Download hardest ultra marathon7/8/2023 ![]() ![]() Not only do you have to register, attach highly adhesive stickers to yourself and everything you own, pack your kit bags, unpack them, repack them, unpack them again, repack them again, make unnecessary adjustments to your bike, rack your bike, prepare your drinks, fight your way into your wetsuit and then suddenly have to find a toilet, but you have to get there too, with the journey often involving bike boxes, reassembling your bike with mini Allen keys, and trying to borrow someone’s track pump because you’ve forgotten yours. Meanwhile, at the ultra I wasn’t even in the same postcode as the winner when they finished.Ġ2 Both events take you to some spectacular places with amazing scenery, however at ultras you actually get to see the views whereas in iron races all you see is the four feet of tarmac just ahead of your front wheel.Ġ3 There’s a lot more faffing about in an Ironman. ![]() At Ironman Lanzarote I remember running past the winner receiving their prize on the podium while I still had two laps to go. 01 In iron events you always feel like you’re still in the same race as the leaders even though you might be miles behind. ![]()
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