Ultra Marathon Training
Wolfgang Olbrich, born 1968, is himself a passionate ultra distance runner and has completed more than 70 ultra distance races since the Biel 100km in 2001, as well as successfully finishing over 50 Marathons. These races have ranged from 50km races, various multi-day races, to the Spartathlon (raced over 153 miles with a maximal time limit of 36 hours).The author is a German Athletics Federation licensed high-performance running coach, and looks after diverse ultra Marathon running groups ranging from beginners to junior international level. He plans and leads German Ultramarathon Foundation (DUV) Performance Development training camps, to which up to 30 elite ultramarathon specialists are invited. He is also responsible for all sports and high performance-related issues concerning the German Ultramarathon Foundation Championships in a voluntary capacity.