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get yourself down to box hill @HatBeard! i work fairly close and used to get there for 12-14 miles pre work at around 6am. there are so many different hills & slopes and surfaces. and the steps of doom....
https://www.strava.com/activities/323078316
6.26am, 14.3 miles, 2:03, 3005 ft ascenti'll have to get myself up and around there again before the mornings draw in too much
doubleodavey-
the route actually finishes a stones throw from there. plan to recce the first 20km in next week or two then go back to cover the final 40km a couple of weeks before the race (the only points where there's train stations near the start and finish).
https://www.surreyhillschallenge.com/images/2017-SHC-Ultra-Forty-Half-Map.jpg
HatBeard
Bit more race related idiocy on my part yesterday, the #fomo was too much from equinox 24 being full but I spotted http://surreyhillschallenge.com on a race listing website on the same day (sun 24th sept) and signed up for the ultra (60km) distance.
Cutoff is 12 hours, I managed 52.8km in the first 12 hours of spitfire, so on paper with another 9 weeks it's feasible, except this one goes all over the stonking great hills around surrey so it's not going to be an easy course.
Pace to meet the cutoff is 18:00/mile so the plan is to do as much walk/run training as possible on hills between now and then. and hopefully lose at least another 8-10kg.