I’m curious do ultramarathoners feel the same way about the rest of the race past 20 miles?

jebarker 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Yes. I've run numerous 50Ks, 50 milers, 100ks and 100 milers. I felt like crap after 20 miles in almost all of them. Most of getting better at ultramarathons is learning to keep going when feeling like crap. Oddly, the one race that was an exception is probably the hardest one of them I did on paper - in that case I was going so slowly from the beginning that I never really hit a 20 mile wall.

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rootusrootus a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I've heard it claimed that an ultramarathon is fundamentally a different experience because while it definitely requires excellent physical stamina, it has a large mental component to it, as well as a much bigger focus on nutrition. Very different sort of race, I guess.

	▲	justinwp a day ago \| parent [-]
		there are multiple cycles from highs to lows and back and then typically a larger dominant split similar what was discussed here for the marathon but scaled to the distance.

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justinwp a day ago | parent | prev [-]

the split would be first 80 and las t 20 miles +-10 miles.