How to train - 160km (3 days)
Hi All!
I'm planning to walk from George Town --> Ipoh in Malaysia mid December 2025 and wanted some pointers on how to train up--the trek would be 160km in 3 days, on very flat terrain. I used to do ultra running (max 60km races though) but took a 1-year break (doing about 10km of running a week now) to focus on weightlifting.
I've attached a plan below and was wondering on how you guys go about training! I'm currently on exchange at the University of Hong Kong and have quite a bit of free time, but am not sure if I want to budget my entire weekend just to walk.
My pack is 8lbs (dry), and I've usually trained with 20lbs as an excuse to lower the distance I have to go for training effect. I also walk quite a bit so I put an average of 4km a day on days I don't train (would that count?)
Thank you for your time!
Posted Aug 3, 2025, 9:01 PM UTC