Scott jurek training?

Typical week is about 70 miles. Peaks at 100 sometimes 120 but not more than that. He doesn't do much.

he's 6'2", 170lbs. Arrogant as well.

Not to be antagonisticIs he arrogant, confident or outspoken?

nativerunnisvegan wrote:

he's 6'2", 170lbs. Arrogant as well.

It doesn't really matter if he is or not because Matt Carpenter is by far the king of Ultra now. What he did at Leadville was one of the more incredible things I have ever heard of. Find out what Matt does.

collisiontheory wrote:

Not to be antagonistic

Is he arrogant, confident or outspoken?

nativerunnisvegan wrote:

he's 6'2", 170lbs. Arrogant as well.

he's vegan. they're all holier than thou.

one f***in' word--KARNAZES!

gabberjr wrote:It doesn't really matter if he is or not because Matt Carpenter is by far the king of Ultra now. What he did at Leadville was one of the more incredible things I have ever heard of. Find out what Matt does.

Extensive coverage of Carpenter in current Ultrarunning magazine--but...one great race does not create a king. What he did was great for the LT100, but there are way too many places to run ultras to declare Carpenter's crowning just yet.

Jurek has had several bio pages in recent months. Search on his name or go to one of his running clinics (NFI).

Jurek/Carpenter match doesn't appear in the near future. They have no common races announced.

I mean no dis-respect to Jurek or anyone else who does 100 mile races, but to go 100 miles in under 16 hours does make him the King of that distance. No one would have been anywhere near him, even Jurek.

There are several other hundreds with course records under 16 hours...one of them is Western States, 15:36:47--guess who?

There is no king in ultra running--too many variables--courses, time of year, mountains, flats, roads,...

Check on what Kouros just did in Greece.

what did carpenter run @ badwater? And did he run badwater 2 weeks after leadville? I can't remember.

If Matt chooses to pursue this distance further he will set records at every race he does.

Matt Carpenter's Training (pre-ultramarathon days):

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CR: What is your typical training week like?

MC: Generally I try to get in at least 2 hours of running a day from January through August. This year (1998) I only had about 20 days less than that due mostly to tapers and recovery from races. I go by time and not distance because the combination of hills and altitude does not make for many miles covered.

Monday: 1h30 a.m., 30 min p.m. on trails

Tuesday: 30 min a.m., 1h30 p.m. with one of 2 workouts:

1) 4-5 mile tempo run. Start of season @ 5:20 pace, end of season 4:50 pace

2) 12 to 20 X 1/4 (depending on time of season) on 2 minutes in 68 seconds, meaning I get 52 seconds rest.

Wednesday: 1h30 a.m., 30 min p.m. on trails

Thursday: 30 min a.m., 1h30 p.m. with one of 3 workouts:

1) 4 mile tempo run on a hill at approximately 12% grade

2) 30 minutes of 1 minute hard, 1 minute easy on the same hill

3) 20 minute time trial up the Incline. A 1 mile hill with an average grade of 45% and the steepest part at 68%.

Friday: 1h30 a.m., 30 min p.m. on trails

Saturday: 1h a.m., 1h p.m. on trails

Sunday: 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 hours running on Pikes Peak up to 14,110'

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This was before he was training for the Lake City 50/Leadville, though. I've heard that he was running 3hours/day this summer in preparation for Leadville, but that he wasn't neglecting the speed component either--doing similar tue/thur workouts as listed above. also, back-to-back long runs on saturday/sunday which is pretty standard for ultramarathoners.

Cool, someone asks for Jurek's training and the response is a detail of Carpenter's training from sevenish years ago...

Attend one of Jurek's camps and ask him.

68% hill. That's pretty steep.

At his peak he does about 20 hours a week on trails, including a hilly threshold run and mile repeats on the track. The weekend brings back-to-back long days in the 6-8 hour range.

Is that an outline of Jurek's training?Thanks, I appreciate the outline of anyone's training, be it Jurek's and Matt's training.Both are very accomplished.

Options wrote:

At his peak he does about 20 hours a week on trails, including a hilly threshold run and mile repeats on the track. The weekend brings back-to-back long days in the 6-8 hour range.

Screw Jurek's training. Here's your training advice:

"We ran twice a day, sometimes three times. Twenty miles a day, sometimes more. There were a couple of 170-mile weeks... All we did was run - run, eat, and sleep." - Frank Shorter detailing his training with Jack Bacheler and Jeff Galloway prior to the 1972 Olympics

Arrested Development wrote:

68% hill. That's pretty steep.

You better believe it. Matt once did a 20 mile run (4 laps) on this course...1 mile up the incline (gains 2000'), then 4 miles down the Barr trail...repeat...

love the hills wrote:

Arrested Development wrote:

68% hill. That's pretty steep.

You better believe it. Matt once did a 20 mile run (4 laps) on this course...1 mile up the incline (gains 2000'), then 4 miles down the Barr trail...repeat...

http://www.skyrunner.com/img/p_incline24.jpghttp://www.inclineclub.com/img/p_incline.jpg

I'm getting sick just looking at those pictures.