Helloooo runner! This week’s edition is PACKED with good stuff. Road, trail, a bit of everything. Oh, and a poll at the very bottom of this email I’d love for you to vote on!

Let’s go ⤵️

This week’s video features David Sinclair and his journey to the second-place finish at the 100K CCC (also known as the UTMB).

David quit his coaching job to focus solely on running. No backup plan. Just a full-time shot at the sport he loves.

During his prep for CCC, he dealt with knee tendinitis, balanced running with cycling, and still clocked around 15–20 hours of training a week. Oh, and his nutrition plan? Two to three gels per hour. For 11 hours straight. No solid food. Yeah, you’ve got to be able to stomach it 😆

Then came race day. He blasted off the start line, heart rate soaring into the 170s just 45 minutes in. At one point his energy completely cratered. But he held it together, kept fueling, and somehow fought back.

Get some 🍿 and give this one a watch!

If you like a little satire and meme energy in your feed, you’ve got to follow @yaboyscottjurek.

While the account calls itself “the number one Scott Jurek fan page on the internet,” it’s really an ultrarunning (and just plain running) meme account. Hours clearly go into these posts. They’re weird, clever, and now and then even a bit too real. Sometimes, people seem to actually believe them (making the page so much better, haha).

So if your feed’s been a little too serious lately, give @yaboyscottjurek a follow and lighten it up a bit.

Oh, and for anyone wondering: Scott Jurek himself is a vegan ultrarunner who’s won almost every major ultra there is in the past (he’s not actively racing anymore), and he wrote Eat & Run.

Dreaming of running the half marathon in Valencia? So are many runners out there. I normally don’t feature any of the SuperHalfs here, but I felt like I had to mention the Valencia Half Marathon in this edition, as the ballot opens next week on November 4.

You’ll have ten days to sign up for the ballot.

Valencia is known for being a fast course. So if you’d like to add a half marathon to your calendar where you could potentially run a new personal best, this might be it.

Besides that, Valencia is a travel-worthy destination. It’s a city of art, great food, and sunshine more often than not. It’s also easy to travel to. And if you’re coming from farther away, you can combine a trip to Valencia with Barcelona, Madrid, or both (the train connections are great).

I’ll personally be entering the ballot for 2026. Fingers crossed!

Christmas may still seem far away, but if you want to surprise a fellow runner (or yourself), now’s the time to grab the Bimble & Bolt advent calendar. Why? Well…

It’s a unique and fun gift (for both your runner friend/partner as well as yourself). Grab yours here:

P.S. You could also sneakily forward this to your partner… hehe.

Not everyone reading this newsletter may be into trail running (in fact, please vote on the poll below to let me know your preferred terrain), but this video’s probably helpful for the majority of us. Whether you always attack trails, or just sporadically.

Hope you enjoyed this edition of RunLetters! Before you head off, I’d love to see your vote in the following poll:

Wish me luck in Madeira this Sunday, as I’ll be running the Ultra X 50k (stage 2). Whiihhhh. I’m NERVOUS!!

Cheers, Caroline