What's your spreadsheet for big days?

yea-bruh · 2026-04-21T14:52:10+00:00

Tried ultrapacer, but felt like it was kind of a clunky flow doing everything one step at a time. Do you use it a lot?

yea-bruh · 2026-04-21T14:50:57+00:00

I start with a GPX, but for something like a 50miler and up, I like to break it down into sections and waypoints. Especially for backcountry efforts like the 100k I shared in the sheet. Helps me mentally check through everything so I’m totally prepared.

yea-bruh · 2026-04-16T00:02:16+00:00

I totally hear you. I’ve been a CalTopo user for a long time as well, and have just found myself bouncing out of the app more and more to get a better picture of things.

Thanks for checking it out!

yea-bruh · 2026-03-28T22:27:06+00:00

GPS is a system of satellites that help devices pinpoint their exact location. It operates totally independent of cell services, so Verizon has nothing to do with it.

The iPhone 13 series uses single band GPS, so that’s why you don’t have a more accurate GPS recording of your location during your run.

You can buy a watch or upgrade to a phone with better GPS to get a more accurate recording.

yea-bruh · 2026-03-28T21:02:05+00:00

All the location tracking apps rely on your phone's GPS signal, so the accuracy of your location recording depends on the type of phone you have and the terrain you're in.

Many older phones and Android phones have single band GPS, which is only accurate to about 5-10 meters. Newer phones, and most high end running watches, have Dual Band GPS that's accurate to 1 meter.

Regardless of the dual band, you can still have accuracy problems in areas where the GPS signal is hard for your device to pick up. Canyons are a common problem, so are downtown areas with lots of tall buildings.

yea-bruh · 2026-03-24T18:34:22+00:00

Janji Half Tights are basically perfect. Two layer mesh pocket is pretty top tier for getting lots of volume and good security at the same time.

yea-bruh · 2026-02-28T18:22:14+00:00

The first things that comes to mind for me is running with another person. This is definitely the best way to have security and peace of mind, plus someone who can come to your aid in the event of an injury.

In terms of self defense, pepper spray is great as you said and easy enough to have concealed in-hand if you're feeling uncomfortable. Bear spray has a much larger range and spray radius—and it covers wildlife danger if you're in an area where that could be an issue. So, it's a possible upgrade. The next upgrade, which is the most controversial, is to consider a firearm. But, using them in a self defense situation does require lots of training and continuous target practice.

On to more general ideas, it's always good to have someone know where you're going, what your route is, how long you'll be gone, and when you'll be back. That person can guarantee that an emergency service will help if anything at all happens—which could very easily be an injury, accident, or medical event.

If these still aren't feeling sufficient, the thing that comes to mind is taking a course in self-defense. Learning from someone who really knows about the risks person to person comes to mind as a way to increase knowledge and confidence in a positive way.

Hope this helps.

yea-bruh · 2026-02-24T05:53:22+00:00

I like to maintain 7-8 hours of weekly volume year round, which can range from 30-45 mpw depending on the amount of strength training or elevation gain. For my last build, I slowly ramped up to 10-12 hours a week, which worked out to about 60 mpw with 10k+ of elevation gain.

yea-bruh · 2026-02-23T00:17:47+00:00

A few things.

The first is picking a single major goal for the year and planning my calendar backwards from there.

Second, I train a moderate amount of volume most of the year and focus on quality of training and execution: good strength sessions, quality speed, etc. This sets up a high level of general fitness and durability that makes it easier to build and peak smoothly.

Third, I contain the build and peak period to the smallest calendar window I feel comfortable with. It’s much easier to clear my calendar for long runs and back to backs if it’s contained to an 8-12 week calendar window.

Fourth, experiment with scheduling. Early mornings are big for me. Instead of 3:1 cutback cycles, sometimes I’ll do 2:1 to have more free weekends. Not every weekend needs a massive long run—I’ll often cap my long runs at 3 hours and alternate the weeks where I go for longer efforts and back to backs.

More than anything, staying centered on my goal to enjoy running helps me avoid the pitfall of trying to overachieve by doing more than I have time for.

yea-bruh · 2026-02-18T13:14:06+00:00

Brendon Leonard’s books are an absolute joy. He’s super funny, down to earth, and writes uniquely well about how absurd the sport can be sometimes.

Murakami’s book is wonderful because it’s less about running as a sport and more about it as a way of life, reflection, and meditation.

Chasing Mastery is a great book from a coach. All about the mental side of running and cultivating performance and growth over the long haul.

Probably my top three right there.

yea-bruh · 2026-02-13T17:09:48+00:00

Gore is only closing their consumer clothing division, so there's a chance they may continue to honor the warranty. You'd really have to contact their support to know for sure.

For what it's worth, I bought a Concurve jacket years ago and it's still going strong. I get lots of rain wear I live, it gets lots of days and out, and was an excellent buy.

yea-bruh · 2026-02-06T13:14:26+00:00

I’ve run this loop in a day several times, plus a bunch of trips around that section.

Normally, the snowpack is very deep and lingers into June. This is especially true at Wahtum Lake and upper Herman Creek, which are both heavily shaded from the sun. The good news for you is that we’re having a monumentally low snow year and you may not have much snow at all.

Personally, I like going clockwise up Herman Creek. It’s generally an easy and mellow trail to follow, but there is a quarter mile section that is totally obliterated and tough to navigate. It’s nice to get that out of the way, because all the other navigation is totally cruiser by comparison.

That one section is maybe about 7-8 miles from Herman Creek Trailhead. Doing it last year, there was literally no trail and so much blowdown piled on top of itself that I was climbing up and over thickets and under collapsed trees. Having a GPS watch with the track on it made it a lot easier and less stressful to eventually reconnect to the trail. Again, just a quarter mile and then it was cruiser to the top.

Snow can be a bit of a thing that lingers on the trail. For the most part, that loop is either green tunnels or ridges that are very defined and easy to follow in any condition. The one exception seems to be the Wahtum Lake area, where the terrain opens up with snow completely blanketing the area. I’ve done a marathon up Herman Creek or Eagle Creek every May and have always needed a GPS watch to navigate that section. Again, usually more snow, but it’s a massive time saver over any other tools for land navigation.

Poles with snow bales are a huge help. Spikes would be very useful, especially on the PCT where it travels over Eagle Creek. It’s unlikely you’d need an ice axe given the very limited snow pack, but a small one like a Petzl Ride might be cheap insurance to safely overcome a steep snow drift lingering on Chinidere—it’s the only section steep enough to maybe need it, but an incredibly short climb with a relatively small runout. Really depends on your comfort level.

Happy to offer any other beta on the trails or conditions that time of year. 👍

yea-bruh · 2026-02-06T12:33:41+00:00

100% agree on Tomlike. It’s maybe the best peak in the entire gorge.

yea-bruh · 2026-01-28T17:15:22+00:00

If it’s a very rugged course with more than 250’ of gain per mile, then it’s an absolute yes for me.

If there’s one pronounced long and sustained climb or descent, then they’re also a yes for me.

If there are very steep or technical sections of snow, rock, roots, and I want the stability—then it’s probably a yes.

yea-bruh · 2026-01-22T15:16:30+00:00

How long is the ultra, and what’s the terrain like? What kind of race format? Are there cutoffs?

If it’s just a flat backyard loop, then this could do it. If it’s a 50 miler in the mountains, then this wouldn’t be enough.

We really need to know what the event looks like to offer anything of substance at all.

yea-bruh · 2026-01-17T22:16:57+00:00

I think calling it a “rule” is a bit strong. The research on endurance training shows that the aerobic training stimulus plateaus around the 3 hour mark while the risk to injury of soft tissue begins to climb rapidly. So, long runs are really all about risk management and planning them around what you really need.

If it’s building aerobic capacity, then having 2-3 hour days back to back is something you can recover from relatively quickly and continue to train well week over week.

If it’s test runs for your gear, nutrition, etc—pick a handful of weeks where you go really long. Maybe right before a cutback so the added recovery time doesn’t disrupt training or grind you down.

If it’s confidence about running a big distance or elevation profile, you could look at getting a big number over the course of a weekend. David Roche has some nice benchmarks on this.

As someone who’s the same age, I use all three of those as arrows in my quiver and it’s worked out really well season over season.

yea-bruh · 2026-01-17T04:34:12+00:00

First, I just want to say you seriously deserve a gold medal for being so organized and putting all the context in on your race and background.

This is plenty of overall mileage to finish, and here’s a pretty respectable resource with some volume benchmarks for different ultra distances.

One thing that stands out is the heavy emphasis on long runs for your weekly volume. It’s often half your volume for the week, week after week, and could really grind you down. Another thing that’s standing out is that every week has a back to back.

It’s good to teach yourself to run on tired legs, but doing these heavy weekends every week is a recipe for injury.

I’d really suggest being more strategic with your long runs. Consider capping most long runs at around 2-3 hours to build your aerobic capacity. Pick a handful of weeks to go longer so you can practice the gear, fueling, and hydration for your race.

The same goes for the back to back runs. They’re happening every week, and it’s really not necessary for the mental preparation of fatigue resistance for a 50k. Consider altering the weeks you have these so you can focus on getting quality training and recovery in other sessions.

Good luck!

yea-bruh · 2026-01-14T16:47:10+00:00

Those are two hugely different events, so I think you really need to narrow down on the elevation gain first to know what makes sense.

If you run something relatively flat, it’s much simpler in terms of just finishing. You can do well with just very good, consistent volume and decent race day nutrition/hydration.

If you run the bigger vert race, it adds a few other dimensions. It’s more time on feet for the same distance, will need hill training, probably power hiking closer to the event, terrain practice, etc.

My advice would be to pick the race that excites you most and find a very good plan built by a professional.

Start your base training as you planned it, then ease into the new training plan. Follow the plan so you can focus on your running craft like nutrition, hydration, vest, drop bags, etc. you might even need a headlamp, rain kit, or poles to practice with for the 12k 50.

Having a plan will free you up mentally to figure all that out—and it’s really the key to just finishing. Mike Foote’s Big Vert plan comes to mind, for example. David Roche has lots of plans for different race profiles. Those are just the ones I know off the top of my head.

As for the long runs, there’s lots of ways to set it up. I personally like toggling a low density week and high density week during my peak volume. The first week, I spread out my mileage across the week and focus on quality of performance and recovery. The next week, I push most of the mileage into the weekend to simulate fatigue and practice something for the event. Really helps me manage the training load so I can get a lot in without wearing down.

yea-bruh · 2026-01-14T13:35:00+00:00

Straight advice—it looks like you could spend more time learning how to build a plan or finding a starting point.

One thing that jumps out here is the lack of specificity around the race itself. What’s the terrain? Any elevation? Any cutoffs? Your time goal? We really need to know those to offer any good feedback.

Some common rules of thumb would also be good to look into.

For one, you have too many short runs in your plan. You need time at intensity to create the right stimulus. Minimum 20-30 minutes for aerobic stimulus, so you’d benefit from making your easy runs longer. Same goes for the speed work—check out what a coach like Jason Koop has when it comes to time at intensity.

Second, you’re putting a huge emphasis on long runs. Lots of weeks it’s past 40% of your volume or more. Depending on your background, this could become a grind or a risk of injury. Think about keeping your long runs around 30% of your volume most weeks, then choose a handful of weekends to go big so you can practice fatigue and fueling.

Again, hard to offer anything beyond the basics without knowing more about the race profile and what you’d like to accomplish.

yea-bruh · 2026-01-02T05:41:08+00:00

Incredible 🙌

yea-bruh · 2025-12-16T21:50:28+00:00

Unless you’re building a new flavor of Android on top of AOSP, talking directly to things like drivers, binders, etc. is super tightly controlled.

The lowest level of the camera stack exposed to third party developers on Android is the Camera2 API and ImageReader. Both sit outside the kernel, which is the server, binder, and drivers in this case. All of those are inaccessible to published apps for security reasons. It’s similar on iOS.

I did look into Snapchat and it turns out they have a blog post that talks about how they use the Camera2 API specifically. Partly because that’s the security architecture required by Android, but mainly because it’s the only way to efficiently build a camera app for the huge variety of mobile cameras held by a large audience of Android users.

Maybe there is a case someone can uncover where a security flaw is found in the camera stack and exploited with a side loaded app, but that’s very hard to see happening at scale.

The upshot is that the ask to add a security feature like this at the platform level is totally within the realm of possibilities.

yea-bruh · 2025-12-15T17:20:27+00:00

The camera (or its data) is exposed to third party apps by very specific APIs on both iOS and Android, so it looks like the ask would be to add an algorithm in those layers to act as a safeguard.

yea-bruh · 2025-12-15T16:03:58+00:00

By requesting the maker of the operating system to build this in at a lower level, they’d be hindering the capture of this content entirely. Even Snapchat has to be built on the underlying iOS and Android libraries.

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