16 Week Training Plan 50 Mile: Beginner

Welcome to our generic training plan made for a runner who isn’t restricted by time. This training plan is for beginners and will help you achieve the distance and get you over the finish line before the cut-offs.

Remember, generic training plans are just guides and nothing can beat a personalised plan. My top tip, when following any training plan, is to record a video diary at the end of each week reviewing how the week went and how you are feeling. So, when you look back at the video on the recovery week, you can assess if you’re ready to move on with the training plan. If you are tired, fatigued having niggles, don’t continue. There’s no shame in repeating a previous week.

This plan doesn’t include strength conditioning or stretch sessions or take into account elevation training, but feel free to add these in on a weekly basis. The elevation is hard to put into a generic plan due to every ultra being so different from each other. Try to match the ultra you have chosen in regards to terrain, elevation, kit etc, in your long run.