The Inaugural Puerto Vallarta By UTMB Race Report
I’m going to keep this as short and sweet as possible, based on my memory after running for 26 hours straight. I hope you enjoy the read. Dias De Los Muertos on the Malécon First and foremost, I was stoked about this race when annouced on the UTMB World Series calendar December 2021. A new 1 00-Mile UTMB race in Puerto Vallarta Mexico , through the heart of the Sierra Madre Occidental mountains, the course made its way from the top of the mountain through deep jungles all the way to the Pacific Ocean. I have never been to Mexico so this trip checked all the boxes for a fun destination race and vacation: A net downhill race to the ocean, a point-to-point course, an opportunity to learn about a new culture, get to use my high school Spanish, and try to snag a top 3 spot for the UTMB Finals in 2023 or have a good chance to collect more running stones towards the real deal in Chamonix. The only thing I didn’t know was if I was going to be able to run this race since I was doing Run Rabbit
