Ultra Running Hub Diagonale des Fous training plan
Date not announced; usually late October (date TBC).
Diagonale des Fous is a 165 km (102.5 mi) mountain race from Saint-Pierre, La Reunion, France. Cross Réunion Island diagonally through volcanic terrain and tropical forests.
- Distance
- 165 km (102.5 mi)
- Climbing
- 9,600 m
- Climb per km
- 58 m/km
- Daylight around race day
- 12.7 h
The climbing
9,600 m over 165 km is 58 m/km: mountain on our climb-rate scale. At 58 m/km the plan adds notes on poles and on protecting your legs on the descents.
A 24-week plan for this course
24 weeks for a runner who has finished an ultra averaging 60 km a week, training 5 days a week.
- Peak week
- 14 h 33 min (84 km)
- Longest run
- 5 h 55 min (30.5 km)
- Back-to-back weekends
- 5
- Taper
- 20 days
- Night runs
- 3
Build it around your race day
Set your weekly distance and training days against the 165 km of Diagonale des Fous.
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