Ultra Marathon Training: a Base Building MUST DO

ERIC ORTON RUNNING ACADEMY:
Join coach Eric Orton, author of THE COOL IMPOSSIBLE and World renown run coach in Born To Run, as he discusses training, performing, and all things running.
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Eric is the former Director of Fitness at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, World renown Ultra Running/Marathon coach, international author/speaker, and has operated his online coaching business for the last 21 years.
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[JacquesThebeau]

Thankyou … just found you out here…. 58 yrs old and signed up for my 1st Ultra 50k … love the long peaceful quiet runs… planning on putting some of this speed work in …. Again txs

[trainwellracewell]

The best part of a nice climb is the views we’re rewarded with

[homonym]

Maaaan, it's so, so refreshing to watch a video (of any kind) where the intention is truly in helping the community rather than the individual who put it together. It helps me know I can trust that source and knowledge, and look forward to sharing that with others too. Thanks Eric, you're a star.

[andersoncynthia]

I am a newbie from road to trail and I am getting slower and it is making me insane! But I can now go farther. I just come across you and so thankful I did! Thank you for your videos! Going to watch more and figure out what I am doing wrong.

[jacobmar]

I completed my first half marathon and now im hooked! Im looking i to take my body farther and faster in the coming years.

[Bodzio]

I run yesterday 18k. Half on the road the other half in the mountains partially with heavy rain and steep hills and I loved it.

[djunamartinez]

I have never broken through until watching your videos. They are so motivating and i finally have proven to myself what i am capable of because i watched this. Thank

[wadeliljenquist]

Thank you for your wisdom. I shared this with my friend and sister. I’m excited to apply this

[keithkilgorejr]

Bruh you just literally explained this the best I HAVE EVER HEARD!!!!

[paultellier]

Really intrigued by your comment that we need many gears for ultra. I’ve been running trails for a couple decades, and really only had two gears. Walk or Run (and it’s a low and slow run pace). I’ve been following the Relentless Forward Progress training plans as well and they seem to work okay, but I think I’ll incorporate the development of some other gears, like you suggest. Thanks for the content!

[russamehta]

Excellent video. Makes so much common sense

[aliciavalentyn]

Great examples and explanation of endurance and strength. Building gears ⚙️ is so important 🏃‍♀️Thank you

[TheCikpiah]

awesome.. thank you with Love from Malaysia

[nadineoglesby]

You know what, I live in the best city for training! Looking for a good coach, manifesting. Thanks for the supplemental knowledge.

[aliceyyy]

Super useful thank you for your video!

[oggonzalezadventures]

New to this channel, where or what should i be reading to understand the 8 zones?

[chinothedreamgiver]

Great stuff.. dumbing it down for people like me 👍🏼

[cypriano]

my goal for the year is to run the Rockwall in kootenay n park, 55ks, 2500m. kinda screwed up my achilles by going hard on long climbs in the parks. just did too much without proper rest i guess. kinda bummed out, hope i get better soon or the snow will stop me doing it.

[doogles]

Wish I had hills to climb. I have to use an incline treadmill, and stairs as alternative. Good advice though

[Hillrunner]

Your last two videos have been enlightening. Though I successfully completed my 50 and 100 mi races this year, I found that I trained too slow and thus ran too slow. Now I’m 8 weeks post 100 and feel recovered, but I won’t start training for 2022 goals until Jan. Do you advocate that I still include some shorter hard training, like 30 sec hill repeats, while I’m just chilling out from high miles for a few months?