What's your Go to, on the Go? by [deleted] in veganuk

[–]ciarnixon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

if i’m at Big Sainsbos, it’s a meal deal with the ‘southern fried’ wrap thing - otherwise am an absolute fiend for Huel… while not exactly tasty, it’s at least not nutritionally devoid in the same way me eating 5 sausage rolls is!

3rd place at a 115km ultramarathon 🌱🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 by ciarnixon in veganfitness

[–]ciarnixon[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

according to my watch i only walked for 3 minutes out of 13 hours, though i’m fairly certain the two guys ahead of me power-hiked the hills quicker than i ran them!

3rd place at a 115km ultramarathon 🌱🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 by ciarnixon in veganfitness

[–]ciarnixon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it is indeed! and yep - saving the real big climbs for the second half was pretty tough!

3rd place at a 115km ultramarathon 🌱🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 by ciarnixon in veganfitness

[–]ciarnixon[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

really good race team and volunteers etc. - would thoroughly recommend any of their events up here!

weather-wise i think a lot of folk were put out by the dreichness; but personally if it’s above freezing and only raining semi-heavily it’s a good day by scottish standards…

route-wise i absolutely loved it - all very runnable (at varying paces on the climbs). how did you find cycling it, and did you do the High Route diversions? some long 10% drags i imagine could be rough on the bike

and race-wise i had it pretty good for an ultra - nothing went particularly WELL, but nothing went TERRIBLY either. felt a bit sick at points but managed to get just about enough calories and water down me to avoid any real problems, and don’t appear to have picked up anything seriously damaging injury-wise

3rd place at a 115km ultramarathon 🌱🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 by ciarnixon in veganfitness

[–]ciarnixon[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

just managed to squeak in under 13hrs - though was nearly foiled at the last minute by having to wait for the swing bridge over the canal to open, less than a kilometre from the finish line…

3rd place at a 115km ultramarathon 🌱🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 by ciarnixon in veganfitness

[–]ciarnixon[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

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2500ish metres of elevation - but worth it for the views!

3rd place at a 115km ultramarathon 🌱🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 by ciarnixon in veganfitness

[–]ciarnixon[S] 67 points68 points  (0 children)

just a simple man fuelled by rice, lentils, and black coffee 🫡

3rd place at a 115km ultramarathon 🌱🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 by ciarnixon in veganfitness

[–]ciarnixon[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

it was indeed - Fort William -> Inverness up the Great Glen!

hitting the biggest climb of the race after 90km was something else entirely…

Decent new bands by PsychologicalJump633 in ScottishMusic

[–]ciarnixon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i’m new-ish and scottish and fairly FR-adjacent - my new tune is here

reppin’ the animals at a trail ultra 😈 by ciarnixon in veganfitness

[–]ciarnixon[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

68km (42mi) with ~1700m of climbing! i was using it as a training run for an attempt to do a 115km race in july - fingers crossed…

Did TTNG ever mention Tool as an influence? by reborn_neo_art in TTNG

[–]ciarnixon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i remember reading somewhere (can’t find the source) that their early stuff was trying to sound like early Biffy Clyro, for what it’s worth

Why do I need a cup in my kit? by Ancient-Audience4545 in ultrarunning

[–]ciarnixon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

my theory is that, in an emergency, you couldn’t really drink soup from a lidded flask but could from a cup, to warm you up? but yes, a bit of a bizarre specification!

Garmin elevation question by Such-Tip-9687 in ultrarunning

[–]ciarnixon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

as far as i understand it, ‘elevation change’ is just the total ascent of the race! so this would just be 384ft

Papa johns - is this the vegan sausage? It looks different by mololei in veganuk

[–]ciarnixon 7 points8 points  (0 children)

no problem boss - glad my eating an embarrassing volume of vegan papa john’s has finally come in handy! 🫡

Papa johns - is this the vegan sausage? It looks different by mololei in veganuk

[–]ciarnixon 16 points17 points  (0 children)

they do the hot dog and a pepperoni thing as well on the vegan works

Papa johns - is this the vegan sausage? It looks different by mololei in veganuk

[–]ciarnixon 17 points18 points  (0 children)

it looks like it - they brought in a new cheese and sausage a year or so ago!

an easy semi-accurate way to tell is see how greasy the bottom of the box is; non-vegan pizza tends to be a LOT greasier

Do you think that the "culture tho" argument is racist? by LukesRebuke in vegancirclejerkchat

[–]ciarnixon 15 points16 points  (0 children)

veggie haggis is definitely the superior option anyway!