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  1. I worked with his son in my first job straight out of university and heard a lot of those stories. Apparently after he lost his other leg he was much happier because he could dance at weddings again!
  2. Was his surname Coetzee, by any chance?
  3. Are you sure that your heart rate zones are calculated correctly? Your zone 2 and zone 3 look really low.
  4. That's a good deal because apparently people aren't quite as happy with the new model as they were with the old one.
  5. I've used the Tailfin Aeropack and it connects via a thru-axle and the seatpost with no frame touchpoints at all - I ordered it direct from Tailfin
  6. Just a follow-up on this - I checked my watch before a run yesterday and was a little alarmed when the battery was at 19% (as I am with any device, if I'm intending on using it for a few hours). However, that 19% translated to an estimated 17 hours of running with GPS and an external HRM.
  7. 74g of carbs per hour is plenty - and enough to cause GI distress if you haven't trained your gut. If you have enough time before the race, work on training your gut and experiment with different brands / carb sources. Once you've figured out what works for you, stick to that. Don't experiment on race day. Don't under-fuel because you feel OK in the moment. Don't eat from aid station tables unless you run out of fuel. It's way too easy to see a bowl of Haribos and smash a handful with a litre of Pepsi, only to realise half an hour later that you've made a mistake (I say this from personal experience ) One thing that I would add is electrolytes. They'll definitely help to reduce chances of cramping. If your drink mix doesn't have them, then consider adding an electrolyte tab every hour. I'd also agree with having one bottle of drink mix and one of plain water. If you need to cool down, you really don't want to be spraying yourself with drink mix.
  8. If you don't like charging your watch, then there's nothing like the Enduro. Even when I was running 100+kms a week and using an external HRM, it would go weeks without needing a charge. I did an 16 hour ultra, with GPS and an external HRM, no battery saver or anything like that, and the battery was over 60% when I finished. It's way better than the Fenix 7 Solar that I had before.
  9. I'm with you. Maurten really are the gold standard. I've made the mistake of abandoning a nutrition plan and eating from aid stations, and I came very close to having to DNF as a result.
  10. Agreed - the more research I do, the more I see ultrarunning pros doing a lot of cross-training, whether it be cycling, skimo or whatever, because you can't realistically get the load you need for running 100 milers at any kind or real intensity without a serious injury risk.
  11. Anecdotally, I've found that it is very beneficial. I've taken the last eighteen months off cycling to focus on running and prepare for ultras. Two or so months ago, I picked up a hip injury and can't run, but I can cycle. My FTP is pretty much where it was when I stopped cycling, and at that point I was the fittest I've ever been.
  12. I've just put the Fast Trak on my hard tail - it feels pretty good and fast rolling, but hasn't inspired a huge amount of confidence in chunky, very loose gravel (that might just be a rider skill issue)
  13. To be honest, I think even doing a few hours of passive heat training a week would be pretty beneficial, but again, that's another time investment.
  14. For sure, I'd love to do more heat training, but that's not really realistic for most people. I'm pretty sure I'd get a lot of strange looks if I took one of the Wattbikes at my gym into the sauna. I doubt most people even make the time / investment to travel to the race venue a week early to set up properly, pre-ride some sections and do a little bit of acclimatisation (I can't) - but you probably need to do that for something this far outside your comfort zone.
  15. Agreed re: periodisation, and I'll add that I don't think that a lot of people appreciate how hard a hard workout should be and how easy an easy session needs to be. In my case, I had a couple of injuries that limited me to pretty much only Zone 2, so instead of periodising effort, I worked with what I had and took 10 weeks to build as big a base of mileage and time on feet as I could. It worked for me, but ideally I would have done more speed work and consequently rested more.
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