A written report from the inaugural 2017 running.
5 min
2017 Never Summer 100k
A five-minute recap of a runner's day on the 2017 course.
20 min
Zane Grey 50 Mile Endurance Run
Twenty minutes with the race director on what the race is and why it is hard. The race linked this from its own home page as the interview with Joe Galope.
30 min
San Juan Solstice 50 Mile Run - 2017 - SJS50
Half an hour of the actual course, start to finish.
5 min
2018 Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon - 56km Ultra Route
A detailed overview of the 56 km route from the race itself.
13 min
Max King, 2017 Chuckanut 50k Champion, Interview
The 2017 winner talks through the course the day after setting a record on it.
46 min
Never Summer 100K – 2016
Forty-six minutes filmed from inside the field, start to finish. A long, unhurried look at the ground a mid-pack runner covers.
10 min
PACING THE BIGHORN 100
A pacer's view of the back half of the course, filmed on the way in from the turnaround.
A first 50 mile finish walked through section by section: the Nordic loop, the out and back to Rice Lake, and the hilliest part, the eighteen miles out to Emma Carlin and home.
A back of the pack runner's first 50 miler here, finished in 11:31 against the twelve hour cutoff, with four pieces of advice she learned the hard way, including which tarp to put a drop bag on.
A runner's write up of the race, linked from the race's own page as a race report. It describes an earlier version of the course.
A finish one minute past the cutoff, written up by the runner. Linked from the race's own page as a race report.
A long account of a finish from the back of the field, aid station by aid station. Linked from the race's own page as a race report. It describes an earlier version of the course.
4 min
Old Dominion 100 Course Flyover
A flyover of the whole loop, embedded on the race's own course page. The clearest look at how the course sits on the Massanutten ridges and in Fort Valley.
3 min
OMTOM Route Profile - 56km Ultra Marathon
The race's own walk through of the 56 km route and where the climbing sits.
36 min
AMONGST THE EVERGREENS | The Cascade Crest 100 - My first 100 Miler
A film of one runner's first hundred, made at Cascade Crest. Thirty-six minutes on the ground, and the piece most first timers find first.
The last finisher's account of the day, written for anyone whose goal is the cut-off rather than the podium.
A co-founder's write-up of running the whole course in one go, with segment pacing, where the mud and the river crossings are, which climbs poles help on, and where it is worth changing socks. Written in 2015, before several course tweaks, but the terrain advice still holds.
Two people crewing a runner through the day. "Chris Epper and I had the opportunity to crew for Pat Colleran during this epic race."
9 min
Zane Grey 50 Mile Endurance Race 2012
A look at the 2012 running of the old Pine start course, filmed for trailrunningclub.com.
An outsider's account of running the 56 km, the medal tiers and what the two climbs feel like.
7 min
Two Oceans Recon 4: Constantia Nek
The Constantia Nek climb after the marathon mark, described on the ground.
4 min
Two Oceans Recon 3: Chapmans Peak descent
The descent off Chapman's Peak into Hout Bay, described on the ground.
8 min
Two Oceans Recon 2: Chapmans Peak climb
A sports scientist walks the Chapman's Peak climb and describes how it runs.
8 min
Zane Grey 50 Mile Endurance Run 2011
The 2011 running of the old course: the start, the Washington Park aid station at mile 17, and the first finishers.
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