Training for your first hundred, twenty-four weeks, plainly.
A real 24-week build for a 50-mile-per-week base runner. Back-to-backs, taper math, and what to drop when life gets in the way.
Read the guide →Filed under: 50K · 100M · 200-mile · the long miles
A field journal for ultrarunners.
Calculators that respect your kilometers, gear notes from people who've been at mile eighty, and the long pieces no one else writes.
Free Ultimate Zone 2 Training Guide by email. Never slop.
From the Index · Long Reads
The pieces we keep coming back to.
Substantive long-form for ultrarunners, training, race-prep, the things that actually move your finish time.
Fueling by the hour.
A working calorie clock for 12 to 36 hours of effort. Real food vs gels, sodium math, the bonk window.
Read the guide →A field guide for crews and pacers.
What to put in the cooler, what to say at mile eighty, and the small things that quietly save a hundred-miler.
Read the guide →Back-to-back long runs, weekend by weekend.
Why the BTB workout is the single most important block in ultra prep, and how to build them without breaking yourself.
Read the guide →Start here.
- What is an ultramarathon?
- The five ultramarathon distances
- Which ultra distance should you run first?
- How to train for an ultramarathon
- Free ultra training plans, 50K to 100 miles
- The 2026 ultra race calendar
- How old is too old to run an ultra?
- Best running rain jackets for trail and ultras
- Best heart rate monitor for running
Calculators · Built for the long miles
Numbers that respect your kilometers.
The calculators general-running sites don't have. Vert math, drop-bag planners, fueling clocks. All free, no email-gate.
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12,420 FT GAIN
Vert Calculator
How much climb you'll do, what it costs in time, and the equivalent flat-mile pacing.
Run the math → 07 AID STATIONS
Drop-Bag Planner
What to put in each bag, by aid-station distance, weather, and time-of-day.
Plan the bags → 23:45 FINISH TIME
Ultra-Pace Calculator
Adjusted pace for distance, vert, and your training base. Honest splits, sub-24 dreams.
Run the predictor →Races · The roster
North America's iconic ultras.
Race intel that runners actually need: qualifying paths, course profile, gear lists.
Free with subscription
Three things, free on signup.
Each one is a working tool we put together for ultrarunners, printable, fridge-stick, real. Wednesday letter from the studio. No slop.
№ 01
Z2
The Ultimate
Zone 2 Training Guide
Fifteen-minute editorial read. MAF method, threshold testing, four-week ramp, working pace targets.
Get the guide →№ 02
RDC
The Ultra
Race-Day Checklist
Six pages. On-body, in-vest, drop bag, crew bin, race morning, paperwork. Tape it to your fridge.
Get the checklist →№ 03
100
The 100-Mile
Drop-Bag Strategy
Five drop bags, one starting vest, one crew bin. What to put where, and the small items everyone forgets.
Get the strategy →A note from the studio · Issue №042
Ultrarunning is the long answer
to a short question.
How far?
A little farther than you think.
Endure Weekly · Denver, Colorado
