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 HERE
Find your starting point.
Build your foundation, then choose a protocol for your event.
Read Ultra Basics01 / RESEARCH PULSE
Read beyond
the headline.
LATEST PUBLISHED EDITION3 publications · 3 findings selected
EARLY & CONTEXTUAL EVIDENCE
Technique labels are not treatment rules
Three new papers reinforce a practical boundary: foot-strike and cadence labels, force-pattern classifications and shoe sole thickness can describe selected mechanics, but they do not establish one universally safer or better way to run.
Read the complete research briefWhat changes?
No protocol change. Interesting findings are not automatically a reason to change your training.
- 01
Narrative review
The Heel-Strike Fallacy and Cadence Beliefs in Distance Running: A Narrative Review.
No universal foot-strike or cadence target follows.
Primary source (opens in a new tab) - 02
Cross-sectional biomechanics study
Exploring running classifications using foot inclination angle and ground reaction force clustering methods: Do traditional foot strike categories capture meaningful patterns in ground reactions forces?
A category label cannot replace a defined objective and observed response.
Primary source (opens in a new tab) - 03
Within-runner laboratory comparison
Running style and stability during uphill running are largely preserved with increasing shoe sole thickness.
Rehearse shoes in context; stack height alone does not select the best option.
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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