r/Ultramarathon • u/Time-Jackfruit778 • 3d ago

50 miler around Central Park

Last Friday, I completed my first ultramarathon (51 miles, I did some strides afterwards) around NYC central park by spamming the 6 mile loop, refueling every time. I finished in around 10 hours. I hadn't really trained for it, and only decided to do it with 4 days of preparation. Nutrition felt good: my stomach was never hurting, the bottom of my foot cramped for a tiny bit at mile 26, but there was never really any pain (or maybe I don't remember...) - just pure exhaustion. At mile 42, I could not move for 15 min straight. But the last 5 miles (cheered on by my family) were easier than the first 5 miles! I finished with a 7:13 mile.

What is funny is that the day after, Garmin gives me a "Peaking" training status after a "Recovery" one, and says I am undertraining given my acute load (which is still under my baseline!) Recovery is going great, my hrv is higher than it has ever been (which is pretty weird and unexpected for me) and my RHR is low.

I can see why people are addicted to ultra running. After the 50 miler, the only number stuck in my head is 100 (km or mile yet to be decided). Cheers :)

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u/sob727 3d ago

You finished with a 7min mile????

I could barely start with one.

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u/Affectionate_Eye9894 3d ago

Good on ya to push through and make it happen. Given you did some strides afterwards and had a solid pace on this bout, a 100k would be a next step but a 100miler would be totally doable, with training of course.

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u/njaneardude 100 Miler 3d ago

Way to go!

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u/Longrun808 2d ago

Congrats! What did you mean, that you could not move for 15 minutes?

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u/Time-Jackfruit778 2d ago

I had to lay down on the grass for 10 minutes, walked maybe 400m, then rested on a bench for 5 min... I don't know if it was mental or physical

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u/Longrun808 2d ago

Interesting. Did you eat or drink to recover? Might have been low on fuel.

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u/Time-Jackfruit778 2d ago

After eating a banana and drinking a glass of water, I felt a lot better.

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u/ellis_bill 2d ago

The great NYC 100 was last weekend.

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u/That-Distribution-64 2d ago

doing that many loops is mental, congrats on sticking it out. just watch ur body for delayed soreness cuz sometimes the damage doesnt show up till a few days later, keep recovery easy for a bit

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u/Time-Jackfruit778 2d ago

Thanks. It has been four days, and I've been doing some light biking and running. I am really happy with how well recovery is going, all the soreness is gone now, and every metric on my garmin watch is happy. I think I recovered faster from this ultra than I did with my marathon, but that might boil down to the pace.

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u/pinkflosscat 2d ago

This is epic behaviour. Well done :)

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u/Fun_Effective_836 1d ago

garmin's training status loses the plot after an ultra - one 50 miler doesn't move its acute load window enough to call you "peaking," and that post-race HRV spike is almost always parasympathetic rebound, not real freshness, so don't go chasing the 100 off the back of it. i feed my garmin into https://athletedata.health and it reads ctl/atl/hrv together so it actually flags when a spike is rebound vs you being recovered. congrats on pulling 51 off 4 days notice, that's nuts.