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19 min

"I have been running marathons and ultras for a few years now. But this would be my first attempt at the 100 mile distance. My goal was to competitively run Eastern States. This is my story."

21 min

"Ever wondered what it really feels like to come in DEAD FREAKING LAST at a brutal 100-miler? In this video, I'm showing my Eastern States 100 experience-chasing cutoffs, fighting blisters, battling self-doubt."

16 min

The final part of a solo recon of the course, filmed on the trail before race day.

14 min

"Over 250 runners lined up on August 9th to take on the Eastern States 100. With rough terrain, water crossings, unpredictable weather and over 20,000 feet of elevation gain, the Eastern States 100 is one of the most difficult 100 mile ultra marathons in the United States."

21 min

A mid-pack runner's account of the 2025 50K, on the climbs, the altitude and how much harder the day turned out to be than expected.

7 min

A short highlight film of the 2025 race from a Salt Lake City channel that races, crews and spectates it every July.

8 min

Ground-level footage of the 2025 race with no music, so you can see and hear what the ridgelines and the descents actually are.

46 min

One runner's account of the 2025 race and the injury it left him with.

A written account of the 2025 race, from the drive up Little Cottonwood Canyon to the finish, with what the writer carried and what he would change.

1 min

A short film from the race on the front of the 130K field.

1h 03m

An hour-long preview episode taking the course apart climb by climb ahead of race day.

21 min

A twenty-one minute race documentary of one runner's Zion 100.

26 min

One runner's road from not running at all to finishing the Zion 100.

A long first-person account of the 2025 race by a Coast Guard officer who signed up while at sea, aid station by aid station, including the night on the Hangover Trail and what the crew stops were actually like.

18 min

What crewing this race actually looks like, which matters here because crew may go to two places on the course and no others.

30 min

A half hour of the 100K filmed from the course, following one runner through the heat and the effort of the whole day.

A two-time Cocodona 250 finisher runs the whole 125 alongside his sixteen year old son as navigator and race captain. Foot care, heat, the Verde crossing and how they managed the second night.

28 min

A back of the pack runner talks through the whole race, having run it without crew and without pacers, and what the low points were and how he got through them.

9 min

A first-time backyard runner's account of going 28 hours at Capital, hour by hour, including what the second night did to him.

A 2025 report that spends most of its length on a stomach that went wrong at mile 64 and how the runner got it back. Names the aid stations and the crew points as they come.

37 min

The 100 mile course in bad weather, which is the version of the day nobody plans for.

58 min

An interview with a runner who finished the 125 in 57 hours on two hours of sleep, on pacing, sleep and recovery over three days.

1h 19m

A feature-length film about the 2022 Down Run, following runners across the field. It is the other direction, so the route runs the opposite way, but it is the best long look at what the day feels like.

An episode recorded after the 2025 race, linked from the race's own page.

32 min

A first hundred at Bighorn, from the start through the mud, the climbs and the night.