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Feb 2014
11:18pm, 13 Feb 2014
1,415 posts
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Weekatiepea
That blister is quite possibly the nastiest blister I've ever seen!!
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Feb 2014
9:24am, 14 Feb 2014
21,780 posts
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HappyG(rrr)
How do you train for 95 miles please? I am training for 53 miles and I'm up to 25/10 type weekend back to backs, with Borders Marathon and D33 as my "races as long runs in training".
But question for next year (if I get in to WHW) - what would you be doing above and beyond that for 95 mile training? Actually, later this year as I've got Glenmore 24!  You don't do 50 mile training runs? Or do you? :-)G
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Feb 2014
9:28am, 14 Feb 2014
9,016 posts
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Liliaicha
:-)G - you do 50 mile races as training runs! I did SDW50 and NDW50 as training runs for NDW100
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Feb 2014
9:34am, 14 Feb 2014
779 posts
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RedWineRunner
What Liliachia said! At least that's how my mates have trained.
Not that I've done the WHW mind, but next year I intend to. For your average runner, I believe doing the Fling and the Cateran are great WHW prep, and the weeks between should be focused on recovery. Jan, Feb and March should the months filled with back-to-backs in order to get you in 50 miler shape. I quite like the idea preached frequently on the WHW podcast of doing one biiiig weekend a month (either a big back to back, or a 50 mile race) - anything more than that and your recovery will affect your training.
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Feb 2014
9:41am, 14 Feb 2014
10,292 posts
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mulbs
RWR thanks for bloggage - brilliant read and just the right tone - my 50k with Rosehip later in the year feels achievable
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Feb 2014
9:43am, 14 Feb 2014
2,745 posts
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ChrisThePuma
yes RWR, I lapped it up also
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Feb 2014
9:49am, 14 Feb 2014
2,841 posts
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Rosehip
fab blog RWR thank you
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Feb 2014
10:00am, 14 Feb 2014
602 posts
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FenlandRunner
Agree with RWR and Lil, training for the big one should include 50-mile races
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Feb 2014
10:21am, 14 Feb 2014
89 posts
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EdJ
When I did SDW100 last year I was scared about it being a very big step up from previous races (35-milers). I would have liked to have done a 50 mile ot 100k race as an intermediate step, but there was nothing that fitted with the rest of life - so the month before the SDW I did a slow 47 mile training run. I'm not sure of the training benefit, but it was a good (and important) confidence booster, and also a good test of my planned race-day kit (identifying an issue that could have seriously spoiled my race).
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Feb 2014
10:23am, 14 Feb 2014
2,746 posts
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ChrisThePuma
EdJ - that's exactly the same boat I am in - and I will probably do just the same.
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