Any regular trail runners on board?

I continued to pull my calf and my ankles were killing me until I found zone training. I try to keep my heart rate below 140 on most runs and as I lost weight my injuries went away, my pace increased, and my heart rate remained under 140. You may be going to hard to fast.

I’m currently training for a 50k (31mi) and a 40 miler all trails. I did my last 50k at 6h 30m @240 lbs. I run far and lift heavy and have managed to do it injury free for a long time. Run/walking my long runs, I believe, has kept my joints and feet relatively healthy. I use a 4min run to 1min walk ratio for up to 4 hours during training. I never run more than 3x a week and utilize as much hills and/or low impact(cycling) as possible.

I do pretty intense running workouts every Thursday evening with my girlfriend's competitive running friend. This usually entails a 3-5 mile warm up on the trails at a nearby park (mostly flat) with anywhere from a 7 min / mile pace to an 8.5 min / mile pace followed by a 5 minute rest then straight in to an interval track workout.

Never really had ankle problems within the 3-5 mile range, but ran 12 miles on the trails in NW Arkansas on Thursday and ankles are still sore. I'd imagine soreness would not have been an issue had I been training on a more rocky trail like the one I ran on Wednesday, even with the jump in distance.

I run trails pretty frequently. It definitely gets my hips, shins and ankles fired up if I go too fast. I am also training for a 50k (I think the same race Macrell is) and I am having to make myself slow down so i can control my stride and hopefully reduce some pain.

I am tall and skinny so I just glide, but Ive torn some shite up trying to go for too much speed.

Polar + Andy,
What races y’all doing? Here’s my current breakdown/plans:
Screaming monkey—11/7/20 (50k)
Lou garou——12/5/20 (40 miler)
Wild azalea—-1/2/21 (50miler)
Red dirt——2/27/21 (100k)

Children of the Cane 100-miler 11/14/2020
LOVIT 100K 2/24/2021
I feel like I’ll need a break after my first 100-miler for at least a couple weeks so won’t do another ultra until late Feb. will do the Louisiana Marathon in January though if they have it.

Yeah, I run 70-90 miles a week and to get that distance and especially the long runs in I’m having to run at like 9:30 pace(for reference I race half marathons at a 6:40 pace). So it comes out to nearly 20hrs/week training and the slow running is actually way worse on the body!
If you live in or near Baton Rouge the Children of the Cane is a great one bc it’s right across the bridge in Port Allen(15 minutes from my house) and it’s all flat. And the cool temps of November help a lot to avoid dehydration.

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What races y’all doing? Here’s my current breakdown/plans: Screaming monkey—11/7/20 (50k) Lou garou——12/5/20 (40 miler) Wild azalea—-1/2/21 (50miler) Red dirt——2/27/21 (100k)

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I'm doing the Screaming Monkey also. I'm doing the 100 miler, and the summer heat has destroyed my training plan.

I did the Red Dirt 100k the first year of the race. Attempted the 100miler in 2018, but didn't train at all for it, and ended up dropping out at 50miles.

Next year I'm doing:
Red Dirt (haven't decided on a distance)
VOL State (314miles)(not a trail run, but running across the state of TN in July, self supported seemed like a good idea when i registered)
Barkley Fall Classic (32ish hellish miles)(was supposed to do it this year, but had to defer to next year due to all this covid crap)

If you want to look into two really awesome races check out Grand to Grand Ultra (176 mile, self supported, stage race from the north rim of the Grand Canyon, across the desert, to the Grand Staircase and Mauna to Mauna Ultra (156 mile, self supported race from the east side to the west side of Hawaii's big island). Both are pretty expensive, but worth every penny.

When it gets closer to race day I’ll touch base with y’all. Really looking forward to this fall and seeing some happy faces out there. Hope all goes well during training for y’all.

Tejas Trails has several upcoming races to choose from. Will likely do one or two, starting with Trailway.