Ultra-Marathon Taper? - Page 2 - Triathlon Week

09-07-2004, 12:02 PM

[Only registered and activated users can see links. ] (salmoneous) wrote:

>1) There is no "book" on ultra running, no standard training formula.

Noakes' "Lore of Running" has some very useful stuff.

09-07-2004, 01:04 PM

"steve common" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].invalid> wrote in message
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> [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] (salmoneous) wrote:
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>>1) There is no "book" on ultra running, no standard training formula.
>
> Noakes' "Lore of Running" has some very useful stuff.

True, Noakes has some great stuff but he is not nor claims to be the
guru of Ultrarunning. Salmoneous is correct there is no single,
literally or figuratively, "book" on endurance running. Even among the
Ultra community there is very little consensus, short of do long runs,
eat, hydrate and do what works for you. There are volumes of data and
opinions on what constitutes "long runs," or hydration, etc. Noakes
will however provide some great starting points.

-DougF

09-13-2004, 05:55 AM

I have runs lots of Ultras and a bunch of IMs.
Most important is to rest the last week... and the workouts maintain
intensity
without the exhaustion of distance.
Do you big distance homework ten days before.... do shorter and high
intensity
stuff the week before....

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> I'm planning to do my first 50K Ultra this fall, and I was wondering
> what makes the most sense for a taper. I'm doing the Milwaukee Marathon
> on October 3 as a long training run, and then I have a choice of 3
> different 50K races either 3, 4, or 5 weeks later. I'm trying to figure
> out which makes the most sense in terms of tapering.
>
> I'm just looking to finish the 50K and have fun with it, not set any
> speed records.
>
> My thought would be to do long runs of
>
> 26, 16, 9, 50K
>
> 26, 18, 15, 9, 50K
>
> 26, 10, 18, 15, 9, 50K

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09-14-2004, 04:38 AM

Harold are you looking to race or to run the 50K?

For my money a 50K is a long slow Marathon. I think I'd go for the 5
week out 50k. Start it nice and easy you can always impress folks
with your speed at the end!

Regards

Phil

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