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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: The Distance Running Thread

« on: July 19, 2025, 12:03:52 AM »

Yep, fuel before and during should help.  Are you carrying hydration?  Very important this time of year especially and not just water on long runs.  Get some electrolytes.  I like Tailwind for hydration/fuel combo. 

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: The Distance Running Thread

« on: July 15, 2025, 08:47:48 PM »

tdaver you ever done this one?

https://moabtrailmarathon.com/

Not that specific race but a different one covering some of those same trails. November is a perfect time to visit Moab!

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: The Distance Running Thread

« on: July 14, 2025, 10:44:10 PM »

Great work, Sandstone!

The fall half marathons are calling you

Konza 10k/25k in Sept!

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: How Many Credit Cards Do You Have?

« on: July 11, 2025, 06:29:52 PM »

Sup dudes.. What is the best biz credit card out there right now?

Just going for signup bonus? And have craploads to spend? Sapphire Reserve, Venture X, or Amex Plat.  For a more normal spend?  Ink cards.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Signs of getting old

« on: July 03, 2025, 12:50:48 PM »

Standing room only concert venues are the worst.  I want to relax with somewhere to set my beer.  If I wanted to be on my feet for 3 hours I’d go for a run. 

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: How Many Credit Cards Do You Have?

« on: July 01, 2025, 11:47:32 PM »

Decent signup bonus for CSP right now. Try applying before downgrading.  It will give you a warning if you’re not eligible for the bonus and a chance to cancel before running your credit.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Poison Ivy

« on: July 01, 2025, 03:06:18 PM »

Thankfully haven’t had it in years, but poison ivy absolutely destroys me. Go get the steroids ASAP.  They used to give a multi day course of pills.  Sounds like it’s shots these days.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: The Distance Running Thread

« on: June 22, 2025, 08:52:22 PM »

Just to rub it in a little… trailhead temp yesterday morning

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: The Distance Running Thread

« on: June 22, 2025, 08:47:58 PM »

August in Kansas is a tough race date.  Good luck with the training, Sandstone.

I’m with you on the temps.  40F is perfect.  I’m a little spoiled having easy access to elevation/lower temps to escape the heat, but early mornings are definitely the key for summer.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: in this thread we post cute pictures of goEMAW dogs

« on: June 16, 2025, 09:08:40 AM »

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exhausted puppies just crashing out wherever 

maybe it was posted earlier, but how about some details on this pup?

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: songs in your heavy rotation

« on: June 13, 2025, 10:49:14 PM »

"Numb" is a great song to enjoy about 40 minutes into a threshold run on a cool summer evening. Honestly a better feeling than the realization that you are shifting from Pak Level 2 => 3.

https://youtu.be/kXYiU_JCYtU?si=5DtZRY2FH-iqUdhk

What are you training for?  Distance running thread!!

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Plan SB's Elite Vision Quest Through Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho

« on: June 08, 2025, 12:45:28 AM »

The second picture with the clouds below the mountaintops is great.

I also loved that you snapped a pic of some European mountain cows. I'm assuming that was a hot fence keeping them in? It kind of just looks like a string...maybe European cows are more docile or something.

The cows and their bells are a key piece of the Alp experience. And yes pretty docile from what I’ve seen.  There generally isn’t anything separating them from the trails.  Just an occasional gate between pastures.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Plan SB's Elite Vision Quest Through Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho

« on: June 07, 2025, 05:14:50 PM »

Took the whole fam on a Euro trip.  After some time in Prague and Vienna, we stayed in a couple small villages in the Austrian Alps.  Summer activities are just opening up so both were nice and quiet.

Pertisau - Beautiful little resort town right on the Achensee.  We rented e-bikes for a pleasant ride up through pastures stopping at the Kasalm for lunch.  Then booked it back down to town to beat the rain.










Ehrwald - Took a cable car up to the main base area, hiked to the Seebensee and Hochfeldern Alm, then back down for a relaxing evening at the farm.

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Kansas State Basketball is hard / Re: Assistant Coach Rumor Thread

« on: May 22, 2025, 04:34:45 PM »

He's coached good, poachable players before, but it's mid May and the portal has been closed for weeks. Anyone who could get the hell out of North Florida left on the first thing smoking damn near two months ago.

True. But they aren’t tied to new schools yet. Could still poach them.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Plan SB's Elite Vision Quest Through Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho

« on: May 22, 2025, 11:37:16 AM »

Is this campground pizza a regular thing they do?  What a treat after a long day on the bike.

ty tdaver. please post more utah content itt!

How about some Alps?

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Plan SB's Elite Vision Quest Through Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho

« on: May 21, 2025, 10:12:14 PM »

mocat!  Your bike VQs are inspiring.  Fantastic pics.

intrusive negative thoughts are part of the VQ experience

Truer words were never spoken

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Cars.... How far have you went before getting a new one?

« on: May 18, 2025, 10:01:25 PM »

I think I need this

Definitely do it.

If not, DM the for sale sign and I'll go buy it.

Sent from my moto g stylus 5G (2022) using Tapatalk

https://cars.ksl.com/listing/9931686

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Cars.... How far have you went before getting a new one?

« on: May 17, 2025, 11:49:31 PM »

I think I need this

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Non-sport-specific but kind of (go)EMAW-related status/twitter/wall thread

« on: May 07, 2025, 05:14:09 PM »

Mammoth is 100x better than the other options.  Tusks up!!

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Beer Connoisseurs

« on: April 22, 2025, 09:48:24 AM »

smoked beer?

Yep, it's a bit confusing for the palate.

I want to love them and keep trying. But I just don’t.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Let's make the perfect sandwich - together!

« on: April 15, 2025, 12:02:24 AM »

Heritage sounds like a farm friendly Artisan

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: travel thread

« on: April 09, 2025, 02:51:43 PM »

My parents did the Viking Rhine cruise from Amsterdam to Basel a couple years ago for their first over seas trip.  Absolutely loved it and still talk about it frequently.

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Kansas State Basketball is hard / Re: PORTAL KOMBAT

« on: March 29, 2025, 06:53:59 PM »

Dug
CJ - ?
Mobi
Castillo
Hausen
Taj
Baye - portal
Buddy - portal
Ugo - portal

We’re gonna need some bigs

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: travel thread

« on: March 25, 2025, 11:20:59 AM »

Yes Tobias.  Those are VQ pics.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: travel thread

« on: March 20, 2025, 10:47:36 PM »

Amazing pics/trip, ss7.  Japan is rapidly moving up my list.