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RE: Podbrdo Trail Marathon
Thanks!
It's a completely different sport.
Last seven kilometers were all down as you can see on the altitude graph. This was actually the most demanding part of the trip. The first down part is also long as Monday, over 13 kilometers. It goes on and on for eternity :)
The main issue here, when you ask me, besides the distance, steep climbs and heat, is that you don't use your muscles in a constant way. Try running down fast after you've snail-paced up for last three hours :)
Real trail ultramarathoners train the down sections the most.
Thanks for your response. That's interesting - I was expecting a difference but maybe I was underestimating it. For sure, I would have to train additionally if I ever get the courage :)
You can do it when you set your mind up.
That recalled me of an event called Tirol Speed Marathon. Full marathon distance from Brenner pass all the way down to Innsbruck. Around 800 meters of drop. Constantly running downhill.
It was dubbed as "come here to set your marathon PB" race.
The reality was that people are not used to run downhill all the time. Specific muscles were overburdened and the runners were dropping out like flies.
Not to mention afternoon summer thunderstorms and running in the pouring rain almost all the time.
This was the only marathon I've seriously contemplated of DNFing. In the end I survived in the time around 3:40 and was super satisfied. My PB at the time was roughly 3:22.
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