Quote Originally Posted by emmilou View Post
you definately need a benchmark and I would say it's stands to reason that climbing is essential for the round also in respect of time on your feet that is also something that is not so open ended! Standing up for 8 hours and moving not very far is by far different to covering many miles and lots of climbing in the same amount of time!!!
It's all about pace not speed, just keep going and you'll do it. My first year of training I did too many Ultras and this left my legs tired as I'd run too much, Upped the mileage the year after but reduced the speed meant I was much stronger on the day.

And remember 10,000ft of climbing also means 10,000ft of descending and that is just as important