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Anyone have tips for Connemarathon Ultra 2013 Training Schedule
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Sort of the same as above.
I ran portumna 50km on a slightly increased marathon plan and ran Dingle Ultra on a slightly reduced / modified 100km plan from the portumna site.
As above the back to back long runs were the key changes over marathon plan.
I had to fit my running around family/work so ended up doing back to back to back to back longish runs:eek:
Not something I'm in a hurry to repeat and I would advise against making that mistake.
I also threw in some long-long runs and lots of hilly runs in preparation for Dingle, obviously not enough of them given how I was in the later stages of it.
Next year...next year.....
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Also planning conn ultra here, and also doing donadee!
Been doing some research over last while - op search the forum here, some brilliant threads on the ultra over last few years, there was a mentored thread a year or two ago, great to read now to get ideas
I have stated listening to the talk ultra podcast this week, some good stuff in what I have heard so far!0 -
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i was going to end up posting this type of thread as also planning on Donadea (already entered) and Connemara Ultra's this year, this saves me time asking the questions that have already been asked
Just added some extra stuff to the connemara event thread which was created0 -
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ray lanigan wrote: »have a look through my log,DO MORE MILES MEAN MORE IMPROVEMENT,it would have my training log for all this year in it,including conamara ultra.welcome on board
Your log should come with a public health warning Ray. Most people would end up in a grave if they tried to do the amount of training you do 0 -
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Your log should come with a public health warning Ray. Most people would end up in a grave if they tried to do the amount of training you do
I've not looked at his log yet but purely based on the fact he currently has 3753 miles clocked on the 1,000 mile challenge for 2012 and he's number 1 on the challenge I'd imagine its pretty insane :eek:0 -
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Sort of the same as above.
I ran portumna 50km on a slightly increased marathon plan and ran Dingle Ultra on a slightly reduced / modified 100km plan from the portumna site.
As above the back to back long runs were the key changes over marathon plan.
I had to fit my running around family/work so ended up doing back to back to back to back longish runs:eek:
Not something I'm in a hurry to repeat and I would advise against making that mistake.
I also threw in some long-long runs and lots of hilly runs in preparation for Dingle, obviously not enough of them given how I was in the later stages of it.
Next year...next year.....
Thanks for that, will have a look at Portumna schedule. Was thinking of the Donadea, timing would be good for Connemara, but I found out it was 10 laps. Not fond of laps, putting me off a bit.0 -
I have done it the last two years. Basically I did a marathon Programme as Liam says with some extra long LSR's and a few back to back long runs (building up to 20 on Saturday, followed by 20 on Sunday).
I built up the miles steadily peaking at 70 MPW for the 2011 Ultra and 80 MPW for the 2012 one.
Not that I did everything perfectly but if you want you can have a look through my Log http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055728014 to get an Idea what I was doing (look for between December 2010-March 2011 and Dec 2011-April 2012).
Best of Luck
Will have a look at your log. Thanks for tips, first run today since DCM, looking forward to getting out a bit more now 0 -
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johnsherwin wrote: »
Thanks for menoscemo too for the link to your training log, will read that with interest. Was considering starting one myself.
Check out claralara's log... Far more inspiring than Meno's:D 0 -
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That is advice Im seeing a lot of here and elsewhere so I have to take it but Im thinking sub-6 as a reasonable goal for me [which I can get with decent training, but without killing myself since its my first ultra]- and that is basically running at a fractions slower than 4 hour marathon pace...The Connemara Ultra can be run well off a standard marathon program with slightly longer miles than you normally do.
As someone who has not doneany ultra event yet, so who has no idea, that 50% extra time and distance seems like a lot?
9 min/mile is an easy running pace for me, so thats fine - but 6 hours is 6 hours 0 -
it can be done with a few extra miles on top of a standard marathon program,but one rule of tumb to do is try and cover the race miles over two days on the weekend,so connemara is near 40 mile,so either do 2 x 20milers or maybe a 30+10,anything like that would be spot on for this,and some hill training during the week,if you could get a 50k race in coming around 3 or 4 weeks out you b flying:)tHE vAGGABOND wrote: »That is advice Im seeing a lot of here and elsewhere so I have to take it but Im thinking sub-6 as a reasonable goal for me [which I can get with decent training, but without killing myself since its my first ultra]- and that is basically running at a fractions slower than 4 hour marathon pace...
As someone who has not doneany ultra event yet, so who has no idea, that 50% extra time and distance seems like a lot?
9 min/mile is an easy running pace for me, so thats fine - but 6 hours is 6 hours0 -
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tHE vAGGABOND wrote: »That is advice Im seeing a lot of here and elsewhere so I have to take it but Im thinking sub-6 as a reasonable goal for me [which I can get with decent training, but without killing myself since its my first ultra]- and that is basically running at a fractions slower than 4 hour marathon pace...
As someone who has not doneany ultra event yet, so who has no idea, that 50% extra time and distance seems like a lot?
9 min/mile is an easy running pace for me, so thats fine - but 6 hours is 6 hours
Vagga, there was a gaggle of us doing it last year with a loose plan to go sub 6hrs.
Claralara and Marthastew were home in around 5:50, VaderMLK was just over the 6hrs, Digger around 6:25 and I was 6:38 or so but I had been sick leading into it and it took it's toll from mile 15 onwards. There should be enough comparisons there to realise 6hrs if very doable for you as long as you get in 4 or 5 weekends of long, slow back to back runs. Donadea is an excellent prep race and there's usually a few people doing LSRs in the park in the weeks leading up to both events.
As ever the key is to take it at a nice handy pace like what you would recommend to a novice marathoner. It's a long way home if you go out too fast! (Or are sick!!:D)0 -
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