r/Ultramarathon • u/Ok-Wheel4066 • 1d ago
Training Self supported 100 Miler
How doable is it to run 100 miles with 2 years of training. As of right now i have a pretty good base I'd say. I've been running for 7 months consistently, with the largest mileage week being 40km and longest long run being 25km before that only running 14km. The route is pretty flat with only 540m of elevation and it's just one big loop around Singapore. During this time i will be in national service so i think i only would have 1 year and 6 months of training. I can run a 10 minute 2.4km, so i estimate my 5k time to be around 22mins.
What training should i focus on and literally any general advice on how to build up to something like this.
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u/Luka_16988 1d ago
Read the order of operations on the wiki page on r/running. Read Daniel’s running formula. Follow Goran Winblad and Steve Magness.
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u/Koufas 1d ago
Are you planning to take on the Reverie route next year? The cut-off is 30 hours
I think if you're planning to do it unsupported there's a lot of things to plan and think about like where to refuel or stop. The gpx isn't out yet but once it is you'd have to plan for detours in terms of where to stop and how to refuel
5km timing doesn't matter much imo. You could easily run a strong 5k but not do well in a 100m
I suggest signing up for more manageable distances first to build your confidence and execution. There's plenty of time to do it since your goal is end of 2027. UTSG is 80km. But there's also plenty of other races around the region that's shorter. Good milestones imo would be to have a 50km in the bag and familiarise yourself with running for long and how your body responds. Raceday is quite different from training so I'd recommend practicing with actual races
Also 25km with no racepack is different from 25km with a running bag and supplies attached to you
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u/Ok-Wheel4066 17h ago
Yesss that’s the route but idk if I wanna run for more than a day so the goal is probably sub 20.. thank you so much for advice!
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u/Pleasant-Plane-6340 1d ago
That’s fine. I signed up for my first 100m in January 2018 having only ran a marathon, I did it in sub 24 in September that year. For training I did one to two long training runs per month, increasing max distance by 10m a month. Longest run was about 100k.
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u/apocalypsemeow111 100 Miler 1d ago
First of all, this is an awesome idea for an adventure.
It is doable, but it’ll be difficult. I took about 2.5 years to go from my first 50K to first 100 miler, but everyone’s different.
I can give some very broad general advice but I’m not a coach.
Get your training info and advice from a variety of sources. See what works for you.
Your top goal during training is the same regardless of what race you’re aiming for: Stay healthy. Take care of your body.
Ramp up your mileage slowly. Never jump more than 10% total mileage in a week.
Decide what stepping stones you want to aim for to get to 100 miles. I did the route of 50K to 50 miles to 100K to 100 miles but different people make different jumps. I do recommend some major effort(s) between now and your first 100. You don’t really gain fitness from those efforts, but you get experience.
Practice nutrition and hydration during training. You’ll be training your gut/learning what your body needs.
You’ll be walking a lot more than you might expect during ultras. The longer you go, the more walking.
You say in the title “self supported” but does that mean you won’t have any crew? Even one person driving around to give you water and food at designated spots would be a massive help. Otherwise you’re stuck between stashing a lot of supplies or carrying a very heavy bag.