1) Salted coffee is disgusting. Yes, it is. So is coffee with coconut oil. Coffee should be drunk as coffee. 2) We had 1.7 inches of rain in 24 hours yesterday. I ended up doing about a mile's worth in water up to my knees (because once you're over your shoes, you might as well keep going, right?). Had to improvise for the other three. Good on ya.
Salty coffee is disgusting. My rule is if I can taste it it's too much. I got the idea after wondering if I could enjoy a grande while walking to the metro station without having to rush to the bathroom on arrival at work an hour later. Alton Brown gave me confidence. I might not stick with it; I can't convince myself that a pinch of salt does anything about bitterness and haven't noticed any other difference. Running in knee-deep water sounds like Zátopek-level training to me. Maybe I'll try my luck in a foot of snow and see what happens.
1) You ever try sprinkling some cayenne pepper on your coffee? The added spiciness clears out my mucky morning throat and sinuses like no other. And my personal opinion is that the tastes complement each other well. I'm not exactly a purist though -- with my current batch I threw in ground cardamom and cinnamon.