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Ultra Marathon Advice

Ath36 · 2009-10-09 21:53:29

Folks. Looking for some advice on ultra marathons. I have run 6 marathons to date and I am considering upping the challenge to the connemara ultra in 2010 and 12hour track race May 2011 followed by the East Hull Harriers 24 hour track race in July 2011. Anyway I am trying to get my head around the sheer scale of it all at…

09-10-2009 9:53pm

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Ath36

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Folks.
Looking for some advice on ultra marathons. I have run 6 marathons to date and I am considering upping the challenge to the connemara ultra in 2010 and 12hour track race May 2011 followed by the East Hull Harriers 24 hour track race in July 2011.
Anyway I am trying to get my head around the sheer scale of it all at the moment.
Some questions -
1/ If you hoped to cover 100 miles in 24 hours, what distance would you need to cover in the first 12 hours.
2/ On average, I know everybody is different, how many miles per hour would you expect to walk/run in the later stages of a 24 hour race. ie after 12 hours -how bad does it get ? Is 4 miles an hour unreasonable ?
3/ Do you hit the wall as in running when power walking or can you do this for much longer periods ?
4/ Anybody know of any good books on ultras (especially books with details on run/walk strategies)
Again, I am just contemplating going the ultra route and all advice would be welcome in helping me make my mind up.
Thanks all

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#2 10-10-2009 7:38am

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http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055704717

Here's some points on the Cone Ultra - There's alot of people in the same boat.

A few others here can help you with the rest.

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#3 11-10-2009 5:41pm

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For the record, I've done 6 24 hour races so far, so....

(1) Ideally 50. Probably more likely to be 60.

(2) Ideally the same pace you start at. I work in KmPH so I can't really relate to your pacings, but I've finished 24s at about 9KmPH. That's one of the reasons why I get good results.

(3) I've never powerwalked, but I've seen a good female powerwalker win the Female category of a 24hour race by powerwalking the same pace from start to finish (and doing in excess of 100 miles).

(4) There are as many run-walk strategies as there are ultrarunners. You'll learn a lot more from doing a 24hour race than from any amount of books. My first 24 hour was a huge learning experience for me, and I've been honing my own race plans with the experience of each successive race. If your end goal is a 24 hour race, then do one next year.

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