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The long reads

For the taper weeks and the sleepless nights before a hundred: full-length handbooks and course narratives that don't fit a single post — read leg by leg, station by station.

LONG READ · 15 MIN
Your First 100K, Aid Station by Aid Station
Sixty-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.

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