Big Alta race strategy, nutrition, and gear choices

About this episode

Adam discusses his race day preparation and strategy for the Big Alta 100k.

Adam walks through his race day preparation and strategy for Big Alta 100k! We talk about some coaching points along the way but it was a fun opportunity to just go through how Adam is approaching the race. We did mention Chianti in the last 90 seconds!

People in this episode

Host: Adam Ferdinandson

Topics covered

• race strategy
• nutrition
• gear choices
• race preparation
• coaching points

Keywords

• Big Alta 100k
• race strategy
• nutrition
• gear choices
• coaching

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Chianti

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