Ultra Marathon Planning

Are you considering participating in an ultramarathon in 2025? Follow these guidelines when creating your training plan. For distances ranging from 50K to 50 miles, you should aim to run for 6 hours per week over a 3-week period, starting 6 weeks before your target race. If your goal is a distance between 100K and 100 miles, plan to run 9 hours per week for 6 weeks, beginning 9 weeks prior to your race. The 3-week difference in both plans accounts for a 3-week taper leading up to the race day.

The year I successfully completed the OC 100, I was running over 12 hours per week during the same recommended timeframe. However, the psychological training plan is just as crucial as the running plan. This was something I lacked during my 2016 OC 100 attempt, where I had to stop at mile 71. I will discuss this further in my next post.

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