But realize I have no idea about the terrain, you can always ask someone when you’re there in the morning if they’ve ran the trail lately and what the conditions are like. I’d avoid asking them what shoes to wear though, you might get some odd looks.
And avoid Ibuprofin on race day, it taxes the liver combined with the effects of running and is very hard on it.
Which race is this and what’s your goal?
50mi trail run (Swamp Fox) - to finish…
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Maybe its the kindeys actually, but either way it’s a major no no.
It is the kidneys, but I know what you mean. I’m trying to enter the race in as much balance as possible. Overloading anything in endurance races is usually detrimental. Trying to be smart about this.
Im pretty excited actually. The Adidas shoes came and feel pretty nice. I still need to go by Dicks and maybe CFA for soup… still undecided on the soup.
That sushi was a good call, I feel I have taken on a good amount of carbs and stuff.
You have some form of gels/gummies/powerbars to eat right?
I wish I did get those Cascadas - you’re right - they look like the better choice for this race.
Upside with these is I could use them for every race like this no matter the weather and pay the price in the extra weight probably and lll designed irrigation (I think you mentioned this). I’m learning more about this sport and it is definitely intriguing to me. In some ways 13.1 at the end of my Tri is the most I want to do running on pavement and don’t want to train much on pavement, but feel I could run on terrain for a long time and only deal with cardio issues or something rather than the impact on my knees from the cement. So these are some reasons I’m intrigued in this community as a 26.2 race on pavement is largely out for me. Too much time on the pavement for me and then you have to train tons of pavement miles too…
Oh, and take some toilet paper in a ziploc to keep it dry. Just trust me on that one, its one of those things if you need it you’ll regret not having it.
Yeah, trail races are good that way, not just because the cushioning but because the uneven terrain causes you to vary your stride a bit more which is nice. Plus the scenery is better, the courses aren’t crowded and when you get a lot of heavy weather deep back in some of these parks it can get kind of exciting. Like I said, I’ve run in ankle deep mud, ankle deep snow, forded creeks at waist level, etc. Kind of neat. Even when I was running longer races, for me personally, the trail half, trail marathon and trail 50k were for me by far my favorite race formats. Worth looking into. Trail halfs are nice because its just a short rip and you can just thoroughly enjoy it no mental stress. The marathons and 50k are fun because you still get to do the logistics stuff but its not going to kill you. When you’re done with this race if you keep doing trails, I’d just heavily recommend the cascadias and smartwool socks. BTW, if you have them, use smartwool over cotton, much less chance of blisters if you get wet feet.
Heard on a podcast from a dude who does these sorts of things that to be competitive in these sort of races you really need to be in ketosis (excluding some outliers) Have you ever tried being fat adapted before these endurance events?
Ace, you alive?
He is still active out on the course. Amazing, although he might not make the cut off, no “mechanical” issues so far and I suspect he is at about 45 miles right now. Dude has a miracle chassis!
The cutoff is at 14 hours so he still has until about 8pm assuming 6am start.
Oh man . . .
Wet naps, homie.
Also, darn tough socks (lifetime guarantee) and Peregrines are my go to.
Those are great too. Just avoid the thick wool socks ACE, should be obvious but just being thorough. Used to have a pair of the old Kinvara’s I liked for pavement.
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