How ‘normal’ people train for a 250mile 8-day stage race across Scotland: Cape Wrath Ultra

[@ksteege]

Best of luck! I am training for my first 50 Miler at then end of April and enjoy seeing more “normal” people too. Lol. Thanks for the channel I enjoy your approach and look forward to your episodes

[@ksteege]

Will do for sure!!

[@urmomentum1679]

Hi Claire. Really enjoy listening & watching your videos. Would be interested to know what nutrition you have planned for this type of event & also as you're now fitting in 2 runs/day what your views are on running fat adapted? I'm looking at experimenting with lower carbs after my next Ultra - May - with the view to seeing how this can work for longer distance runners. Thanks in advance. Good luck, run happy.

[@grantmclean7397]

Good Luck! Doing my first ultra this year 'Kintyre Way'.

[@nigelmtb]

There was a recent Ginger Runner podcast with someone who ran that! I think it was #196 with Ken Michal. Might be worth a listen, although it's pretty clear you know what you are doing. Best of luck with it!

[@TheMoifel]

Very interesting, thanks for sharing!

[@Cryptosifu]

I want to do this race

[@wildgingerruns]

Go for it!

[@hassamito]

Hi Clare, best of luck in your race, I live in Scotland never ran in my life and was invited to join a race with a few colleagues from work, this race came to be the West Highland Way race challenge 96 miles in 35 hours, just a quick question, what type of nutrition are you planning for the race, gels? Energy bars? There’s so much things out there that to be honest I’m not sure what works and what doesn’t, or if I should just pack my bag with Reese peanut butter and strawberry jam sandwiches 😂, many thanks and great videos down to earth but extremely useful specially for newbies like myself.

[@petersavage9938]

Good film. I'd be in the snoring tent :(

[@tinylittleanj2]

Huh I just saw the name of this video and I always thought you had been saying "Kate Bath Ultra" 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@edgarkoster138]

Thanks for this info in this info, and you exercise 'films'. I hope to be up to the same distance this week, finally, after the flu. Though I need to do a bit of catching up to make it...

[@constantine1979]

Great stuff. I’m in the crew team and our webinar is later today. So so excited, especially now with the promise of tree fresh air! Really enjoying hearing how you are doing as my plan is to do it in 2020. 🤞

[@DartmoorPaul]

Interested to hear whether you are running mileage/pace or time/effort? You mentioned jumping to 60+ miles or going for a 10miler and it was tough? I switched 3 years with Full Potential Training to effort/time and I will never look back! Been injury free since then and stronger and fitter than ever. The point it took me a while to twig, was if you go out to do 6miles and it's windy, boggy and cold you will really push yourself and potentially injure yourself, but if you go for an hour at steady effort then you may do 6 or you may do 3 but you will use the same effort and crucially stay within your body's limits, whilst getting the same "effort" training. I'm interested to hear what you think?

[@DartmoorPaul]

Interesting and I think that's what I mean. I havent been upping the mileage, I've been upping the time out. So if it's tough underfoot and hilly I might do 8 miles but if it's dry and flat I''ll do 10. But it's not the mileage I train to, it's the time and the effort over that time. If that makes sense? So, I'm training for London Marathon and then going back to ultras afterwards, but London is the focus this year. (Last year it was the Ultimate Trails 110k and I LOVED IT!). So it's interesting when people say how many miles have you done for London and I answer 3 ½ hrs :-) I'm thrilled to hear about the Wrath, that is ONE race that sounds amazing! ok, apart from the bits where it sounds like miles of bog.....get enough of that on Dartmoor! GOOD LUCK with the training and we're all right behind you!! About 600miles behind ;-)

[@DartmoorPaul]

Thats the thing! :-) Thanks Claire 😎

[@jasonlee3247]

Snoring tent 😀

[@johnfowlertrailrunning]

Wow, I’d admire your dedication! Have you run the UTMB?

[@Brockdorf]

What do you hold the camera with. I want to take my Garmin Virb on Ragnar Niagara but not sure how to do it.

[@cameronfrancey1718]

You're funny... "normal" people that train for a 250 miler :) Us crazy people that enjoy endurance sports can relate though. I think I'm "normal" my friends and family probably think I've gone off the scale on the crazy meter :)

[@jeanettehall7775]

Cameron Francey I was amused that Claire described herself as "normal" but at least she clarified the context!

[@cameronfrancey1718]

Yep, we are all normal in our own unique ways :) After finishing work I finally got round to watching the rest of this post. Good luck Claire if you read this far, I'm sure you will be fine and enjoy the great experience its going to be. I'm terrible at overdoing it with my running, and can't help myself from a really long weekend run that's always way longer and faster than it really should be. I'm really lucky I have access to the hills and trails pretty much on my doorstep so its hard not to run. Looking forward to your updates on how the training goes etc.

[@iberiksoderblom]

Exciting. I think you are doing the right stuff. I had to take a day of from work and from running to day, because I got sick during the night. Light fever, headacke, hot and nervouse legs. Signals I need to relax. So I take two days of from running, and then just do some short zone 1 running saturday and sunday and then only one run next week. Then I should be ok 😁 Happy running 😊

[@stephenmackay4320]

I dont have much time to run. Was doing a 21 to 30 as part of 1000mile challange. Now recovering from 6 races in 2 weekends after a torn leg muscle. But relaxing before my big challange in October the Adventures into Wonderland a 28.8 miler But you did so awesome in your Cape Wrath kudos x

[@DartmoorPaul]

Where have I been to miss this news?! Youre doing Cape Wrath Ultra?!? Wow! awesome 😎😊👍

[@michaelsinclair8279]

Watch out for the midgies!! And all the best for the run, you might even see some sunshine!

[@richardhawkings4894]

Good luck Wild Ginger, what an epic challenge!!

[@petelashley]

Good luck on the Cape Wrath Ultra Claire! Enjoy the free fresh air. Brill seeing you at Hawkshead Lakeland Trails and thanks for the great films! Pete petelashley.com

[@jasonjames6870]

What kind of pace do you do your training runs at if you don't mind me asking.

[@jasonjames6870]

@@wildgingerruns thanks for the reply I've been building my endurance up with long slow runs hopefully tackling my first 50 miler in the not to distant future. Your channel has been a big help and inspiration cheers.

[@dolphusmeyer]

You are running some really wet muddy trails. How do you keep your feet warm/dry please? Could you do a vid on cleaning your shoes please? I’m finding your videos really inspiring. I’m 55 & doing my first 50k race in October. Only started running at Xmas 2017!

[@PoetWithPace]

"normal" people train for these races? ;-)

[@PoetWithPace]

thank you Claire. I think its a compliment when people tell me i'm not normal :-)