Besides the high-mileage marathons that others have mentioned (where you walk a long way before and after), my longest intentional run was 32 miles of lovely wooded trails for a virtual 50k that was also a training run for a 100k I’d signed up for. After the 50k, my feet forced me to change the 100k back to a 15k. The 32 miles on the tra…
Besides the high-mileage marathons that others have mentioned (where you walk a long way before and after), my longest intentional run was 32 miles of lovely wooded trails for a virtual 50k that was also a training run for a 100k I’d signed up for. After the 50k, my feet forced me to change the 100k back to a 15k. The 32 miles on the trail hurt my plantar fascia way way way more than any road marathon I’ve done. Legs were ok, but feet were just “Nope.” (Need cushier trail shoes, I guess.)
[Turned out to be a good choice as the 100k venue was mostly soft sand 😖 with temps in the 90s. Slowest 15k ever!]
Besides the high-mileage marathons that others have mentioned (where you walk a long way before and after), my longest intentional run was 32 miles of lovely wooded trails for a virtual 50k that was also a training run for a 100k I’d signed up for. After the 50k, my feet forced me to change the 100k back to a 15k. The 32 miles on the trail hurt my plantar fascia way way way more than any road marathon I’ve done. Legs were ok, but feet were just “Nope.” (Need cushier trail shoes, I guess.)
[Turned out to be a good choice as the 100k venue was mostly soft sand 😖 with temps in the 90s. Slowest 15k ever!]
32 miles is basically an ultra (to me, at least). That's awesome, Steph.
A friend did the Moab 240-mile race. Absolutely stunning pix, but she suffered way way way more than I am willing to suffer. (She’s young 😜)
I can't even fathom doing that...
TWO hundred and FORTY miles.... just, wow. That's got to be close to the limit of human endurance!!