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Racing
Taper, pacing, poles, race-specific preparation, and everything that happens on race day.
How to Train for the CCC: A Coach's 20-Week Framework
The CCC is a climbing race with a long runnable middle and a night in it for almost everyone. Here is the 20-week structure I use to prepare for it.
9 minHow to Train for UTMB: A Coach's 24-Week Framework for 174 km
The UTMB is two nights, ten big climbs, and a lot of walking done well. Here is the 24-week structure I use to prepare a runner for the full loop.
9 minHow to Train for the OCC: A Coach's 16-Week Framework
The OCC is the fast, steep race of UTMB week - a mountain 50K for people who can climb. Here is the 16-week structure I use to get a runner ready for it.
7 minNight Running and Headtorch Strategy for Trail Ultras
The night section rarely breaks people's legs. It breaks their decision-making, at the exact hours their body is least equipped to make good ones.
6 minBlister Prevention and Foot Care for Trail Ultras
A blister is rarely bad luck. It's a predictable mechanical failure, and the runners who never get a bad one aren't lucky - they just stop for the hot spot.
6 minTrekking Poles for Trail Running: When They're Worth It
Poles are not a crutch and they are not free speed. They are a piece of equipment with a technique attached, and most runners never learn it.
7 minHow to Taper for an Ultra: A Three-Week Protocol
Three weeks out, your fitness is finished. Everything after that is about arriving fresh - and it is easier to ruin than to improve.
7 minHow to Pace a Trail Ultra
Almost every blown ultra is a pacing error disguised as a nutrition problem, a heat problem, or bad luck.
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