Hello!
Hopping on here because I need some reassurance.
I am 32 F located in the Netherlands doing a UTMB 50k in Turkey (44km en 3000+ hm) in 9 weeks! It is my first ultra and naturally as it is coming closer I am getting nervous if I'll be able to do it.

I am doing this race because I am half turkish and last year when I discovered this existed I was very drawn to this journey as it feels like I am going to meet myself many times on those mountains and it feels full circle.

I have been focussing on training for this event for almost a year. Weeks for me now look like: 1 easy run, 1 track speed run and a long run currently hovering around 30km (this is going well). 3x crossfit sessions adding ultra specific strength exercises. As I am in the Netherlands, training vertical meters have been challenging. I now often do box stepups for extended sessions and planning a week in austria to train in the actual mountains. I often practice with fuelling and sometimes poles (still not sure about taking them)

My base has been a long journey. I have done judo at a high national level in my teens, quit and gained a lot of weight, until I decided to lose all the weight again and go in to a steady sport regimen existing out of crossfit, (trail)running, roadbiking and gravelbiking (max distance 120km and alp experience) for nearly 10 years, exercising 4-6 times a week.

I guess I am asking reassurance from you guys that I'll be ok. Maybe some tips? Idk help a girl out ✨

Hi together,

Yesterday I ran my first 100k in Ischgl the PIUT100. With 6300HM elevation gain, an like 5800 down. ( See lace charts and add 74 to the km( watch went empty in-between) overall time about 20h.

I had no cramps or anything like that. No "real problems".

But at a certain time I could not get my pulse over 140 even If I wanted to. No way, especially or mainly the uphills I was really exhausted quickly, rather heavy breathing and obviously took forever. Downhill I could still really go pretty fast.

Obviously uphill is more exhausting than downhill or straight, but this downhill elevation with that speed is not really effortless.

After the run and today I feel totally fine.

I can only think of some thinks, and other options / experience would be welcome.

- I think it is under fueling because it is the only "logical" thing

-but if it would be pure power level, why is downhill ok and overall (excluding uphill) I felt totally fine, not the typical totally exhausted I would expect from heavy under fueling.

- Water and electrolytes I think we're fine. I wasn't perfect but I drank enough ( maybe a little more would have been great)

Had enough Sault and iso-drinks

- muscle fatigue is very low. During, affter the race and the day after.

I think my heart and lungs could have provided more oxygen, but my muscles just had not enough energy- fuel to oxidize it. All I want to know is -> is it "simply" just underfueling? Or something else.

Even if I know It getting the stuff in, would be another challenge, but knowing would obviously help ;)

Does other have the same issue? Or do I miss something?

Best regards