[Adam450]

<p>How can i prepare for an ultra-marathon? like what should i eat/drink, how much should i ingest the night before, what should i carry with me, etc.?</p>

 

[Mobius]

<p>It's going to depend on which ultra you have in mind.</p>
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<p>A flatish 50K -- a marathon training plan will probably be fine.</p>
<p>A mountain 100 miler? Totally different story.</p>
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<p>Can you provide a bit more data?</p>

 

[Sherpa John]

<p>Adam.. Step 1 is to have CLEAR goals in terms of what you want to accomplish. Within these parameters you pick a distance you want to start with, then you pick a race that provides that distance.. and then... you take the information about that race.. Terrain, elevation, aid, time cut-offs, etc to craft a training plan...</p>
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<p>Step 2: Don't ever type the word "like" as you have above again... I <em>hear</em> enough of that at the College.. I don't want to have to read it too. <img alt="icon_thumleft.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/icon_thumleft.gif"></p>

 

[merigayle]

<p>What kind of race? how long? What have you been doing for training?</p>

 

[mudrunner]

<p>Adam, if you're after that much information, you won't get all of the answers in a single thread.</p>
<p>Here is a resource full of the best ultrarunning info that will answer all of those general questions...start withKevin Sayer's site:</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.kickrunners.com/forum/thread/18147/recreating-the-ultra-source-thread">http://www.kickrunners.com/forum/thread/18147/recreating-the-ultra-source-thread</a></p>
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<p>Once you have some specifc details, I'm sure we can give you some specific answers.</p>

 

[cgerber]

<p>"Find the level of intolerance you can tolerate and stay there."<br>
- David Horton</p>

 

[fatozzig]

<br><br><div class="quote-container"><span>Quote:</span>
<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>Sherpa John</strong> <a href="/forum/thread/72732/ultra-marathon#post_1985264"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border:0px solid;"></a><br><br><p>Step 2: Don't ever type the word "like" as you have above again... I <em>hear</em> enough of that at the College.. I don't want to have to read it too. <img alt="icon_thumleft.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/icon_thumleft.gif"></p>
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<p><br><span><img alt="biggrin.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/biggrin.gif">  I had a friend who couldn't verbalize one whole sentence without throwing "like" in there 3 or 4 times.  Drove me nuts!</span></p>

 

[phredmur]

<p>Adam, it's the question of the distance you want to run and the elevation change/course surface, etc. that has us unable to provide a lot of information for you. But the good news is that you don't have to do anything radical. I ran my first 50 miler on a good aerobic base of training and a lot of junk food and soda--M&M's, potato chips and Coke, and some water and PB&J sandwiches. A 100 miler takes some more thought, but none of it is rocket science.</p>