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20 Week First Ultra Trail Run Plan

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20 Week First Ultra Trail Run Plan

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Evoke Endurance

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4.25 (4)

Length

20 Weeks

Plan Description

This plan is for the runner without an extensive running history who needs to increase their aerobic capacity (raise their aerobic threshold heart rate and pace). For more information on this read this article https://evokeendurance.com/aerobic-deficiency-syndrome-ads/) while targeting a trail race from 25-50km in length in 5 months. You should be capable of comfortably starting off with 4 hours of low intensity running per week. The plan includes a strength program which we have found to be very beneficial for trail runner. The first 4 weeks are for familairization and general conditioning. In week 5 begins what is the meat of the program our well proven muscular endruance sessions coupled with hill sprints to build running special leg power. The final phase of the plan drops the muscular endurance work and shifts to more running specific intensity.

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Training Plan Sample Week

Stats

Average Weekly Breakdown

Workouts Weekly Average Longest Workout
Run x4
05:08:00 04:00:00
Day Off x1
—— ——
Swim x1
00:43:00 00:30:00
Strength x1
01:24:00 01:30:00
Workouts Per Week Weekly Average Longest Workout
Run
05:08:00 04:00:00
Day Off
—— ——
Swim
00:43:00 00:30:00
Strength
01:24:00 01:30:00

Training Load By Week


Evoke Endurance

Evoke Endurance

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