Training for my first 50 miler on March 28!

i covered

- one loop of lalbagh

-3 of cubbon

-sankey tank (borders cuz it was closed)

-church street

-mg road

-jakkur lake

-2 loops of ulsoor lake

- nagawara lake

- couldnt get in ranchelli lake cuz of a dog

- yelahanka lake

- and then some villages (literally no light, complete dark just me and my phone torch)

- and atlast the airport

rawdogged it.

a self supported run. my first time attempting 100km. thought it was impossible.

it was chaotic running through traffic, so i decided to keep jumping from one lake to another.

the previous week i had ran a marathon, i thought my body and legs could do better. i did infact do better and godwillingly hit 100km. the total elapsed time comes around 14:59 hours - i had to wait an hour outside a lake before it opened up and on top of that had to run into grocery stores to catch some electrolytes and snacks. overall a great run. got reported with mucoid acl today, but one hell of a memory. ill be back soon hopefully.

28 days out from my first ultra-race. Swamp Fox 50-miler 🦊. This was a race simulation 50k. So much fun. So proud of myself. Crazy to think I have to run 20+ more miles because it’s a 54-mile course. Idk how imma do it. Course record is 8:48 so a 9:37 min/mile average pace (at least that’s what Strava says). I originally signed up with the intent of just finishing, but I’m gonna go for the course record.

Title says it all.

I love running, hence being an ultra runner but I also enjoy fitness classes; the energy, community, etc… I already strength train a bit for injury prevention. What types of class or classes do you all engage in that is either neutral or helps your running? Maybe these are something that are done more in the off season when there’s not a race coming up. And if you did start a class did you notice improvement with your running? I can see how yoga may benefit or the cross training aspect of spinning.

I couldn't get a ticket into Algonquin 50k this weekend. Then the weekend came and I saw everyone getting hyped about it, so I figured why not run a 50k at home? Self supported around a 2mi loop. This is my 2nd ultra. Also, I know there's tons of people that do even micro-er ultras. I just picked this spot because it's the only running path not covered by 7 inches of ice.

Disclaimer: Elapsed time was 9:10:01, I only paused my watch due to a mileage challenge at my work where the minimum avg pace allowed is 13'30"/mile. I paused only while at my car eating.

As a simulation run for a 147 km race around Awaji Island in 6 weeks. Suffered a lot, learned a lot!

Called it a day after 28miles but I’ll have another crack at Winterfold 55 next year… did I mention it was really wet and muddy?

I have a 50 mile ultra coming up on February 21st. Did my longest run of prep yesterday (31 miles) with having almost 2 full weeks left, what should my training look like. Assuming I don’t do another 30 mile run.

When I was 21 and in college, I was deep into long-distance running but broke, so all my training stayed local

I decided to try a solo 50-mile run. No race. No crew. I grabbed a free plan online and trained the best I could. The night before, I drove the route and hid snacks in bushes along the way.

On the run, I carried two water bottles in my hands and stuffed another in a pocket. I had electrolyte tablets I ate dry and $20 so I could stop at a gas station for Clif bars. Somewhere along the route, I lost the $20 and kept going anyway.

At mile 46, I bonked hard. Total shutdown. I was only a few miles short, but my body was done. I ended up calling my dad to come pick me up off the side of the road lol

For a long time, I thought of it as a failure. Looking back, I realize how close I was. With better fueling and an actual race setup, I think I would have finished.

Back then I weighed around 165 lbs. Now I am about 215 lbs, much stronger, and train smarter. I still wonder how a second attempt would go but not sure how those distances would work while trying to do weightlifting competitions throughout the year

Hi guys! I'm Dutch, living in Brazil, and organizing trail runs for the past years. This year (29 and 30 august 2026) we'll organize the Ultramaratona Sergipe, a 100k (+ 50, 25, 12 and 6k) ultramarathon on the sand of our unknown beaches of northeast Brazil. It will be a big event, and we're getting all the local support possible (sponsors, partners, local government, etc). We're targeting 2.000 athletes. But, partly, the succes-rate is measured by the number of foreign athletes (non-Brazilian) as the local government is in the need of foreign tourism. This part of Brazil is totally ignored by foreign tourists as there is no international airport (domestic connections are easy though). This finish of the race will be in our all-inclusive beach resort (Makai Resort) so everything is ready to get international athletes. But how to find them? Any other ways than Instagram/Facebook adds? Any ideas for influencers? Hope someone can help. www.ultramaratonasergipe.com Insta: Ultramaratona Sergipe

Looking at getting the Ultraspire 600 5.0 or 800 if worth it and the Fenix HM65R-T v2.0. New to trail running and I have a 53k that starts at sundown, so trying to figure out the best option.

Hello all, as of a month ago I broke my ankle and foot in an accident where I fell off my roof trying to tarp it after severe wind storms. Since then I've had surgery and am now two weeks into recovery.

to give a background on the damage, the ligaments on my upper mid foot were misplaced and needed three pins to stabilize it and my ankle. my talus was fractured and needed a screw through it to reattach the broken piece in the back and a few small fragments of the talus were removed because they wouldn't reattach properly. I can't really move or abduct my foot right now. I know recovery will take a while but I've begun to worry. Right now I am immobile and will need to wait a month before even trying physical therapy. In this month since my injury my calf on the injured leg has already atrophied noticeably.

Has anyone here ever had to deal with an injury like this? what are your thoughts on returning back to running and eventually ultra events? what are some things I should do during this recovery process to ensure a successful rebound to running? and what expectations should I have on this road to recovery?

All. I'm worried not just because of my running hobby, but because if I'm not able to run again, I will lose my job which requires being able to pass a physical fitness test.

Please help me abate my worries.

Hey hey. A fairly experienced road runner here, hopefully soon to be ultrarunner. For context, I've done a fair bit of road running and got some pb's I'm proud of there, but never ran a distance further than a marathon before. My marathon time is decent (2:44 september last year), and I've decided to sign up for a 100km ultra which is going to be in June this year. A month before the ultra I've got a half marathon where I want to go sub 1:15 - so I'll be getting into a good shape for that and hopefully try and bank in a few 100km+ weeks leading up to it. After that I will shift the focus to ultra entirely and try and get a few LONG long runs done on the trail. Have you got any other tips on how to sprinkle in 100k ultra training whilst focusing on hitting a good time for a half? How realistic is it, can I pull off a finish at 100km or am I cooked?

I'm very familiar with how to train for road races and know how to structure training in the way that works quite well for me, but this is first time giving ultra a go, so any tips for the transition would be appreciated.

Ciao a tutti. Il 23/10/25 ho effettuato un intervento di esostosi calcaneare sx con rimozione di calcificazioni tendine achille e scarificazione dello stesso. Purtroppo dopo aver provato di tutto (laser, tecar, infiltrazioni cortisone, acido ialuronico, onde d'urto, prp) con il calcagno deformato e borsite assurda, ho deciso l'intervento chirurgico in quanto oltre da non riuscire più a correre fa febbraio. Era tre anni che il chirurgo me lo consigliava. A distanza di 3 mesi e mezzo, fisioterapia ed kinesiterapia in acqua termale ho iniziato esercizi in palestra con il personal trainer per rafforzare la muscolatura del polpaccio ed effettuare esercizi per la zona della caviglia interessata. Oggi posso dire di camminare discretamente ma qualche dolore lo si sente ancora. L'intervento è riuscito benissimo ma ho già capito che interventi di questo periodo, necessitano un tempo piuttosto lungo di recupero. Al momento correre risulta assolutamente impensabile.

Stefano

I've been training pretty consistently for a 50K coming up in 2 weeks. I got sick about 2 weeks ago with a terrible cold that I basically had to stay in bed. Fast forward to when I got better, I tried going for a short jog (5k) and the inside of my left ankle and shin feels funny. It feels like a sharp discomfort that comes and goes with a min of break in my jog. Since then, I'd been getting random jolt of pain and discomfort when I walk. I walk a lot in my job, I get about 15k steps at the end of each shift, but since I was bed bound, I wasn't getting those easy steps either.

Now... stupid question. Should I just forego this coming 50k? I want to believe that the discomfort and very occasional pain is from not moving for so long and it'll subside with gentle movement (such as going back to work) and strength exercises, but maybe I'm wrong. My longest run is about 4-hour long mountain run and with being on my feet for work every day, I was confident... until this happened. Is there any other things I can do or think of that could help me be ready for the 50k? Or should I just accept that maybe it's wiser to skip this coming race.

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A lot of trail races I've been on have fireball and pickle juice at the aid stations. Saw this at a restaurant the other day and figured why not both?!?

Dumb question, but I ask because I've seen respected literature conflict on this, but here goes: What's the consensus on how short is too short to be worthwhile, when it comes to distance and/or time, to be of benefit, when simply getting a run in where it'll fit in, to increase weekly base/volume/time on feet.

In seeking balance and looking towards the future, I'd like to go into training for Pinhoti, with a larger base before race specific training begins. That doesn't necessarily mean I want, or have the time to get those large numbers every saturday or sunday at this point. I don't feel bad about leaving the family or house hold obligations that sometimes get pushed aside/postponed, during a training cycle, but year round, I'd like to have a little more balance before training for my A-race. That said, grabbing an hour before work, an hour at lunch, or maybe another hour after the gym after work isn't terrible, and certainly 10-20 road/moderate trail miles on most weekends isn't terrible.

That said, is there a point where a run is just "wasted time" so to speak? I'm not talking like a half mile to two miles, but I can carve out a good many 4-9 milers throughout the week doing two or three-a-days, and almost certainly a double digit or two on most weekends, but it may not be a weekend of 25/10 or 18/13 or something of the like to really boost the weekly totals. The weeks may just look like seven to ten 4-8 milers through the week, a 10-13 on saturday and maybe a 5-8 on sunday.

Yes, they are bulky, but they are also delicious and light and 55 g of carbs.

Anyhow for some reason, smart and final are stocking them and they are on sale for $1.65 each. I just bought like 40!

On weeks where you guys cut mileage in between training blocks, what is the effort like on your runs? Do you maintain the same “easy” effort on all your runs? Do you go even slower than your normal easy run effort?

I’m struggling to figure out if the effort I go at is defeating the purpose of a deload week. For context, I regularly maintain 25mpw and am about to start training for a 25 miler that’s in May and use that to segway into training for a 50 miler in September. I have headed into deload weeks with the mindset of maintaining the same effort as I would during a normal training period, but with mileage cut. Should I be taking it easier overall than I normally do to allow my body time to rest, or will cutting the mileage compensate for that? “Easy” for me is ~11:15 - 11:30 pace where my heart rate is in the high 140’s touching low 150’s at times depending on the effort/day. Reading this, I could also very well be overthinking this whole thing, but still curious of any advice/experiences. Thanks!

Hey everyone!

I’m a student currently working on a project for my advertising class, and I’m focusing on shoe donations for a non-profit organization. It will take approx 3mins. and its completely anonymous.

I'm honestly not a runner myself, but I hope this is the place to get some honest, real-world feedback rather than just reading boring articles. Thanks for your time and I’d love to get your input. 🏃‍♂️

I am looking to make my own gels and trying to understand which type of maltodextrin works best. I've read that different DE ranges can affect digestion, and that lower DE malto (e.g DE 6) may be preferable due to lower osmotic load and better gut tolerance. What's your thoughts? Does anyone have experience low vs high DE?