The third installment of ultrarunning tips from the Doctor, David Horton:
23. Grab something at the aid station and keep walking and eating, relentless forward motion.
24. In the second loop, think about drinking coke and especially Mountain Dew at the last two or three aid stations.
25. Don’t expect it to be easy, the second loop could be the hardest thing you have ever done in your life.
27. You can always take another step.
28. No matter how bad it feels, This too shall pass.
29. The pain and discomfort will end.
30. Pain is inevitable but suffering is optional.
31. Don’t stop to take a dump until you really need to and make it QUICK.
32. Regardless of how you feel at any one point, it never always gets worse.
33. You should drink about one half to three fourths of a bottle of fluid between each aid station.
34. If you are stopping to pee every 15 or 20 minutes you are drinking too much.
35. If your urine is clear you are drinking enough. If it is real yellow or brown or rust colored, you need to start drinking a LOT more.
36. Don’t assume the person you are running with knows where to go or assume the runners in front of you know where to go.
