“Race your strengths, train your weaknesses”.
Following last month’s Pilgrim Challenge and the degree to which I found the second day much tougher than the first day, it was clear to me that one of my weaknesses was recovery and running while fatigued. With that in mind, I approached the Amersham 50k race last weekend with a very different approach from that which I usually have for ultra races.
Read it in full here: https://www.oldiesultras.com/post/training-day-running-on-empty