Ultra training for beginners

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Northern Exile Jun 2016 10:24am, 14 Jun 2016 4,054 posts	0 Northern Exile The Hoka rep is doing a demo at my club tonight. I am taking a pair of ATR Challengers out for a run.
FenlandRunner Jun 2016 11:04am, 14 Jun 2016 9,043 posts	0 FenlandRunner It's probably just my weirdness. Don't get on at all with Inov-8.
jacdaw Jun 2016 11:47am, 14 Jun 2016 1,676 posts	0 jacdaw I can't cope with the stiff soles on Hokas. I have a pair of Altras and they are really weird (worn once... for sale...). Flanker, did you change shoes at Dalemain on the LD100?
flanker Jun 2016 4:19pm, 14 Jun 2016 16,529 posts	0 flanker Nope, I had a second pair of 212s and the RUs in the bag, but stayed in the original 212s. Feet were n pretty good condition at the end from what I remember (unlike the rest of my legs!). I think I had a few little blisters where grit had got i that i couldn't be bothered to remove, and I lost a couple of toe nails as I hadn't lead them tight enough for the first downhill. However I do manage my feet quite a lot both in the build up, ensuring they are baby soft with all hard skin removed, and then during an they are used to spending the day wet. I took off shoes and socks and aired my feet and put on fresh socks at all three major CPs (Braithwaite, Daelmain, Kentmere).
flanker Jun 2016 4:21pm, 14 Jun 2016 16,530 posts	0 flanker and again, correcting typos... Nope, I had a second pair of 212s and the RUs in the bag, but stayed in the original 212s. Feet were in pretty good condition at the end from what I remember (unlike the rest of my legs!). I think I had a few little blisters where grit had got in that i couldn't be bothered to remove, and I lost a couple of toe nails as I hadn't laced them tight enough for the first downhill. However I do manage my feet quite a lot both in the build up, ensuring they are baby soft with all hard skin removed, and then during an event, and they are used to spending the day wet. I took off shoes and socks, aired my feet and put on fresh socks at all three major CPs (Braithwaite, Daelmain, Kentmere).
jacdaw Jun 2016 4:27pm, 14 Jun 2016 1,677 posts	0 jacdaw Thanks Flanker. I might try gaiters to stop grit. Sock changing sounds like a good move.
Derby Tup Jun 2016 4:45pm, 14 Jun 2016 21,523 posts	0 Derby Tup I've always been a "tough it out and if I can't walk for a week or four afterwards so be it ultraer", but (for me) 100+ of Lakeland hard trails that's not possible
carolyn_t Jun 2016 5:04pm, 14 Jun 2016 83 posts	0 carolyn_t Hi - just going to start following this forum nice and early - considering my first ultra as Race to the Stones 2017 - keen to get as many tips as possible in the lead up!
Northern Exile Jun 2016 5:54pm, 14 Jun 2016 4,055 posts	0 Northern Exile Jacdaw - if you do go for gaiters, it might be worth shopping around. I bought some of those "Dirty Girl" ones and they are effectively useless, the Velcro just falls off your shoe after a few miles. My wife rates her Inov-8 gaiters and they do seem very good.
jacdaw Jun 2016 6:31pm, 14 Jun 2016 1,678 posts	0 jacdaw I have dirty girls, and the velcro always fallls off. I'm told that if you stick the velcro on with shoe gu it helps, so I might try that. I might look at the inov8 ones too.