I Ran an Ultra

Today I ran my first ultramarathon at the New River Gorge Trail Fest in Fayetteville, West Virginia. Here's how it went. Sign up for the Supwell app to join the best community for hobby joggers. Talk training, buy, sell and trade shoes, get exclusive discounts: https://supwell.circle.so/checkout/marketplace-and-forum-ld3nz 0:00 - Intro 1:30 - Carb Load 2:45 - Driving to West Virginia 5:51 - Arriving in West Virginia 7:19 - Pre-Race Dinner 9:23 - Bedtime Routine 12:40 - Early Morning Wakeup 15:04 - Race Gear for 20 Degrees Fahrenheit 17:17 - Pre-Race Breakfast 20:21 - Packing My Race Gels 24:11 - Temperature Check 26:34 - Lacing Up the Hoka Tecton X3 28:12 - Rallying the Troops 31:48 - Driving to the Race 36:08 - Packet Pickup 39:47 - Final Pre-Race Preparation 44:03 - Walking to the Race With the Family 47:15 - Start of the Race 49:15 - First Thoughts on the Race 54:04 - Appalachian Parkour 58:18 - Update on Cold Weather Gear 59:59 - Soundtrack for Bombing a Down Hill 1:01:45 - Mile 7 1:03:29 - Realizing I Messed Up 1:05:05 - First Brutal Uphill Climb 1:08:24 - Mile 12 1:08:30 - Manifesting Positive Energy 1:08:53 - Realizing I Messed Up Part 2 1:11:00 - Halfway Point 1:12:00 - The Part I Missed 1:12:56 - Mile 18 & Mindset After Messing Up 1:18:04 - Last Brutal Uphill Climb 1:18:57 - Finishing the Race 1:21:28 - Post-Race Thoughts 1:22:42 - Downtown Fayetteville, West Virginia 1:28:03 - Post-Race Lunch 1:32:09 - New River Gorge State Park Scenic Drive 1:42:28 - Reflecting on the Race (Post-Run Thoughts) Charli wants me to start plugging everything here. So these are the 5 ways you can support us: 1. Join my app to take your training to the next level. Buy/sell/trade running shoes and swap training and shoe advice with fellow hobby joggers: https://supwell.circle.so/checkout/marketplace-and-forum-ld3nz 2. Buy your new shoes, running gear and fuel through my Running Warehouse link. I also have a discount code on the app above that gets you 20% off apparel and 10% off fuel and discount https://www.runningwarehouse.coml?from=supwell 3. Get matched with the best running shoe for you at https://runningshoematcher.com (I built the running shoe database and matching logic. It's pretty cool and actually works) 4. Buy a hobby jogger hat and other cool Supwell Certified drip at https://hobbyjogger.com 5. Follow the Instagram https://www.instagram.com/supwellrunning/