What is the Focus of your ultra run? The following lists the 21 different focus points or objectives of any run. Often one or more will be developed within an individual run set. The way that the following are mixed and matched together within the types of runs (discussed here) determines the focus. …
Signed up for a BIG RACE Three Questions you must ask yourself. You have signed up for a big ultra race, four that come to mind that have recently opened up for registrations are Ultra Trail Australia, Tarawera Ultramarathon, Buffalo Stampede and Hubert 100. You have entered and now you need to start…
Demystifying the online ultramarathon coaching process. Prior to working with an online ultramarathon coach many runners are unsure of how the coaching process works. Below the process is explained as well as why this is the best way to operate. Training Peaks is essential in the coaching process. Training Peaks is coaching software…
Why do you want that ‘Finish Line Feeling’? It’s a euphoric feeling that everyone wants to experience. It’s spoken about in running folklore and is the holy grail of ultra running. The emotion is filled with pride, excitement, contentment all mixed with a strong feeling of satisfaction. It can be summarised into ten key points.…
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’…