![]() ![]() He didn’t do too many intense workouts, instead focusing on lots of time on his feet during long runs. His training mostly revolved around extra-long runs every other week, sometimes up to 40 miles with local trail groups. Like many trail runners, he had been running seriously for just a few years, averaging 30 to 50 miles per week in training, with peaks above that on key training weeks (sometimes over 100 miles) and race weeks. In December 2016, Kyle Fulmer, a 36-year-old logistics and sales manager from Fullerton, California, laid out an audacious goal: he wanted to finish the Angeles Crest 100 in under 24 hours. ![]() From couch to trails to 100-mile breakthroughs Here is one way to approach 100 miles, even if it seems a bit unthinkable when you get started. However, it’s daunting to start the 100-mile journey. Or, as Leadville 100 founder Ken Chloubler once stated, “You’re better than you think you are, and you can do more than you think you can.” While an extraordinary achievement, 100-mile finishes are more about strategic training, long-term planning and desire than about genetic talent. The truth is that it’s not impossible for a normal person to run 100 miles. ![]() Eventually, it might even begin to seem normal. But, when normal people start making the transition to longer days on trails, 100 miles starts to seem less crazy. To people uninitiated in the ultrarunning world, 100-mile runs lie somewhere between incredible and unfathomable. Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! ![]()
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