Toby Guillette

The last few weeks have been low-mileage rest weeks with a focus on putting the finishing touches on my training plan for the *Vermont 100 Endurance Run* and gearing up to start training next week!

The lessons I learned at the San Diego 100 Mile Endurance Run continue to help dial in my strategy for the VT100. The first item of business is fine-tuning my method of fueling, not the actual content of my fuel.

While I was running with a handheld bottle of *Hammer Nutrition Sustained Energy* mix and a *Fuel Belt* with *Nuun* electrolyte replacement tablets, my race crew was laboring over filling bottles and mixing powders all day and night.

By using a hydration backpack with a custom-made fuel by Infinit Nutrition, I remove the handheld bottle and the Fuel Belt from the equation. My special blend, “Beast Mix”, combines the ingredients of the two products I was using into one powder and saves me $25 per batch. Let me know if you’re interested in the “Beast Mix” and I’ll send you the settings through the Infinit website.

With an extra water reservoir, I can be drinking out of the one in my pack while the crew fills, mixes and chills the other. So when I come through an aid station, all the crew has to do is pull out the empty reservoir and replace it with the full one. _This is going to save valuable time and energy for the team!_

Here are a couple shots from my last two adventures:



+Camping and trekking in Joshua Tree National Park+



+Relaxing in Scottsdale, AZ+