u/joejance

I keep race nutrition stupid simple, especially when I’m flying. I want stuff that’s already packaged or easy to portion into baggies.

Lately it’s been fig bars, Bobos, a few Go or Huma gels, and some gummies. I stayed on schedule last race, but the sweet stuff is getting old. I’m trying to find other carb sources that don’t require cooking and take basically zero prep, stuff I can throw together in a hotel room. And not sweet!

Tortillas seem like a solid base. I also found shelf‑stable rice balls, and I’ve run with homemade ones before so that sounds like an option.

What are your food hacks when you’ve flown in for a race, things you pack or grab locally?

You're going to start hearing a lot more about a pipeline from the Oahe Dam to The Black Hills.

It comes with a$4.5b price tag. That is almost certainly not close to the real cost, and will be extremely expensive to operate. That's almost all uphill: think pump houses along the route eating a lot of electricity.

Building that pipeline is also all or nothing.

There are a number of examples of small cities in The United States and around the world that have implemented water recycling for a tiny fraction of that massive cost above. Successful programs exist that recycle over 90% of a city's water.

Such programs have tiny startup costs in comparison, and can be grown over time. And again, there are successful examples to follow.

Rapid City could start a program for a portion of the town and that could grow to other areas of town, and other towns could follow that lead.

Going with recycling also does not preclude a pipeline later. We could engage in the more reasonable recycling approach first. That approach yields results sooner, and cheaper. And if we have to build a massive, expensive pipeline later we haven't spent much in comparison and our needs are that much less.