Unlike marathons and shorter duration events, being prepared for an ultramarathon doesn't simply mean completing your training plan. Perhaps the biggest difference is nutrition. With some basic carb-loading and a haphazard nutrition plan, many marathoners can get through an event without depleting their glycogen (carbohydrate) stores (although many don't). However, that is almost impossible in an ultra! Most trained runners will have approximately 90-120mins of glycogen store

In the last blog article we looked at all the reasons WHY a runner should including strength training into their program. In this article, we’ll look at HOW we incorporate strength into our programs at Endurance Blueprint. As a first principle, we need to look at the goal of our strength training - to build what running can’t! As we’ve previously mentioned, running is great at improving muscular endurance in a running specific range of motion. But its pretty crap at developin

If you haven't seen or read an article extolling the benefits of strength training for runners in the last few years, you’ve obviously been living under a rock! We aren’t going to shy away from that - we’re firm believers in strength training. Not only does it reduce injury risk but it improves running economy and makes you faster! This series of blog posts will break down why WE believe strength is important for trail and ultra runners, how we structure a strength training p

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