What I Wish I Knew
First-ultra hindsight: leave room to adapt
Rehearse an easy opening effort on comparable terrain.
TRAIN · FUEL · RECOVER · ENDURE
Miles of Meaning
Ultra endurance,
understood.
Evidence-based training, fueling, recovery, race strategy, and the mental side of going long.
START WITH YOUR QUESTION
What brings you here?
01 / RESEARCH PULSE
Read beyond
the headline.
LATEST PUBLISHED EDITION4 publications · 3 findings selected
EARLY & CONTEXTUAL EVIDENCE
Thresholds, heat, equipment and fueling: what transfers?
Three new laboratory studies examine personal thresholds, dry versus humid heat, and women’s equipment combinations. A clearly labelled 7 October cycling trial adds catch-up fueling evidence. Useful findings remain bounded by who was studied, what was measured and how long the test lasted.
Read the complete research briefWhat changes?
No protocol change. Interesting findings are not automatically a reason to change your training.
- 01
Within-participant laboratory comparison
Ventilatory thresholds are detectable using DFA-α1 at group level but not individual level during swimming, cycling and running.
Supports the existing distinction between a useful group marker and a validated personal training-zone boundary.
Primary source (opens in a new tab) - 02
Crossover heat-acclimation laboratory study
CrossAcclimation and Endurance Performance Following Adaptation to Dry and Humid Heat.
Supports retaining humidity and event context when interpreting heat research; the study is not an eight-day prescription for runners.
Primary source (opens in a new tab) - 03
Four-condition within-runner laboratory comparison
Combined Effects of Sports Bra Support and Running Shoe Cushioning Influence Breast and Running Biomechanics in Female Runners.
Supports considering the equipment combination and the outcome being measured; lower acceleration alone does not prove injury protection.
Primary source (opens in a new tab)
Source verification and evidence confidence are different. Some archive sources remain unresolved. Check the source audit
02 / THE PRACTICAL PROTOCOL
The week,
made practical.
Use the Action Plan for your training week and the days before, during and after your event. Keep scope, safety and sources beside each action.
ULTRA BASICS · 50K · 100K · 100 MILE · MULTI-DAY
Start with readiness
Check whether today’s session still makes sense.
Know the purpose
Connect the session to the priorities in your plan.
Keep the boundaries visible
Use the cautions and stop rules alongside the advice.
03 / FROM THE FIELD
THE ORIGIN COLLECTION
ORIGIN STORY · EDITORIAL
A 100K question.
A longer view.
Miles of Meaning began with a practical question: how can research become useful in an actual training week? The original protocols, tools and research history remain the foundation.
Read the origin storyExperience has a place here. It stays clearly separate from scientific evidence.
A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE
Same paths.
A wider view.
Training, physiology, fueling, recovery, psychology and race execution belong in the same conversation. Understanding their connections helps us ask better questions about going long.
Our perspective04 / KEEP EXPLORING
Worth your attention.
FROM THE TRAILS
Lessons from people who go long.
Long Run Listening
Life at the cutoff: planning with less margin
Confirm whether each cutoff means arrival or departure.
Aid Station Wisdom
A clear job for every aid-station stop
Choose the essential tasks before reaching the station.
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