Best UTMB training & racing advice (27 tips from Damian Hall, 5th in 2018)
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- Опубликовано: 25 июл 2024
- Want to ace the UTMB, Ultra Tour du Mont Blanc? Or any other long distance trail running event? Here are the top 27 tips for training and racing from Damian Hall, 5th place in UTMB 2018.
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UK journalist and hiker turned endurance runner Damian Hall came an incredible 5th place overall in Europe’s most popular endurance race, the Ultra Tour du Mont Blanc, UTMB 2018.
This was his 4th time running this famous 106 mile race with a thigh-busting 10,000m of ascent from Chamonix in France, through the mountains of Italy and Switzerland.
Damian was hoping for a top 10 finish, but while the elite field crumbled overnight, seeing drop outs from podium favourites Jim Wamsley, Kilian Jornet and Zach Miller, Damian stayed strong, inching up from 7th to 5th overall and first British male.
I caught up with Damian after his talk at Kendal Mountain Festival to steal no less than 27 of his inspiring, ‘normal person’ ultra running training and racing secrets, which you can put into practice on any long distance trail race.
And of course, he has since set a speed record on the Cape Wrath Trail in Scotland with UTMB 4th female finisher Beth Pascall, which is covered in the film Wrath by Summit Fever Media, link here: www.runnersworld.co.uk/fkt-on...
I’ll be interviewing both of these astounding British runners on Wild Ginger Running soon during a live broadcast so make sure you tune in at 8:30pm every Wednesday for more. Here's last week's interview with Holly Page: • Skyrunning training ti...
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I like the term "forever pace" :)
Some extra tips from my 2018 UTMB experience as well, I suffered from nerves and stomach issues so only made it 135km (still very proud of that though, and will hopefully be back for redemption)... 1) No caffeine on the first night, especially if you are going to be out for 2 nights! save it for the very end 2) Get used to the 6pm start and adjust your body, if you can in the 1-2 weeks before UTMB start pushing your sleeping cycle back by waking later and training through the night then do that 3) If it's your first UTMB and you a susceptible to pressure / nerves try and train your mind somehow (let me know any tips for that!) to cope with that better the start line is insane and you will be more nervous than you have ever been which from experience can have an effect 4) Don't leave your hiking poles unattended at Champex-Lac so they go missing! (keeping my fingers crossed to win the Leki poles on the Patreon draw as I still have not replaced mine haha) I should be coming to the NEC running show as well Claire so hopefully see you there!
Really great, thank you.
Another Great Video!Thx for sharing!So easy to like Damian:)
This was a great interview Claire. Well done! And I love the location; it's part of running to take advantage of whatever time we have at whatever location we're at. I thought it was post workout at a gym or something until I read your description. My favorite tip was to remember perspective. We are all one possible bad step from never doing this again and so many people can't. Work on it like it's your last time.
Some really great tips, thanks for sharing and making such a good video. Feeling good about the video I just uploaded about non-running training to improve my running now after watching this :)
Great stuff!! My first 100 next year so this will be watched again 🙂 Thanks Claire & Damian
Damian is such a great guy, as evidenced by his agreeing to an interview in a parking lot. I hope you offered him a beer! We definitely have to listen to whatever he says - he has to be among the favorite athletes in any race he enters.
I fear the climbs but Damian several times underlined the difficulty of downhill running. Great advice!
Some great advice doing my first 100 this year so all really useful stuff thanks
Wild Ginger Running fantastic will definitely tune in
Great questions Claire. Everything I would want to ask.
second half got really quiet - is there an issue with the recording?
Wild Ginger Running must have been something on my end. Went back and went through the video again all good.
The colours weren’t as good as normal, have you applied a filter?
Wild Ginger Running In you’re garden Claire the colours are not like normal.
I didn't get in :-( Try again next year ;-)
Thanks Claire x