u/Dangerous_Song3915

Good Day all.

I have a 4 month transition period into the start of my Evoke First Ultra 20 week 50 km plan (7 Sept), and have been going for 9 weeks just building AeT along with strength workouts.

By the time 7 September comes around, my weekly volume will be above that which is in the plan and was wondering if it would be ok to just continue by adjusting my volume (with increases) to the weekly percentages for aerobic base only, but sticking to the program times for the zone 3 and up workouts?

I am training for my first 55km ultra 24 Jan '27 next year, but have an opportunity to do another on 11 Dec '26, about a month and a half earlier.

The earlier run has the option of a 30 and 20 km along with the 100/50 km, and I was wondering if as a newbie the 30 km was maybe a better fit for my first ever race, with sufficient time before the next longer race.

From earlier posts I gather I would set the end date for my Evoke first ultra 50km on the 30 km race, and then again on the 55km race date on TP.

Hi again

Just bought the program after reading Uphill Athlete.

My target event for a 50K Ultra is 23 January 2027, and I'm at odds at how to select for start:

- Select for end date, and fill backwards to now with base training

- Start tomorrow and when finishing after 20 weeks schedule a call with an Evoke coach to plan for the rest?

First option seems to be what is suggested in the book for newbies, but the second option was suggested by a coach in another post earlier on this thread.

Hi everyone.

Recently figured out I was overtraining from burning sensation in legs and being absolutely wired from cortisol and unable to sleep.

The one that bothers me most was taking the stairs 2 at a time at walking speed and reaching the first floor, and having my heart racing and suddenly being out of breath after about 15-20 seconds.

This might be normal so not sure if the proximity to the other symptoms has me running scared.

I have stopped training completely for 7 days, will start strength this week at 50% and running the week after, also low volume.

Any experience with this and suggestions for return?

For context, been running on and off for a couple of years, and progressed too fast this April with uphill running and gym workouts, so I estimate it's only been about 2-3 weeks of overtraining, with symptoms for last 2 weeks, and now gone during this last week of recovery.