The pieces we keep coming back to.
Substantive long-form for ultrarunners — training, race-prep, the things that actually move your finish time. Mostly written from inside the bib. New guide every other Wednesday.
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Training for Your First Hundred — 24 Weeks, Plainly
A real 24-week build for a 50-mpw base runner. Back-to-backs, taper math, what to drop when life gets in the way.
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Ultra Fueling by the Hour
A working calorie clock for 12 to 36 hours. Real food vs gels, sodium math, the bonk window.
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A Field Guide for Crews and Pacers
What to put in the cooler, what to say at mile eighty, and the small things that quietly save a hundred-miler.
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Back-to-Back Long Runs, Weekend by Weekend
The single most important block in ultra prep — how to build BTBs progressively without breaking yourself.
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Training for Your First 50K — 16 Weeks, Plainly
A 16-week plan from marathon-fit to 50K-fit. The shortest ultra distance, but still a real one.
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Training for Your First 50 Miler — 20 Weeks, Plainly
A 20-week plan from 50K-fit to 50-mile-fit. The shift in volume, the back-to-back becomes king.
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The Ultra Taper — A 3-Week Protocol
What to cut, what to keep, and the taper-madness anxiety that means it's working.
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Post-100 Recovery — Two Weeks of Doing Less
Recovery protocol, when to start running again, and the post-race depression nobody warns you about.
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Training for Your First 100K — 22 Weeks, Plainly
A 22-week plan from 50-mile-fit to 100K-fit. The bridge to a 100-miler — and the distance that teaches you night running.
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The Sub-24 Strategy — Earning the Buckle
Pacing, aid-station discipline, training-week structure, and the mistake that costs more sub-24 attempts than any other.
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Mental Training for Ultras
Segmenting, the dark-patch protocol, the dropping conversation, and what to think about for fourteen hours.
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Training for Your First 200-Miler — 28 Weeks, Plainly
A 28-week plan from 100-mile fit to 200-mile fit. Foot care, sleep strategy, crew choreography — the skills 100-mile training never taught you.
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Race-Day Pacing Strategy for Ultras
The four phases. The conversation test. The aid-station math. The closing-phase acceleration. Pacing isn't a chart — it's a discipline.
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