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The Beginner’s Guide to Ultra-Marathon Training (Without Losing Your Life Outside Running)
January 20th, 2026
Training for your first ultra is a brilliant mix of excitement, confusion, and occasional panic-Googling. The sport looks intimidating from the outside, huge distances, long weekends, headtorches, backpacks, fuelling strategies, and a world of social media with the strong opinions of fast looking people all contradicting each other.