marathon to ultra

"Chris Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

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Curious to know how many here have run ultras. Since it's likely you first ran shorter distances,
maybe a marathon or two or twenty, what were the biggest adjustments you made/make in training and
race strategy when shifting to an ultra?

Having run one 50k, I can note with certainty that the single most important training aid that could
be offered to a prospective ultra-runner would be a complete frontal lobotomy.

Mike, are you in/near the dipsea course?

I'm just about 10 miles away...just curious,...I may try to register for that race this year,...key
word being "try",...too much demand, not enough supply

"Mike Conway" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

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Doug is a far more experienced ultramarathoner than I, but I will say

this:

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the answer to your question depends on your goal. The transition from

marathon

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to 50k is not that much of a stretch...but that depends on the course. My ultra resume consists of
four Ohlone 50ks and one Quadruple Dipsea (28.4 miles), so no truly long ultras in terms of
distance but certainly

ball-busters

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in terms of difficulty.

An excellent resource for most questions regarding ultras can be found at:

run100s.comrun100s.comOpen ↗

Make sure you spend some time on the course of your choosing, if that is possible; definitely
mimic the terrain if you are choosing something other

than

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a "flat and fast" ultra.

And have fun!

Mike C