Looking for a chance to test your endurance this summer, meet new people, or improve certain aspects of your run fitness? If you’ve spent the last couple months training consistently it might be fun to think about putting a 50K on your summer calendar. Don’t worry about finding yourself alone too far out in the wild, getting lost, or facing soul-crushing vertical climbs with one of these beginner friendly 50K trail events.
First Timer 50K Races
June 7 - Blue River, OR — McKenzie River Trail Run
June 8 - Coeur D’Alene, ID — Hiawatha Trail Run
June 21 - Flagstaff, AZ — Flagstaff Extreme Big Pine Trail Runs
August 9 - Mt Hood, OR — Wy'east Trailfest
August 23 - Island Park, ID — Harriman Trail Races
September 20 - Sisters, OR — Three Sisters Skyline
October 11 - McCall, ID — Sasquatch Shuffle
Lately it seems like the running world is becoming more obsessed with going longer, pushing further and exploring limits of human endurance. The most recent example is last weekend’s Six Days of France when both the top man and women broke the world record for miles run over 144 hours. USA’s Megan Eckert took the women’s title with 603 miles, and Ivan Zaborsky finished with nearly 651.
Megan Eckert and Ivan Zaborsky Set Women’s and Men’s 6-Day Running World Records
Ultrarunning has often been called “eating competitions” as, not surprisingly, having enough fuel on board is a crucial ingredient to long-distance success. But with the rising popularity of high-carb fueling across all disciplines, it’s clear that even shorter distance athletes are finding huge performance benefits with more carbohydrate. Still, do sub-elite, everyday participants like most of us need to swallow as much as the elites? Most likely: it depends. Certainly, everyone should put more intention into preparing their training and race day fuel, and this tool from Precision Fuel and Nutrition can help guide your calorie, hydration, and electrolyte needs.
Don’t let fueling be your limiter! Need even more persuasion to up your calorie and fluid intake during and surrounding training or racing? Former pro-cyclist, Bobby Julich, shares personal anecdotes of his memorable bonks before learning that more fuel equals better performance and recovery.
Racing on Empty: What I Learned From My Worst Bonks
Take Your Training to the Next Level: Why You Should Try a 50K This Summer
Looking to see what the growing interest in ultramarathon is all about? To test your endurance? To meet new people, or improve certain aspects of your fitness? If you’ve spent the last couple months training consistently it might be fun to think about putting a 50K on your calendar this summer.
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We’re now well into the spring/summer racing season with the weather heating up and goals looming on the horizon. Whether it’s a 10K, Marathon PR, first trail 50 miler, it’s out there and getting closer by the day.
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Endurance training and racing impacts the gut in many different ways. Learn how it is impacted and what may be done to minimize various types of GI issues.
