What did you guys think? Are you going to start adding back-to-back long runs into your ultra training? Let me know if you have any questions! Thanks for watching!
Thanks! heading over to Chamonix today to train! This week I'm taking a recovery week so half the mileage of last week with one long run on the weekend, but I usually feel fine a couple days after finishing the back-to-backs.
Thanks! I use the Isotonic drink mix from Decathalon here in France but any powdered drink mix should work. Precision and Skratch have one that I'm sure would work great!
'BIG' back to backs are not required. The aim of training is to aggregate your distance/ascent. If you overdo it you'll eat into your ability to run fresh after resting (you need longer rest days). Unless of course you've built yourself up to a level were big back to backs didn't effect your recovery to continue the level of training.
I’m usually able to recover in 2 days after doing them. Also, in the training plan it usually has a recovery week following back to back long runs. Have you tried them?
@@runningforviews Back to backs, of course. But I'm getting older. If I do a back to back I will do ascent one day and keep it flattish the next. This allows tha legs to absorb/recover quicker for more ascent in two or three days and keep rest weeks after a normal heavy month
@@lcuinu smart! Do you think that doing high elevation both days would be good for a race like UTMB? I’m just doing whatever Kilian tells me to do in his book haha
@@runningforviews Killian could probably do a whole weeks of back to backs totalling several Everests. I thinks it's purely down to how the individual takes the load and recovers for the next training sessions. They won't know until they've done it and evaluated if they are improving their ascent times...or just getting tireder. Hills are essential though, but then 'anything' can scupper the race, I was sick five times on my UTMB due to the heat, but it also could have been forgetting to put on arm warmers underneath a jacket in bad weather.
What did you guys think? Are you going to start adding back-to-back long runs into your ultra training? Let me know if you have any questions! Thanks for watching!
Back to back long runs are the best/worst haha
So true! So painful when I'm doing them yet so helpful for races!
Good luck at UTMB!
How long does it take to recover from two 28s?
Thanks! heading over to Chamonix today to train! This week I'm taking a recovery week so half the mileage of last week with one long run on the weekend, but I usually feel fine a couple days after finishing the back-to-backs.
Great stuff! What is your preferred liquid fuel?
Thanks! I use the Isotonic drink mix from Decathalon here in France but any powdered drink mix should work. Precision and Skratch have one that I'm sure would work great!
'BIG' back to backs are not required. The aim of training is to aggregate your distance/ascent. If you overdo it you'll eat into your ability to run fresh after resting (you need longer rest days). Unless of course you've built yourself up to a level were big back to backs didn't effect your recovery to continue the level of training.
I’m usually able to recover in 2 days after doing them. Also, in the training plan it usually has a recovery week following back to back long runs. Have you tried them?
@@runningforviews Back to backs, of course. But I'm getting older. If I do a back to back I will do ascent one day and keep it flattish the next. This allows tha legs to absorb/recover quicker for more ascent in two or three days and keep rest weeks after a normal heavy month
@@lcuinu smart! Do you think that doing high elevation both days would be good for a race like UTMB? I’m just doing whatever Kilian tells me to do in his book haha
@@runningforviews Killian could probably do a whole weeks of back to backs totalling several Everests. I thinks it's purely down to how the individual takes the load and recovers for the next training sessions. They won't know until they've done it and evaluated if they are improving their ascent times...or just getting tireder. Hills are essential though, but then 'anything' can scupper the race, I was sick five times on my UTMB due to the heat, but it also could have been forgetting to put on arm warmers underneath a jacket in bad weather.
Dude this is unreal. Crazy that an accomplishment like this (while just training!) can be relegated to small-youtubership. Do. work. son.
Thanks man! Appreciate it!