A Newbie’s Guide To Ultramarathons
Advice for new ultramarathon runners on easing intelligently into the sport.
Advice for new ultramarathon runners on easing intelligently into the sport.
How, when, and why to include sprint-based, hill, and predictor workouts in your ultramarathon training.
Why and how to use speed-based workouts in your ultramarathon training.
How to use stamina-based workouts, such as steady state runs, tempo intervals, and thirds progression runs, in your ultramarathon training.
The role of endurance-based workouts – long runs, easy runs, and recovery runs – in ultramarathon training.
Essential elements of ultramarathon training.
How to navigate difficult underfoot conditions when trail running.
How to train for a mountain race when you live where it’s flat.
How to recover and train between closely spaced races.
How time trials can help you improve fitness and prepare for specific race terrain.
A guide to the importance and execution of the long run in endurance running.
Understanding the elements of purposeful stress and then recovery in endurance run training.
An examination of anti-doping efforts made during 2016 in the trail and ultrarunning community.
Ian Torrence describes the purpose of and how to do gear-changing workouts.
Ian Torrence discusses race-specific training for different kinds of trail races and ultramarathons.
Six tests every runner should take to help monitor their health and well-being.
Ian Torrence discusses pacing, strategy, and recovery techniques for a multi-day stage race.
Ian Torrence explains how to train for a multi-day stage race.
Ian Torrence describes how to use multiple new technologies for developing an accurate race-day ultramarathon pacing strategy.
Ian Torrence writes about what performance-enhancing drugs are and how they are used, the current known state of PED use in ultrarunning, and where anti-doping testing is occurring in the sport.
A discussion about sleep and athletic performance, including tips for better sleep.
