Ultra Running Race Execution & Crewing Guides | HARDN Blog

Pacing strategy, crew management, cutoff math, and race day execution guides for ultra runners. Training gets you to the start line — execution gets you to the finish.

Blister Care for Ultrarunners: Compeed Under, Leukotape Over

Blisters are the most predictable injury in ultrarunning. Why they form, why you stop at the hot spot, and the Compeed-plus-Leukotape combination that holds up for 100 miles. Plus when to drain, when not to, and the kit to carry.

Cutoffs Don't Care How Fit You Are

Most people who don't finish were fit enough to. They ran out of a resource nobody trained them to manage. How intermediate cutoffs actually work, and the arithmetic to do before race day.