[selimkaelin]

Hi everyone,

last year, I completed my first ultra marathon with a 50k. This year I want to push myself a bit further, so I signed up for a 70k in September. I really enjoyed the evoke endurance training plans and the Trainingpeaks app for my preparations last year (although I mainly trained for mountaineering with a mountaineering-specific training plan). I would like to use another training plan from the store again but I am not sure which running-specific plan is better suited for my goal.

Would you recommend going with the “First Ultra” or the “Luke Nelson 100 Miler” training plan as a base? I will have to customize either one but I would really appreciate if you could weigh in on this decision. The race I want to train for is a 70k/4000m vertical event in the Austrian Alps. Thank you very much for all the feedback!

Have a great day and best regards,

Selim

• This topic was modified 9 months ago by selimkaelin.

[Scott Johnston]

Selim:

With that much vertical gain/loss in your target race I think the Luke Nelso plan scaled down a bit in running volume will work well for you.. While you might want to reduce volume don’t skimp on the special workouts built into that plan.

We’re very glad to hear that the Mountaineering plan worked well for you and think you will find good success with Luke’s plan.

Happy training,

Scott

[selimkaelin]

Hi Scott,

thank you so much for your fast reply! I am still surprised every time about how quickly you respond to all questions. Thank you very much! I have gotten myself the Luke Nelson plan and will adjust it slightly.

Would you say that the volume correlates linearly to the length of the race? I will scale the running volume accordingly.

Thanks and have a great start to the week,

Selim

[Scott Johnston]

Selim:

As much as one can make general recommendations I would say that linear scaling is not going to be the best.  Think of the marathon.  Often training volume is 80-100miles for this 26mile event.   So I think a 50miler will need 75% of the volume as a 100miler.  That’s probably a good place to start.

Scott

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