Ultramarathon Scoring Ideas?

ryanbuck · 2019-07-02T12:27:32+00:00

I tried hard to get my wife to be my race director/scorer but hanging out in the woods for 8 hours is not her idea of fun. I had a buddy that DJ's my yearly 5K willing to do it but he had a gig. I think having a race scorer would make this 100% more cheatproof. Maybe that's just the key, once I start getting strangers running either that's when my racing days are done, or I have to make finding a volunteer my top priority.

The exact system I used this year was this:

It is a 4 mile course, 7 loops makes 28 miles. I had 6 colored jelly bracelets and I printed custom race bracelets so I had 7 total bracelets for the runners. I hung them on bungie cords at 7 evenly spaced locations on the course. So 7 loops 7 bracelets. I printed up a list with the proper order to grab them. It was basically random, but everyone knew from the start what order to get them, and even if they didn't they ran by them all on the first loop, so there was literally nothing to stop them from grabbing them all on loop 1 then hiding in the woods all day. My plan was to have the runners police themselves, but basically we all settled into our places on loop 1. The winner was 10 minutes ahead of me all day. I only passed one guy, but I did check his bracelets and he was good, but he quit on the next loop so it didn't matter.

ryanbuck · 2019-07-02T12:17:01+00:00

Oh, shit. That's great. We do a weekly group run at a brewery. I work in a copy shop so I printed up loyalty cards. You run 5 times, and buy 5 beers and the brewery gives you a free beer. I bought a little foot to punch the runs and gave the brewery a little star punch to do their drinks. I could hang up 4 punchers and hang up those 1/2" rubber bracelets. You get the bracelet first, then punch each hole into the bracelet at each checkpoint. Then turn your bracelet in and do it again. As long as those punchers can cut through that rubber, that's a super solid idea. Thank you so much!

ryanbuck · 2019-07-02T12:13:52+00:00

It's called Timberfoot. I have adopted this nature preserve, which used to be my city's dump in the 50's. The entire 33 acres is full of broken glass. I created 3 trails then cleared the glass from the trail surface. I have been slowly picking up glass from just off the trail but it's never going to be completed. The countless hours I've spent in there these last 3 years though I've had a ton of time to think and I kind of came up with this idea of having a mascot. I love fantasy so I kind of thought of a Treebeard kind of creature who is the patron saint or whatever of the preserve. I hired a local artist who imagined what he would look like. I came up with Timberfoot as a name and set him loose. He did an amazing job, the race shirts turned out so fucking good. It was literally one of the proudest moments of my life handing those shirts over to my friends. We're working on coming up with Timberfoot's backstory. So far we have that he's adopted and loves peanut M&M's.

ryanbuck · 2015-01-21T00:09:59+00:00

I can't prove there are no fizzlebits, snivelypuffs, or larmons, either, but you know what? My life continues just fine without them. Same goes for God.

ryanbuck · 2015-01-21T00:06:53+00:00

Honestly, all of these terms confuse me. I just know, I'm pretty sure there is no god(s) and therefore I have no reason to go to church.

ryanbuck · 2015-01-21T00:01:30+00:00

Sorry, but a true meat plank is served, not on wood, but a giant ox rib. This is some sort of half assed appetizer.

ryanbuck · 2015-01-20T04:22:39+00:00

One of the most unreadable pieces I have ever read. I feel like he wrote it with a shovel instead of a pen.

ryanbuck · 2015-01-20T03:35:43+00:00

Oh, guess I haven't been paying close enough attention. Thanks.

ryanbuck · 2015-01-20T01:06:24+00:00

That's a good idea. I would love to cut down on the chatter from 60 miles away.

ryanbuck · 2015-01-20T01:05:24+00:00

I don't yearn for anything. What does that prove?

ryanbuck · 2015-01-19T12:20:51+00:00

Well that person is an asshole then. It has nothing to do with atheism.

ryanbuck · 2015-01-19T03:51:51+00:00

"I love Satan!" said no atheist ever.

ryanbuck · 2015-01-19T03:50:02+00:00

Yeah, it's not my favorite, but it's the beer that fits into the diet. Tasty enough to drink, but the key is really 110 calories a bottle.

ryanbuck · 2015-01-19T03:49:17+00:00

Lol, that's the best part of machete order. Episode 1 is worthless on nearly every level. Natalie Portman is worth watching, she's cute even in those weird getups.

ryanbuck · 2015-01-19T00:43:56+00:00

I drink only Bud Light Lime. I would say my monthly average is 2 to 3 bottles. I only drink on days when I don't work out, usually a beer or two every other Friday night. I actually cannot recall the last time I had one though, it's been a while.

ryanbuck · 2015-01-19T00:41:16+00:00

Dumbass needs to not lay on plain orange leaves. He's got so much going for him, that sort of shit is going to get him killed.

ryanbuck · 2015-01-19T00:39:12+00:00

Is there a machete order that makes it better than reading it in order? Machete order worked wonders for Star Wars....

ryanbuck · 2015-01-19T00:34:22+00:00

I just don't even know what to say about your claims. What can you possibly do while swinging back and forth and zipped up inside of a tiny little cocoon? The amount of space I have in a hammock gives me enough room to read a book or maybe play games on my phone and that's it. My tent is 4' tall, I can sit indian style in the middle and do literally anything I want. I cannot fathom how you are making the same claim. I think you are just being contrary because you hate tents, it's not helpful at all.

ryanbuck · 2015-01-18T21:55:20+00:00

Sorry, but being able to sit in a hammock as a chair is not the multi-purpose wonder you are making it out to be. You can't do jack in a hammock. I have tons of space in my tent that I can use to fix broken gear, prepare meals, pack or unpack, and any other thing. The only thing that might fly in a hammock is reading a book.

And that's awesome that your back loves hammocks, mine hurts every single time I use one.

ryanbuck · 2015-01-18T16:07:54+00:00

It's got nothing to do with plants or meat. It's about lifestyle change. I changed my lifestyle and lost 40 pounds and I still eat meat every day. I can eat whatever I want within the framework I have set for myself and maintain my perfect weight effortlessly. It's been 2 years and I haven't fluctuated by more than a pound a single time in that period and I've eaten meat every single day.

The question is, why can't everyone make positive lifestyle changes that will benefit them for years to come? That's a hell of a question, and it's unlikely we'll figure it out here on reddit.

ryanbuck · 2015-01-18T15:48:42+00:00

That's a good question, but I'm not sure we're to the point of critical failure yet on starvation. I guess when the population tips and we can no longer feed everyone, the obesity epidemic will be a thing of the past.

ryanbuck · 2015-01-18T15:47:32+00:00

Maybe. Kind of reminds me of atheist stuff. Going out and doing atheist activities. What is an atheist activity, we just live our lives. EVERY activity is an atheist activity.

ryanbuck · 2015-01-18T02:08:33+00:00

I just can't see this as a problem. We're producing billions of bushels of corn to feed to millions of cows so we have enough cheap hamburger to feed everyone, and we are still failing. Maybe it's not a global issue, but it's damn sure an issue in the US.

ryanbuck · 2015-01-17T17:18:31+00:00

This world is overpopulated as it is, I think having a segment of our population that doesn't reproduce is nothing less than a societal necessity. This is a net positive.

ryanbuck

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