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* '''Fuel'''. I got a good number of calories from my [[Fellrnr%27s Go Juice| Go Juice]] (~4,500), and I experimented with drinking Ensure as well. In training I've been putting flax oil into my Go Juice, but this requires a blender so it was not practical during the race. The 6 bottles of ensure provided some extra fat as well as 1,500 calories. I also ate about a dozen [http://go.fellrnr.com/?id=35454X937677&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fdp%2FB004X8TK9W small soft cookies], which went down well and gave me an extra ~900 calories. Soft cookies are better than hard ones as they have a higher fat content and are also a lot quicker to eat. I probably ate too many at once, which was a mistake I won't repeat. I also had a couple of gels, so that's about 7,000 calories in total.
* '''Desitin'''. I was recommended [http://go.fellrnr.com/?id=35454X937677&xs=1&xcust=Destin&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FDesitin-Maximum-Strength-Paste-4-Ounce%2Fdp%2FB003O32P8U Desitin] for preventing the dreaded 'monkey butt' when I put together my list of solutions to [[Fixing problems in Ultramarathons| common ultrarunning problems]]. This is the first 100 miler that I've tried this approach and I didn't have any problems at all, though this was not a hot, sweaty race.
* '''[[Sunglasses]]'''. I recently swapped from Oakley sunglasses to [http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0035XQYIG Tifosi Tyrant] because I wanted a photochromic lens that would go clear for running at dawn and dusk. I've found the Tifosi 'Night Light' to work well and I find them more just as comfortable than as my Oakley's.
* '''Morton's Stretch'''. [[Morton Stretch| This stretch]] didn't fix my dead legs, but it did help a little.
* '''Hokas'''. This is the longest race I've run in the [[Hoka Shoe Review| Hokas]], and I appreciated the extra padding on the asphalt. I had remarkably little foot soreness after the race, but overall I'm not happy with the design of their [[Shoes]] as they have a tiny toebox. I think we will see far more [[Shoes]] like the Hokas that are 'maximum cushioning, minimum drop'. Already there are [[Shoes]] like the Altra Torin and the Mizuno Wave Evo Cursoris that provide about 2/3rds the cushioning of the Hokas, but designed for a human foot.