Part of the beauty of ultra running is that you’ll be spending some serious quality time with the landscape. With that in mind, consider whether your available training environment will give you the specificity you need to race well in your chosen event. Factors like altitude, elevation change...
:First-time ultramarathon runners, runners who want to complete an ultra with limited time to train each week, runners who just want to focus on comfortably reaching the finish line. How Long?:Six months, or 24 weeks. If your only objective is to complete your ultramarathon comfortably, and ...
For example, perhaps you are training for a full marathon, and the half marathon is just a time trial or hard workout, or you are running several half marathons in your training cycle, and this one isn’t your “goal race.” However, reducing your overall mileage the week of a half m...
1. There are thousands of half marathons to choose from across the U.S.—more than other distances like the full marathon. This content is imported from Giphy. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site....
Whatever goal you're getting after, the tenacious ways of two pro ultra-marathoners and coaches can help you get there. Last updated: 21 December 2020Imagine running 100 miles—at once. That's a little less than four marathons, back to back, and a little more than the distance from New...
And then on a whim, I signed up for a 5-hour run on New Year’s Day. I didn’t do any traditional training — really, I just wanted to see how all my kettlebell training would translate into easy-pace ultrarunning. It wasn’t an astounding result, but it wasn’t bad either: 28...
A good proportion of them are smokers who see running as no reason to give up an age-old habit. Some even compete in ultra-marathons, running races that can be several hundred kilometers in distance. At ultra-marathons, runners prepare drop bags that are deposited by the organizer at check...
Some people run marathons. You get the idea. There are definitely times when you do need a fuel like this. Just don’t think you need to use it if you’re headed to the gym for an easy thirty minute jaunt on the treadmill.
The concept is simple: Follow along with the marathon pacer and they’ll get you to your goal. For example, if you want to finish a marathon in under four hours, for example, you might run with the 3:55 pacer. (Most marathons will list the pacers they have on their site, including...
Some people run marathons. You get the idea. There are definitely times when you do need a fuel like this. Just don’t think you need to use it if you’re headed to the gym for an easy thirty minute jaunt on the treadmill.