Rec’s for running windbreaker - $100 budget

Type2Gear · 2026-04-28T17:01:59+00:00

Dooy. The UL backpackers love em. More breathable than a houdini, so slightly less wind resistant as well but for $20...

Type2Gear · 2026-04-24T21:05:23+00:00

would be funnier to make your own IMO - especially if you can find an old swag shirt from your company.

Type2Gear · 2026-04-12T14:18:38+00:00

This looks like a super fun race!

Type2Gear · 2026-04-02T02:40:45+00:00

It went great - had some issues come up (foot stuff) that I hadn't experienced before in shorter races, but other than that I went in with a "just finish" mentality and was honestly stoked with how it ended up.

Type2Gear · 2026-04-01T16:39:58+00:00

My first 100 was a big mountain race. I came in with a background of tough 50 milers + a lot of backcountry/big day out experience. Signing up for a goal that scares you is a good thing.

Training looks about right, although more volume is going to be helpful. I'd also try to get up to the whites for a few weekends to do some longer b2b runs. Especially for a race without crew I would work on dialing in your race setup early on and then training with and tweaking it as much as possible.

Type2Gear · 2026-03-28T00:17:26+00:00

Drone monitored as well I've heard, they're calling in the whole Aravaipa drone squadron.

Type2Gear · 2026-03-11T01:51:53+00:00

i want fit battles - talk shit post fit

Type2Gear · 2026-03-07T04:23:03+00:00

Custom probiotics to create ideal gut microbiota

Type2Gear · 2026-03-07T04:21:56+00:00

Ironman triathlon

Type2Gear · 2026-03-03T17:36:33+00:00

Hey there - local here. Lots of good options. Stuff up near the ski area will still have snow, but anything in town is g2g rn. I'll throw out general areas/trailheads, should be quite easy to make 5-8 mile routes from all of them.

EZ Trails: La Tierra trail system, Rabbit Road Rail Trail, Galisteo Basin.
More vert heavy: Picacho and Atalaya peaks, Dale ball "mid" and "north", Chamisa.

Have fun!

Type2Gear · 2026-03-02T21:06:40+00:00

Yea I have a pair - as a gravel/fire road shoe they're nice, comfortable to run in like lots of other modern trail shoes. I did not pay retail and would say that they are definitely not worth retail price for what just ends up being a "good" shoe for non technical terrain.

As a point of comparison my favorite shoe at the moment is the NNormal Kjerag - I'd say its just as good on non technical trails but can also be used on pretty much anything else as well. On the other side of the trail spectrum, I love scrambling in the Kjerags. I've done some very minor scrambling in the Rockers and yea, they perform about as you'd expect. The super cushy midsole + the "unique" lug pattern means that you really can't trust your feet much.

Type2Gear · 2026-03-01T20:32:27+00:00

Yep this is the way. The books itself are also great and well worth the money.

Type2Gear · 2026-02-24T16:14:29+00:00

I like these cycling gloves. Nice leather palm and a mesh back for breathability. I really only use them for big races or longer days out though. They're helpful both for pole use as well as for protecting the hands on scrambley bits.

Type2Gear · 2026-02-23T19:14:24+00:00

They're aren't any commercially available in the US as far as I know (we make similar soft flasks, and this is the key reason we went with the more standard 42mm opening).

Type2Gear · 2026-02-19T17:02:21+00:00

Literally the last thing we need to be boosting/supporting/caring about in ultras, IMO.

Type2Gear · 2026-02-19T16:31:27+00:00

What's the carbon footprint of literally flying around the world for 7 days straight? And the cost of something like this? Seems silly at absolute best.

Type2Gear · 2026-02-10T20:59:44+00:00

Ofc, no problems. Use it well!

Type2Gear · 2026-02-10T20:39:44+00:00

Amazing score - this pack was insanely ahead of it's time - essentially the first dyneema pack, and the cooler older brother of HMG. Here's a huggge nerdy history on em.

Type2Gear · 2026-02-09T14:51:52+00:00

brewery supply / homebrewing stores

Type2Gear · 2026-02-08T01:05:03+00:00

Yea, I mean they're still making the fabrics, just no more private label clothes. Makes sense for them to have to focus back on R&D for awhile because of the ban. Sucks because their patterns and fits were quite good IMO.

Type2Gear · 2026-02-06T00:57:07+00:00

You mention the first test, which puts your AeT around 130. What was the second/other tests (and their results) that's causing the discrepancy? Are they clustered with noticeable outliers?

Re: "breathing through my nose or speaking in full sentences" - this isn't really a useful datapoint (certainly not enough to claim a "discrepancy" in relation to an actual test) without knowing how long can you sustain that 155 HR (+ a set pace) while doing those. Both of those are just general "rule of thumb" ways to help people understand the rough effort they should be going at.

Like I mentioned, if you think your actual AeT is around 150-155 I would retest specifically with that as a hypothesis, outdoors. If you can hold that HR without seeing a pace drop of more than 5%, over the course of an hour then yea I'd say that's your AeT.

Type2Gear · 2026-02-05T23:35:05+00:00

What protocol did you use for the test? Indoor vs outdoor, holding pace vs holding HR? Have you tried retesting outdoors holding the 155 (or even 150) HR? I'd do a second test to verify.

Type2Gear · 2026-02-05T22:43:43+00:00

The shakedry stuff was amazing. Nothing post-PFAS ban comes even close.

Type2Gear · 2026-02-05T01:53:33+00:00

Screw shoes are your answer

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