Long Run Archives #16 | Lululemon FURTHER Recap, Multi-Day Race Strategy, Ultrarunning Research

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Brett Hornig and Leah Yingling join Singletrack to recap the Lululemon-backed FURTHER event which took place outside of Palm Springs, CA about a week ago. 

It was equal parts interesting from performance, research, technology, marketing, and lifestyle standpoints and we touch on a lot of that in this episode through the lens of Leah’s experience logging 400 miles over the 6-day event and Brett helping crew her during that time frame. 

Specifically, we recap her race experience, talk about the multi-day race strategies she picked up over the 6 days, and learn about some of the ultrarunning-related research that was conducted and when that will be available for public consumption.

No doubt many of you were glued to the live tracker for all the athletes out there, Mike McMonagle’s photo journalism, and some of the reporting from Outside and IRunFar. Hopefully, this episode adds another interesting angle to one of the more unique events we’ve seen in the running sphere in at least a few years.


Timestamps:

• 01:00 Initial Thoughts and Event Background
• 08:34 Cognitive Tests and Mental Performance
• 10:29 Preconceptions vs. Reality of a Multi-Day Event
• 23:02 Training Volume and Performance
• 37:56 Sleep Strategies
• 43:28 Medical Support, Managing Injuries
• 49:10 Wearable Technology - Core Temp, Glucose, Etc
• 01:09:47 Insights from Shoe and Apparel Tech, Biomechanics Feedback
• 01:17:05 The Purpose and Impact of Further
• 01:26:37 The Mental Game in Multi-Day Events
• 01:32:39 Post-Event Recovery and Future Races, Final Takeaways

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