BASECAMP for a Multi-day Ultra | Backyard Ultra Marathon | Planning and Preparation
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ก.ค. 2024
- Just under two weeks to go until the World Satellite Championships of Big's Backyard Ultra - the training is done, so it's time to think of what gear will be needed to keep me going for those many loops I hope to do.
This video provides some suggestions of the BASIC requirements for setting up your basecamp at a backyard ultra or any other looped, timed event, based on my own personal experiences.
If there is anything else that YOU think might be useful for other folks, then drop these suggestions in the comments section.
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Thanks, the roller and massage gun are a good call, I’ll be adding them to my kit for June!
Not a problem. Thanks for watching, and good luck at your event in June :)
This is pretty much everything I brougt to my Backyard Ultra I did in December.
Awesome! Hope you had a good run and everything worked out for you in December. I'll be doing another BYU in May, so if I've missed anything in the vid that you think it's handy to have, let me know! Thanks for watching :)
Thanks for the tips
You're most welcome :)
Nice
Thank you!! What do you recommend for meals?
You're most welcome :)
Food is a funny one as everybody is different . When I've done my BYU, I've eaten everything from breakfast cereals to pulled pork sandwiches, and sometimes got through on just gels for a couple of hours. I get hungry around usual meal times, so try to eat something more stodgy to fill me up, but then graze the rest of the time. For me, it's easier to digest compared to other types of races, simply because I'm not working as hard and walk some of the time, so my stomach can handle it. I think backyard ultras are the only races I've done where I don't get GI issues.
I'd just experiment with a few things to see what works for you in advance of race day. And try to mimic race day conditions, even if it means doing two or three laps of the backyard distance :)
what's your PR for yards? High temperature? Low temperature? consecutive hours of rain below 50 degrees? does your crew cook for you?
Hi there, I've done 3 BYU now, two of which I was on Team Canada for Big's BYU Team World Championship. My best is 36 yards back in 2020. It rained for hours and it was a mud bath. It got down close to freezing point during that event - conditions were terrible but I somehow kept going.
My second one I managed 30 yards on a hilly, technical trail. Very warm 25 Celsius in the day but very chilly overnight. This was again with Team Camada.
I did Lakou BYU in May this year and it was another very warm day. My heart wasn't in that one and stopped at 17 hours.
Yes, my crew cooked for me on all occasions- hot food was necessary with it being so wet and cold - but at my last one, I didn't feel like I needed to eat so much.
I've registered for Lakou again for next year having just completed my first 200 miler. I learnt alot from racing 200 miles that I think will benefit me at the BYU, so I'm giving it another try :)
Shout up if any more questions, and feel free to share your experience as I'm always open to other people's suggestions too!