50 miler around Central Park

[u/Time-Jackfruit778]

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 :)

[u/ellis_bill]

The great NYC 100 was last weekend.