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Yeah the last seven miles are a killer! I was craving some sort of incline on that course.
Might try and jump up to 100k on a rolling or flat-ish off road course this year and if I bail out halfway, I'll still be more than happy with it. Also got plenty of time to up the mileage. What sort of miles/week are people doing pre-ultras?
Also need to learn to run slow.
@duncs just took those fancy insoles out for a spin in some Speedgoats. Feel bouncier, definitely more comfortable on rocky sections (ie, jumping up and down off the kerb).
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I currently start around 4o miles per week and build to 70 miles but peaking around 50 miles is a good approach too!
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I did Race to the Stones 100k in 2019 – it's a lovely undulating route and was a perfect ultra entry point for me (though a big step, as I'd never even run a marathon before that...). I suffered from hip pain throughout the training, and then knee pain about a month before the run, so stopped any long runs in the month leading up to it... before that point, I would run a fast 5k, 2 x comfortable 10k runs, and then a steady 30k run weekly. I probably should've done more, but I felt like those runs were already a squeeze.
I ran one 50k run (the longest of my training) about 6 weeks before RTTS, and kept stretching and rolling throughout, as well as exercises for my hips as suggested by a physio. Probably not the best advertisement for training, but it definitely felt like mind over matter for me!
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Yes and no, inevitably your legs will hurt and generally it depends on your training mileage how soon that point comes but also I think the mind has a big part to play and if your training has gone well you will get further before the pain becomes an issue as the goals are different if that makes any sense???
But also as you do more Ultras you will find your perceptions change, I did the Suffolk Endurance Life as my first Ultra too and it was agony for the last 7 miles or so but having done a few more ultras and worked up to 100 milers a 30 mile training runs seems less of an issue now.
It's all about building up mileage slowly, recovering well and finding time for lots of strength work and stretching!
Obviously if you stuff up pacing, hydration, nutrition, electrolytes etc you will in a whole different problem beyond sore legs!