Use this “positive-split” rule of thumb and analyze previous course times/splits to develop a pacing strategy. Using this principle, a runner expecting to finish in 30 hours-on a good day-could plan to run 13.5 hours for the first half of the race. Don’t expect to even (let alone negative) split your first 100. Here’s advice for pacing a 100-miler.Įndurance-running legend and coach Karl Metlzer likens the 100-mile distance to three back-to-back 50-milers and says, “If you have a time goal of 24 hours, the first half of an ‘equal,’ meaning both halves are of comparable difficulty, course should be roughly 11-ish hours.” The basic guideline here is that the first half of the race will almost always be faster than the second half. So like many before you, you are left to make an educated guess at a pacing strategy.

At the risk of injury or burnout, it’s simply not prudent to run the complete distance in training prior to the event. There is no doubt that pacing a 100-mile foot race is a difficult chore, even for the experienced. How do I pace myself to finish as fast as possible? Most of what I have read is geared towards just completing the distance, but I am looking to be more competitive. I am planning on running my first 100-mile race this summer, but the farthest I’ve run is 50 miles. “There's a big, big gap in mental health where there's just not a place for people to go until things get really bad and I think that this allows people to have somewhere to go.Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! 'Noah's House is so cool and one that is totally community-funded so like any little bit that we can raise is so, so needed for what they can do with young adults in our community,” said Hogan. Leblanc is completing the same run on Monday.

Noah’s House offers programs for youth between the ages of 11 and 25, to nurture and support mental health and wellness. Hogan raised about $5,700 for Windsor’s Noah's House - in honour of Lisa Leblanc whose adult son Quinton died from suicide three years ago. Hogan finished in the same spot around 3 p.m. The run is called “The Hope 100 – Quinton’s Run.”įitness instructor Meghan Hogan ran the perimeter of Essex County, starting in Belle River starting at 5 a.m.

A local woman ran 100 miles (approximately 160 km) over the weekend to help youth fight mental illness.

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