Wow. What an "#OurayExperience." I'm still a bit speechless but I hope I can share with all what I went through at the Ouray 100 this past weekend in this report. Maria and me at the "Switzerland of America" Look Out Point Pre Ouray: Okay here we go... well sorta. Let's back up first. I first knew about this race when a fellow ultrarunning friend, Avery Collins ran it back in 2016 and had his documentary made on Amazon Prime. It had been on my radar for five years and I knew I would want to run it one day. Then in 2019, I was approached by The North Face Japan to help crew/pace their sponsored athlete, Hiroki Shimura the back 50+ Miles. We made a documentary of Hiroki's race and that is now on Youtube as well as the Ouray 100 website (definitely a must watch). After being on course in 2019, I knew I would want to run in 2020, but you know what happened... COVID-19. 2020 was a bust to run the race so I had to wait until this year, 2021. Leading up to th...
Let’s just start this race report with a BIG WOW! About the race from the website : Crazy Mountain 100- With around 23,000 ft of vertical gain reaching heights of 10,200 ft. Point to Point. Primarily single track. Extreme technical descents and ascents. Long sections with no trail, two track, and the occasional forest service road, this event is one of a kind. The course is considered extremely rugged, extreme exposure, and challenging. While "hard" is relative, many expressed that this course was more challenging than they thought, and some were greeted with what they expected. Just know, if you are not accustomed to remote mountain running with scree, steep accents and descents, and all possible footing, then you may be in the "harder than expected" boat! It will test your grit and leave you feeling accomplished crossing that finish line like no other event around. The race course itself navigates through the Indigenous lands of the Apsaalooke (Crow Nation), priv...
HURT 2024: An experiment with OFM and putting all the pieces together on how a 100 miler can go so well. This year's race was something special and I am still trying to wrap my head around it. This was my third time racing HURT after two other finishes in 2019 and 2022 that didn’t live up to my expectations or goals, this one was sweet. 3rd time was the charm but not without a few major changes and hiccups leading up to the race. Before diving into the race, let’s rewind first. About a month ago, I started diving into more nutrition podcasts and really wanting to fix my fueling strategy and gut distress during l00 mile races. I am notorious for the "puke and rally" after about 50 miles and depending on the race from eating too many gels/carbs. So I went into research mode. How/what are folks that I know like Jeff Browning, Peter Mortimer, Zach Bitter doing what they’re doing and staying consistent? I listened to so many podcast in this past month leading up to HURT and a...
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