Felttrip

u/felttrip@lemmy.world
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Pacing is pretty individual, general guidance is slower so that you aren't running yourself too hard but depending on the athlete "slow" is super individual.

Theres a pretty great documentary on the backyard ultra that the people who host the Barkley marathons put on, I think it does a great job of capturing the psychology of the last few standing. TLDR starting the next lap is the hardest part. https://youtu.be/ZRXKZSqvtrw

8 Laps would put you at a little over 33 miles if your using the standard 4.167 mi laps. With a marathon under your belt I'm sure you would be able to hit your goal with a similar level of training following a 50k plan.

I'm assuming the 8+ lap goal is because you don't plan on running all night, because of that, sleep (what most people consider the biggest challenge) won't be a concern.

So not having to worry about a sleep plan, the biggest differences are going to be

  • Total time on your feet
  • Running on trail (assuming your marathon was road, if not disregard)
  • Refueling throughout the race

From a training standpoint I would make sure you're getting trail miles that are going to be similarly hilly to the race course, target that zone 1 - zone 2 while training, and break up some of your longer runs into multiple short ones with 15-20 min breaks between them. If you can take a 12 mile run and break it into three 4 mile runs with short breaks you can dial in your refueling and recovery strategy and see what works for you.

Backyard ultra is a great goal and tons of fun!

I think keeping up white belt Wednesday would be good. aside from that I think as topics naturally come up if we as a community notice that there's a lot of repetition occuring that making weekly megathreads around those topics makes sense.

on What rank are you in Judo? · c/judo · 3 pts · 3y

Started judo in 2017, got 4th kyu in 2020 right before COVID popped off, had a kid in 2021 but this year I've been getting back to practice regularly so hoping to test for sankyu at the end of this year.

How about you?