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  • How to Choose Your First 100-Mile Ultra Marathon Event

    Ellie Greenwood 03/01/2023
    Ellie Greenwood 03/01/2023

    Have you strung together a good number of 50k and 50-mile finishes? Do you feel like you are a reasonably capable ultrarunner? Sure you may not be fast and you might not post podium results, but you’re confident running on trails and over long distances, so now it is time to contemplate what some folks call “the golden distance” of ultra running – 100 miles.

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  • How to Heat Train for an Ultra Marathon

    Gary Dudney 02/23/2023
    Gary Dudney 02/23/2023

    Think you can’t handle the heat? Actually, you can, but it will take committing to some heat training before your race and then playing it smart on race day. High…

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  • How to Use Heart Rate Variability for Ultra Running Training

    Ian Sharman 02/16/2023
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    As a coach, I spend a large proportion of my time discussing recovery to avoid over-training and maximize adaptation from harder workouts. Historically this has been a more subjective concept,…

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    The “24 Hours of Adrenalin” was a popular mountain bike race that consisted of riding a technical course all day and night until 24 hours had elapsed. I’ll never forget a biker grinding to a halt near the timing table in the middle of the night. He was splattered with mud and thoroughly beat from negotiating miles of rocky trail. He got off his bike, shook his head and said, “This ain’t bowlin’.”

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    Trail running, road running, and ultra running are all forms of running, but trying to understand the differences between each type can be confusing. The important thing to remember with trail running is that it generally takes place in nature and away from developed areas.

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  • Find your First 50k Ultra Running Event

    Meghan Canfield 05/01/2021
    Meghan Canfield 05/01/2021

    Now that you’ve made the decision to do this ultra marathon thing, how do you go about choosing your first 50k ultra running event? I reached out to some of my good friends across North America who are coaches, race directors and ultra running legends for their personal recommendations.

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