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The fifth and final part of my 100-mile race report comes out tomorrow. Feet will hurt, competition will unfold, cutoff will be chased. Catch up here:
https://readbeforeultra.substack.com/t/my-first-100-mile-race
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The fifth and final part of my 100-mile race report comes out tomorrow. Feet will hurt, competition will unfold, cutoff will be chased. Catch up here:
https://readbeforeultra.substack.com/t/my-first-100-mile-race
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The fifth and final part of my 100-mile race report comes out tomorrow. Feet will hurt, competition will unfold, cutoff will be chased. Catch up here:
https://readbeforeultra.substack.com/t/my-first-100-mile-race
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The fifth and final part of my 100-mile race report comes out tomorrow. Feet will hurt, competition will unfold, cutoff will be chased. Catch up here:
https://readbeforeultra.substack.com/t/my-first-100-mile-race
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The fifth and final part of my 100-mile race report comes out tomorrow. Feet will hurt, competition will unfold, cutoff will be chased. Catch up here:
https://readbeforeultra.substack.com/t/my-first-100-mile-race
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An intriguing read. Invites one to test the strength of one’s own arguments.
❝A sport that bans a non-enhancing substance on values grounds while permitting an enhancement of greater magnitude on cultural grounds isn’t defending principle. It’s defending preferences and calling them values.
—trailsnultrasnc
https://open.substack.com/pub/tnus/p/the-clean-sport-myth?r=1n6v12 -
❝And that’s what these adventures have taught me more than anything, perfection is overrated. Adaptability wins.
—Cody Taylor
https://run-ultra.com/news/pepperoni-broken-poles-and-unsupported-fkts/ -
Great stuff here on heat training.
❝The information below is a pushback on […] the maximization mindset. There is a minimum effective dose for heat adaptation, and it is lower than most athletes think.
—Cliff Pittman
https://ultrarunning.com/featured/heat-training-optimization-not-maximization/ -
The mindset of a champion.
❝I panicked for about five minutes before suddenly it hit me: why *couldn’t* I be the race leader? Why *shouldn’t* I be the one leading this race?
—Rachel Entrekin
https://open.substack.com/pub/rachelentrekin/p/extremely-admirable-and-confusing?r=1n6v12 -
The mindset of a champion.
❝I panicked for about five minutes before suddenly it hit me: why *couldn’t* I be the race leader? Why *shouldn’t* I be the one leading this race?
—Rachel Entrekin
https://open.substack.com/pub/rachelentrekin/p/extremely-admirable-and-confusing?r=1n6v12 -
❝“…You should see me now,” I said. “I am so tired. I am stumbling through these forests. I don’t know how many times I stubbed my toe on these rocks… . But it is so beautiful. You should see it.”
—Nicole Linke
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❝When you run for hours and hours, you just focus on each step […]. You live *that moment*. For all those moments adding up, you get to defy the laws of physics.
—Henriette Lazaridis
https://open.substack.com/pub/henriettelazaridis/p/trail-running-against-the-laws-of?r=1n6v12 -
❝Of course, I can’t do what [Kara Goucher has] done in competition […]. What I can relate to, though, are the difficulties she’s gone through and the courage she’s shown in overcoming them. And maybe — maybe? — that’s something I can replicate in my own life.
—Terrell Johnson
https://open.substack.com/pub/halfmarathons/p/on-resilience?r=1n6v12 -
❝For so long, I’ve leaned on adventures to feel alive. Big experiences, big emotions, a big dose of doing to infuse life with meaning and purpose. […] Take away those certainties, and the hard work of living begins.
—Jill Homer
https://open.substack.com/pub/jilloutside/p/learning-to-walk-again?r=1n6v12 -
❝Only in modern times, when everything that can possibly be medicalized has been medicalized, has pain come to be regarded as pathological—something you need a pill for.
—Ryan Whited
https://8020books.com/a-new-way-to-understand-and-manage-pain/ -
One of the *best* things about ultras.
❝One of the sure things about ultras is that you can never count on an outcome.
—John Maynard
https://open.substack.com/pub/runandgetit/p/everything-is-fine?r=1n6v12 -
❝– The outcome matters deeply to you
– The situation is unfamiliar or unpredictable
– You’re putting internal pressure on yourself
– Training has shifted from “want to” to “have to”
What all of these have in common: your brain has interpreted the race as a threat.
—Carrie Jackson
https://www.8020endurance.com/performance-anxiety-endurance-sports/ -
This is as solid a strategy as it is difficult to get right. Major props to Abby Hall.
❝Just as important as finding places for mental relaxation, competitors must also find places and times to lock in and commit to hard efforts.
—Jason Koop
https://trainright.com/how-she-did-it-abby-halls-2025-western-states-victory/ -
This is as solid a strategy as it is difficult to get right. Major props to Abby Hall.
❝Just as important as finding places for mental relaxation, competitors must also find places and times to lock in and commit to hard efforts.
—Jason Koop
https://trainright.com/how-she-did-it-abby-halls-2025-western-states-victory/ -
This is as solid a strategy as it is difficult to get right. Major props to Abby Hall.
❝Just as important as finding places for mental relaxation, competitors must also find places and times to lock in and commit to hard efforts.
—Jason Koop
https://trainright.com/how-she-did-it-abby-halls-2025-western-states-victory/ -
This is as solid a strategy as it is difficult to get right. Major props to Abby Hall.
❝Just as important as finding places for mental relaxation, competitors must also find places and times to lock in and commit to hard efforts.
—Jason Koop
https://trainright.com/how-she-did-it-abby-halls-2025-western-states-victory/ -
This is as solid a strategy as it is difficult to get right. Major props to Abby Hall.
❝Just as important as finding places for mental relaxation, competitors must also find places and times to lock in and commit to hard efforts.
—Jason Koop
https://trainright.com/how-she-did-it-abby-halls-2025-western-states-victory/ -
❝It captivated me, and overwhelmed me. Do people really walk that far? How could this trail through my mountains lead farther from home than I’ve ever been in my life? Is someone else standing on it a thousand miles away wondering the same thing?
—John Kelly/Jonathan Turner
https://run247.com/running-news/ultramarathon-news/john-kelly-appalachian-trail-attempt-2025 -
The finish.
❝Anything can happen in two hours to render the past two days’ efforts futile. With almost the entire race behind me, I have much to lose. It’s not sunk cost fallacy, it’s sunk cost fact.
https://open.substack.com/pub/readbeforeultra/p/carpe-ing-a-couple-of-diems-part-v -
The finish.
❝Anything can happen in two hours to render the past two days’ efforts futile. With almost the entire race behind me, I have much to lose. It’s not sunk cost fallacy, it’s sunk cost fact.
https://open.substack.com/pub/readbeforeultra/p/carpe-ing-a-couple-of-diems-part-v -
The finish.
❝Anything can happen in two hours to render the past two days’ efforts futile. With almost the entire race behind me, I have much to lose. It’s not sunk cost fallacy, it’s sunk cost fact.
https://open.substack.com/pub/readbeforeultra/p/carpe-ing-a-couple-of-diems-part-v -
The finish.
❝Anything can happen in two hours to render the past two days’ efforts futile. With almost the entire race behind me, I have much to lose. It’s not sunk cost fallacy, it’s sunk cost fact.
https://open.substack.com/pub/readbeforeultra/p/carpe-ing-a-couple-of-diems-part-v -
The finish.
❝Anything can happen in two hours to render the past two days’ efforts futile. With almost the entire race behind me, I have much to lose. It’s not sunk cost fallacy, it’s sunk cost fact.
https://open.substack.com/pub/readbeforeultra/p/carpe-ing-a-couple-of-diems-part-v -
❝It’s interesting that this decrease in performance [after limiting post-training #carbohydrate consumption] occurred even though the participants’ muscle glycogen levels were the same as before the first day.
—Daniel Rowland
https://open.substack.com/pub/dwrowland/p/research-studies-from-6-to-12-jan?r=1n6v12 -
❝There is no optimal [#carbohydrate] ratio. The ratio that is optimal will change depending on amounts ingested. If 90 g/h is ingested it should be around 2:1, but if more is ingested, for example 120 g/h, 1:1 is likely better. There are many commercial preparations with claims of the best ratio, but the reality is that there is no best ratio.
—Asker Jeukendrup
https://www.mysportscience.com/post/the-optimal-ratio-of-carbohydrates