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mylon.ollila on May 2, 2022 at 11:13 am · in reply to: 50k in 6 weeks? #66453

Hi sgw,

To share my own experience, I ran my first road marathon a few years ago with only around 6 weeks of training and it was the most painful running experience of my life. Over the last 15km I was just trying not to cry lol. In hindsight, I had a great time but I was risking injury, especially since I had no previous running history.

That being said, if you have been maintaining between 30-50km/week you can probably survive a 50km ultra if your goal is finishing as opposed to performance. Not sure I’d recommend it but I’ve seen worse. Are there any other upcoming events you can properly train for, perhaps in September or October?

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mylon.ollila on January 31, 2022 at 11:18 am · in reply to: Doubles vs longer daily runs #62747

Hi everyone, your feedback has been awesome, thanks so much!!!

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mylon.ollila on January 21, 2022 at 3:22 pm · in reply to: Doubles vs longer daily runs #62440

Thank you Aaron, very helpful!

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mylon.ollila on January 21, 2022 at 8:56 am · in reply to: Doubles vs longer daily runs #62430

Thanks @L-Tregan, I appreciate that insight! I agree with the need for M/E workouts. Just as a bit of background, I use M/E workouts in base training for all of my training cycles – they are magic – and yes, with a career and a family it takes a lot of planning to hit a peak week of 140km but in my experience it’s been doable.

My main concern is that, even though my mileage is high, I’m splitting anything over 100km/week into 9 or more runs, with my longest continuous run at only 2-3 hours, and I’m worried that that strategy will come back to bite me in the ass when I do longer races.

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mylon.ollila on November 23, 2021 at 9:44 am · in reply to: Training for shorter races #59678

Thanks Scott!

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mylon.ollila on July 15, 2021 at 3:27 pm · in reply to: Shoes for ridge running #55759

I like the Salomon sense pro 4 or s/lab sense series for scrambling on gnarlier terrain on Vancouver’s North Shore. Super sticky rubber, sensitive, very good on technical terrain. Plus, if they’re good enough for Kilian they’re good enough for me.

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mylon.ollila on April 28, 2021 at 10:10 am · in reply to: Maintaining aerobic fitness while injured #53466

Thanks for the advice Bruno and Steve! It may just take some patience over the next couple weeks until I’m cleared to start swimming. Looking forward to experimenting with some of your suggestions.

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mylon.ollila on January 21, 2021 at 4:07 pm · in reply to: Hip strengthening for mountain running #49615

Thanks Scott. I’m a midfoot striker but I am going to work those drills into my strength routines. Much appreciated.

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mylon.ollila on January 8, 2021 at 10:26 am · in reply to: Hip strengthening for mountain running #49002

Thanks Brett!