Why Ultra Runners Choose Honey Stinger Waffles When and How Ultra Runners Use Honey Stinger Waffles 1. Pre-Run Fueling 2. During an Ultra Marathon or Long Training Run 3. Mid-Race Aid Stations 4. Recovery Snack Considerations for Ultra Runners Alternative Uses …
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Endurance Fueling Strategy: Optimized Race Nutrition for a 30-Mile Run
Here’s a customized fueling plan for a 220-pound, 41-year-old man running a 30-mile race, assuming the race takes 5-6 hours (or longer depending on pace and terrain). The plan includes calories, carbs, hydration, and electrolytes to keep energy levels stable and prevent bonking or …
The Ultimate Guide to America’s Best Trail Running Towns: Where Mud, Mountains, and Microbrews Collide
Once you’ve caught the trail-running bug, there’s no going back. Your road-running past? A distant memory. Your treadmill days? Pure comedy. You’re officially a dirt worshipper, a connoisseur of rocky ascents, and a lover of the wilderness underfoot. Every step leads you deeper into the thrill of …
Relentless Endurance: A Tim Grover-Inspired Guide to Ultra Trail Running for Peak Performance and Mental Resilience
Let’s dive deep into each component of a Tim Grover-inspired training plan that would suit you, considering your unique background and focus on ultra trail running. This includes an intensive mental approach, specialized physical training, recovery, and diet. 1. Mental Conditioning and Focused …
The Little Things
Here is an ever growing list of little things that you should quickly forget and forgive your wife for (silently), and not make a big deal of, if you’d like your marriage to work (e.g. you want to have sex regularly … or XYZ … whatever your love language is). This list came into fruition after …
Top 5 Reasons why I love Backcountry
I have a race coming up: the Painful Elimination Race in Hudson, IL, put on by the Shady Hollow Trail Runners (8/26/17). Seeing that I had no supplies and spent very little time planning for this race, I was scrambling to get my shit together for the big day. That’s where Backcountry.com comes in. …
2017 Painful Elimination Race Report
The 2017 Painful Elimination Race took place on Saturday 8/26/17, in lovely Hudson, IL. From the burbs of Chicago, Hudson is about 2 ½ hours away, so I opted to drive down the night before and camp (White Oak Primitive Camp at COMLARA Park), which I thought was a really great idea. I figured I …
The grand finale bite.
The "grand finale bite" started when I was little. As a boy, I loved fireworks. In particular, I loved the fantastic display at the end, the grand finale. As a kid, I used to savor the last bite of food during a meal, perhaps to the point of obsession. In my head, the last bite tasted the best, …
My Review of Garmin Forerunner 225
I bought this watch on a whim a week before my marathon. I had no idea it was so freakin' cool... I am an extremely finicky consumer, an avid runner, and an SVT heart patient. Having my heart tracked, accurately, while I run, is a huge plus for me. I hate running with the old chest …
The First Time I thought about Running the Chicago Marathon
I have known marathons existed to some extent, as most people do (unless you've failed to ever watch the Olympics). But, I never EVER thought about running one. In fact, I primarily thought people who did so were crazy. Or just really thin, good runners (traits I didn't possess: I was stocky and …