Tissington Trail Marathon - uphill to halfway, downhill all the way back! (26 miles disused railway)
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- Опубліковано 13 вер 2023
- Back in April I did the very flat, runnable, traffic-free Tissington Trail Marathon in Derbyshire in preparation for my Ultra-Trail Snowdonia 50k race the month after. I ran with my wonderful friend and fellow Nene Valley Races organiser Janine, and met some lovely people along the route. The entire course is along the disused railway line, starting at Ashbourne and turning round at Parsley Hay, meaning 90% of the first half is uphill and vice versa on the way back. The marshals with drinks and jelly babies (amongst other treats!) at the aid stations were so encouraging all the way along the route. The lack of elevation meant this race was extremely runnable - I've never run a road marathon before and this was the closest I'll ever get to it! I'm not used to running hard for just under 5 hours without any hills to hike up and fly down, so I found the last 4 miles hard work, both mentally and physically. I was super glad of a lovely runner called Katie and her friends for dragging me along to the finish! Katie was training for the Lakeland 100 miler so I saw her again in July when I ran the 50 mile event. She completed the 100 miler so her training, including that day along the Tissington Trail, must have been excellent!
I would like to highlight that Nice Work, who organise the Tissington Trail amongst many other races, were really excellent - within a certain timeframe they allow you to move your race place to any other of their races if you end up being injured or not being able to make it, with just a small admin fee or the additional race fee to pay. The organisers of this event in particular were brilliant, the marshals were super friendly and encouraging, and this made for great camaraderie amongst us runners. I really enjoyed the day and would love to do another of Nice Work's events.
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Well done on that one, it kind of looks like a flat marathon has about as much running as a 50 miler in the hills.
Loved how you were saying hello to everyone, it is so good to be on the receiving end of a cheery hello. 😃
Exactly this Andrea! You've hit the nail on the head there, quite a shock to my ultra running (read ultra hiking!) system!
Looks like a really friendly event!
It made me laugh how you helped yourself liberally to the sweets
Super lovely, you would really love all the Nice Work events Severine, they're a really nice company. And they have lots of yummy sweets yes! ;)
Wow, you are amazing😊. It was a pleasure meeting you during the LDWA yesterday😀
Thank you! Lovely to meet you too, did you enjoy the race? That film will be coming soon so watch out for that one!
@wildgingerruns I absolutely loved it 😍 I felt so alive, it was like finding myself out there, after many years 😅. I am now reflecting about how u felt, and it is like happy drunk with no alcohol🤣 euforic...it was crazy. Is that what you feel and why you live doing it? How was it for you?
I can't wait to watch your film😅 I got my sisters waiting as well and my two boys🤣
I don't know how many people have run more and less of a marathon before doing an actual official marathon! Very cool! That looked like a nice course with the out and back......well done! It is hard to do an event like that when you're used to trails and not having to have that constant similar pace of running. Cool viddy!
Thanks so much, you've hit the nail on the head there, not used to all that actual running lol!
Wow, congrats!! What a great time!! I'll admit, I like trail races because the steep hills and/or tricky footing gives me an excuse to walk sometimes. This one would have killed me! 😂
Me too! This was excellent training for my other ultra races, like a really long tempo run! My legs were aching so much after, must have got a lot stronger as UTS went really well after!
Well done
Thanks Jane, are you thinking of running the race?
Depends on the cut off. Mostly stick to races in the Southeast
Great vlog. Nice mix of content.
Thank you! Glad you like it, Claire
Well done Claire, it was very like the Plym Trail Marathon in Devon, including all the bridges and tunnels! Good luck on the UTS!
Thanks Steve! I did the UTS in March after this one, it was fab! This race was excellent training for it!
Blimey of course you did! Getting a little out of sync with the runs lol!@@wildgingerruns
Brilliant, Well done Claire X
Thank you! Glad you like it, Claire
Well done! I’m thinking of doing the half. Would you recommend trail or road shoes for this race?
Defo road shoes, it's basically a hard, gritty path with no mud that you'd need grips for. I used road shoes with plenty of cushioning for this. Enjoy! Good luck! It's a lovely race!
That looked bloody hard!
Defo one of the hardest races I've run! Pushed myself admirably! I've only been used to road-ish half marathons before that!
Next you'll be doing a marathon on the road!!! 😂😂😂😂
Could that be classed as swearing?!! 😅
@@trailrunningphil that could be possible. 😂
Oh god never! I have absolutely no aspirations to do such a difficult thing! Ha ha ha!!!!
I don't think of road marathons as more difficult, so much as boring and unnecessarily painful! 😂 But then, those are definitely elements of difficulty... for a masochist! 😂