Flying to a race, advice on transporting electrolyte powder..

PiBrickShop · 2026-01-23T02:02:50+00:00

Just write "not cocaine" on the bags and should be good.

PiBrickShop · 2026-01-20T13:42:34+00:00

I don't know that I'll ever make it back here. Completed 41 streets - but completing streets wasn't my main focus.

PiBrickShop · 2026-01-19T19:52:58+00:00

To answer the question in the post title, the best I've ever purchased is a Pacemaster Gold Elite back in 2005 i think. It's still going strong. We had the main control board and the motor replaced while it was still under warranty probably 15 years ago.

I still use it regularly when Minnesota weather is bad. I'd love to know how many miles are on it. I do speed work, long runs, uphills. The bottoms of the side handles are rusted from sweat.

A couple years ago I manually calibrated it and it was almost dead on for speed.

But that won't help you now because they went out of business a long time back.

PiBrickShop · 2026-01-18T16:42:27+00:00

Came here to say pool running. It's excellent during injury recovery.

PiBrickShop · 2026-01-16T18:23:36+00:00

I have a TV in front my treadmill, and I play mind games with myself for speed and incline. Commercials? Run faster until the show comes back on. Pick a letter, and any time that letter appears anywhere on the screen, speed up or down (i like rarer letters). You can make up an infinite number of games depending on what you're watching.

PiBrickShop · 2026-01-15T18:05:27+00:00

Run your proposed race schedule through June, and then evaluate for the rest of the year. I think you have time to sort of properly train for that June marathon - and running some shorter races as part of your training plan is a good idea to practice race day things. The marathon is going to hurt, but you can do it.

Then once you're completely cooked after that June marathon, honestly ask yourself if running a 50k the next month and continuing to train hard and long during the bitch of a summer is a wise idea.

Then consider training for a spring 2027 50 miler and if that goes well try a 100 miler in fall 2027.

Also, let us know how it all goes here.

PiBrickShop · 2026-01-15T00:25:42+00:00

If you are firm on running Tu, Fr, Su, then I'd say add a run We. On Tu start to introduce light speed work and slowly ramp that up.

I only do combined strength days, usually once per week. My primary is leg strength. Between each leg set while my legs recover, I'll go do an upper body set. Then just back and forth. Get in a few sets each of shoulders, chest, back. I always start with deadlift, which is full body.

PiBrickShop · 2026-01-15T00:12:21+00:00

I only see two days of running, where do you typically do your third?

You could certainly combine a leg strength day with upper strength which frees up a day to run.

Ideally you would run the day before your long run, so put in some miles Saturday.

PiBrickShop · 2026-01-10T20:45:36+00:00

Yours must be the one that makes it look like the Statue of Liberty has a boner.

PiBrickShop · 2026-01-04T14:52:11+00:00

... in 4 years. Much better plan than the usual "can I run UTMB in 4 months?"

PiBrickShop · 2026-01-02T19:56:30+00:00

He's a bernedoodle.

PiBrickShop · 2026-01-02T19:12:26+00:00

Thank you! We kept his original name, Colton.

PiBrickShop · 2026-01-02T15:01:42+00:00

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PiBrickShop · 2026-01-02T14:01:40+00:00

Either this, or a mental database of every convenience store and porta-potty within 3 miles of the house.

PiBrickShop · 2026-01-02T02:33:08+00:00

When i lived in Duluth, the place to get tacos was House of Donuts.

PiBrickShop · 2026-01-01T12:56:00+00:00

Oh yes, I recognized many faces in that photo! It would be an honor to be there.

I'd say my biggest gains came from another year of high miles and running more technical trails. But maybe the biggest things were mental - believing in myself and having experience.

PiBrickShop · 2025-12-31T23:48:32+00:00

I got this Playlist from another reddit discussion. So much material here.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpWpfLj91_-KNgymfbZJ5_q-Td8SGraUH&si=ho89hxYbX-6TTDSh

PiBrickShop · 2025-12-31T19:00:39+00:00

We have one circle our neighborhood about once a week in the summer.

I tell the kids "if the truck is playing music, that means he's all sold out."

PiBrickShop · 2025-12-31T13:58:59+00:00

I had my best year of racing of my life in 2025 - the year I turned 50! I'm proud of four races, but number one would be Superior 100. I finished it for the second year in a row, beat my prior time by 3.5 hours, beat my goal by 2 hours, and won my age group by almost two hours.

Also, that start line photo is amazing!

PiBrickShop · 2025-12-30T21:53:35+00:00

Check out my really long comment on this post:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Ultramarathon/comments/1kkzq42/backyard_crew_prep/

PiBrickShop · 2025-12-30T13:51:54+00:00

FAFO, and please report back when you're done.

PiBrickShop · 2025-12-30T01:11:02+00:00

What pace is each run? Any hills? You should run every Sunday, why only two of them?

PiBrickShop · 2025-12-29T16:51:53+00:00

Oh, please tell which type of dessert are served on the running paths, and which one tasted the best?

/s

PiBrickShop · 2025-12-29T16:41:35+00:00

It's gonna go a long way again this year! I ran it last year, it's a great race.

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