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| I had thought as much. But my query is a little finer, and the answer should help people to decide when to time their previous Big Run. | |
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Hard question, Niranjan. There are many variables at play. I have seen guidance saying one day of recovery for every mile of racing. That seems like a lot of time...and does not take into account running effort (how much you emptied you "fuel tank" - exhausted yourself). If you race to exhaustion - yeah, that is going to take a long time to bounce back from...so I think most runners avoid this.
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| Sure, I agree. But if a former champion's revovery of 4 weeks is considered "obviously very good", then the average folks will be 6 weeks? Does Jeff, who is the only ultra runner i have read reasonably well, have faster recovery than Sherpa? Because.... | |
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The elite runners consume less fuel, water, minerals, etc. because they are lighter and more efficient; so it is really hard to make a time comparison without knowing more about how they stressed themselves.
What is your time horizon? Big race in one month? 3 months? 100 mile ultra in a year? 2 years? The Rocky Mtn Grand Slam? I say this because you not only need to work out a reasonable recovery rate, but you may also have to teach your body to recover - by stressing it properly. And for the long ultras that could take a few repeats.
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| while this is true, he did run Davos k78 on 31 July, right? and that was competitive (unless he took it as a practice run too ). My question is, UTMB was obviously his biggest run this year, something he knew since last year perhaps, so why did he intentionally schedule his big runs so close? | |
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I use to wonder about scheduling too. A close runner friend of mine just runs a lot of races. Some races are faster than others. When she has expended too much energy the previous week her times are slower, but she is consistently getting faster. At first I thought it was nuts but it works for her. So as they say, your mileage may vary
