The Ultra Minute ⛰️ July 29, 2024
Hannah Allgood shares her race-winning nutrition plan, Harvey Lewis runs back to the start of Badwater, plus more of what happened in ultrarunning last week, and the races to watch this week
Happy Monday, ultrarunners. Here’s this week’s Ultra Minute.
In the news
🧃 Hannah Allgood, who just won the Eiger 101, shared her nutrition plans for the race as well as what she actually ended up doing. Instagram post
💡 Runswithemily, who is doing her first ultramarathon in October, asked the running community for tips, resulting in a thread full of advice. Threads post
⏱️ At Badwater, Todd Nott broke the Men’s 60-69 record that’s stood since 2012, crossing the line in 29:22:48. Instagram post
🤯 Also at Badwater, Harvey Lewis decided to run back to the start after finishing, effectively making for a 270 mile journey run. Instagram post
Races to watch this week
We have two UTMB races this week, with the KAT 100 being live streamed. If you haven’t seen a UTMB live stream before, you should check it out. It’s a great way to get pumped up for your long run, support the sport, pick up a few tips, and see a beautiful part of the world.
🏔️ KAT 100 Austria By UTMB kicks off Thursday August 1st, with the 100 Miler on Thursday and the 100k Friday. Don’t miss the live stream and be sure to follow on Instagram.
🦦 The first edition of the Quito Trail Ecuador By UTMB starts Friday August 2nd. Follow on Instagram.
⛰️ Angeles Crest 100, a Western States and Badwater 135 qualifier, starts Saturday August 3rd. Fellow Substacker
of Run and Get It wrote about the race and his experiences there:
Content for your runs this week
UltraRunning Magazine did a write up on Rachel Entrekin, an unsponsored athlete who entered the Cocodona 250 this year as her first ever 200+ mile race, never having used trekking poles, to go on and win the race.
AJW also just posted a new episode of his podcast where he interviewed Rachel, and they get into some of the details of her background and Cocodona:
2019 winner of the Grand to Grand Ultra,
, writes about falling behind in her training for this year’s race, and what she’s going to do about it. Great tips here for all of us, plus it’s cool to see her transparently talk about her competition:
She’s also launched a campaign to raise support and awareness to help protect and and expand public lands. View her campaign page for more info, and don’t miss this video about the organization she’s fundraising for:
Singletrack interviews Sally McRae and chats about her running career, with a specific focus on the business-side of running. Not your typical ultrarunner interview:
Dylan Bowman of Freetrail moderated a panel at TrailCon featuring well-known race directors to talk about the present and future of the sport
Last week’s race results
🥵 Badwater 135 - the scorching hot race from Badwater Basin through Death Valley up to Whitney Portal. Shaun Burke of Durango, Colorado, a firefighter and relative unknown as he’s not on social media, took home the win in 23 hours and 29 minutes. Line Caliskaner of Norway was the first woman over the line, and also finished second overall in 27:36:27.
⮑ 📋 Full results, 📸 official Instagram account, and 📰 Run247’s race report
🗻 Crazy Mountain 100 - the only 100 mile race in Montana and Western States Qualifier. Men’s race: 1st Seth Swanson, 2nd Brandon Benefield, and 3rd Croom Beatty. Women’s: 1st Rachel Entrekin, 2nd Kyla Maher, and 3rd Liz Wigylus.
⮑ 📋 Full results, 📸 official Instagram account
⛰️ Never Summer 100k - the wild and remote alpine race in Northern Colorado and another Western States qualifier. Men’s race: 1st Justin Grunewald, 2nd Geoffrey Burns, and 3rd Benjamin Bruno. Women’s: Lindsey Anderson, 2nd Sandi Nypaver, and 3rd Lea Mulligan.
⮑ 📋 Full results, 📸 official Instagram account
🔥 The Burning River 100M - the 3rd leg of the Midwest Grand Slam of Ultrarunning and Western States qualifier. Men’s race: 1st Heath Goshorn, 2nd Eric Linkemann, and 3rd Alec Cline. Women’s: 1st Brenda Johnson, 2nd Katherine Reigstad, and 3rd Meg Parke.
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