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« on: June 29, 2025, 11:44:09 am »
yeah that is an interesting question. it's not like elite ultrarunners are carrying a substantial amount of weight during races, at most a couple kg of fluids and gels. maybe a little bit more if it's high elevation or otherwise has temperature swings or unpredictable weather and you need clothes. but obviously nothing like 35 or 50 pounds. so what's the specificity of rucking, as opposed to just running uphill with whatever kit you'll be racing with? not something i'm likely to introduce into my training, at any rate.
i'll check out the nuckols and svensson articles, thanks. that is quite a lot of hours on the bike. interesting that there's no rollerblading or slide board or anything more specific on that chart. and the nuckols thing reminds me of the point magness made the other day about kipyegon's sub-4 attempt: the gap between her 800 pace and what she'd need to run sub-4 is just too small. until a woman runs like 1:52, sub-4's gonna be out of reach. obviously not physiologically the same thing but similar principle.
- run 1:49:10, 16.34 km + 8:59, 0.95km walk
meant to run 10 miles but took a wrong turn earlyish in the run so stopped there and walked the rest of the way home. about km 3-12 were done on trails, with some quite steep climbs that i walked. T+DI 160, tropical. HR averaged 141 but with big swings given the climbing and descending. total elevation gain 300m.