Training Plan

So my 100 mile race was on April 28th and what you see above is my training schedule starting 4 weeks post-race. I wasn’t sure how recovering from my 100 mile was going to go. Luckly, I didn’t have any lasting injuries and I was able to recover and ramp up my miles. In the 4 weeks after my race I logged 12, 29, 70, & 71 miles respectively.

I’m always flexible with my training schedules. If there’s a group run I want to join, I don’t feel recovered enough from the pervious training, or I want to do some more miles, I’m always down to change what I have written on the schedule. I do however like having a rough guide for how I want my training to look, that works around my life schedule.

I don’t believe there’s any magic training that is going to get you to your goals in distance running any faster. Most people will be 95% of the way there if they have 1 hard structured run and 1 long run each week. Then fill the rest of the week with easy miles. The hard structured run can be a variety of things if you ask me. Think mile repeats, 3 minutes hard/90 seconds recovery, hill repeats, etc and it can be based on perceived effort, heart rate, or pace. The long run doesn’t have to be insanely long either. I think building up to a 20-mile run is good for marathon-100miles races. I personal do like at least one run over 30 miles in my build for an ultra, but I think you can be just fine without it. No one run is going to get you fit. It’s the consistency that matters.