In this week’s podcast, we continue our conversation about the tools needed to accomplish your first ultra marathon.

Preparing for an ultra marathon is extremely taxing on the body, so it’s important to focus on getting adequate recovery every week. With this in mind, we go over some basic techniques that can help keep you performing optimally and free of injury.

We also go over the proper nutrition needed to fuel these intense workouts. Carbs are completely nonessential, and for the months up to the race should only account for roughly 10% of your total daily calories. However, race day is another story. Carbs are now going to be your best friend. Carbs are fast acting fuel, jet fuel as we like to say. On the day of the race, that’s exactly what you’ll need. We outline what carb sources you should go with and when to implement them during the race.

We finish the podcast discussing some of the specialty gear you’ll need to train for and compete in an ultra marathon.

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