Category Archives: trail running training

November 22

TRAIL RUNNING TRAINING: SLEEP MORE, RUN BETTER. BY MAYAYO

TRAIL RUNNING TRAINING: SLEEP MORE TO RUN BETTER. BY MAYAYO I’ll start with an unheroic confession: for years I was one of those mountain runners who bragged about functioning on five or six hours of sleep, as if voluntary insomnia were some kind of sporting merit badge. “Let’s pull an all-nighter” used to be the […]

July 31

ULTRA TRAIL TRAINING: RYAN SANDES SHARES KEY TIPS FOR HIS 1.046KM RECORD AT HIMALAYA TRAIL

. Ultra trail training is most demanding, both because the physical and mental challenges it poses. Ultrarunner Ryan Sandes and compatriot Ryno Griesel completed a Fastest Known Time (FKT) on the Great Himalaya Trail back in March. Now,  Ryan shares key insight into how tough it was just to prepare adequately for it. Training smartly first, and then running […]