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Pacing, cutoff math, aid-station strategy, and the DNF-or-continue call. How to run the clock, not just the miles.

01Race Craft · Sep 4, 2026Drop-Bag Packing Guide: What Goes in Each Bag (by Distance and Time of Day)Per-bag drop-bag checklists for 50K, 100K and 100-mile races, built around one rule: pack for the runner who will open the bag. Base kit, daylight, night-transition and sunrise layers, weather branches, labeling that works at 3 a.m., and the crew handoff.10 MIN02Race Craft · Aug 11, 2026Ultrarunning Shirts Decoded: From RFP to Beat the CutoffSix trail and ultra running graphic tees, decoded. Each slogan is insider jargon, from RFP to beat the cutoff, explained in plain English so outsiders and gift-buyers get the joke and know exactly who would wear it.9 MIN03Race Craft · Jul 13, 2026Get In, Get Out: Aid-Station Strategy That Saves an HourEight aid stations at 12 minutes each is 96 minutes standing still. At 5 minutes it's 40. That 56-minute swing is free finish time you never had to train for — here's the in-and-out drill that banks it.6 MIN04Race Craft · Jul 13, 2026Your First 100K, Aid Station by Aid StationSixty-two miles isn't a long marathon; it's a management problem. A first 100K narrated aid station by aid station on a fictional mountain course: pacing, fueling, cutoff math, and a drop-bag plan for every leg.15 MIN

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