If you want to run endurance races you must be ready to exit your comfort zones!
The Ultra Trail races over 100km races push the athlete’s body to the extreme: unnatural biorhythms, sleep deprivation and modified daily nutritional scheme. There is a moment, during these races, in which a profound crisis arrives, even for the most trained. In the state of extreme discomfort, the most immediate thought you will have would be to withdraw, forgetting all the sacrifices made in the previous months of training and the money spent for your Ultra Trail.
The “excuse” that many trail runners find is that, after all, they are not professional athletes so they can let it go. This decision is induced by the mind that tries to push you back into a “Comfort” situation. After few hours, lying in your bed, often you realize that it was a bad choice and that, gritting your teeth for a few more hours or tens of kilometers, you could have reached the finish line …. But unfortunately, it is too late!
How can you try to keep concentration and maintain your capacity for rational choice? Here are some tips from the experts that will help you to manage your Ultra Trail races above 100km:
What is written here is only a small part of what you need to face some races, but everything will contribute to make you a FINISHER!
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Digital Strategic Marketing Director – certified Innovation Manager – in multinational companies, she is still today the only Italian female athlete to have ran 900 km and 55,000m D+ in the mountains in a single stage race (Transpyrenea 2016, 3rd women overall). She counts numerous Podiums and international Victories on races over 100k. She holds a SNaQ CONI certification as a Trail Running Coach, Athletic Trainer and in Nutrition and Sports Supplementation. Since 2014 she is President and sports executive of innovative technology startups and companies, including Trail Running Movement and Digital Sport 360. She trains elite trail running athletes and she teaches in trail running coach certification courses. She is an author of sports articles on training, nutrition and supplementation in trail running and running, both in Italian and in English and Spanish. She manages relationships and collaborations with Federations and Race Organizers.