Hey, thanks for bringing my attention the 50K in 12 weeks suggestion.
I found some nice tips from that passage in a PDF version of the book and I think I can finish an ultra-marathon by the end of October with less than one month of training. I did -0- workouts and ate cake and pizza during the prior 30 days.
50K is too easy. I'll do 50 miles in a real race.
Want to make a bet—or a challenge—out of this?
Unlike yourself, I'm not particularly athletic. The longest timed race I have entered was a 12K (finish time of 1:07:11 for the May 2011 Bay to Breakers). I have done some nature hikes longer than that, though. Haven't gone to the gym, lifted weights, sprinted, or cross-trained in over a year.
Message me if you're interested. Contact info on my HN profile.
I've done a couple ultras.... don't kill yourself over HN-cred.
Edit: let me elaborate. In my experience and many others' it takes much longer than 3 months to train for a 50k, let alone a 50mi race if you hope to finish, even if you are able to handle a 12k and nature hikes. I ran 125mi through the Sahara a few years ago as part of a stage race and even after 9 months of training I still felt like I needed more training. Don't buy into the snake oil.
I second that. Don't buy the snake oil. People get killed running half-marathons that didn't train properly for.
I know people who seem to be able to run full marathons without any training. It varies from person to person. If I was stupid enough to do the same, I'd have a coronary.
I found some nice tips from that passage in a PDF version of the book and I think I can finish an ultra-marathon by the end of October with less than one month of training. I did -0- workouts and ate cake and pizza during the prior 30 days.
50K is too easy. I'll do 50 miles in a real race.
Want to make a bet—or a challenge—out of this?
Unlike yourself, I'm not particularly athletic. The longest timed race I have entered was a 12K (finish time of 1:07:11 for the May 2011 Bay to Breakers). I have done some nature hikes longer than that, though. Haven't gone to the gym, lifted weights, sprinted, or cross-trained in over a year.
Message me if you're interested. Contact info on my HN profile.