Brado16
WKR
Wondering if there are many Ultra Runners out there? My primary fitness activity is running and really provides a great base for backpack hunting out west even though the elevation here in WI is only about 1600'. I cannot stand running on treadmills so when Winter arrives here in Northern WI late Fall and the snow flies and the temp and windchill drops well below 0, I dress in layers and put my YackTracks on my shoes and head out the door to get my weekly runs in which are usually in the dark with a headlamp after work on week nights.
I started Running about 3.5 years ago and completed my first Marathon a little less than 3 years ago and have ran several marathons per year since including a trail marathon last July. My most recent race with a 21k (1/2 Marathon) Trail race in the mountains near Dubai this past April 1st. I just so happened to be in Dubai for work so figured I would use the race as a training run instead of running on a treadmill at my hotel.
I have always be intrigued by the extreme distance a person can run when they have trained properly which lead me to signing up for my first Ultra Marathon Trail race, a 50K in MN May 21st which im super pumped for. I have a 2nd 50K race signed up for Mid August in MI. The elevation gains on these races are obviously much smaller than a similar race out West in the mountains but are still consider a decent amount of elevation here in the Midwest, (8,400' of total elevation gain/loss). I am hoping these two races go well and hope to be able to push myself onwards for 50M and 100k Ultras next year. Any veteran Ultra Runners on here have any words of wisdom or anyone else have some Ultras planned for this year or have experience training and/or running an Ultra?
I started Running about 3.5 years ago and completed my first Marathon a little less than 3 years ago and have ran several marathons per year since including a trail marathon last July. My most recent race with a 21k (1/2 Marathon) Trail race in the mountains near Dubai this past April 1st. I just so happened to be in Dubai for work so figured I would use the race as a training run instead of running on a treadmill at my hotel.
I have always be intrigued by the extreme distance a person can run when they have trained properly which lead me to signing up for my first Ultra Marathon Trail race, a 50K in MN May 21st which im super pumped for. I have a 2nd 50K race signed up for Mid August in MI. The elevation gains on these races are obviously much smaller than a similar race out West in the mountains but are still consider a decent amount of elevation here in the Midwest, (8,400' of total elevation gain/loss). I am hoping these two races go well and hope to be able to push myself onwards for 50M and 100k Ultras next year. Any veteran Ultra Runners on here have any words of wisdom or anyone else have some Ultras planned for this year or have experience training and/or running an Ultra?
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