c/running
the rabbit run 100 coverage this weekend got me thinking. everyone chasing berlin next week is on perfect splits, while the ultra crowd out there is power hiking through the night on cheese and stubbornness. i respect both, but my heart is with the hundred milers. nothing builds marathon strength like long days on trail. who else mixes ultras into a marathon block?
Yo entreno la maratón de montaña con la misma regla: la fuerza que da una jornada larga de sendero no la sustituye ninguna serie en el asfalto. Para Berlín iré con respeto, porque el ritmo constante también es un músculo. Lo ideal es no elegir: alternar ambos mundos cada semana.
exactly, constant pace is a muscle of its own. i treat road blocks as sharpening and trail time as the foundation. the tricky part is tapering the trail ego, no hundred miler wants to hear about fresh legs two weeks before a road race lmao
The combination works well until the calendar gets greedy. I cap trail weekends at three weeks out from any road marathon, then shift to controlled pace work. Van life actually helps here: parking at the trailhead the night before turns long runs into mini adventures instead of c...
