb
71K is what it amounted to today on today’s 6h race 
. That was pretty nice …. I attempted (for the first time ever) a negative split. By bumping pace every 2h. At the end it wasn’t super true to the plan (had to dig deep to summon the power).This also resulted in a new 50K PB (by 12 min). But to be fair the old one was set in January (cold!) 2024 and a more exposed route. But I’ll take it 
@moelholm@fosstodon.org
Very good result, congrats!
A 5,5k loop is perfect, just running; the aid station is always within easy reach.
I love 6h-races
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️Grenaa Halvmarathon - 6 timers ULTRA løb
71K is what it amounted to today on today’s 6h race 
. That was pretty nice …. I attempted (for the first time ever) a negative split. By bumping pace every 2h. At the end it wasn’t super true to the plan (had to dig deep to summon the power).This also resulted in a new 50K PB (by 12 min). But to be fair the old one was set in January (cold!) 2024 and a more exposed route. But I’ll take it 
@moelholm Huge congratulations, what a very impressive run you had.
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@moelholm@fosstodon.org
Very good result, congrats!
A 5,5k loop is perfect, just running; the aid station is always within easy reach.
I love 6h-races@oliver thank you
- yes having access to the aid station regularly was super nice 
I only took water from the shared foods etc. I brought my own energy that I stuck with. 80g carbs per hour. Via sports drinks the first 4 hours. Then gels the next 2. Not super lovely after so many hours; but highly effective at providing the carb base I needed.
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@moelholm Huge congratulations, what a very impressive run you had.
@robchapman thank you so much. Yeah I must say that I’m really satisfied. When I realized I could reach 70K I got super motivated to keep up pace as much as possible
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@oliver thank you
- yes having access to the aid station regularly was super nice I only took water from the shared foods etc. I brought my own energy that I stuck with. 80g carbs per hour. Via sports drinks the first 4 hours. Then gels the next 2. Not super lovely after so many hours; but highly effective at providing the carb base I needed.
@moelholm@fosstodon.org
That sounds like good planning. I always bring my own stuff too; I know what I need and want to avoid any nasty surprises. But afterwards, I tuck into the buffet.
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@robchapman thank you so much. Yeah I must say that I’m really satisfied. When I realized I could reach 70K I got super motivated to keep up pace as much as possible
@moelholm that's very impressive distance in the alloted time.
I take it that the niggle you had leading up to today wasn't ever a factor, on the day?
Strong work Nicky
