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Eric Orton commented on Kevin O'Rourke's blog post Copper Canyon Ultra Marathon training bog"Hey Kevin - Just checking on the barefoot thing. Sounds as if you have it in check!
Hey Stanford - Welcome and glad to hear you will soon join the Mas Loco club!! And glad to see you are following the 50 mile Training Package. It will have you ready…"
Stanford Lee commented on Kevin O'Rourke's blog post Copper Canyon Ultra Marathon training bog"good to see someone else training for th CCUM. See you down there in a few months!"
"Hi Eric, I have just ran barefoot as per the program, Not sure I could run 14 miles barefoot anyway! Maybe 14 minutes"
Eric Orton commented on Kevin O'Rourke's blog post Copper Canyon Ultra Marathon training bog"Hi Kevin - keep in mind that my programs are not designed to only run barefoot. Not sure if this was the case or not in your long run...but I DO NOT recommend you conduct this program only barefoot, but only when called for barefoot running."
"Welli finished week 1 of my 20 week training plan and really enjoyed it.....However i go t some pain in my left foot on Saturday, ignored it and ran 14 miles on Sunday. I flared up and apparantly i have either a stress fracture (I think unlikely) or…"
"hey Eric, what happened to part 2, really looking forward to that.
Thomas... I am running the race with Caballo in March 2010 you can contact him by his website caballoblanco.com which has the latest updates and more photos and his stories on all…"
"Fantastic race report Thomas, I really felt your pain, it sort of makes running a 100 miler more appealing because of the obvious mental challenge. Congratulations and enjoy the euphoria.
One thing i noticed is that the rest of the world do not…"
"Fantastic effort, you kicked ass"
Copper Canyon Ultra Marathon training blog
After 2.5 years of mixed training for marathons, triathlons and ironman events I have decided to actually follow a plan. I subscribed to Erics 20 week Ultra plan and am due to start on Monday 19th October 2009. I am currently on a rest week after smashing my PB for the marathon by 25 mins and finishing in 3.51.I read and then re-read the fabulous book Born to Run and was so inspired by it that I started to run barefoot a little at a time, just 1 mile to begin with. I then found my way to…See More
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Posted on October 17, 2009 at 3:30am 6 Comments 0 Likes
After 2.5 years of mixed training for marathons, triathlons and ironman events I have decided to actually follow a plan. I subscribed to Erics 20 week Ultra plan and am due to start on Monday 19th October 2009. I am currently on a rest week after smashing my PB for the marathon by 25 mins and finishing in 3.51.
I read and then re-read the fabulous book Born to Run and was so inspired by it that I started to run barefoot a little at a time, just 1 mile to begin with. I then found my… Continue
I read and then re-read the fabulous book Born to Run and was so inspired by it that I started to run barefoot a little at a time, just 1 mile to begin with. I then found my… Continue
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