This episode of Trail Run or Nation is brought to you in part by Tailwind Nutrition.

And today's Tailwind Nutrition Tip of the Trail comes from me.

Oh, Scott, I thought it was me.

No, no, no.

You should have done the intro if it's my tip.

Roll with it, buddy.

You seem to have something to say.

Here is my tip.

And my tip is caffeine, caffeine.

Tailwind Nutrition just announced their new flavor, which has caffeine in it.

All right.

That sounds good.

So where does caffeine play in ultra running?

When do you use it?

Can you overuse it?

Does it help you?

All right.

And my personal experience is, if I'm racing, to not use caffeine until later in the race,

all right, to get that, it kind of gives me, I don't know if it does anything mentally

or physically to me other than it psychologically gives me, oh, there's that coke I've been looking

for.

And kind of a reward kind of thing.

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