by Karl Zeiner | Jun 10, 2013 | Race Preview, Running, Ultra Marathon
My first A-Race of the year is less than 2 weeks away. The West Highland Way race starts at 1 am on Saturday June 22. It is a 95 mile run. During last year’s race I had to retire from the race after 75 miles due to the conditions which meant I had started going...
by Karl Zeiner | Jun 4, 2013 | Running, Training, Triathlon, Ultra Marathon
The Ring of Fire Ultra marathon is a 3 day ultra that takes in the complete coastal path around Anglesey and runs from August 30-September 1 this year. The total distance over the 3 days is 131 miles. The Celtman on the other hand is a one day event in the North West...
by Karl Zeiner | May 29, 2013 | Race Reports, Running, Ultra Marathon
Compared to my recent outings on the ultramarathon race scene I was planning to make some changes to my race plan. These were mostly nutrition based and also around when I would plan my feed/walk breaks. Over those last races I had a system of feeding every 25 minutes...
by Karl Zeiner | May 23, 2013 | Running, Ultra Marathon
This one is a bit late but maybe that had to do with the fact that it didn’t go well. My experience at the D33 Ultra was bad. I got home and said to Fiona: “Just like the West Highland Way Race”. Her face dropped … I had to correct by adding that I had finished. Her...
by Karl Zeiner | May 15, 2013 | Running, Ultra Marathon
It has been just over a month since I finished my challenge to run every day for a year. I was initially going to write a blog post about the run sooner but think waiting a bit has given me time to reflect and also see how my body would react after the challenge was...
by Karl Zeiner | Apr 17, 2013 | Running, Training, Ultra Marathon
As mentioned in last week’s post on my run up the West Highland Way, I followed this up with a 55 mile run round the Cateran Trail race route over 2 days the following weekend. My lead-in to this wasn’t great although I had planned to do very little running in the 5...
