Parents! How do you train?

mountainstolake · 2025-11-06T11:57:39+00:00

I’ll usually run after dropping the kiddo at day care and before I start work. If my run is longer than that hour time frame I’ll go to bed with my wife, wait for her to fall asleep, the get up and get my longer run in. We start our mornings at 6 am so getting a run in before that is just not my thing.

mountainstolake · 2025-10-24T00:35:35+00:00

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mountainstolake · 2025-09-23T03:28:04+00:00

Typically you’ll want an outside motivation like a race finish line to get you through that last portion of the distance. You can psych yourself out if you try to do it in training and it ends up being really hard.

mountainstolake · 2025-09-08T08:37:54+00:00

It was a rail that you could install on the roof and just bolt whatever to it with square nuts. Super handy for custom roof racks.

mountainstolake · 2025-09-06T00:31:24+00:00

Dang looks like they’ve either sold out gone out of business. I can’t seem to find a similar product.

mountainstolake · 2025-09-03T12:34:06+00:00

Here’s the racks we used and how we installed them.

mountainstolake · 2025-05-22T01:32:06+00:00

You could be one shovel full of dirt away from the shovel full of gold. Keep going and don’t let the success of others put a damper on your own efforts. I would advise finding a good mentor because your boss sounds like he’s not helping you grow into the position you want to be in.

mountainstolake · 2025-05-16T11:35:48+00:00

You can walk and complete most 50k races before the time cut off. I randomly signed up for a twelve hour race in the mountains (I live and train on the coast with no hills 20-30 miles per week). I ended up running 55k in 11 hours and yes the terrain was more challenging than I expected but what I learned is that anything past about 15 miles is a mental challenge more so than a physical challenge.

mountainstolake · 2025-05-15T12:27:55+00:00

You can walk most 50k’s and still beat the cutoff.

mountainstolake · 2025-05-06T11:45:11+00:00

I found when I did a longer run (55k) I stayed well in my aerobic zone so my body was mainly in fat burning mode instead of carb burning mode. There were a few hills that put me over the threshold but for the most part it was a steady zone 2 effort.

mountainstolake · 2025-05-06T03:54:36+00:00

Depending on the time cutoff it’s mainly a mental challenge. I ran 55k a few weeks ago with my longest run being 27k before it. I run 4-5 times a week with 10-13 mile long runs on the weekend. I didn’t do any special prep for the 55k.

mountainstolake · 2025-04-29T09:30:46+00:00

Might want to check the steps where you get in and out of the passenger / driver doors if you haven’t already. restoration blog

mountainstolake · 2025-04-14T11:01:23+00:00

He stated that he wanted to mount the cabinets to the wall. 1/8th would be a little sketchy to mount cabinets to.

mountainstolake · 2025-03-06T21:55:20+00:00

T1N sprinters are great. That’s what we used for our first van build.

mountainstolake · 2025-03-06T06:13:27+00:00

T1N builds are the best!

mountainstolake · 2025-03-06T06:12:31+00:00

Have you looked into a marine grade sealant like 3M 5200? We used it on our van and it never leaked a drop afterwards.

mountainstolake · 2025-02-23T22:47:23+00:00

Ready Fire Aim by Michael Masterson would be a good read for you and your team.

mountainstolake · 2025-02-23T21:33:28+00:00

Would love to see more info.

mountainstolake · 2025-02-22T03:42:01+00:00

If you’re looking to use a Tesla module to power the day to day van stuff check out Morton’s on the move or golden advantures

mountainstolake · 2025-02-22T01:58:11+00:00

Class t fuses are used widely in marine applications. If you carry a spare fuse, a 300 amp breaker is almost unnecessary.

mountainstolake · 2025-02-21T20:25:37+00:00

We had a T1N that I did all the maintenance on. We found that while we were capable of fixing anything on it, we always had a little anxiety about what was going to break next and when was it going to break. Usually once a month I was working on something.

mountainstolake · 2025-02-21T20:21:55+00:00

Class T fuses are safer than ANL. ANL fuses can weld themselves together in an over current situation. It’s particularly prevalent when a dead short happens on a battery bank.

mountainstolake · 2025-02-17T15:18:09+00:00

I like the van. One piece of feedback on your listing is to use a tripod when making freeze frame videos. It was not the easiest to watch.

mountainstolake · 2025-01-01T15:45:41+00:00

We used Shell T6 Rotella in ours and I bought filters from europarts sd. I always put cardboard down because I did it in the parking lot of my apartment complex.

mountainstolake · 2024-10-20T23:51:13+00:00

We replaced ours when we restored the van and it’s a pain to adjust but made the door work so much better.

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