“This is it. The Race of All Races. Where it all began.
In 1983, 45 tough-minded runners braved 100 miles of high-altitude, extreme Rocky Mountain terrain — starting at 10,200 feet, climbing to 12,600 feet and running into global endurance history. Today, the Life Time Leadville Trail 100 RUN presented by La Sportiva is one of the oldest, most storied endurance running events in the world — with not one, but two climbs on the crux of the course: Hope Pass (12,600 feet). Every year, a select handful of gritty, gutsy and determined runners make the pilgrimage to Cloud City to Race Across the Sky and take their shot at etching their name among the Leadville Legendary. The red carpet awaits.”
https://www.leadvilleraceseries.com/run/leadville…
Would you ever attempt this?
The other crazy hard race is the Ultraman Triathlon. After completing a regular Ironman, I don’t think I’d ever want to go this distance.
Thanks for sharing. I had never heard of it until now. Finishing a full iron man has always been top of the ol’ bucket list. Cant imagine doing this one though
Have you done 70.3s? I really like that distance.
Why?
Not quite. Check out UTMB (happening next week) or the Hardrock 100. More unconventional but just as hard - The Barkley Marathon.
https://marathonhandbook.com/worlds-ten-toughest-races/
100 miles is like... my best ever weekly mileage. Sounds insane to try all at once. Mad props to the Leadville runners.
I was a pacer for a buddy at the Leadville 100 a couple years back. I saw people getting wheeled off the course in ambulances and another guy sitting at a chair shaking uncontrollably with blue lips until the medical team took him away to try to get him warmed up. It is pretty brutal.
Yeah 100mi is a long way especially in the cold. You have to keep moving and eating to avoid the cold and stopping is dangerous.
I attempted a 50mi trail run (flat and sea level). I got 47.6mi and was alone, lost, and in the darkness with a dying light on my iPhone and my only option was to SOS before my phone died or I felt like I would die. I had uncontrollable heavy shivers and could barely type SOS on my phone to the race director. I screenshot my location and someone found me and brought a blanket. I was so happy to be rescued. When I got home I had peanut butter and pretzels in the hot shower. Heavenly.
Yeah, having a pacer on a long run like that is pretty important. They keep you alive. Doesn't help that in Leadville by nightfall, when you're already 80 miles in, the temps will drop into the 30's. It was snowing on the peaks that night.
Laudantium similique dignissimos sint earum. Voluptatibus magnam sint ducimus quo. Saepe blanditiis qui fugit sint sit quae.
Qui accusantium minima illo enim officia reprehenderit quibusdam. Blanditiis alias eaque voluptas. Asperiores iste illo ea maxime sit praesentium. Aut voluptatem autem tempore provident voluptas ut unde nesciunt.
See All Comments - 100% Free
WSO depends on everyone being able to pitch in when they know something. Unlock with your email and get bonus: 6 financial modeling lessons free ($199 value)
or Unlock with your social account...