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A first 50 km. A tired week. Time on feet toward 100 km. Alpine days.
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Kilimanjaro fitness test: your metres per hour
Free Kilimanjaro fitness test. Enter one climb hiked at an easy pace. Get your metres per hour and what it means for Kilimanjaro or Mont Blanc.
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When a 50 km week goes wrong
One week of a 50 km plan, written by the engine, then rewritten from a bad night, reported soreness, and an easy session that was not talkable. The race date stays.
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Missed a long run in 50K or ultra training?
Missed a long run in 50K or ultra training? Do not add the minutes back. A worked 12-week, 3–5 h/week example: what changes this week.
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Six weeks to a 77 km ultra: what to run this week
A worked example: 77 km in six weeks, 5 hours of sleep, a 32 km long run yesterday, a niggle. The week changes. The peak date stays.
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100 km ultra training plan: time on feet, then back-to-backs
How a 100–120 km ultra block is built: months of easy volume, late back-to-backs, a four-week taper. Tired weeks cut the hard work. The race date stays.
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Trail running training plan for 20 km and 50 km
Easy volume, one quality dose, a long that grows. How Ridgework writes a 20 km trail block and a first 50 km ultra from the peak date you pick.
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Trail running fatigue: when the week should train less
Sleep, niggles, and a long from yesterday are training inputs. Tired means skip intervals. Wrecked means rest. The peak date stays.
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Mountain running preparation for an alpine day
Conversational vert, a short specific block, taper into the forecast. The alpine day is the peak — not a hard Tuesday.
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Am I fit enough for Kilimanjaro? The 500 m/h test
Kilimanjaro rarely beats people on steepness. It beats them on hours. A simple uphill test tells you if you're ready, and what to train if you're not.
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Do you need to run to train for Kilimanjaro?
You don't need to run for Kilimanjaro. Hike steep uphills and downhills with a pack, at a pace you can hold for hours.
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Ultra race preparation checklist for the last two weeks
Taper volume, keep a little sharpness, practise fuel, write sleep. What the last 14 days look like before a 50 km or 100 km ultra.
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Easy base: more minutes at a pace you can talk
No race required. The block most people skip. A sweaty hour every time does not make you fitter.
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