This is an awesome video - one of your best. I ran my first back yard ultra last year (2nd coming up in a couple of months) and what you said about the crew and every minute counting is crazy true. Last year (in my first one) I told family and friends "Oh ya, come out to the race. I will be back into the pit 45 minutes past every hour and we can visit for 15 minutes". That was HORRIBLE. The mental energy and such required to have those "visits" was horrible. I just wanted to lay down and shut off the world but instead I have my family there wanting to visit. I had no idea how important even 30 seconds would become by nighttime. A crew (who knows the score) would be great. But hey - we all have to eat humble pie every now and then and it sounds like you put some whip cream on it and enjoyed it be the best you could:) Love your attitude bud and love your videos! Lets have a great 2024!!
Was pretty bummed about not hitting the 200-250 I've been talking about for awhile too. But we did get a record number of us to 100! Gotta aim for the stars to at least leave the atmosphere in this format. Can't wait to crush the next one with ya!
Congrats on 100 miles, and on the honest introspection! It was people like Matt who got me hooked into ultras- the encouragement, camaraderie, and feeling that we were all in this together, regardless of what place you finish, was so refreshing after decades of road racing. I'm looking forward to seeing where you go from here!
the worst part about ultra running is deciding how competitive to be, too friendly your just there to socialize, too aggressive and you wear yourself out =p. also i hope to see you do some ironmans if your cross training
Would you consider doing a video showing your strength training structure? Also a day in the life style eating video? Keep on rocking on dude!
I appreciate your honesty. It’s incredibly helpful.
Thanks for sharing your journey both the success and struggles.
Again thank you for the videos you really are bringing people along on the journey.
Great job! Thanks for sharing all the lessons learned. Really helpful videos.
This is an awesome video - one of your best. I ran my first back yard ultra last year (2nd coming up in a couple of months) and what you said about the crew and every minute counting is crazy true. Last year (in my first one) I told family and friends "Oh ya, come out to the race. I will be back into the pit 45 minutes past every hour and we can visit for 15 minutes". That was HORRIBLE. The mental energy and such required to have those "visits" was horrible. I just wanted to lay down and shut off the world but instead I have my family there wanting to visit. I had no idea how important even 30 seconds would become by nighttime. A crew (who knows the score) would be great. But hey - we all have to eat humble pie every now and then and it sounds like you put some whip cream on it and enjoyed it be the best you could:) Love your attitude bud and love your videos! Lets have a great 2024!!
Nice recap. Great sticking to the plan. You can now modify future plans confident that plan didn't work.
Was pretty bummed about not hitting the 200-250 I've been talking about for awhile too. But we did get a record number of us to 100! Gotta aim for the stars to at least leave the atmosphere in this format. Can't wait to crush the next one with ya!
Congrats on 100 miles, and on the honest introspection! It was people like Matt who got me hooked into ultras- the encouragement, camaraderie, and feeling that we were all in this together, regardless of what place you finish, was so refreshing after decades of road racing. I'm looking forward to seeing where you go from here!
Love your videos man keep it up! Would like to see a video of your strength routine
Thanks for sharing man, I'm glad you had a good experience out there!!
Well done brother!
Well Done!!!
Great job, that’s a lot of mileage!
the worst part about ultra running is deciding how competitive to be, too friendly your just there to socialize, too aggressive and you wear yourself out =p. also i hope to see you do some ironmans if your cross training