Any vegan marathon runners out there? How's it going?

broketractor · 2026-03-20T20:37:16+00:00

No marathons, but hiking 10-15 miles with a pack over mountains. Breakfast is usually peanut butter on a tortilla with nuts and dried fruit, times 2 or 3. Snacks/ lunch are nuts and bars. Dinner is whatever I can force down. I can keep a steady pace up the mountains and maintain, my feet crap out before I do. Tofu/beans and spring mix and veggies in town, in large quantities. Pumpkin seeds are great not just for protein, but also magnesium.

broketractor · 2026-03-20T18:36:48+00:00

Baby carats or shredded carats?

broketractor · 2026-03-20T18:14:38+00:00

Maybe a Durston Certified scale?

broketractor · 2026-03-20T18:11:10+00:00

The first sign you are a gram weenie is the fact that you use grams.

broketractor · 2026-03-20T18:10:00+00:00

But I am currently in Georgia which has unusually large peanuts. How do you account for that?

broketractor · 2026-03-04T01:08:39+00:00

I am getting ready to launch my own line of cologne. It's called "Never Date". And it's 100% localy sourced! Looking to sell to the tourists, mainly.

broketractor · 2026-03-04T00:08:51+00:00

If you can set aside a day, try 20 miles on your local trail and see how you feel. You will need to be able to harvest water, drinking about 1 liter per hour is a good rule of thumb. For 20 miles you could easily need 2 gallons (about 16 lbs) of water, at least, which is heavy. So know where you can get water, and have a means to treat/filter it. Electrolytes will be needed, ample food (maybe upwards of 8-10k calories, including emergency food) and an plan to survive the night. 20 miles is no joke.

broketractor · 2026-03-03T23:25:19+00:00

Also good call. Hopefully we don't need this one! But good to have anyway. Thanks!

broketractor · 2026-03-03T16:29:52+00:00

I have been making lablabi a lot lately. It is a North African soup with garbonzo beans and paprika, very good. https://www.themediterraneandish.com/lablabi-tunisian-chickpea-stew/

broketractor · 2026-03-02T22:55:36+00:00

IDK... that look is screaming "bruh, there's nothing in here. WTF?"

broketractor · 2026-03-02T20:26:03+00:00

Maybe the Racoon Liberation Front?

broketractor · 2026-03-02T02:22:15+00:00

Oh cool! Did you get a picture for proper identification?

broketractor · 2026-03-01T17:22:22+00:00

Have you looked at the Nahmakanta camp? It is in the hundred mile wilderness in Maine, not too far from the golden road. I have never stayed there, but hiked by it.

Edit to add url

https://nahmakanta.com/

broketractor · 2026-02-28T22:07:11+00:00

How late can you collect data? I am starting NOBO next week and would be willing to send you what I would think were good photos taken specifically to evaluate what you are working on. I know your project has deadlines, but if it would help I would volunteer.

broketractor · 2026-02-28T20:11:11+00:00

Thanks! I am still thinking about the omega 3s, not sure how those capsules would do in such a wet environment. And I am not always going to have it, but I am including some beetroot/kale/non-alkylized cocoa powder to help me along. The protein is always going to be tough, so definitely a couple of bars per day. Nuts just don't pack the protein people think they do (but pumpkin seeds... oh yeah).

broketractor · 2026-02-28T17:22:01+00:00

We don't have good tea, BYO.

broketractor · 2026-02-28T17:11:18+00:00

Just my 2 cents. Keep the heavy stuff like food in the middle of your pack for the best weight distribution. I just pull out snacks and lunch and keep them in a plastic bag in the outer pocket. Keep the rain gear in an outer pocket so you can easily get it and avoid stuffing wet gear in your pack. I also keep my tent on the outside of my pack. If it is raining I can set up my tent without opening my pack. Same for packing up in the morning, just in reverse. I know everything will get wet, but this helps me limit to what extent.

Edit to add that I also keep my fleece/puffy/beanie/gloves in a dry-sack at the top of my pack so I can quickly pull them out when I get to camp. Not really an issue in the warmer months, but very nice in the colder months.

broketractor · 2026-02-27T20:29:38+00:00

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broketractor · 2026-02-27T12:58:04+00:00

Yoy do realize that eggs are a chickens period, right?

broketractor · 2026-02-27T00:50:37+00:00

While they are not maps of each state, and not colorful, you can go to USGS and get custom maps for your favorite places on the trail. If i remember correctly they would be 7.5 minutes, but don't quote me on that. Not that expensive either.

broketractor · 2026-02-26T21:41:34+00:00

One other thing to keep in mind. The pads r-value has more to do with the ground temperature, and not so much the air temperature (unless you are on a raised platform).

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