Oregon’s Weirdest Ultra Aid Station Choices | Food Fight Friday at the Aid Station
Ultra running is all about mental toughness, endurance, and occasionally making some truly regrettable food choices at the aid stations. Welcome to Food Fight Friday at the Aid Station presented by 7 Summits Snacks, where Jason Bahamundi and Adam Lee, joined by Josh Cronin (aka @Oregondad), tackle the real ultra challenge: deciding which questionable snack they’ll eat, which they’ll toss, and which they’ll begrudgingly carry to the next aid station.
This week, we’re taking the game to Oregon, home of rain-soaked trails, Bigfoot sightings, and some truly iconic regional snacks. Which one will fuel the next few miles? Which one will end up launched into the woods? And which one will be carried in a sweaty vest pocket until it’s a sad, unrecognizable mess? Let’s find out.
The Oregon Aid Station Showdown
At mile 24 of a 50K in the Pacific Northwest, your brain is mush, your stomach is iffy at best, and you’re faced with three very Oregonian food options:
🥧 Marionberry pie – A regional delicacy and a surefire way to attract every wasp within a five-mile radius.
🍫 Nutella brownies – Chocolatey, nutty, and guaranteed to weld itself to the roof of your mouth mid-stride.
🍦 Melted Tillamook ice cream – Once a glorious pint of creamy joy, now a lukewarm soup in a waxed-paper container.
What do you do? Eat one, toss one, carry one. The choices are brutal. The stakes? Mostly digestive distress.
The Ultra Runners’ Verdict
Can a pint of melted ice cream be trusted to stay down over the next 7 miles of the race? Josh, Adam and Jason answer that question.
Jason typically things of survival out in the woods so does he take the marionberry pie with him so that he is prepared to leave it behind if a bear shows up?
How about Adam always being right? Is he right again? Don’t ask him because he will say yes.
Who made the best call? How will these aid station choices help get them to the finish this 50k ultra race? Cast your vote in the comments on our Instagram page!
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Why Every Ultra Needs More Games
Look, ultras are hard. You’re exhausted, your feet hurt, and you’re debating whether hallucinating a talking tree is normal. That’s why playing Eat, Toss, or Carry is essential for mid-race entertainment.
✔️Your mind will stay engaged when the miles blur together.
✔️ It makes aid stations more than just a calorie pit stop.
✔️ This game reminds us that running 30+ miles in the woods should also be fun.
So, the next time you stumble into an aid station, grab the weirdest food available and play along.
What’s Your Best (or Worst) Aid Station Food?
Now it’s your turn! What’s the strangest thing you’ve eaten during a race? Drop your answers in the comments on our Instagram page and let’s keep the debate going.
And don’t forget to check out previous episodes of Food Fight Friday at the Aid Station, presented by 7 Summits Snacks, for more ridiculous endurance-fueled chaos.
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