See it before you sign up for it

3 min

The last of the five parts, back to the field and the corral.

11 min

Part four of five, continuing round the day loop.

6 min

Part three of five, continuing round the day loop.

11 min

Part two of five, continuing round the day loop.

11 min

The first of five chest-camera parts covering the whole day loop: crushed gravel bridle trail through Virginia hardwood forest, with the open field section the race describes. Filmed by a runner in the race.

2 min

A flyover of the whole route recorded on the runner's own watch during the 2024 race, so a runner can see the shape of the out and back and where the climbing sits. The battery died with about six miles left.

46 min

Three quarters of an hour with a runner talking through what the race asks of you and the community around it.

Runners who have finished Looking Glass answer someone weighing it up as a first 100k: which half holds the climbing, how technical it really is, how much vest you need for the required gear, and where the self-filter water is.

21 min

A runner's first 50 miler here, filmed through the day, finishing under ten hours.

An episode about what the Zion Ultras are like to run.

9 min

A 4:15 a.m. wake-up in Avalon and a first 50K.

1h 04m

An hour of the 2024 50K, by the runner who won it and set the 50K course best that stood into 2026.

11 min

The 100K from the front of the race, so you can see the trail from China Wall to Auburn before you run it.

32 min

A mile by mile walk through the 50K course on the ground, made for people running it for the first time.

A profile written days after a former Olympian finished the 2024 hundred here.

45 min

A full day and night on this course, filmed from inside the race. The 100 mile it covers is not on the 2027 schedule, but the sand, the canyons and the cold are the same ground the 50 Mile runs.

13 min

What the loop looks like when it rains: mud, a cold stream crossing, and a runner working through both.

A loop-by-loop written report of the 2024 hundred, with the aid station spacing, the stream crossing and the mud described in detail.

49 min

A long interview with the 2024 100 Mile winner, recorded days after the race.

17 min

The 50 Mile from a runner coming back to it nine years later. In his own words: a lot of sand and slickrock.

9 min

Ten minutes of photographs from the race's first thirty years, put together by its long-time race photographer and first played on a loop at the after party.

28 min

The run home, from where Fragrance Lake Trail meets the Interurban Trail back to Fairhaven Park. It skips the section through Arroyo Park.

2h 21m

Two and a half hours of the part the race is known for: from the far end of the Interurban Trail up Cleator Road, around the ridge and over Chinscraper, ending back at the Interurban with six miles to run.

30 min

A ride along the opening stretch, from the start line at Fairhaven Park out to the Lost Lake Parking Lot, with pace and elevation on screen. It skips the section through Arroyo Park.

1h 05m

An hour of continuous footage of the 50K and 28K routes, filmed before the first running in 2024. It is the only full-length look at what the Marinwood loop is like underfoot.