Ultrarunning
Ask the Ultrarunner: Are You Setting the Right Recovery Intervals?
Lucho joins us to answer your questions on recovery between big races, hill run repeats vs. hill run intervals, track workouts for ultrarunners (do them?), ideas for downhill running drills, strength training ideas for a road cyclist/triathlete who suffer’s from runner’s knee and IT band issues (and tips for ITBS), how cycling benefits running and [...]
Ultrarunning: Keeping Up Your Energy with the Right Fuel
This article is part of Endurance Planet’s ultrarunning article series. If you have questions, comments or feedback about “Keeping Up Your Energy with the Right Fuel”, please leave it below in the comments section… It is a given that to successfully accomplish an ultramarathon you need to fuel up with the right food and drink. [...]
Ask the Ultrarunner: Fitness Testing, Metronomes, Road Trip Tips
Lucho is on to answer your questions on the best way to fitness test oneself and re-test later, how do you properly pace a hilly trail race, the goods and bads of running by pace per mile, how to plan your training around very long car trips/traveling, what to do for recovery/training between big races, training tips [...]
Ultrarunning: Preparing for High Altitude Races
This article is part of Endurance Planet’s ultrarunning article series. If you have questions, comments or feedback about “Preparing for High Altitude Races”, please leave it below in the comments section… High altitude marathons are no doubt one of the most difficult races out there. And it’s not just the uniquely challenging topography that has [...]
Ask the Ultrarunner: Pros and Cons to Pre-Dawn Running and More
Lucho joins us to answer your questions on: what to do on a 2-week break between two big run races, when/where to incorporate strength training, DIY lactate threshold testing, the pros and cons to early morning runs (before dawn), how to train for your first triathlon while marathon training, how to decide to add on [...]
Ultrarunning: Best Practices for Heat and Humidity
This article is part of Endurance Planet’s ultrarunning article series. If you have questions, comments or feedback about “Best Practices for Heat and Humidity”, please leave it below in the comments section… If you’ll be joining an ultramarathon that will be held in a hot and humid environment, then you must realize that you’ll need [...]
Ask the Ultrarunner: Pros and Cons to Pre-Dawn Runs and More
Lucho joins us to answer your questions on: what to do on a 2-week break between two big run races, when/where to incorporate strength training, DIY lactate threshold testing, the pros and cons to early morning runs (before dawn), how to train for your first triathlon while marathon training, how to decide to add on [...]
Ultrarunning: Acclimatizing to Heat
This article is part of Endurance Planet’s ultrarunning article series. If you have questions, comments or feedback about “Acclimatizing to Heat”, please leave it below in the comments section… Heat is one of the many formidable forces a runner will have to confront during an ultramarathon. This will particularly be challenging to deal with if [...]
EP Archives: 2006 Interview with Dean Karnazes
It’s always fun to go back in time and see what world-class athletes were up to in years past. In this special Endurance Planet episode, we dug up an old interview with ultrarunner Dean Karnazes from way back in 2006. Hear what was going on in Dean’s life back then… and then think about how [...]
Ultrarunner: Make the Most of an LT Test, Training Logs And More
Lucho joins us to answer your questions on: the best way to utilize the numbers from a lactate threshold test, mixing cardio and weights for an endurance event, best training techniques when doing a 100-miler and Ironman in 2012, the best conditioning for downhill running, yay or nay to taking naps during an ultra, types [...]
Ultrarunning: Hydration Fluid Choices for Ultramarathons
This article is part of Endurance Planet’s ultrarunning article series. If you have questions, comments or feedback about “Hydration Fluid Choices for Ultramarathons”, please leave it below in the comments section… Providing variety to your drinks is one smart way of encouraging proper hydration during ultramarathons. After all, you’re already subjecting yourself to insanely difficult [...]
Ask the Ultrarunner: How Far Can You Go in Training?
On this episode Lucho discusses your questions on homebrewed ice tea as hydration, doing a “warmup” 100-miler before the A race, making the transition from 50-milers to 100ks, tapering techniques for a ultra, avoiding the back-to-back runs in ultra training, and what Lucho’s typical training week is like. Ask your questions on our Facebook page! [...]
Ultrarunning: Hydration Techniques for Optimum Performance
This article is part of Endurance Planet’s ultrarunning article series. If you have questions, comments or feedback about “Hydration Techniques for Optimum Performance”, please leave it below in the comments section… One’s success in ultras is determined by one’s preparedness for the grueling race. And preparedness doesn’t only mean possessing the strength and the endurance [...]
Ultrarunning: Hydration
This article is part of Endurance Planet’s ultrarunning article series. If you have questions, comments or feedback about “Hydration”, please leave it below in the comments section… The need for sufficient and timely hydration during ultramarathons cannot be overstated. And runners need more than just the usual intake of fluids if they are to survive [...]
Ultrarunning: Working with a Coach
This article is part of Endurance Planet’s ultrarunning article series. If you have questions, comments or feedback about “Working with a Coach”, please leave it below in the comments section… Ultrarunning is a very personal sport. Almost the entire time in the race the runner is alone, navigating the terrain. This unique appeal of ultrarunning [...]
Ask the Ultrarunner: Bike X-Training, Female Athletes and More
We’ve picked ten questions for Lucho to answer on this show so we give ample time to each. We’ll cover: where does speed fit into periodization, physiological differences in men and women in regards to training style and are there differences in what each can handle (and a big tangent), is a bonk run a good idea, weight training [...]
Ultrarunning: Recovering after an Ultra
This article is part of Endurance Planet’s ultrarunning article series. If you have questions, comments or feedback about “Recovering after an Ultra”, please leave it below in the comments section… Recovery or the period that comes immediately after the racing event is just as important as the build up and preparation that leads to it. [...]
Ultrarunning: The Cross-Training Value of Swimming
This article is part of Endurance Planet’s ultrarunning article series. If you have questions, comments or feedback about “The Cross-Training Value of Swimming”, please leave it below in the comments section… Much argument has been thrown around about the cross-training value of swimming. But there’s no denying that swimming can be an option of an [...]
Ask the Ultrarunner: Speedwork for Ultras? Benchmarking Your Base?
On this episode of Ask the Ultrarunner, Lucho answers your questions on dealing with “internal demons” in the later stages of an ultra event, support from others, the top 3 things that brought him to ultra-running, doing stadium stairs for training, speed training for ultra runners, training for running through the night and dealing with the mental fatigue of [...]
Ultrarunning: Including Aqua Jogging in Your Training
This article is part of Endurance Planet’s ultrarunning article series. If you have questions, comments or feedback about “Including Aqua Jogging in Your Training”, please leave it below in the comments section… Aqua jogging started out in the US in the field of physical therapy and was used as an exercise for recovering surgery patients. [...]
Ask the Ultrarunner: From Interval Workouts to Mental Game
Another packed episode of Ask the Ultrarunner with Lucho answering your questions on a good fanny pack model for a 5k, what “full recovery” means with interval training, gauging when to run again after strength training, the best way to get your stomach back when it goes south in an ultra, adjusting intensity to compensate for the diminishing return [...]
Ultrarunning: Weight Training for Ultramarathons
This article is part of Endurance Planet’s ultrarunning article series. If you have questions, comments or feedback about “Weight Training for Ultramarathons”, please leave it below in the comments section… Just like all the other athletes, ultrarunners can benefit from cross-training. The long run is your fundamental workout as the extreme distances you’ll be facing [...]
Ask the Ultrarunner: Tips on Hiring a Coach, and Lots More
On this episode of Ask the Ultrarunner, Lucho answers your questions on suggestions on a waterproof running shoe, strength exercises to correct ham/quad imbalances, training for ultras with a limited time schedule, tips on finding a coach (if you need one, what to look for, etc.), how do you approach the week before a 100 miler, get started in [...]
Ultrarunning: Overcoming Burn Out
This article is part of Endurance Planet’s ultrarunning article series. If you have questions, comments or feedback about “Overcoming Burn Out”, please leave it below in the comments section… You know the saying that begins “Too much of a good thing…” Running is a beneficial form of exercise and a widely popular sport. But just [...]
Ask the Ultrarunner: Altitude Training, Racing and More
On this mega episode of “Ask the Ultrarunner,” expert Tim Waggoner answers your questions on training in altitude and training for a race that’s in high altitude, fuel timing, making the leap into ultrarunning, winter training tips, recovery tips, periodization for ultras, chiropractors, dealing with chronic blisters and much more! “Ask the Ultrarunner” is now [...]
Ultrarunning: Overtraining
This article is part of Endurance Planet’s ultrarunning article series. If you have questions, comments or feedback about “Overtraining”, please leave it below in the comments section… Training takes your capacities as close to its limits as possible for the purpose of stimulating your body to adapt to the pressure. This is how you gradually [...]
Ask the Ultrarunner: Optimal Weekly Workouts, Shoe Help and More
On this episode of “Ask the Ultrarunner” Tim Waggoner answers your questions on foot pain, determining the optimal weekly mileage and key workouts, what he puts in his drop bags, walking/hiking vs. running hills, recovering from a meniscus tear, transitioning from 100k to 100-milers, using poles, shoe size, pacing an ultra, and much more! Ask [...]
Ultrarunning: Finding the Time to Train
This article is part of Endurance Planet’s ultrarunning article series. If you have questions, comments or feedback about “Finding the Time to Train”, please leave it below in the comments section… Browsing through the web, you will find no lack of suggested training schedules and programs for practically every type of marathon from the half [...]
Ultrarunning: Preventing Quadriceps Injury
This article is part of Endurance Planet’s ultrarunning article series. If you have questions, comments or feedback about “Preventing Quadriceps Injury”, please leave it below in the comments section… You’re going downhill and you’re feeling a little relief despite the fatigue because it’s the last hill of the course. Then the pain in your legs [...]
Ask the Ultrarunner: Introducing Our Expert Tim “Lucho” Waggoner
We’re pleased to bring you a new show, “Ask the Ultrarunner,” featuring our expert Tim Waggoner, an ultrarunner and coach who is also a former pro triathlete and much more. On this first episode, we get to know all about Tim and his athletic career, as well as have Tim answer a couple of your [...]
Ultrarunning: The Immune System of Ultrarunners
This article is part of Endurance Planet’s ultrarunning article series. If you have questions, comments or feedback about “The Immune System of Ultrarunners”, please leave it below in the comments section… It has been studied and proven that an average person can boost his immune system with adequate amounts of moderate exercise. So why is [...]
Ultrarunning: Tracking Your Training via Points
This article is part of Endurance Planet’s ultrarunning article series. If you have questions, comments or feedback about “Tracking Your Training via Points”, please leave it below in the comments section… Documentation is an important part of any training program. The benefits of training, especially endurance oriented workouts, don’t usually become noticeable until after some [...]
Ultrarunning: Training on Treadmills
This article is part of Endurance Planet’s ultrarunning article series. If you have questions, comments or feedback about “Training on Treadmills”, please leave it below in the comments section… Runners don’t always have the time or opportunity to practice their craft on the roads, trails and other outdoor courses. The weather is not something that’s [...]
Ultrarunning: Tapering for Optimal Performance
This article is part of Endurance Planet’s ultrarunning article series. If you have questions, comments or feedback about “Tapering for Optimal Performance”, please leave it below in the comments section… The taper is more than just a much needed rest after all that hard training. It is a critical period where the ultrarunner must find [...]
Ultrarunning: Intervals in Ultramarathon Training
This article is part of Endurance Planet’s ultrarunning article series. If you have questions, comments or feedback about “Intervals in Ultramarathon Training”, please leave it below in the comments section… More often than not intervals are narrowly associated with development of leg speed. Perhaps this is due to the fact that it’s short and middle [...]
Ultrarunning: Basic Principles of the Lydiard Method
This article is part of Endurance Planet’s ultrarunning article series. If you have questions, comments or feedback about “Basic Principles of the Lydiard Method”, please leave it below in the comments section… If you’ve been doing a fair amount of reading on marathon training then you must have come across this name Arthur Lydiard. Among [...]
2011 Great Cranberry Island Ultramarathon (Will Run for Lobster)
A lot of people visit Maine for the lobster. On Saturday, July 16, my wife Ruth and I, joined by more than 70 other runners and their friends, traveled in search of lobster all the way to tiny Great Cranberry Island. We found the lobster, but only after we ran the 5th Annual Great Cranberry [...]
Ultrarunning: Why You Need the Long Run
This article is part of Endurance Planet’s ultrarunning article series. If you have questions, comments or feedback about “Why You Need the Long Run”, please leave it below in the comments section… Ask any runner if the long run is the most important session of marathon training and they’ll all likely answer in the affirmative. [...]
Ultrarunning: Building Up Your Speed for Ultras
This article is part of Endurance Planet’s ultrarunning article series. If you have questions, comments or feedback about “Building Up Your Speed for Ultras”, please leave it below in the comments section… On the surface it may seem a bit contradictory that you would have to do speed work for ultras. This is the kind [...]
Ultrarunning: 100 Miles in a Week
This article is part of Endurance Planet’s ultrarunning article series. If you have questions, comments or feedback about “100 Miles in a Week”, please leave it below in the comments section… Have you ever accomplished a training mileage of 100 miles in a week? You may have heard of ultrarunners doing well enough in 100-milers [...]
Ultrarunning: The Low Mileage Runner
This article is part of Endurance Planet’s ultrarunning article series. If you have questions, comments or feedback about “The Low Mileage Runner”, please leave it below in the comments section… Finishing a 100 mile ultramarathon with just an average training mileage of 20 to 30 miles per week – is that even possible? Actually it [...]
Ultrarunning: Training Guidelines for a 100k
This article is part of Endurance Planet’s ultrarunning article series. If you have questions, comments or feedback about “Training Guidelines for a 100k”, please leave it below in the comments section… Among the various ultramarathons, the 100k is perhaps one of the more popular types. Around 200 races of this distance are organized annually across [...]
Ultrarunning: Training for Ultras through Marathons
This article is part of Endurance Planet’s ultrarunning article series. If you have questions, comments or feedback about “Training for Ultras through Marathons”, please leave it below in the comments section… There are those who would argue that training for ultras through marathons may offer little advantage since marathons are shorter and are usually run [...]
Ultrarunning: Advancing to 100 Milers from 50
This article is part of Endurance Planet’s ultrarunning article series. If you have questions, comments or feedback about “Advancing to 100 Milers from 50 ”, please leave it below in the comments section… To advance from running 50 mile ultras to 100 milers is definitely a big step. It’s one you can’t take lightly if [...]
Ultrarunning: Difference between Marathons and 50 Milers
This article is part of Endurance Planet’s ultrarunning article series. If you have questions, comments or feedback about “Difference between Marathons and 50 Milers”, please leave it below in the comments section… On the surface it may seem like the only notable difference between a standard marathon and a 50 Miler is distance. But those [...]
Ultrarunning: 50 Miler Training Tips
This article is part of Endurance Planet’s ultrarunning article series. If you have questions, comments or feedback about “50 Miler Training Tips”, please leave it below in the comments section… Training for a 50 miler is never easy. And part of the difficulty is that sometimes books and even veteran ultra runners give out conflicting [...]
Ultrarunning: Pointers for the Ultramarathon Beginner
This article is part of Endurance Planet’s ultrarunning article series. If you have questions, comments or feedback about “Pointers for the Ultramarathon Beginner”, please leave them below in the comments section… So you’ve decided to participate in an ultramarathon. Good for you! Do you know what you’re getting yourself into? People who enter this sport [...]
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