BS - Feedback on this Ultra?

[rawraw]

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[Isaiah_53_5]

This Jungle Ultra looks awesome https://www.outsideonline.com/1856916/9-toughest-ultramarathons

The Jungle Ultra

Peru’s Jungle Ultra is mostly downhill, dropping 10,500 feet from the cloud forest down into the Amazon over its 142.6-mile course. But underestimate it, and you’re in for a world of hurt. The five-stage, self-supported race winds its way through utterly remote terrain, where temperatures hover over 90 degrees, the humidity is brutal, and hordes of biting bugs are just waiting to make you their lunch. Along the way, participants wet their feet in 70 tropical rivers and streams, in some cases zip-lining over them.

[Isaiah_53_5]

@rawraw

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thx

[Isaiah_53_5]

@Black_Swan

@Isaiah\_53\_5

I do think I could win one of these races, specifically longer races, especially the 210 mile ones with an advantage to me the more aid stations there are. If you want to choose a race and bet some money on an Ultra, I certainly don’t have any problem doing that, even with 0 race experience. I’ll bet $10K on a long race (100mi, 200mi) - you pick the race and time and I can do some calculations and if I think it is doable on my side, I’ll draw up a bulletproof contract. Payable whenever - not going to set terms for immediate payment, but contract would render losing party responsible for payment, at least.

What part of this is in any way ambiguous. I chose and accepted and gave you three options, are you backing out? You went from straight hubris to a lot of hee hawing around real quick. Now just apply that agility to your run game.

I haven’t even looked at the race details yet. I’m not backing out.

[Isaiah_53_5]

When I say I’m backing out, I’m backing out. When I commit to something, I give the max possible according to my goals. Main thing for me in this race would be that I don’t want any weakening of my bone density, etc. After the race, fine, but not 1 mo after race.

[Isaiah_53_5]

Also, I think we shifted from me thinking I could win a small Ultra to a bet for $10K on a bigger race with probably lower mile splits. I’m still going to look into it, but my real goals here are MMA related. To compromise those goals would cost much more than $10K.

[Black_Swan]

Ok ACE. I’m literally throwing you a charity bone here. I’ll give you the Vermont 100M as an option. It’s not one of the absolute monsters like Leadville, Western States or Hardrock with a deep professional field but it’s a nice middle of the road average 100 Miler. It has a very average field and will still break your soul. It requires you qualify by running a 50 miler in under 12 hours in the year leading up which should be simple for you. Remember, you still have to win, if you ain’t first, you’re last.

[Isaiah_53_5]

@Black_Swan

Ok ACE. I’m literally throwing you a charity bone here. I’ll give you the Vermont 100M as an option. It’s not one of the absolute monsters like Leadville, Western States or Hardrock with a deep professional field but it’s a nice middle of the road average 100 Miler. It has a very average field and will still break your soul. It requires you qualify by running a 50 miler in under 12 hours in the year leading up which should be simple for you. Remember, you still have to win, if you ain’t first, you’re last.

Haha, ok. I like the charity bone.

Vermont sounds good to me as it might be a bit cooler, which is good for me as I get hot.

[Isaiah_53_5]

[Black_Swan]

The Vermont 100 is a small ultra, field of about 400, very average. You told me a could choose and I’m giving you now four options in the bet you recommended. Now you’re making a bunch of excuses, as you always do on your way to publicly backing out. When are we getting a final decision? If it’s a money thing I’ll even give you two to one odds.

[Isaiah_53_5]

I’m probably going to cross the line on the 50mi on Nov 3/4, crying, on my knees, screaming … “BS was right!!! BS was always right!!!” the pain, the agony…

[Isaiah_53_5]

@Black_Swan

The Vermont 100 is a small ultra, field of about 400, very average. You told me a could choose and I’m giving you now four options in the bet you recommended. Now you’re making a bunch of excuses, as you always do on your way to publicly backing out. When are we getting a final decision? If it’s a money thing I’ll even give you two to one odds.

I’m not committing to a bet on a 2nd Ultra without at least running the 1st I signed up for —

[Isaiah_53_5]

@Black_Swan

The Vermont 100 is a small ultra, field of about 400, very average. You told me a could choose and I’m giving you now four options in the bet you recommended. Now you’re making a bunch of excuses, as you always do on your way to publicly backing out. When are we getting a final decision? If it’s a money thing I’ll even give you two to one odds.

I’m not committing to a bet on a 2nd Ultra without at least running the 1st I signed up for —

[KMeriwetherD]

It has to be 1st person too… not just 1st male

[Black_Swan]

@Isaiah\_53\_5

@Black_Swan

Ok ACE. I’m literally throwing you a charity bone here. I’ll give you the Vermont 100M as an option. It’s not one of the absolute monsters like Leadville, Western States or Hardrock with a deep professional field but it’s a nice middle of the road average 100 Miler. It has a very average field and will still break your soul. It requires you qualify by running a 50 miler in under 12 hours in the year leading up which should be simple for you. Remember, you still have to win, if you ain’t first, you’re last.

Haha, ok. I like the charity bone.

Vermont sounds good to me as it might be a bit cooler, which is good for me as I get hot.

I’m going to straight up warn you for your own good Vermont in July will not be cool.

Also, note Heartbreak Hill. To be fair, the other races all have bigger elevation change and higher overall elevation than the Vermont 100 so this is still your best bet.

[Isaiah_53_5]

@Black_Swan

Now you’re making a bunch of excuses, as you always do on your way to publicly backing out.

I don’t recall backing out of anything?

I pretty much do what I commit to and do what I say for everything, even sending those wack ass emails to the CEO and Board of Directors that I even posted on here back in the day.

[Black_Swan]

Here, let me simplify this. Go ahead and choose any ultra marathon over 100M in 2019. My choice is Vermont 100M as the most reasonable alternative but I’m getting a lot of feet dragging so just pick one by year end, tell me about it and then win it but if you’re picking it, I want even odds and it has to have existed for prior runnings with at least 20 people in the field.

[Isaiah_53_5]

@KMeriwetherD

It has to be 1st person too… not just 1st male

lol thanks KMD

[Isaiah_53_5]

@Black_Swan

@Isaiah\_53\_5

@Black_Swan

Ok ACE. I’m literally throwing you a charity bone here. I’ll give you the Vermont 100M as an option. It’s not one of the absolute monsters like Leadville, Western States or Hardrock with a deep professional field but it’s a nice middle of the road average 100 Miler. It has a very average field and will still break your soul. It requires you qualify by running a 50 miler in under 12 hours in the year leading up which should be simple for you. Remember, you still have to win, if you ain’t first, you’re last.

Haha, ok. I like the charity bone.

Vermont sounds good to me as it might be a bit cooler, which is good for me as I get hot.

I’m going to straight up warn you for your own good Vermont in July will not be cool.

Also, note Heartbreak Hill. To be fair, the other races all have bigger elevation change and higher overall elevation than the Vermont 100 so this is still your best bet.

Bet or not, this looks fun to me.

[Black_Swan]

@brain\_wash\_your\_face

Lol BS, you may as well say “Just win Kona and I’ll give you $10k.” And, to clarify, I mean no disrespect to anyone. It’s just that somebody who wins one of those is basically considered one the the very best in the world.

Oh, I’m fully aware of the ridiculousness of this bet. Even at the local grassroots level you’re self selecting some insane athletes into these fields.