1. Your First Ultra: Why Ultras Are Not Just Long Marathons
Thu 15 Oct
|SeaYou Cafe & Restaurant
A marathon ends where an ultra just gets started. Session one rips the lid off what actually changes past 26.2, the physical stuff and the mental stuff that really gets you, and hands you the strategies for the moment your brain tries to quit before your legs do.
Time & Location
15 Oct 2026, 19:00 – 20:30
SeaYou Cafe & Restaurant, Orford Rd, Felixstowe IP11 2DY, UK
Guests
About the Event
First Ultra Course, Session 1: Why ultras are different
A marathon ends where an ultra just gets started. This session is where you learn what that shift actually demands of you, physically and mentally, before you're finding out mid-race. Mental negotiation
The point past marathon distance where the initial buzz fades and your mind starts negotiating with you. We'll cover what's actually happening there and the strategies to work through it
All the contemporary research to backs this up: it's not raw mental toughness that predicts how runners cope on the day, it's the quality of their in-race coping strategies, checkpoint by checkpoint. That's trainable, and it's what we focus on.
Terrain
Why pace and effort stop meaning what they mean on a road marathon once the ground gets technical and the hours accumulate, and how to recalibrate your expectations accordingly
Tickets
Single session
£12.00
Total
£0.00