http://community.active.com/community/sports/running/trail?view=discussions Most recent forum messages en Mon, 09 Jul 2012 05:13:21 GMT Jive SBS 4.5.5.2 (http://jivesoftware.com/products/clearspace/) 2012-07-09T05:13:21Z en http://community.active.com/message/1218720?tstart=0#1218720 <!-- [DocumentBodyStart:0e552057-2830-4962-ace4-9789394f32b1] --><div class="jive-rendered-content"><p>I know this has been discussed previously, and sorry for bringing it up again, but I am hoping to get some specific advice. I have an upcoming 100k with a lot of climbing, and I expect I'll need most of the 116hr cutoff to finish the race. I am now planning out my long runs and routes, but I am not sure what my max time in a run should be? I've heard that after a certain amount of time and/or distance the cost of training is too great as it requires a long time to recover essentially negating a lot of the physical benefits from the training run. What are your opinions and experiences on this? An example of some of the training runs I can do is a 20k 4:30 loop through the mountains--the slowest I could do 20k I think, but over 1000m of climbing and lots of downhill. Should doubling this be enough even though it is only 40k? Thanks.</p></div><!-- [DocumentBodyEnd:0e552057-2830-4962-ace4-9789394f32b1] --> Mon, 09 Jul 2012 05:13:21 GMT guest http://community.active.com/message/1218720?tstart=0#1218720 2012-07-09T05:13:21Z 10 months, 2 weeks ago 0