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Yeah. I mean, I think, you know, if we're being honest, there are a lot of people who like nutrition in general can get this weird kind of cult following where people identify with whatever, whatever thing they're doing nutritionally. And, you know, there are definitely folks like that who I'm thinking about, like hardcore carnivore diet type people or people who are out there, you know, running 200 milers with no fuel. Like there are people who, you know, no amount of science is going to change their mind. um But again, from a scientific perspective, you know, your anecdotal experience, it's not invalid, but we don't know what the alternative would have been. So maybe you feel great doing fasted training, but maybe if you had been fueling those workouts, maybe you would feel a lot better, or maybe you feel great for now, but, you know, six months from now, you're going to come back and say, Hey, I was feeling awesome. And then I got a bone injury and, you know, then I had to take time off from training. So it's I think it's, you know, the anecdote is great and it's valid, but it's also a point in time where we don't actually know what is happening on either side of that. Like if there was any alternative. I also think, I mean, just from a performance standpoint, especially I can just speak coming from the ultra world that we are seeing records drop like flies. I mean, we also just saw marathon world record drop a couple or literally yesterday, two days ago. And it, I believe much of that is because of our improved knowledge on how important carbohydrate intake is. And we're seeing athletes put up really high and like, I'm honestly just floored, impressed by the amount of carbohydrate intake that is fueling these performances. So, and that's not to say that, you know, we like, we always, well, I mean, no, I mean, to be honest, like if we look at kind of the sharp end of per se, what sports are doing, that's going to benefit, not just an elite, but also someone who is, is improving their performance. I hate middle of the pack terms, but like, you know, no matter where you are in that race field, like we have, I think more um investment maybe in terms of like lab time, um you know, changing up the nutrition for an elite athlete, but that resonates and that, that sharp, sharp pointy end comes in, infiltrates like all of the other athletes. So I would say, hey, look at what the pros are doing. They are not doing low carb. They are not doing fasted training. They are really like embracing high carbohydrate input. And that is paying off by so many records falling. Yeah. Yeah. I saw somebody put together on Instagram, just from like looking at social media posts and articles and just whatever they could find, they put together, I think it was after Western States, this list of like the top 10 male and female finishers and the grams of carbs that they were eating per hour during the race. And I mean, the top 10, you know, for men, it was all like 120 grams per hour. Like it was really just pushing the physiological limits of what bodies can tolerate with training. um Women, it was, you know, a little bit lower, but I was still seeing, you know, some women breaking that 100 gram per hour mark, which is freaking awesome. Like, and I don't think, you know, just like as a mid-packer, like I think most mid-packers probably don't need to push that hard and that high. But I agree. Like I think this is definitely just a good indication that like fueling is working and that is why course records are getting broken. um Leadville 100 this year, the men's course record, which we thought was pretty much like they're going to be the record forever. Like that went down. David Roach shared, I think he was taking in 130 grams of carbs per hour. It's insane. Yeah. well So much fuel happening. Same with the women's record at Leadville too, was almost, almost broken. um And yeah, Mary was, you know, aiming for like 110 grams per hour. Like there's something to this. And, you know, like there's a reason that the people who are breaking these records and who are winning these major races are eating as much as they are. And that's because it works. Absolutely. Yeah, it's exciting. I mean, I feel like this is just the beginning of what we're going to see for the future. And yeah, like, what, what are these numbers we're going to hit of grams of carbs per hour? Like 200, 300, like, oh, my God, I might come up with something.. yeah I mean, my, I think based on our current research, I think this one 2130 kind of seems to be a ceiling, but I mean, yeah, who