Aid Stations are made to give you the nourishment you need when you need it. However, at larger races they can be hectic and hard to get through while still maintaining your pace and, in some cases, peace of mind In this episode of CLIFCast, you’ll find out the best ways to navigate aid stations and hear a few funny and strange stories, including some from the Clif Bar Pace Team.
Most runners are familiar with Carbo Loading. Like dining on a big bowl of Pasta the night before a big race. The idea is to get enough carbs into your body so that those carbs can turn into energy the next day. But what is the best way to carbo load? And is it actually necessary? Find out in the newest episode of CLIFCast.
Steph Davis is a long time Team CLIF Bar family member and a superstar in the climbing community. She’s ascended some of the world’s most awe-inspiring peaks and was the first woman to free climb the Salathé Wall in Yosemite and to free solo the Longs Peak Diamond. Following a time of great transition and change a number of years ago, Steph suddenly found herself without a partner, a career, a source of income…or a purpose.
In the company of only her beloved dog Fletch, Davis sets off on a search for a new identity, and discovers skydiving. Though falling out of an airplane is completely antithetical to the climber’s control she’d practiced for so long, Davis turns each daring jump into an opportunity to fly, first as a skydiver, then as a BASE jumper, and finds herself indelibly change
Last December we had the chance to sit down with Team CLIF Bar runner Dakota Jones, who is not only one of the most talented ultra distance runners in the world but also one of the youngest. In this episode, you’ll hear our conversation as we explore his earliest days as a runner, his favorite places to run, his approach to training and eating, and lots more in the newest episode of CLIFCast.
The SWATCH Freeride World Tour makes its fourth stop at Kirkwood Mountain Resort Wednesday, February 27. CLIF Bar is proud to support the FWT once again, and this week’s competition guarantees to be a great one right here in our very own backyard high sierra venue. The competition and webcast are both scheduled to start today at 9am. Tune in Live and Enjoy the Ride!
Keep an eye out for Team CLIF Bar’s Josh Daiek and get a taste for how local Truckee and tour hopeful Sean Collin prepares for his day of competition with the CLIF Bar Daily Feed!
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