Training for a Multi-Day Running Event

This training cycle is like nothing I’ve trained for before

What the “pain cave” looks like in an ultra-marathon. Selfie photo by the author during Swammie Shuffle 200.

When I decided to give myself a 60th birthday present by registering for Six Days in the Dome, I knew I was both crazy and would need to find a whole new level of training.

Running a multi-day event and deciding to do the bulk of it self-supported is not an easy, breezy…