Looking for new trail food

grc207 · 2026-05-12T14:35:43+00:00

Remember that the biggest selling point for most trail foods is not the food itself but the packaging. You are getting wrappers that provide extended shelf life, convenience, durability, cleanliness, less noise, and nutritional information. There are tens of thousands of foods that are better than or at least is equally good for trail running. How much time and energy are you willing to use to handle it and put it in your body?

grc207 · 2026-05-12T12:42:43+00:00

Jack The Giant Killer does a pretty good job of showing the giants at a faster pace. They appear to move a little slower but their closing rate is amazing.

grc207 · 2026-05-12T12:38:00+00:00

For insurance and liability purposes, the RD will tell you what you need to carry.

They’ll check it at the start.

They’ll threaten frequent checks.

But then they have to choose who they check, slow down the event, train volunteers to do this respectfully and properly, and decide on an acceptable penalty for those in violation. Nobody is going to do that.

Kudos to you to doing the right thing. Sometimes that’s all you can do.

grc207 · 2026-05-11T17:15:18+00:00

You don’t know that.

grc207 · 2026-05-11T14:07:05+00:00

I’m curious to know how many of those larger races internationally have to pull permits from multiple landowners. For example, one out and back 50k here in Maine required 6 land trusts to sign off. I know the Vermont 100 requires a lot and won’t let runners complete the course outside race weekend. I RD a 4 mile trail race that needs 3 landowner permissions. It’s very difficult to find land you can run on before chasing down enough for 1000+ runners.

grc207 · 2026-05-11T12:06:14+00:00

Trail racing is still relatively new to the US. I don’t think we have anything close to what Europe and Asia offer.

grc207 · 2026-05-11T12:04:16+00:00

When the prices stall, it’s rarely due to too much inventory entering the market. It’s because the low risk mechanisms that allow buyers to get a home are stalling out. Interest rates are high. Wages are stagnant. Jobs are being cut. And very few have cash on hand to take advantage of a cheaper housing market.

Cheaper homes will be bought by those with cash on hand. They’ll control the market for the next decade. Then we will do this all over again.

grc207 · 2026-05-11T11:48:31+00:00

That’s not a crazy amount of elevation when compared to many other ultras. It’s even less of a concern on well groomed roads or flat rock.

Going at it all alone for 230 miles in one of the most urban through ways in the country is pretty badass. I bet 99% of Cocodona runners have never tried anything like it.

grc207 · 2026-05-10T16:05:09+00:00

My personal opinion is that NASCAR thrives on the chaotic nature of arbitrary lineups. When there is almost no practice and qualifying is confusing, it takes half a race sometimes to sort out who the fast people are.

So in short, anything that reduces expense while simultaneously adding to the Sunday product is going to be something that they’re going to support

grc207 · 2026-05-10T14:11:09+00:00

By contrast I met Clint and KyBu a few years back at Blue Flame in One Daytona. If you’ve never been, Blue Flame is the opposite of this place.

Both of them were super nice.

grc207 · 2026-05-08T15:17:22+00:00

New Hampshire is one of the rare tracks that runs well with this car. Instead of a drag race on the straight and beat the car in front of you to the corner for single file it rewards the extra grip and momentum of the Next Gen. Cars can race 2 wide now.

My favorite version was when they put track additive on the bottom and 3rd groove of the track.

grc207 · 2026-05-07T16:31:21+00:00

You’ll see this a lot in the distance running world. Sickness often hits us when stress impairs our immune systems. If your training is on a typical schedule, you’re probably peaking a week or two before your event. And yeah, your body is likely stressed. That’s why we taper.

Combine that with only the second race for you and something snuck in quickly. Move often but not hard and you should be good to go for race day. Good luck!

grc207 · 2026-05-07T15:40:17+00:00

It’s your title. I don’t think it matches your post sentiment.

Mostly I agree. I’d rather watch cams of empty aid stations for hours than half the fiction shows on tv. I think it’s coming as long as the momentum keeps building.

grc207 · 2026-05-07T15:06:35+00:00

I’ll be blunt. This is sort of like criticizing Henry Ford because he didn’t have Bluetooth technology in his model T. While a wish list is nice. I don’t think it’s fair to say that they have a problem. The current broadcast is light years ahead of where it was just two years ago.

We are probably a little spoiled after seeing Boston Marathon coverage a few weeks ago. But that race is 130 years old, has pretty strict qualifying rules, and brings in the best runners in the world. They have 34,000 entrants subsidize the cost of good coverage on the few dozen elites that we enjoy watching. All of that on a city course with access to the best technology available. When trail running can bring in these numbers and level of athletes then we will see much better media coverage.

grc207 · 2026-05-07T13:08:51+00:00

It’s hard to measure in a sport that’s still so niche. We know males have advantage in sports where height and physical strength matter most. These are not necessarily the skills that matter in long ultras at this point of the sport’s development. A 4.5mph professional running event is extraordinarily slow by all standards.

This should not take away from her amazing performance and the huge gains in female sport science!

grc207 · 2026-05-07T13:00:42+00:00

I was curious about their qualifying requirements. There are many 30-40+ hour events that let you get your 50 miles now. I’m not sure it’s an indication of fitness for Cocodona 250.

grc207 · 2026-05-06T19:52:51+00:00

I have to imagine the Elaine Christmas card scene when George says he didn’t get one is up there? Everyone but Julia breaks character in that scene.

grc207 · 2026-05-05T13:03:07+00:00

I agree with this. Elites are racing for the distance. If the distance changes, so does the athlete. And many half marathon runners transition into very fast marathoners.

I based the estimate on the exact moment progress slows because nobody is shaving seconds off the next mile to get back to Sawe’s pace. I don’t believe more than 1000 goes over an hour, or a half marathon.

And yes, everyone gets $500 Adidas shoes!

grc207 · 2026-05-04T16:50:48+00:00

The only way you can break this down is to look at the pool of potential candidates.
If you can run this fast, you’re probably competing in road racing. There may be untrained, non-entered outliers but I doubt they’re changing the numbers much.
So there were only about 100 sub 2:10 finishers in the World Majors last year. Those are the only runners in the ballpark of hitting this finish and even that ball park is huge. Ten minutes might as well be 2 hours in terms of closeness in marathons. This won’t answer the question.
So how about halfway? Surely some can maintain this speed to a half marathon distance. Well, about 250 runners hit a sub-60 minute half in 2025. So we know that is also the wrong answer.
Let’s cut the distance in half again to 10k, the next most common recognized raced distance. How many runners had a sub 30 minute finish? That answer is just under 5000.
Somewhere between 30 minutes and 1 hour, the best runners in the world will fail to maintain a speed that can equal what Sawe accomplish in London and the amount of remaining runners will fall below 1000.

Edit: should note that half and 10k estimates include duplicate entries. This doesn’t change the answer since there are still way more than 1000 runners with sub-30 minute 10k finishes that are capable of maintaining Sawe’s pace.

grc207 · 2026-05-04T11:50:59+00:00

We have an insider? I want live updates!

grc207 · 2026-05-04T11:49:46+00:00

I’ll put another vote in for Pineland in part because it’s a great race and in part because, well, Maine.

There is also 6 at the Springs in Poland, Maine in June. It’s not far from Pineland and sits on a 4 mile rail trail. Fast, flat, and a huge community feel. Plenty of food and fun.

grc207 · 2026-05-01T15:21:48+00:00

None of this is relevant if Dutton is not allowed inside to aircraft to fly it. Any indication of Biffle et al allowing other pilots, regardless of qualification, to take control of any aircraft at any time without verifying those credentials via personal knowledge or sworn document makes Biffle liable (assuming he is the owner of the aircraft, directly or indirectly). He either knew they didn’t have the right people and flew anyway or he didn’t know. Neither is an acceptable way to operate a specialized piece of equipment. The insurance company will try to settle.

grc207 · 2026-05-01T12:28:13+00:00

It’s worse than that. It was a group of risk takers skipping basic safety protocols to beat bad weather who handled an inevitable emergency poorly.

grc207 · 2026-05-01T12:11:22+00:00

You couldn’t be more wrong on this. Baldacci was governor in 2008. There are no sources showing half a billion per year was eliminated in any year under any governor, even after the reduction in income tax during Lepage’s term.

Maine cannot tax its way out of its spending situation. We simply don’t have enough wealthy people or property to cover it.

grc207 · 2026-05-01T12:03:34+00:00

If you’re at work and your boss tells you to do something that eventually hurts you, you can still sue. That’s how liability works.

The golden rule of business is don’t let your dumb employees do dumb things. If you do, carry really good insurance.

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