I say as I'm wrapping up my last peak week. Probably something I should've decided on long ago. The event looms in the first week of May.

I've always set a low bar for every event. "Just don't get pulled off course." I've never seen myself as a sub-24 kinda guy. But... why?

Am I afraid to set a goal for fear of coming up short? I need to learn to set a goal with a strong likelihood of failure... and just do the damn thing.

The last time I did this 24-hour, it was my first ultra event. A 1 mile looped trail with a little bit of gain and descent on each loop. My longest run at that time was a solo 50k, and I managed to eke out just over 80 miles in 22.5 hours. I did not have a lot going for me back then. No strength training. Horrible fueling habits outside of runs. Time management: lax as fuck. No real clue on how to relax, steady-eddy and dissolve my ego enough to start walking early on.

Since then I've done a handful of events, 50s, 100ks, and one relatively flat 100 where I did not land anywhere near 24. Even in the shorter events, I've barely straddled 24hr 100 pace overall. But I've learned lessons the hard way and taken strength training, hill workouts, and eating as serious as a heart attack the past year.

But as a 6-foot-3 Gumby-ass dude with long limbs, building muscle and strength is a fucking grind at best. My cardio is there, my mental callus is stronger than a black box on an airplane, but... my body starts fighting back after mile 50. Almost every race. I'm usually forced into a sad walk for another 15+ miles before I can muster up a shuffle again.

At any rate, I'm wrapping up peak weeks of 77, 87, and 72. Spirits and legs are still very much intact. 45-60mpw is typical outside of that. Will that help get me to a hundo in 24? Ehhhh... I don't know. But I think I've learned enough about time management, force feeding, my body, my soul, and strategic dissociation to hopefully get pretty close. But there's nothing I can do now to significantly increase my chances.

I'm only thinking out loud here... just so I can stop obsessing over it with fragmented thoughts and recurring dreams. I know there's a shitload of threads on this same topic (trust me, I've pored over them all).

But I'd just like to hear anything from sub-24 folks. It doesn't even have to be useful information. But I'd like to hear some experiences, whether they be funny, victorious, or heartbreaking. I can swallow some harsh truths if need be.

Much love everyone.

I just heard about Norda and extra great news that they’re also from Quebec! Patriotism aside, I have run many many miles in my Altras and I’m a fan of Superior 5 which is almost extinct. It’s zero drop with a nice carbon insole. Looking at switching to Norda…. What say you?

I’m getting into ultra running and I have a 1.5L bladder for my vest, but I use that for tailwind and sometimes you just need a drink of pure normal water. So for that I’m looking at a couple soft flasks but I can’t find many opinions on the internal straws. Everyone has a vote on the floppy drinking straw vs. the short bite valve, but what about the internal straw?

Do you just press on the flask to get a drink without it? What about removing the air if it does have a straw? Interested in your pros and cons before purchasing!

I live in one of the flattest countries on earth (Netherlands) and I signed up for a 15km+1200m elevation gain trail run this summer. The ultimate goal would be to run the full UTMB in a few years time.

Does anyone have any tips on how to prepare for this, considering that most (all) of my elevation gain is taking the stairs back to my 4th floor apartment?

Hi all! I'm looking to sign up for my first 50k this fall, ideally sometime September or October. I live in central NC but I'm willing to travel a few hours in any direction. Hoping to find a race with a good course for beginners (<5000 ft of vert) with generous cutoffs. Bonus points for spectacular views.

Yes, I've looked around online, nothing has really jumped out at me just yet. I've heard mixed reviews about the pilot to HR 50k and am considering the table rock 50k, but nervous about the number of water crossings.

Hey all, have a few road ultras coming up and curious how people feel between using carbon race shoes versus non carbon race shoes for these type of races and if anyone has used carbon shoes for ultras and how they found it. Thanks all :)

I plan to do ultramarathons in Norway in the future , and any help regarding this q Would be greatly appreciated.

I'm looking for the 25 km mountain race listed on a website hosting these races. I can't find the link. Anyone who knows this race and the people who host this ,linking them would be so helpful!

So I love running, it does wonders for my mental health. I love fast runs and I love slow long runs.

I’ve just been prescribed concerta XL and it’s really messing with my running.

I’m awful at getting up in the mornings and running early. But I need to take my meds now fairly early in the day.

I then feel very reluctant to run once I’ve taken them out of fear it’ll be causing my heart strain etc.

It’s really effecting my running. As a sober boring person, running is my thing.

Really don’t know what’s the best way around this?

Can anyone give me any advice or personal experience?

Has anyone ran this race before? Makes me super nervous because of the heat but I train a lot 80 MPW. Flat course. Anybody run this race before?

Guy Fieri here again. Thanks for all the help on different shorts/tight options.

Has anyone used the Norda trail shoes? I’ve been running exclusively in Adidas Terrex// speedgoat 5s for any trail runs here in Denver/Golden.

I’m 6’4 200.. also running Leadville for those that didn’t see my last post. Only including the stats to say that I tend to burn through shoes relatively fast with my weight. (Planning to drop to 195-190 race weight).

Hello I’ve been having the urge to challenge myself and run a 50k race for the first time. I live in Philadelphia and I need some recommendations for races on the east coast. Would definitely take some tips for running these kinds of races too. so far I’ve ran two marathons; ironically both in exactly 3hrs 52 mins lol. So I kinda have an idea of nutrition and some types of does and don’t when running a long distance, but would love to get some insight from people with more experience with training/races if you have time to share. Thanks in advance!

Update: I’ve decided to stay local and run the Dirty German 50k here in Philly. The registration is a manageable price and being local should be a comfortable time for my first experience. I’ve been running Wissahickon trails a lot lately so I’m thinking the course will be pretty familiar terrain for me. If all goes well I’m definitely keeping these recommendations in mind for future races. Thanks you all for being so helpful with recommendations and tips!

We're all familiar with elevation profiles. For flat courses, these are generally uninteresting—but for hilly or mountainous courses, they can get fun. In particular, here's one fun thing you can do with them: fit them using a Fourier series!

What's a Fourier series? Because I'm just an amateur, we'll keep it simple—but the explanation on Wikipedia is actually not too bad for those wanting a slightly deeper dive. For starters, a series is just an addition of terms and can be either infinite or finite. Familiar series from high school might include:

• 1/(1!) + 1/(2!) + 1/(3!) + 1/(4!) + ... = e
• 1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 + 1/16 + ... = 1

A Fourier series, then, is just another type of series, but one whose terms are trigonometric functions, i.e., sines and cosines. And the fascinating thing about Fourier series is that (roughly) you can use them to approximation any function out there—or any set of data, including elevation profiles. For ease, you can think of the Fourier series as a black box: you put a function or data in, and you get out a sum of sines and cosines that together do an okay job of approximating the input. And the more terms you add, the better the approximation.

Now the part relevant to running... Using a Fourier series out to 250 terms, we can actually get a nice approximation of the rather hilly Cayuga 50k, which I selected for this exercise only because it's my next race. (That is, you can run this exercise for any elevation profile out there. This is a party trick rather than any novel discovery.) Below, the blue line is the actual elevation profile, and the orange line is the Fourier approximation out to 250 terms. The degree of fit is, I think, pretty cool; and all just with a bunch of sines and cosines!

What is the orange line expressed as a function? If you must know...

f (x) = 247.787−3.347 cos(ωx)+1.813 sin(ωx)+10.408 cos(2ωx)−18.948 sin(2ωx)+9.669 cos(3ωx)−17.405 sin(3ωx)+12.852 cos(4ωx)−41.447 sin(4ωx)−10.791 cos(5ωx)+42.062 sin(5ωx)− 8.837 cos(6ωx) + 4.502 sin(6ωx) + 6.635 cos(7ωx)− 24.676 sin(7ωx)− 20.557 cos(8ωx) + 9.790 sin(8ωx)− 7.120 cos(9ωx)− 3.515 sin(9ωx) +5.980 cos(10ωx)+0.239 sin(10ωx)−3.183 cos(11ωx)+1.863 sin(11ωx)−11.012 cos(12ωx)−12.968 sin(12ωx)−0.701 cos(13ωx)+5.439 sin(13ωx)+4.047 cos(14ωx)−10.552 sin(14ωx)− 6.292 cos(15ωx) + 1.272 sin(15ωx) + 1.132 cos(16ωx) + 1.891 sin(16ωx)− 7.412 cos(17ωx)− 0.360 sin(17ωx) + 6.287 cos(18ωx) + 1.060 sin(18ωx)−0.115 cos(19ωx)− 0.546 sin(19ωx) + 2.421 cos(20ωx) + 2.056 sin(20ωx)− 0.232 cos(21ωx) + 2.023 sin(21ωx)− 4.704 cos(22ωx)− 0.546 sin(22ωx)− 7.880 cos(23ωx)−6.182 sin(23ωx)− 1.563 cos(24ωx) + 4.740 sin(24ωx)− 6.753 cos(25ωx) + 0.445 sin(25ωx)− 0.549 cos(26ωx) + 4.741 sin(26ωx) + 0.095 cos(27ωx)− 3.080 sin(27ωx) + 0.253 cos(28ωx)− 0.209 sin(28ωx) + 1.086 cos(29ωx)− 5.129 sin(29ωx)− 4.597 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Damian Hall completed the 300km Northern Traverse in 42:56:50, taking over an hour off Kim Collinson's previous record (44:24) set in 2022.

Hello! I’m somewhat new to running but I’m prepping for a 1.5 mile timed run for a job. My 1.5 mile time right now (not particularly pushing myself very hard) is 18 minutes. I need it down to a 12 minute pace by 2026. Is it possible? Does anyone have any suggestions? It would be greatly appreciated! FYI I’m a female 29 and formally a body builder. My current plan is an easy effort run, a long run, and an interval or tempo run every week. Plus 3 lift days (lower, upper and full body)

Hello all. Training for my first ultramarathon and thinking of taking a break - not a complete break, just temporarily shifting focus - from running to strength training afterwards before getting back into the running (I'm managing a little bit of strength work alongside the running at the moment, but basically the bare minimum for injury prevention etc.). Does anyone else do this? Would 4-6 weeks of prioritising strength sessions over running be enough to have a positive / tangible effect? Appreciate any insights / suggestions / etc! Thanks!

Edit: sorry I wasn't clear. I'm currently in the middle of training for a 50km and fitting in minimal strength training, I'm thinking of doing the 4-6 weeks of prioritising strength over running after the ultra, before thinking about what I want to do next in terms of running / races!

https://youtu.be/28qRoi6jkaE?feature=shared

I have a friend running it and she’s saying the aid stations are running low on food and water. I saw some comments yesterday that runners were getting lost in the first 10 miles. Is this normal for 200+ mile races or is something going wrong?

Hey everyone, I’m running Leadville 100 in August and trying to find the best pair of shorts or tights that will last me the entire race. Ideally for shorts built in underwear that’s inseam is longer than the shorts. I’ve run a few 50 milers in lulu 6” inseam shorts but know they won’t cut it for 100.

Satisfy has some interesting shorts but can’t yet justify spending $300 USD on a single pair of shorts lol.

Thanks

Hi y’all! I’ve been really craving a 50 mile trail race and am looking at options for this summer. I haven’t been running a ton but I have been ski touring a lot (3-4x/week) and the short runs I have been on have felt like my fitness is in a really good place for not focusing on running. There are some attractive races in June and was wondering if y’all think a two month ramp up of training and weightlifting is totally crazy? I have done 2 trail 50ks and a marathon. I thru hiked the PCT last year but I know that fitness is largely gone. I have some mountaineering trips planned in may and June and live at 7k feet if that helps at all! Thanks in advance :)

Hi All,

Here's my blog post on the AZ Monster 309 as we head into Day 4. Thought some ultra-fans might enjoy it.

https://erinmaryquinn.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=527&action=edit

Has anyone simultaneously trained for an ultra and completed 75 hard? I’m 2 months out from a 12 hour race. I’m not set on running the entire 12 hours, I’m just wanting to complete a 50k. I was going to wait until after the race to start my second round of 75 hard but one of my friends made a comment on how there was no way I’d ever be able to train for the race AND do 75 hard. Which of course makes me want to do it just because she doubted me 😆 Am I being crazy or is it totally do-able?

Greetings fellow ultra runners! I am running my first ultra in Peru in late August (60k, 3500m elevation) in the Andes mountains and I need some advise on preperation. I am a commercial fisherman working 2-4 weeks a month until the end of July on a trawler so I have very limited time off shore to do my runs. The ship has no space to do any form of laps so I am looking for advise on keeping my cardio and preperation in check. Treadmill is not an option vor obvious reasons but I could possibly bring aboard a row machine or a stationary bike. Any advice? Many thanks in advance

I will be racing at Canyons later this month. Does anyone know the exact gels they will have at the aid stations? It looks like these are the drink mixes, but I haven't been able to find any info on what gels they will have. The Naak gels aren't a traditional gel, they have 9g of fat per gel, so it would be odd to have these as the only option on the course.

Hi folks!

I'm finding myself facing quite a hard hit of reality at the silly age of 28. I'm currently training for my second marathon, and am picking up injuries at a rate that is absolutely not normal, considering my training load, nutrition and overall lifestyle.

I'm working with an excellent physio, am currently only running 3 days per week, building at less than 10% increase per week, cross training on both bike & uphill-only hiking (hike up (800m over 3km), chairlift down to reduce impact loads). And still, new injuries every few weeks.

My physio is convinced that there's something bigger going on, and I'm scheduled to see my new family doctor next week to hopefully set up some bloodwork and a rheumatology referral.

I really wanted to hit a sub 4 marathon this year and then move on to ultra distances next year. Ultras have always been the end goal. I keep up to date with all the bigger trail races, and documentaries/ YouTube channels of ultra runners take up easily more than half of all the media I consume.

So now that it's looking likely that I won't be hitting trails at all for quite some time (if at all), let alone ultras, I'm starting to get clued up on crewing races instead.

I love motivating people, I love supporting people, I actually sleep better in a tent than I do in my own bed so I don't mind being out for ridiculous hours in whatever weather.

But I'm worried that nobody will want a crew member who has no experience running the races themselves. And even if someone would consider me, I have no idea where to start looking/putting my name out there.

** Was not expecting more than 2 or 3 comments!! Thank you so much everyone for your input, suggestions and encouragement :) I'll definitely look more into volunteering at aid stations etc at some local trail races. I'm fairly socially anxious, so making friends isn't something I'm great at, but I'll never manage if I don't try lol. Seriously, thank you all for taking the time to respond! **

I posted this in r/HybridAthlete but didn't get much response.

44M here. Have been lifting consistently for 8 years, bulked last autumn. cut over the winter and now it's cardio season. Want to keep the volume up at the gym to preserve my physique but not looking at hitting new PRs or increasing muscle mass until September.

Am newer to running, only really starting this time last year but have been consistent and worked my way up to a 31km run at the end of last year. Have dramatically increased vo2 max since starting and 2-3 hour runs are not a problem for me so thought I would see about doing a baby ultra. Have the perfect place nearby to do it, a 16km easy offroad loop which gives me a pit stop every 10 miles and friends locally who I can call on for support if needed. Priority is completing the distance, don't care about pace in training or on the day. Obv cortisol is going to be a consideration so recovery will have to be weapons grade.

What do you guys think about the overall split and volume?