I have aspirations to run an ultramarathon during next year, well more than one hopefully and was doing some research last night and found a race in February 2010 "The Thames Trot" This is 23weeks away and i have an 18week 50miler ultra training plan. so from a simple mathematics perspective it should be feasible. But, i have not run anything greater than a half marathon since 1997 (when i did the London Marathon) so training aside am lite in experience! There is also the Gloucester half marathon on January 24th 2010. Is it realistic to enter both runs and treat the Glos marathon as a training/long run for the 50miler 2 weeks later?? Or is that too close - does it matter that my first ultra would be 50miles and alliwould have done is the training?? I'm a little nervous at the decision and need some advice!
