Ouray 100 Race Report
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...