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.
01 / RESEARCH PULSE
Read beyond
the headline.
LATEST PUBLISHED EDITION2 publications · 2 findings selected
EARLY & CONTEXTUAL EVIDENCE
Sleep, soreness and the limits of recovery scores
Backfilled on 21 September for 12–18 September. Two primary papers checked; coverage is limited, not exhaustive. No protocol change.
Read the complete research briefWhat changes?
No protocol change. Interesting findings are not automatically a reason to change your training.
- 01
EXPLORATORY OBSERVATIONAL STUDY
Wearable strain and perceived effort are not interchangeable
Early, indirect evidence. Keep subjective readiness alongside wearable trends; do not introduce a device-based training threshold.
Primary source (opens in a new tab) - 02
SYSTEMATIC REVIEW / NARRATIVE SYNTHESIS
A soreness review does not establish a new recovery treatment
Context, not a new prescription. Reduced soreness alone does not establish restored function or better 100K performance. No recovery product or treatment is added.
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.
The condensed 100K action plan. Keep the essentials close, and the reasoning within reach.
100K COLLECTION / v1.2
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.