The benefit of The Ultra Runners Quiz is that through looking at your results it quickly becomes apparent which area(s) you need to target to improve your ultra running. What do we mean by improvement? Improving your ultra running by 30 seconds/km. Over 100km’s this equates to a 50 minute difference to your end time.…
The Ultra Mindset is your mind’s ability to train and race. The first thing you the ultra runner need to bring to the table is a ‘can do attitude’. Once you have this in place, a positive mindset with belief in yourself and your abilities can be developed. It is through meeting the challenges of…
The Perfect Chocolate Cake – The Perfect…? Out of the oven comes the most delicious, mouth watering chocolate cake! You can’t wait to serve a slice up and start to devour your creation. But how did you do it? No doubt you followed a recipe. First of all you would have checked you had…
Injury is the Enemy – Your body is like a savings account! Injury is the enemy and must be avoided at all costs! Think of the last time your were ill and couldn’t run. How grumpy were you? A running injury compounds these emotions. You become grumpy, irritable and lose an important part…
People tend to become passionate one way or the other, either believing that you should always train to heart rate or always train to R.P.E. Neither camp is right! To believe one way is the right and only way is to only look at the positives provided by one style of training and compare this…
Part 1 of 2 There has been a lot of debate recently over weather you should train by Heart Rate or Rate of Perceived Exertion (R.P.E.). Before we look at this argument we first need to ensure that we understand that the purpose of each method is to develop a range of intensity ‘zones’…
Wow, I am about 6 months late in writing this but as they say better late than never! Before I jump into the common questions that I receive about ‘Journey to 100’, I first have to thank everyone who made Journey to 100 possible! Cliché I know! But that includes you. Without fantastic runners…
You’re on the start line surrounded by runners; there is a still silence in the air as your mouth becomes dry with anticipation. BANG the gun goes, and you’re swept up in the emotion of the race. If you are embarking upon an ultra there are Five Ultra Race Day Rules that you must…
Hey there Ultra Journey Community. Concerned about your nutrition and hydration going into Ultra Trail Australia? Chances are it’s not your fitness which will let you down come UTA but your nutrition and hydration strategy. Did you know that in 2016 the DNF rate was 6% in the 50km but jumped up to 21%…
Now that you have taken The Ultra Runners Quiz. Fingers crossed you have started to tackle some of the run sets that are recommended inside your personal report…? Today however we’re going to look at the two big mistakes. There are two BIG mistakes that new ultra runners make! Interestingly they fall at opposite…