50 Mile Ultra - Raising money for charity Mind.

[Dr Who?]

Hi all, 

I am taking part in the GB Ultras Pennine Barrier Yorkshire 3 Peaks 50 miler and raising money for the charity Mind. 

If you can donate then that would be great. I was not going to raise any money but this is the only time I plan on doing 50 miles. 
 

https://www.justgiving.com/page/kevin-sim-4?utm_medium=FR&utm_source=CL&utm_campaign=015

Thank you ☺️ 

[Dr Who?]

13 hours 45 minutes. 334 out of 683, with 156 not finishing. I got a silver medal for being between 200-400 across the line. 

So I took part and finished the Pennine Barrier Ultra 50 miler, which included the Yorkshire 3 Peaks, as I wanted to do 50 miles at the age of 50. It was brutal, epic and an amazing experience. After 21 miles I could have quit, as I had nausea, felt shaky, jaw was hurting, hamstring twinging, and just felt out of it, while laid out on a grass verge in the sun ☀️ I think I might have over fuelled on carb gels in the first 15 miles and my stomach and body was not having it. Glad I did not quit as 4 miles later just after Ribblehead viaduct I felt brilliant and was right back on it. 

The rest of the ultra was the same as any other long run but the rollercoaster of the highs and lows were more amplified from feeling great to questioning my life choices, sometimes within minutes. 

Thank you to everyone who has voiced their support before, during and after the event, but a special shout out to Adrian Jones & Sally Jones for the lend of their camper-van, which made the trip more comfortable and logistically possible, and to Shelli Margett & Lee Margett for having Fraser Sim for a couple of nights. Of course the biggest shout out goes to Liz Sim for looking after me, with her skillful driving on the country one track roads, spaghetti bolognaise the night before for my carb stores, a massive smile and a hug (even though I was smelly) at the end. She had a cheese and onion roll, a bag of salt and vinegar crisps and a litre of tea for the drive home. 

The last week challenges were a little different, the home stairs! Seems harder than the Yorkshire 3 Peaks! 🤨. And not a blister under my big toe which keeps coming back. The big toe seems to just float on top the blister, and I cannot wear and footwear with enclosed toes. 

Even though I enjoyed it overall I will stick with half marathons up to 30/35 miles from now on! 😀 ❤️ 🏃‍♂️ 

I do not have a target for fundraising I thought I would raise anything I could for Mind, so if you can give, this is my last shout, and thank you all and especially those who have already donated. You are Saints! 

https://www.justgiving.com/page/kevin-sim-4?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=FR-heroes_FRPo_Overall-Weekly_uk_varA&mi_u=13484221&mi_ecmp=FR-heroes_FRPo_Overall-Weekly_uk_varA

 

 

Edited May 10 by Dr Who?

[hypochondriac]

Congrats a great achievement. I like a run but not on that scale. 

[whelk]

Well done mate, great achievement 

[The Kraken]

Absolute lunatic. Well done!

[Whitey Grandad]

Well done. What an achievement. I got exhausted just reading about it.

[Dr Who?]

1 hour ago, The Kraken said:

Absolute lunatic. Well done!

Thank you. I appreciate it 😀 

[Turkish]

Great effort mate well done

Ive done the Yorkshire three peaks as a walk before so god knows what it must have been like running it!

Edited May 11 by Turkish

[Dr Who?]

3 hours ago, Turkish said:

Great effort mate well done

Ive done the Yorkshire three peaks as a walk before so god knows what it must have been like running it!

Thank you. It was painful. Looking forward to a stag do at the end of the month where we are walking it. But then drinking plenty afterwards. Very middle aged stag do! 

[tdmickey3]

Fantastic achievement, well done, enjoy some well earned rest 🤝

[Patrick Bateman]

Outstanding effort, well done!!