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 EDITION3 publications · 3 findings selected
EARLY & CONTEXTUAL EVIDENCE
When does a measurement become a useful decision?
Three new papers examine running-fatigue signals, interval-model transfer and palm cooling. Their useful findings depend on the measure, comparison and test setting. Older negative evidence and unfinished source work remain visible; existing ultra guidance stays unchanged.
Read the complete research briefWhat changes?
No protocol change. Interesting findings are not automatically a reason to change your training.
- 01
Repeated-measures treadmill study
Power-Based Running Durability in Trained Runners: Preliminary Evidence of Speed-Adjusted Mechanical Drift as a Marker of Fatigue.
Supports checking what a fatigue measure actually represents and retaining terrain, effort and fueling context; it does not validate a watch-based readiness decision.
Primary source (opens in a new tab) - 02
Within-participant field model comparison
Original W'-balance models do not transfer to high-intensity interval training in trained adult runners: Proposal of a single-coefficient linear alternative.
Reinforces the existing distinction between model fit and validation; retain the established plan while checking independent validation before using a model to change it.
Primary source (opens in a new tab) - 03
Narrative review with a structured search
Palmar Cooling as a Thermoregulatory Intervention: Mechanistic Basis and Implications for Exercise and Clinical Applications.
Supports preserving the current context-dependent heat guidance and checking the actual performance outcome before adopting a cooling device. The older negative study is a foundation, not a new October trial: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23444094/.
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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