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How Much Should You Actually Be Running for a 50K?
You have run a marathon and assume a 50K needs far more. The finisher data says otherwise. What the research shows about weekly volume, and the long-run rule that beats the ten percent rule.
Why Your Training Plan Expired Before You Even Started It
A twelve-week plan is a story told in advance, frozen before it met you. What changes when something can finally read every run you have ever done?
Ultra Running UTMB. Nothing Is Ever Predictable
UTMB 2026: Four champions were gone before the gun. Two more stopped before halfway, and then two runners nobody had circled ran the fastest times in the race's history.
Early June 2026 Ultra Running Digest: World Records, Summer Racing Prep, and the Road to Western States
Everest and 6-hour world records, Zegama settled, and heat-training science that argues for optimisation over maximisation before Western States.
Mid-February 2026 Ultra Running Briefing: Black Canyon Preview, FKT Glory, and the Quiet Revolution in Training Science
The deepest Black Canyon field in race history, Erin Ton's Aconcagua FKTs, and the oldest Arrowhead 135 finisher at 75.
Carbon Plates Come to Trail Shoes With Mixed Reviews
Carbon-plated trail shoes have finally arrived, and the ultra running world is grappling with what they mean for performance, fairness, and the soul of the sport. From record-breaking times to heated debates about technological doping, we'll see how this introduction impacts 2026 course records.
February 2026 Ultra Running Dispatch: Global Race Drama, Asian Dominance, and the Soul of the Sport
Hong Kong to the Lake District: a dead heat at HK100, a Winter Double Bob Graham record, and hard questions about the sport's soul amid explosive growth.
Why Habit Stacking Will Get You to Your Spring Race Finish Line (When New Year's Resolutions Won't)
New Year's Resolutions run on motivation, which is gone by February. Habits run on cues, which are not. The research, the phase-by-phase stacks for a full race build, and a four-week ramp to start one.
The Rise of Women in Ultra Running: Two Decades of Improving Gender Parity
1.1 million race records over two decades. Women now outnumber men at 5km, the ratio has narrowed at every distance, and the ultra gap is the last one standing.
January 2026 Ultra Running Pulse: Winter Records, Industry Shifts, and the Spine Race Drama
Spine Race victories and the controversy that followed, historic Lake District records, and the trends actually shaping the sport this winter.
Why Gatorade Is Sabotaging Your Ultramarathon: The Simple Carb Problem
You have picked a number of grams per hour. Now what goes in the bottle? Why the sports drink is the worst of your options, what to carry instead, and how to separate your hydration from your calories.
The Carbohydrate Revolution in Ultramarathon Nutrition: What Recent Research Reveals
Elite ultra runners are sustaining 60 to 120 grams of carbohydrate an hour, well past the guidance most of us were given. What the research actually shows, why the ceiling moved, and how to train a gut that can handle it.