Category: Pre Race Questionnaire

Oil Creek 100 Pre-Race Questionnaire (2025)

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With RD Heather Nelson Have you ever completed a pre or post-race questionnaire? Prior to your race, do a pre-event visualization and think about what your hopeful outcomes are. Complete the pre-race questionnaire and see if you have everything (or close to everything) covered. When it is done, you can give copies to your crew … Continue reading Oil Creek 100 Pre-Race Questionnaire (2025) →

Pre-Race Questionnaire for Laurel Highlands Ultra

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Shannon Mick, Laurel Highlands Ultra 2020 https://youtu.be/-p8-vpdN2h0?si=a_lAj_KE847ljvol Thanks for supporting me on YouTube! I hope that I earned your "like" and "subscribe". Event Name, Date, Location. Laurel Highlands Ultra, 06/14/2025, Ohiopyle, PA to Seward, PA If you’ve not yet, please find and go through 3-5 written or video race reports of the event you’re participating … Continue reading Pre-Race Questionnaire for Laurel Highlands Ultra →

The Scarecrow Runner Podcast: Embracing the Pain of Ultramarathons

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My friend, Anthony (host of The Scarecrow Runner Podcast), and I got caught up on a few of my races, since we last did a show together. In this episode, which relaunched his show, we chatted about training, my ultramarathon mindset shift (which occurred over the years), and the pains of ultrarunning. It takes longer … Continue reading The Scarecrow Runner Podcast: Embracing the Pain of Ultramarathons →

My Pre-Race Questionnaire for Glacier Ridge Trail Ultra 2025

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Event Name, Date, Location. Glacier Ridge Trail Ultra, 05/10/25, Moraine State Park, PA If you've not yet, please find and go through 3-5 written or video race reports of the event you're participating in. Have you done this? I have! Race day weather. What's the predicted weather? Too early to know. Course description. Course loops? … Continue reading My Pre-Race Questionnaire for Glacier Ridge Trail Ultra 2025 →

My Temptation 200k Pre-Race Questionnaire

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Photo from the race website How much race research and planning do you do to set yourself up for success? If your response is “I'm not thorough enough,” then complete this pre-race questionnaire. The questions in this questionnaire will guide you through a few areas that you need to be thinking about, like logistics, pacing, … Continue reading My Temptation 200k Pre-Race Questionnaire →

My Pre-Race Questionnaire for Mohican 100 (2024)

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How thorough is your race preparation? How much research and planning do you do to set yourself up for a finish that you will feel great about? If your answer is "not enough," then check out this pre-race questionnaire. The questions in this questionnaire will guide you through a few things that you need to … Continue reading My Pre-Race Questionnaire for Mohican 100 (2024) →