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Scott, I'd like to talk a little bit about the zone, not the zone diet, but just zone.

Of staying in the right place, the safe place as you run.

Effort, mental zone, physical zone, emotional zone, just zone.

And that zone, the beautiful thing about our sport is it changes dramatically,

depending on where you are on the race.

The hill that you're climbing, the hill you're going down, different zone for different places.

And recognizing where that safe zone is is critical for a successful race.

You can stretch and start to move faster in some places because it's a safe zone.

You need to back off and repair yourself because you need to be in that zone.

But you, you know, homeostasis, we talk about keeping balance.

And that's a true skill set of a successful ultra runner, of a completeer of a race, a finisher.

Whether you're up front in the middle or coming in and bringing in the rear,

we all have to recognize zones and stay in there.

And once we bounce out of those zones, we pay for it dramatically.

And we solve that zone problem by being a walker and a vomiter and all the things

that when the system's break, so staying in a zone keeps your system sound.

So part of the fun of being an ultra runner is trying to figure out how to stay in that zone.

And one of the things that you need to do is make sure that your electrolytes

and your nutrition is in balance.

Because if that goes out of whack, bam!

You're out of your zone.

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