30 Hours to Run 100 Miles (Leadville 100)

Samorrow, I am attempting to run my.

First 100 mile ultra marathon with only 10 weeks of training.

What hurts My zippies?

We're starting a new series on the channel that we're calling 5050 chance, where we sign ourselves up for challenges that we only have a 50% chance of completing. And whether we succeed or fail. The video is getting posted here because way too many people only share their successes.

I tell myself I'm dizzy from the altitude and not dehydration, but I don't know what the truth is.

And I think it's way fun to watch a story that you don't know the ending to. So tomorrow I am attempting the Lead Pill 100, which is a race that's been around for over 30 years. And the average completion rate every year always hovers around 50%. So this is truly a 5050 chance. We have done a lot of hard things on this channel, including biking across the US swimming Alcatraz, climbing mountains. But the Leadville 100 is in a category all its own. This is going to be by far the hardest physical challenge I have ever attempted. What makes the Leadville 100 special and one of the hardest 100 mile races is that the entire race takes place between 9 and 12, 000ft above sea level, where the air is super thin and making your heart work way harder than it would have to at sea level to pump oxygen to the rest of your body. Plus, to top it all off, you also have to climb 15,000ft in vertical elevation gain.

We're going up and over that mountain.

Right there, which is the equivalent of climbing halfway up Mount Everest from sea level. But if I want to get the coveted finisher belt buckle, I'll need to do all of this in less than 30 hours. So I said at the beginning that there was a 5050 chance of me completing this race. But if you want to feel worse about my chances, the furthest I've ever run is a marathon in Greece three years ago. And I had less than three months to train for this event. But the one ho that I'm clinging on to to finish this race is I know that I have the world's most amazing crew behind me.

Can we massage it up?

The crew is going to consist of.

Kara, my brother and his wife, some of our best friends and their daughters who are locals in Leadville, and my mom and dad.

Okay, wish me luck.

Good morning.

Today's the day.

It's finally here.

Oh, watch. Takes my sleep was shorter than ideal.

Good morning.

Should I made you Coffee today.

What's up, Nate?

I hope you're doing amazing today. Why don't I wish you the best of luck on 11 100. The thing about ultramarathon is when you're at your lowest, you just got to keep holding on a little bit. Because what happens is next thing you know, boom, you have another high. But when the high comes, also enjoy it because it's bound to go down again. But that does not mean that you're not ready for this. You're unfit. That's just part of the journey. It's just the mental side of it. Staying strong. And smile. You know, sometimes when you just smile, just release some good energy endorphins into your body. There's nothing like it. So we're all behind you. You know, we got the carrot nation behind you. You got this, Nate. All right, go get it.

Go get that buckle that made me want to cry.

Hella thank you. That was an incredible way to wake up this morning if you don't know who hell is. I started following him when he ran across the country last year. He ran Leadville. He has like a 2000 something day run streak and he's just like the most positive person to follow on the Internet. We never met in person.

We're just Internet friends.

But that was so crazy.

Let's see your number.

Looking good. Hottest 94 I've ever seen.

It's good oil for food while I wash my teeth.

Wonder how many other ultra athletes live in their van the night before they run 100 miles. What are you most excited about today?

Well, I don't finish until tomorrow, so.

That'S just a completely new experience, you know, and like in a weird way.

Like figuring out what hard is like.

Everybody says there's no way this is gonna be easy.

And I don't think it's gonna be easy.

But just like, I think I can push through hard. We're about to find out what I'm most excited about.

I just figured out the theme song.

That I'm gonna be singing in my head.

What's that?

So look alive, Silver.

Oh, man. This 30 hours is going to go a lot faster than you probably think. It's just going to be a whirlwind tour. We're going to have a blast.

The last week at Tabor has been the worst part.

Just sitting around, all that pent up.

Energy and I finally get to run. Am I going to regret carrying this extra water? Keep it with me. You can always hurt so much right there. I guess I couldn't spit it out.

I just got to run one marathon with it on my back. If I make a bad decision, what do that?

I feel like I've already had too much water.

I feel like as good as you could. Feel like I've run a marathon before, and I feel like this is like playing a backyard football game and then going straight to the Super Bowl. I haven't done anything close to this before, so I can only feel so good.

You're just gonna be out there running with all those other people, and they're all feeling the exact same.

Next time we're here, we'll run 100 miles.

Hope some more.

Thanks for coming out. Love y' all.

The good times. Are we good? Yeah.

Feeling loose.

I don't know what I'm doing. I've just seen other people do this.

So I'm doing it.

It looks like you know what you're doing when you do this.

You thought you were the only unicorn.

Unicorns have nothing on our walls. Okay.

Okay. How you really feel?

Good, I guess.

Yeah. Like a feeling.

A photo with really feel right now.

I feel like that emoji.

Strong. We're excited.

We're smart.

Take care of your brothers and sisters out there.

All about the buckle. There is nothing more to say after these two.

Right?

They've said it all.

You've done the work. You're ready for this thing. Take care of each other out there.

I feel so nervous.

You're going to be fine. You're going to be fine. Go out slow, man. Go out slow. It's a long day.

Whatever reason to sprint.

So sorry.

By the dawn on.

The br.

Let's go.

We are each side of one minute to start, guys.

I wanted to tighten my shoes.

You got time. You got 30 hours to figure that out.

Get our countdown in 10 seconds. All right.

All right, let's go, dude. Love y'. All. Thank you for everything.

Thank you.

Love y'. All.

Oh.

There he goes.

Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. All right, here we go.

100 miles of some great running out there. Hope you've got your crew dialed in. Hope you're ready to go. All right, My first hundred has officially started.

Hey, thanks for the sign. Thank you. Thank you.

Oh, get in you to start the day.

I don't know what I'm feeling right now.

100% of our last four people.

Next time we see him, it'll be 27 miles in.

One mile down, 99 more to go. All right. I said I wasn't going to come out too fast, so My first mile was 11 minutes, so nailing that, we just left the chaos of the start line and the pavement behind, hit our first dirt road. There's 11 and a half miles to go until the first aid station. I have a lot less words than I thought I would this morning, but my biggest feeling right now is I just can't believe I'm doing this.

Okay.

I pulled myself together. That was a lot more emotions than I was expecting, which says a lot because I'm a pretty emotional person. And I knew it was going to be emotional, but yeah, honestly couldn't have asked for a smoother morning. The only thing that has not gone to plan is I have not received Nate's tracking link. I'm hoping it's the congestion of hundreds of runners all starting their GPS at the same time. So we're just gonna take a deep breath.

It's gonna be fine. I have his find my location. If nothing else, as long as he has service. There he is. All right, I am going to clean up the van real quick and then, then we're off to our first aid station. This is gonna be nuts. Like, Nate is never gonna be the same after today. Okay, enough with my feelings. Gotta get the van ready.

Hey, thanks for the sign, guys. That's amazing. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Oh, I almost caught it.

All right, five miles in. Body's feeling good.

Man. Thank you for the size. That's awesome.

Oh, the energy's so good this morning.

Hello. Hey.

The van won't start.

Okay.

You think it's a battery again? Yeah.

Okay, we got you.

We'll be up there in a tick and we'll just drop it. Don't stress, okay? We'll get it fixed. We got plenty of time. Okay, See you in a minute. Bye.

I can't believe this is happening.

Thanks, man. You're welcome. Have a good one. Thanks. All right, the trail has officially started. Start it running around the lake for the next five or so miles.

Our van died yesterday. We jumped it. We drove it for about two minutes. In hindsight, we should have driven it longer.

All right, start on the pop Tarts.

Oh, that went well.

Thanks, William. We're not supposed to meet Nate until 9:40 at the next aid station, so we have plenty of time. It's only 30 minute drive from here. I just really wanted to get there early, get a good spot. That's the only reason. This is stressful, but it's going to be fun.

It's hard to see right now, but we're just running around the Edge of Turquoise Lake. Just starting to get a little light outside. It looks so cool. Looking forward, back into seeing the string of headlamps each way. Maybe a little behind pace, but taking it super easy and just saving up as much as I can for hope Pass.

Thank you for rescuing me, Rick.

Oh, no problem. Don't worry. Hey, this is gonna be a fun day.

It's gonna be fun.

It's all good.

This first day of mods have actually been really fun. Lots of great conversations, met a lot of new people. Definitely didn't expect as many chats since early on.

Wouldn't be a race day without little morning Shenan.

Thought I was going to be causing the traffic jam, but I'm dead in the middle of it.

Hope you're enjoying your nice run in the wood today. We're having a good time.

We're having a good time.

Sun's starting to come up, though. Feeling good. Definitely behind pace, though.

This is what, attempt number four.

Come on, come on, come on, come on,.

29 and a half hours to go.

We're not turning this home all day. This thing is running for 30 hours straight.

I think the most special thing about this race was how little experience everyone had going into it. Ultra running looks like something that you do alone, but it is very much a team sport. Or at least in my case for this race, it was a team sport because I could not have done it without the crew. So not only was it my first time running 100 miles, but nobody in the crew had ever crewed a runner before, and none of my pacers had ever paced anyone before. So I think that's what made it really fun, is we were all just there making it up together.

6:06 Headlamps off. Crazy to think that I'll need that again in about 14 hours and I will still be running.

Okay, we're moving. We're driving. There's a lot of weird warnings on my dash right now. Battery alternator visit workshop. What does aux lamp active mean? All right, I'm gonna go pick up Beck, Evie and Frankie.

Come on.

Battery charge up, baby. You just have to survive for 30 hours. Okay, I really, really hate to interrupt this video, but I'll make up for it with a little bit of a spoiler.

I'm still alive.

Our athletes survived the race.

Doesn't mean I finished.

And so did I. But, yeah, you still have to watch till the end to see what happens. I will say this race was, as expected, the hardest thing we've ever done. Yes, I Said we. So now we're celebrating in paradise. Like you'll see shortly in this video. It was desperate times, nutrition wise for a while.

There was a time where the only.

Thing Nate wanted to eat was pop tarts and fried potatoes. He really was like a toddler. They warned us, but it was true. Which is why we are so thankful, as always, that AG1 is the sponsor of this video. AG1 has been a part of our daily routine for four whole years now.

And we like to look at it.

Kind of as our travel insurance in a way.

I mean, honestly, just name a time where nutritional insurance is not. If I'm running the 100 and I want to make sure that my body is in prime condition, nutritional insurance. If I'm at an all inclusive resort, maybe not making such healthy choices. Nutritional insurance, traveling on an airplane, nutritional insurance. It's a good idea. All the time I'm being funny, but I'm also being serious.

It's true.

I appreciate it. I was just gonna let you relax. But what he said. AG1 cannot make it any easier for us to cover our nutritional basis when we're on the go. You just mix one scoop of AG1 with some nice cold water and boom, you're good to go.

Wow.

Cheers.

Cheers.

Unfortunately, the margarita glass is not included, but we'll talk to AG1.

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All right, our crew has assumed the position at aid station number one. Nate should be running through here. Well, all the runners should be running through here at some point. This road behind me is the trail. Nate is planning to arrive around 9:40am so we have plenty of time. If all goes as planned, Rick and our friend Kevin should see him well before this station. Hopefully I'll get a little update on how he's looking. The sun is starting to rise. The van is still running. We're all in good spirits.

Look at this wildlife. Wow, she is the cutest thing ever.

So we came to Leadville in 2020 and met Rick's family for the first time. 2020 was Covid. It was a weird time for everything. And one of the weird rabbit holes, holes that we went down was this world of ultra running. So that first trip is when we learned about the Leadville 100. I think there's actually a clip of us standing up on Main street in front of a sign talking about how mind blowing it was that people would run 100 miles through these mountains.

It's just a world that we didn't even know existed.

Like at that time it was something that was unfathomable to us. But looking back that day, a seed was planted.

All right, 12 miles in. Just coming into the first aid station feeling surprisingly fresh. The guy on stage yesterday said everybody has a plan until they get hit in the mouth. And I don't really feel like I've been hit in the mouth. But coming in 20 minutes behind pace on the first aid station definitely throws the plan out the window. I think I just stick with the plan for now and hope to just gradually make a minute or two on each mile.

Happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy.

What are you happy about?

What do we have going on here?

Poster making. Let's do it.

Show me the posters you've made so far.

Alright, we got.

It's only 100 miles.

You didn't come this far to only run this far. Simple. Go Nate. Finish what you started. The tortoise and the hare, which is us. Don't give up. Love it. One step at a time.

Wow, look at that artwork.

You came here to finish and finish is what you'll do.

That's right.

And just say you got this.

Here's the situation. Nate has created a spreadsheet for the entire race. His pace for every single mile where he's aiming to be at each aid station. According to his plan, he should have gone through the May Queen aid station at 6:20 this morning. We have some boots on the ground at May Queen and no one has seen him yet. There's an official tracking website that we can't find him on. His tracking link from his watch still has not come through to any of us and he's in a section of the course where he doesn't have cell phone service. So his find my iPhone location also isn't working. But other than that we're having a good time. His location has just stopped here at the lake. But here he should be around the lake already.

15 minutes behind face.

Doesn't matter.

Dude, there was a massive traffic. Yeah, you can't run half of that.

Yeah, yeah. You're looking great.

You're looking great.

Yeah, it feels like.

Save those legs, man. You got all day to use that energy.

Yeah, dude, Good to see you.

Yeah, you too, brother.

Do you need anything from here?

Just see water to scratch.

Okay, let's get that going.

My strategy backfired on me. I thought I'd start out in the back because I thought I'd be the one slowing everybody down. But apparently everybody had the same plan as I did, which it was to go super slow in the first section. My face is kind of frozen in my hands, but feeling good, dude. Thank you, Rick. No worries.

Nice.

All right, we'll see you soon.

Here, make up some time.

Yeah.

See y'.

All. Thank you guys.

You look great.

Thank you. Yeah, you thank real good.

Thanks.

Awesome.

Good luck.

Thank you. This dude's from Costa Rica. Here's my buddy running out here. Hey man.

See you later.

All right.

Sweet dude.

Have a good one.

You got it man.

You're killing it. Thank you. Okay, now we run back. Can we go to the next aid station?

He's pass main queen. Yay. Yay. All right, he made it.

All right, first section on the Colorado trail. First little climb, first big climb.

Really?

Hey, thanks for coming out. Look at these views. Those campers right down there in the valley. That's Makewing Campground. That's where we came from. We're heading up this road.

Woohoo.

Let's go. Nice work.

The first runner of the group just came by. He was sprinting, didn't even look tired. How many miles in are we right here?

27.

A sub three and a half hour marathon. And he was smiling. Number two is nowhere in sight. Crazy.

All right, it is 7:30, 15 and a half miles in and the first real climb is beginning.

We still don't have Nate's tracking link, however.

Another one.

There's a website called athlinks.com and you can search their name. And he finally updated. He's number 566 out of 773 runners, which is great. Rick's all Nate, all is well. Wow, these people are fast. The next group of runners are coming through.

I don't know how this is happening, but my stomach's already cramping. Sixteen miles in, my stomach never gives me trouble. I don't know what's going on.

Nicely done.

What are you thinking about?

Nate.

Do you think he's gonna finish? What are your thoughts?

Yeah. Oh my gosh this is so good.

What are you guys doing?

I don't want pink glitter faces.

That is my favorite runner of the the day. No doubt.

All 18402 whoops. Hit you on a tree. All right, first big downhill. Also, stomach ache is completely gone. Ate some more food. Don't know what happened. Feeling good again. Honestly, just feeling so lucky and so happy to be out here right now. The weather could not be better. Body feels good. We're about nine miles away from seeing and most of it is either flat or downhill.

Was I supposed to prepare something?

Yeah. I'm Dusty, Nate's brother.

Hey, I'm Nate's mom and never thought I'd be at this event. In ninth grade, he decided he'd go out for the cross country team. Went one day and absolutely hated it and decided he would be the punter on the football team so he didn't have to run cross country.

And here he is running over and here he is.

If only we could tell little 16 year old Nate how far he would come.

Yeah.

Also I remember when he was at football practice and they were having to sprint and he came home and he's going.

I forgot how to run.

From the moment that Nate told me he was running the Leadville 101st, I thought he was crazy, but my next reaction was zero doubt that he would finish.

He's just built different mentality.

I think Nate gives everything his all. He will.

It's gonna make me cry.

He will give it everything he has. And I am so proud of him. Whether he's in this race, not however he does. I love him so much. So proud of him.

Yeah. This is kind of crazy thinking you can go out and start running and then keep, keep going for 100 miles without stopping.

Whatever he says he's gonna do, he does it and he does it well.

He's gonna get to a really dark place, but I think that's what's gonna be most impressive, is that he's gonna pull through.

He's prepared more than he's prepared for anything else. I've always heard that whatever parents do in moderation, kids do in excess. So that's probably the case because I ran the 1 mile Turkey Trot as a kid and so now Nate's running the ultra 100 mile marathon.

So anyway, this is without a doubt the biggest, craziest challenge he's ever put himself through. And I just, I already know at the end of this he's going to be a different person, which is so cool and inspiring.

I didn't get enough sleep for this. The next 30 hours are going to be wild, But I could not be more excited to be here every step of the way for him because he has supported me in so many ways. It's going to be the best day ever. I can't wait to see him at the finish line. Like, I know it's gonna happen. I have zero doubts. I know it's gonna be a roller coaster for everyone, especially me, but that's part of it. That's part of the journey. That's the beauty of this stuff. Like, if it was easy, it wouldn't be special.

All right, that's mile 20, the fifth of the way. Done. This section looks like it should be easy, but all I'm trying to do is slow myself down to somehow that hurts worse than going uphill.

Nate, I'm so proud of you.

We are ready for you here at Pipeline. The runners are coming in at full force. Hi, corp. Ready to go. Beep it up. Nate is five miles away.

Go, girl. I've made a to do list for.

Our first aid station so that everything goes smoothly. We have drink element. Sarah's making the element. We have eat sandwiches. I'm gonna hand in the sandwiches. We need a new gopro battery. Bag's in charge of the battery.

We need to switch the vest.

Chrissy's doing that. We're gonna give him his new sunglasses. We're gonna ask him if he wants a new shirt. We're gonna ask him if he needs sunscreen.

We have to do all this in five minutes. Do you know how stressful that is?

I'm getting dangerously close to the outbound aid station. I could just see a sea of cars, But I'm actually gonna try to run right through that. Maybe grab some water.

Water.

Because everybody's waiting for me about three miles further at pipeline. Feeling good, though. I feel like everybody's probably worried because I'm behind schedule, But I'm just trying to stick to the plan after getting slowed down through that first section. Oh, the shape feels good.

All right. Since he's so close, I'm prepping his magic potion, putting five scoops.

I've got 1, 2, 5.

All right, now we're gonna blend it up. This stuff has, like, a bajillion carbs. Sodium, sugar, calories, all the things. I'm not doing a very good job at that. We're practicing.

It's a bit chunky.

He should be here within the next.

30 minutes if all goes as planned.

All right, coming into outward bound.

Hey, thank you. Yeah.

I love it. I love it. I made up about eight minutes on that section while taking it pretty easy. This is crazy. Just been out in the woods alone, and all of a sudden it's a party.

The views don't get much better than this. That's mount Massive. That's Mount Albert, Two tallest mountains in Colorado. And I stood on top of both of them. Good reminder that I can do hard things. One mile away from the crew. Also, I have officially run a marathon.

Nate is less than a mile away. We are prepared for his arrival.

You're amazing.

All right.

How are you feeling?

I'd say I was like a 7 out of 10, and then I got here, and now I'm a 10 out of 10.

10 out of 10, baby.

How you feet feeling?

Good. Good.

Feet feel good?

Yeah.

Nice work.

Wow.

It was great.

It's so comfortable here.

Don't get comfy. Oh, you're looking good, man.

You're looking good.

I feel good. My heart rate's way higher today than it was on my training runs.

Yeah, it'll calm down as you go, I think.

So between my heart rate being high and being a little behind schedule like Frankie, that's weighing on me a bit. But my body feels good.

You're gonna be fine. We can make it up on that way in from twin. We got lots of places we can make it up.

I still got a lot of gas lifting the tank.

Yeah, you're gonna be fine.

I'm holding back big time. I'm trying to leave in two minutes.

Sounds good.

Arm massage. Oh, I just got your watch dirty.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'll clean it.

That's okay. I wouldn't take it off. It's stressing me out.

The watch is stressing you out.

I've got some on my face, though. Let's do it later.

Let's do it later.

It's too late. Do you have some on your head spot?

This is ridiculous.

How was your first marathon of the day?

Yeah. So far, so good.

So far, so good. At what point have we broken your longest run? Up till this race. Are we there yet?

This is my longest race I've ever done.

Already?

Yeah, because the marathon back there was the longest. And then in five miles, that'll be the longest I've ever gone on my legs in a single day.

There you go.

Slam em.

Slam em.

The mic's still working.

I can stand up.

That's good.

Nice.

Perfect.

Thank you so much.

I'm so proud of you.

Thanks for being Here, everybody.

Yeah, buddy.

You have bar, gummies, dates, and an extra element.

Thank you, everybody. The best.

The knees are a little tender.

What a rush. Now it's time to pack up everything.

And meet him at the next five. He was looking good. I'm sweating, though.

Go, girl. You got this.

Let's go, babe. Let's go, babe.

Wow, that was crazy. Five minutes. Literally felt like two seconds. Seconds with them. It's not really that I needed a longer break. I just wanted to hang out with everybody longer.

This is the craziest day of my life.

Good news. Van started. Even better news. Nate's crushing it.

Feeling good. Like, take a second to loosen up. Have dressed it up again, but. Oh, we'll see how those potatoes in that sandwich digest crew when you're watching this back. Thank you so much not only for devoting today to crewing me, but to devoting the last week to getting prepared for this. And, Kara, thank you for letting me devote the last two months of our life to train for this.

I am so encouraged that, like, nothing was hurting. I mean, he hasn't ran 27 miles that many times. Like, that's the craziest thing about all of this. You know, he runs a lot that.

I'm a little tiny, Just slightly bit.

Concerned about is he did not eat all of his snacks. And this man had his nutrition dialed in calories that he needed per hour. So chances are we're a tad bit behind in that department. Next up, we have a 25 minute drive in the car to meet him at our next aid station of Twin Links. We've kind of hacked the system here. Crew is actually not allowed to drive in and park in the town. Beck managed to book a campsite really close to the town of Twin Lakes. So most people are parking somewhere around here and taking a shuttle, and that's just not our style.

All right, little over six and a half hours in just past mile 30. This is as far as I ran in my longest training run. Check out this view, though.

Oh, that clown feels good. It has gotten hot.

Perspective is such a crazy thing. Like every other time Nate has run this far, this has been such a celebration time.

Like, it's like, you did it. You ran a marathon, and like, this is it. But this is just the beginning.

I am officially 34 miles in, which means that I'm one third of the way for this. It was our long walk in the Netherlands, but every step forward from here is new territory and an expansion of my comfort zone. Honestly, people talk a lot about knowing Your why and holding on to that throughout the race. But I think I'm still trying to figure it out. What I'm thinking currently is if you watch some of our videos, you've kind of seen my explanation of the comfort zone and how you can only do things that are kind of so far outside of your comfort zone. So in order to be able to do bigger and better things, you need.

To slowly expand it to grow out.

Towards these crazy things. So this is growing my comfort zone, Setting me up for who knows what.

Success. We made it.

Twin Lakes is pure madness.

We're currently at the 38 mile mark.

Nate is 35 miles in, so he should be here really soon because it's all downhill from where he is right now.

This is it, my favorite section of trail. Wildflowers on the side, surrounded by aspects.

Spins smooth D. Why did I not think of dominate? You just keep it. Put it in the pan.

So good.

Thank you. Thanks, guys.

And smile. You know, sometime when you just smile, you just release some good energy.

You got extra water in the bag.

Endorphins into your body. There's nothing like it.

So.

Feeling the downhill in the knees.

Okay. Nate's less than a mile away. We're all ready for him. It's 12:18pm he wanted to leave this aid station at 12:20, and he wanted to be able to sit here for 10 minutes. So just a tad behind schedule. But that's okay. He'll make up for it. And this is about to be the hardest part of the whole thing. So this is a really, really important aid station. We need to make him eat and drink as much as possible.

There they are. There's the lakes. How's it going, guys? Rough day for a bike ride.

The trail's not closed to other people on it, so we passed some hikers and some bikers and a bunch of people really confused with what's going on.

Thank you, dude. You're an inspiration. I don't know if you can see what was going on, but that guy was missing the bottom half, but both of his legs and he's out here running. Incredible. All of a sudden, I feel better. All right, there he is. Byron's on the quads. It's relentless. You're killing it.

High five.

Appreciate it, man. How you feeling? I'm starting to hurt a little bit. I've been looking forward to this for a while. This road just never ends. This downhill specifically, this is the party. Yeah. I wanted to get here a little sooner so I could spend more time here, but in and out.

Let's go, Air 94. Let's go, Air 94.

Anybody who's bringing extra energy out here is much appreciated.

Hey, I can understand.

On the left. Keep going. You got to get warmed up for tonight.

That's right. You got it.

You got it.

Got it. I got it.

Wow, what a party.

I appreciate you setting all these up in nice light.

He still cares about the light. We're still in a good spot.

You're a tad behind on your calorie, so this is.

Scratch that.

Here.

It's also going to be in your vest. Then you need some electrolytes.

The problem was I was not hungry at all.

Yeah, I take ice, for sure.

Peanut butter, banana.

Sound good?

No. What about an uncrustable PB and J?

This is better, I think.

Yeah.

If I'm being honest, it's getting a little uncomfortable.

Yeah.

And I was starting to feel a little sorry for myself just a little bit. And then our pastor got running with no legs. I was like, I got nothing to complain about over here.

Hey, you know what? It's supposed to be hard. It's supposed to be hard.

We got the timer set for 10 minutes right now. If you want to swap socks, we could, like, down the time.

Will you just take my shoes off.

And dump the little rocks out of them?

Does watermelon or peanut butter and jelly sound?

No.

10 minutes behind where I want it.

To be, but I'm still an hour.

Everybody in this group's finishing. You're one of them. You're fine. Don't. You're not behind.

We're having a good time.

But. Yeah.

So we're having a good time.

We can bring your body temp down a little bit. Be great.

Oh, wow. That feels amazing.

Wow.

We should have done this at the beginning.

You can memo me later for this treatment.

I feel pretty good.

Everything from my hips down is uncomfortable, and this is gonna be a grind. I'm coming back to run with you.

Yeah.

I can't wait.

I'm ready.

It's gonna be awesome. We're gonna have pancakes.

It's gonna be a whole new day.

You just gotta get through these next few hours.

What hurts?

My knees.

Ooh, you gonna shove that in your face?

You want a little more?

I'll take a bite of it.

Yeah.

Your poles are back there. You got a jacket there. You got your GoPro water.

Everybody having fun? We're having a blast, man. We're having a blast.

Hey, you're crushing it. You're crushing things.

Keep it going, man.

It's supposed to be hard. Keep eating.

Keep drinking.

All right.

We're all good.

Eat a little more than you think you need to.

Yeah.

All right.

This is the last year by yourself. See you in.

I'll be waiting, buddy. Let's go. Thank you.

Judgment.

Now.

We're here for eight hours, and I get no sleep in that eight hours.

Okay. Aid station stop number two was a success. I could tell Nate was a bit. What's the word? A bit disappointed to say that he was hurting a little bit, which is valid after running 38 miles straight at 10,000ft. But I just reminded him that it's supposed to be hard.

I feel like I've been eating this burrito for an hour. There's still so much left.

I will not eat another peanut butter banana wrap for a long time. I don't think my stomach wanted anything at that point, but that is definitely not what my stomach wanted. It felt like it was this big when I was trying to eat it. Getting through that burrito was one of the hardest parts of the ring.

Thank you. Oh, I can't believe I have to go eight hours before I see people again.

Hey, New Zealand. Thanks for the support, guys.

So there's no crew at the turnaround spot, which means I have to go four hours up and over Hope Pass, turn around, and then come back before I see everybody again. We're going up and over that mountain right there. But first, there's a stream crossing that I'm very much looking forward to.

Well, eating is the worst.

Dusty, are you catching up to him? I'm trying.

Nate left his sunglasses, which he hates, not having sunglasses. So I'm trying to catch up, but he's been gone for a few minutes.

Got it.

All right.

When I was at the aid station, I said, I feel like I'm forgetting something. And I just realized what it was. My sunglasses. Thankfully, a lot of this. This section is shaded, and by the time I get back, it'll be dark. Oh, this is the worst part. Oh, it's just disgusting mud. Well, there's no way around this. Smells like cow poop. What?

Not ideal. But the good news is I'll get to. I'll get to rinse them out in the river in a couple miles.

All right, so I'm running. I'm passing a ton of people. Apparently, he had left way before I realized. I get to a big open happening where I can see hundreds of yards in front of me, and I still can't see Nate, and I'm like, dang, I Don't know what to do. I start looking around. I'm like, is anybody else moving good that I think might catch Nate? And I see this guy who's running, like, faster than me coming up behind me, and I'm like, okay. I think this is the guy. And so I'm running and like, hey.

You look like you're moving good.

You think you're gonna pass a bunch of people? He's like, yeah. And then it just clicked in my head that it was the truth. Dream chaser. Rodrigo, stop. And I was like, you're the dream chaser. And he's like, yeah. Like, okay, my runner's up there. He's in a Hawaiian shirt, white bucket hat. Can you take these sunglasses? And he's like, what's his bib number? I'm like, 94. And he's like, I got it. And then just took off with them.

A dream chaser making dreams come true. Oh, my gosh, Dusty, thank you for running.

Will you explain what a dream chaser is?

It's for the Lifetime Foundation. A lot of the money they raise goes towards local schools and schools, even just nationally. So it's the charitable arm of Lifetime Fitness that runs this race. And the dream chaser starts dead last in Rodrigo's case, two and a half hours after the very last person. And for every person he passes, he gets pledges. And collectively, I think they've raised over, like, half a million bucks in the last seven or eight years and kind of making up their stats a little bit, but it's something like that. So he's on an important mission, and Rodrigo had every reason in the world to say, I'm kind of in the middle, so I'm pretty busy. Sorry, buddy. He's like, no problem. I'm on.

When I handed it to him, it's like he smiled and was like, little pet step, you know, like, he is excited.

He's got a mission.

Last year, he passed everyone except for 19 people, starting two and a half hours after everyone else. He is Superman.

I thought I was going to dread this, but I've actually been looking forward to it. Cold water is going to feel good.

Get all the cow poop out of the shoes.

All right, up. Hope Bass.

Happy napping, Rhett.

All right, happy napping. I'll see you all when the fun starts, when the sun goes down.

I've had several different people tell me to think of this race as three separate, separate races. First one being from the start to Twin Lakes, where I just was. So I completed race one Race two is going over Hope ass and back. And then the final race is from Twin Lakes back to the finish line. My shoes are a little heavy now.

Wow. I forgot I had glitter on my eyes.

Okay. Nate is beginning the absolute hardest part of the entire race, without a doubt. And crazy things are happening here at Twin Lakes. There are already people who've gone up and over Hope's Pass and are heading back to Leadville. It blows my mind how quickly these people are running.

The guy that you can see in the yellow up there running off into the distance, that guy is the dream chaser. Apparently somebody at the aid station gave him my glasses to bring to me, and he put them on top of his hat, dipped it in the river, and they're gone forever. But not going to let a lost pair of sunglasses ruin my day. I have much more important things to worry about.

The cut off at Twin Lakes. Outbound heading over the mountain is 1:30pm and it is a very emotional time. Every person who doesn't make it before 1:30 to this aid station is out.

Does that last long? Hey, my name is Matt. I'm the head timer here for Twin Lakes. Keeping track of everybody, trying to make them safe and working on cut off now. Got 1:30 today and 10:15 at night. So are we done?

We're done for now. Yeah.

Now we're gonna start pulling tags. That was the last one to get through.

Good job, runner. Good job, bud.

Way to get out here. Way to put in the effort, man. Next year, way to just enjoy the mountains. There you go.

No one just shows up for the level 100. Like people have devoted so much time and to get turned away.

At all.

Got the poles out. Just grinding my way up. Pretty much every story I've heard of people who did not finish, they all involved sitting down on Hope Pass. So my goal is just to not stop moving. No matter how slow I have to go. You probably won't hear from me. Very much harder to film with the poles. And my heart rate is 155, which I think is the highest it's been all day.

I feel like at any moment a banana burrito is coming up.

That burrito just sat like a rock in my stomach during the entire Hope Pass climb. But it was also a good reminder that I wasn't alone because I saw multiple people throwing up on that climb.

These are the guys that brought the food and stuff to the top. The ones that did that are up there. We're with the forest Service, so these two were just up Here for the day. Oh, nice. Just hanging out. Enjoy. That was a nice little boost.

I see the aid station and I need water. Honestly. Hurting.

I hurt.

There's the Hope ass aid station and there's the llamas that carried everything up.

Hey, thank you.

I need that right now.

You are so cool.

I've definitely felt better. Nice work, dude. That's already coming down.

Hey.

Yes. You didn't have to cut me off. You are crushing it.

Oh, my gosh. I kind of feel terrible right now. But that was our friend Katie, Paul's wife, who lit me the burrow and ran the burrow race with me. She's in charge of the cut off here, so if I would have been an hour and 20 minutes later, she would have had to tell me to stop crushing it. Dude. Yeah, you too. Love it. I think the first 10 people party started coming back the other way, which is absolutely crazy. Okay, I gotta stop talking.

Oh, sorry.

That's the topo pass.

There it is. The Top of Hope Pass.

I don't know if you can hear anything I'm saying right now, but this is the highest point on the course. 12,000 something feet.

I tell myself I'm dizzy from the altitude of not dehydration, but I don't know what the truth is. Beautiful.

I had a little bit of an epiphany on the Top of Hope Pass. I had always pictured not finishing the race as this, like decision point, as a singular moment in time where I decide I can't go any further. If you don't finish a race, instead of getting a place like 200th place, you get a DNF. And as I got to the top of Hope Pass, it occurred to me that a DNF isn't necessarily like a singular decision, but you could actually DNF just by going too slow. Basically, I just realized, like, there's a chance I could be taking this a little too easy. Trying to conserve a bunch of energy for the second half of this race but get cut off before the second half of the race even starts. So I feel like that lit a little bit of a fire underneath me to start picking up the pace.

I have good news.

According to to Nate's location, he has made it to the Top of Hope Pass. From here, he goes back down the other side into Winfield where I had my little dramatic moment during our training. Gosh, I hate this. But he's gonna turn around and climb up and back over again.

All right, first goo.

Honestly, it was pretty good. No solid foods or wanting to go down right now.

Know if you can hear me, But I made it to the top of Hope. I'm about to start running down the other side. Yeah, it's pretty brutal, but I'll make it. See y' all soon.

Oh, my gosh. Oh, my gosh. Nate just sent me a 15 second voice note.

I'll make it feel soon.

What did he just say?

All I heard was barely made it to the top. See you soon. Oh, my gosh.

What do I do now?

If I'm going to rest at all during this entire 30 hour journey, this is the only window. So I'm going to try to nap. As crazy as that sounds, I'm like, so amped right now. There's no way I can nap. I think for longevity reasons. When the sun goes down, things get real. The pacers start running. With Nate, we get to go to so many more eight stations. We're gonna be just like stopping and seeing him along the route the whole way back to Leadville, and it's just gonna be full on. And I feel like I just need to rest. I need to rest so that I can drink coffee. I've only had that one coffee this morning, believe it or not. Just been amped.

All right, let's see if I need.

Still work to run downhill.

Ah, it doesn't feel good right now.

Little windy.

Check out that view. I'm going down in that valley just under six more miles.

Oh, it hurts.

It hurts.

Everything hurts.

Change plans.

Check that out.

So the town that we're in is called Twin Lakes, Meaning there are two gorgeous blue lakes up here with cold water. This feels really wrong knowing that Nate is suffering so much. But Sarah and I are doing a quick cold plunge.

I would trade spots with Nate for the next hour if he could experience that. Like, I hate that we just got to do that and he didn't.

But I'm so glad we did it.

Me too.

It was so good.

Okay, I'm still not asleep. I felt like it was important to eat some something nutritious and drink some water because in the weirdest way, taking care of me is taking care of Nate. It also gave me a chance to look at some notes. He's pretty much back on pace. I'm feeling really good about the time that he made to get to the top of hope. Has the cut off at Winfield on the other side. Isn't until 6. If my calculations are correct, he is on his 50th mile, which is the.

Longest he's ever run.

And he still has to turn around and do the whole thing again.

Oh, my God. Good job.

Thank you. So good to see you again.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

If you watch the last video where I got lost and the care ran into the woods to try to save me, that's the lady that made it happen. With them in. All right, almost to the halfway point.

I just happen to still have my amenity kit from our last Turkish flight. Like, comes in handy during a day nap that you don't want to take. I would feel a lot better going to sleep if I had Nate's location, But I'm just going to assume that he is having the best time at the Winfield aid station. He's making all kinds of friends over there and fueling himself up for the climb. I can't wait to see him again.

This feels so wrong.

There it is. The Winfield aid station. Crazy. All right, official time, 4:48, which is 48 minutes behind where I wanted to be. But an hour and 12 minutes for cut off the end of this race. It's going to get interesting. So at this point, I pretty much.

Just threw the whole plan out the window. I had a plan for keeping my heart rate low. I had a plan for when I was going to consume caffeine like Rick said in the last video.

All right, what was your race day motto?

Burn the spreadsheets.

Burn the spreadsheets.

My spreadsheets are looking pretty good, though, so I think we'll keep those.

At this point, I was pretty much burning the spreadsheets.

Yes, yes, yes, yes.

I just got a text that Nate made it to Winfield at 4:48.

He's halfway.

He has been running for 12 hours and 48 minutes straight, and I'm about to take a stupid nap. How am I supposed to sleep now?

I didn't even let myself sit down at the aid station because I was scared I wouldn't get back up. Oh, dust. Just squeezing some dusty mashed potatoes out of a paper cup. Not my best self right now. Oh, why do people do this?

So leaving Winfield, I decided I wasn't going to film much because I had to focus on getting back to Twin Lakes as fast as possible. Up until this point, the camera kind of been a nice distraction for my mind. Thinking about what I doing was going to say, how it's going to explain things. But I knew it was time to focus on the race instead of filming.

I also just realized this means that we are officially inbound. This whole time, we had to refer to the aid stations as outbound. Outbound outbound. And this is our first inbound.

Honestly, kind of just can't believe our in 50 miles. Pretty pumped about that. Also, earlier today, I said I wanted to know what hard was and if I was mentally strong enough to get through it. And I'm getting all that I asked for right now. Somebody left a sign at windfield for us. That feels good. Wow. I have my first caffeine back at the aid station. Put my headphones. I've got my old high school music blaring. Taking back Sunday vacuum romance. Blink182. What's up, man? This is without a doubt the best I felt in hours. And I'm gonna soak it in. Okay. I got stuff talking. I want to focus on getting to the top of Hope pass because if I make it to the top in decent time, I would be set up really good to finish.

Good evening. I maybe slept for an hour.

I need coffee.

I don't know if it's the caffeine or the music or if I'm just going delirious, but I'm having, like, the craziest feelings right now. Like, the only way I can describe it is like, euphoria, like, full body chills, which, I don't know, maybe that's not a good thing. I can feel this just, like, energy welling up in my chest and I just want to, like, scream, but trying to hold it in and put it all in my legs. Wow, what a weird feeling. Back at the Tahoe pass. Came from that valley down there, going to the lakes down there. That feeling of euphoria didn't last long. Climbing back up Hope bass was just as hard as I thought it was going to be, but we made it. Me and Chad took turns pacing. I feel like from here, my chances of finishing increase significantly. Chad, is it normal for your knees to hurt with every step? Pretty much.

Okay.

Really exciting news. Just got word that Nate was at the top of the pass and he's running back down to us. So I've packed up some more snacks, some warm clothes, heading back to the tent.

Coming for you, Nate.

One of Nate's top three favorite foods in the world is pancakes. So our plan for all of inbound is just treating today like it's a new race. When he gets here, we're going to give him breakfast, we're going to get him coffee, we're going to brush his teeth. New day, new race, new energy. He's going to have pacers, and we're going to be along every step of the way.

This Is where it gets real. I don't know what to do. Oh, gosh. Righty, tiny. Nice. Nate, you came down the hill a bit quicker than we thought you were going to. We're not quite ready.

Okay, I'm gonna put the scratch in here.

All right. I think I got all Nate's food in there. A bit of my food. At this point in the race, you know, we start thinking less about spreadsheets and more about just shoving things in our faces, laughing, listening to music and keeping moving forward. And that's our plan for the next 38 miles to get this guy home. He's got a good time going, so I think we can bring it in. But, you know, it's not going to be easy. It's going to be down to the last hour for sure. And we got the crew to do it. I'm pumped to get out there with them and finally get these legs going.

So strong.

So strong.

All right, what's your prediction?

He'll finish? Of course he's gonna finish.

What are your thoughts right now?

You think he's tired?

Yeah.

You think he's hot or cold?

Hot. Yeah.

Yeah, cuz you're hot.

No, because he's running.

Do you know how long he's been running?

No. 15 hours.

Started at 4:00am, so. And it's 8:46.

So 4:00am to 4:00pm is 12 hours. So 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. Almost 17 hours.

W. Did I do the math right? Hopefully.

So good to see civilization again.

Nate's entering the village.

He should be here any minute.

He's like on the second, he wanted 15 minutes here and he wanted to leave at 9:00'.

Clock.

This guy's like a Swiss clock.

I feel horrible.

Come on, let's go.

You made it. Welcome back. Welcome back.

Coming back into Twin Lakes was a mix of emotions because I'm in the most physical pain that I've been in the entire race because my knees are killing me from coming down Hope Pass. But at the same time, getting back to Twin Lakes and realizing that I was ahead of schedule was just this, at that time, the best feeling in the world that I could possibly imagine because that basically meant I could walk 20 minute miles and still finish the race. So I think coming back in to Twin Lakes early is the first time I ever felt like there's above a 50 chance that I'm gonna finish this race.

That booty's looking good. Have you been climbing out there?

Oh, my gosh.

Are we in Kansas?

Oh, that was so hard.

I knew that was gonna Be hard, But that was way harder. I thought it was gonna be so hard.

I made up.

Nate, you are absolutely on track.

I came into Winfield 30 minutes late.

Coming back up and over, you took you.

You turned it on out there.

Literally.

Just killing. Hey, take some time.

You got 15, 20 minutes. There's no rush. You're right on time.

Hey, guys. You've seen this? Red sheets. Yeah, we can walk. I can't believe I got it back.

We're gonna. You're gonna do this? You're gonna do this?

Honestly, I've eaten nothing except for gels.

All right, let's go get some food in it right now.

I mean, I can't, though. Like. No, I. I mean, I'm gonna try.

To eat, but the gels were the.

Only thing that weren't. That wasn't making me sick.

I'll bring some extra.

Extra gels, then.

I have a Coke.

Yes.

Yeah, buddy. It's caffeine time. Welcome to the caffeine party.

Is this that toddler part we were talking about?

You may need to treat your runner like a toddler or a drunk college student.

Perfect.

Thanks.

It's so painful to run downhill right.

Now, but it doesn't really hurt much more whether I'm running fast or slow.

So I just flew down. Do I have any blisters? Did you walk?

I didn't see it.

Do I have a blister on the end of that?

No.

Okay.

It's just my heel.

It don't even look red.

I think it looks good.

All right, cool. This is the first time all day I've seen my heart rate below 100.

That hurts.

I felt like you were sticking a knife.

I was just putting pressure on it.

I think it's where this toenail is hitting.

Right there.

Yeah.

Are those your same shoes or new shoes? New.

My other ones are so gross.

You look so good.

I do not feel as good as I look, but we are headed to the finish line.

You're going to the finish.

You look a lot better than other people who are gonna finish, who are coming and everything.

I know.

Well, I go from, like.

Like, just add.

If I'm, like, rating myself how I.

Feel out of 10, add, like, five points when I come into the Ace.

Okay.

Yeah.

Yeah, buddy. That's it.

That's it.

Thank you so much, everyone, for staying.

Awesome.

So Rick's the first pacer to pick me up, and I intentionally chose Rick as my first pacer coming off of Hope Pass because I knew I probably wouldn't be in a good state And Rick is like the most optimistic, positive person that I know. But surprisingly, coming out of Twin Lakes, I was actually feeling pretty good. I think I was just on this high from being ahead of schedule. And once the sun went down, it kind of felt like a new race started. Like everything just felt almost like a reset.

Thank you.

Let's go, let's go. Let's go for a walk.

Okay.

For a minute while I finish this.

Yeah.

Okay.

Let's go, baby.

That was awesome.

You're doing awesome, man.

We can. We can cruise it from here.

Thank you.

Let's go.

My calf got so tight.

We're gonna walk up, shuffle down. We're just gonna walk this now.

All right.

We'll see ya in 10 miles.

Really starts out tough.

Out of swim.

Yeah.

Nate, you're crazy.

Nate, Doggy dog, you're probably midway through thinking, what the heck?

You need a little fuel, buddy.

Hi, Nathan. I know you can do it. Have a wonderful run.

I've always thought you were crazy for trying to run 100 miles. You better be giving all your all right now.

Otherwise I'm gonna be very disappointed. Keep going, man.

We're so proud of you, Nate.

Love you.

Love you, big guy.

All right, 66 miles in. We've been at this for 18 hours and 22 minutes. I don't know who set this up, but Rick's just been showing me videos that people have sent to me, encouraging me, which has been amazing. Thank you, everyone. That's at one DJ Rick playing the hit.

Oh, that light was very bright. I can't see now.

It is 9:44pm we're back at the vans. He will be 73 miles in once we see him.

Rick, how you think I'm doing?

Oh, he's crushing it. We knew this race was going to be a bit of a run, a bit of a hard, faster run for the first 60. And now we just have to bring it home. Now it's a pacer's job job to keep the tunes coming, keep the snacks going, keep the party going all the way back to town.

Hi, Nate, it's Uncle Mark. Just hanging upside down on my inversion.

Table, trying to stretch out my back. Best of luck to you and your race today.

I know you're going to do a great job.

Night dog, you are the craziest child we know.

Hey, I want to send you something to kind of encourage you and make you feel good. I just can't think of anything to tell you. I tell you what I do know. I think you're an idiot. One thing that just really inspires me about you, mate, is that you love to push yourself physically. Can't relate.

We're so proud of you, honestly.

Love you, mate.

Love you loads.

Good luck.

Good luck.

All right, the vans are en route. I could tell Nate was really, really hurting, but, like, not in a sad, scary way. Like, I'm not nervous for him. He can push through his pain.

Nate, what mile yet?

68 and a half.

I have no idea how this guy's doing it. Mile 68, and I'm just fighting to survive back here.

Time to take advantage while I feel good.

Extra time is good as long as you're not hurting yourself, but we're looking great right now.

All right, the vans have assumed the position back at Pipe 1.

Quickly approaching the aid station. We're gonna see the crew again. First section of this went really well. I ran a lot, and now I feel like I'm gonna vomit. Hot size and looks.

So the first 10 miles that we did together were amazing, but then, like, three miles before I got to the aid station, which sounds like a short distance, but at this point in the race, three miles is at least 45 minutes. I hit.

I don't know if you would call.

It hitting a wall. I just felt horrible. And that was a little bit of a scary moment because at this point, I'm almost a mile 70, and I've been feeling like I going to finish. And then this feeling washes over me, this. This tired, nauseous, gross feeling. And I realize, like, there's still so much race left, and anything can happen.

This must have been when Rick called me.

We're going to slow down and chill for, like, sort of half a mile, three quarter mile before we get to.

You, just to tie down, all right.

So that when he stops, he can actually eat.

Chief chef in her prime.

All right, Rick and Nate, we're almost 73 miles in. They are well ahead of pace. Nate was trying to leave this aid station at 12:45. They should be here in just a few minutes. And it's only 1152. 2. Really hoping we can get Nate to sit here, eat, and drink as much as he possibly can, and then we're gonna join the greatest crew party. And unfortunately, it's not ours, but it is our friends. They got great music, great lights, great costumes. We need to step it up.

Narwhal is coming back.

Let's go to Noel.

Okay, Nate, here's a limerick for you. If for 100 miles, you can last as you traverse the Colorado pass, then that is something of which to be proud. So proclaim it long and proclaim it loud. Just don't be the last donkey across the pass.

Love, Pa. Oh, you cleaned it up, Pa.

I like the better that rhymed with pass.

I want to be here for 15 minutes or less.

Okay.

Okay.

Yeah, I'm drinking a lot of water right now.

I felt amazing the first half of that. This is hitting.

Can we massage you at all?

That feels kind of good.

You bet.

When you go below it, it's actually below it that like hurts the most. And on this outside.

Wow.

This is luxury.

All right.

That's a bit hard.

We hear the shade station from like a mile away.

Yeah, y' all crushing it.

Everybody's just like, what is that down there?

Thank you so much.

Has all that.

Honestly, put that in and the gels.

And that's probably all I need.

Skippy and gels.

Are you into like Pringle vibes right now?

You want to take a stick of Pringles for the road? No Pringles.

Nah. This gave me my salty fix.

Great.

Wow. I couldn't believe how much that was great. You've only been here.

You got seven minutes left.

Oh, I bet. Who is that? Cara, Cuz. It's so hard. That's what I thought.

Wow, you feel so strong and sexy. Like an ultra athlete. How's your tummy?

I can't believe I'm eating this. So maybe better than I thought. Man.

You're on like 29 hour pace, so.

Yeah, you.

You just keep moving. You're going to finish the lead by 100.

Just keep moving for it. You got this.

That's the worst part. Getting these working again.

So good tomorrow. You got this. I'm so proud of you.

All right.

All right, Daddy.

You ready for this?

Ahead of schedule.

For it. Thanks. Wait on me.

Let's go.

Good job, Rick. Good job, James.

You got this.

We'll see you at the next one.

This message goes out to Mr. Nathan Buchamp. I may just be a simple country boy with long, gorgeous locks.

A body that won't stop.

But I do know one thing.

And that's running.

I can run up a dip, run my mouth. You bet your wobbly legs of yours. I can run a hundred mile. Dig deep. Let's do this. All right. We just crossed mile 74, which means that all we have left is one more marathon.

So my dad's my next pacer to pick me up and he's just pacing me for a short six mile section. But it was so special to have him there running with me and just being a part of the whole experience. And we ended up just taking it super easy together because again, at this point in the race, all I have to do is walk 20 minute miles to finish. And since I just hit that wall, I really wanted to play it safe here. And that was just a really special section, specifically because my dad told me the story of when I was little. He decided to start running because one day when he saw me as a baby, he looked at me and he was like, this baby is so small and it's got to grow up to be like, so big. I've got to stay in shape so that I can continue to do fun things with this kid that's so small. And I don't think he ever pictured himself pacing me in a 100 mile ultramarathon. But that was really just a full, full circle moment to that story. And it was the first time I'd ever heard it, so it was really special.

Everyone looks the same when it's dark and they have headlamps on.

Nice work, team. I love you. Team up. They get work. Did he seem like they went the wrong way?

We were having such a good conversation that we got a little distracted. And it's us and then four other runners all kind of in the this little group. And one of the other runners turns around and says, are we on the trail? And at this point, I've consumed a ton of ultra running documentaries and it just feels like a rite of passage to go the wrong way during an ultramarathon. And when you're sitting behind the screen, you're like, how could these people possibly make this mistake? And sure enough, we look around and throughout the whole course, there are these pink flags that tell you you're going the right way. There are no pink flags anywhere in sight. Thankfully, we'd only run about a quarter of a mile in the wrong direction.

Literally. We drove by and they were laughing and they said we went the wrong way. And I thought it was a joke. And then Sarah looked it up on the app and it showed him going off course and coming back. I can't imagine going.

Yep, he's moving like a little slow on the climbs. And then he. He says, his niece, when you weigh 195 pounds, it's all about momentum.

Good job, runners.

Z. Nate. Yeah.

Yes.

Fellas.

Love you. Thank you so much.

All right, excess snacks.

How did that food make you feel?

Good.

Good.

I ate some ramen too.

Awesome.

Awesome.

Oh, thank you.

Nate.

Are you.

I haven't fell asleep since I woke up. I drank some caffeine, so now I'm hyp. Nice.

What have.

What caffeine did you have?

Celsius.

Oh, no.

Oh, my gosh. We have a caffeinated rabbit.

It's a hair.

You crushing it there.

Yeah. It scared me at the end of our run, like, how bad I started feeling. So just taking a bit easier, taking easy.

Yeah. You got food in you, though.

That a station.

You're good.

We have food n. You're doing it.

I'm doing it.

You're running the Le 180 miles in.

Let's do this.

80 miles.

He's coming back to life.

He sounds so good.

I still got eight hours.

Yeah.

What is. What is 21 divided by eight hours? 21 times.

What?

It's 2am Math is not going good.

16.

Love you.

Love you.

You feeling good?

I'm great.

Want your ps?

Yeah.

Let's do it.

He's flying. Takes me like five minutes to get my knees working again.

Oh, I've been waiting for this for. It feels like days at this point. Haven't even slept.

All right, onwards.

Sheesh. Light's no joke.

All right. Mile 81. Last big climb up and over Sugar Water. Up one more time.

Oh, it rhyme.

That's how good. His brain's still working to make rhymes physically and mentally. To be this far in better than expected. Be interesting to see which one sticks out the best.

Yeah. Right now I feel mentally better than physically. It's a slow climb.

Sure, he's hurting, but it doesn't feel like there's anything physically that is going.

To stop him, which it would have to be catastrophic. My whole nutrition plan was to try to eat as much real food as possible. And now I think I've had 20 of these goobacks. I thought this would make me sick, but this is like the only thing I've been able to get down for like half the day.

Tastes like a.

Somebody lightly burped the fruity flavor into it and then it just slides down your throat.

So my brother picks me up around mile 78. And this is the last big climb of the course. Like, it felt like the last thing standing in front of me, not finishing. And up until now, my knees have really only hurt running downhill. But at this point, my knees are hurting. Going flat, walking up, going down, it didn't matter. It was all painful.

Sitting on the side of the road, trying to stay awake. 3:56am I've almost eaten a whole bag of these cheese its. I don't even know where these came from. I did not buy these. No idea where Nate and Dusty are. None of us have service on this road. I'm just assuming they're doing great at some point. In all the ultra running documentaries that I've watched, the athlete goes into this kind of hallucinogenic state where like the trees are alive and maybe they can't walk straight.

I kind of want to dedicate experience. I've never talked to a tree before.

Sounds like Nate had like a little bit of a cool journey at some point, but I don't feel like he's gotten quite there yet. And something tells me if it's going to happen, it's going to be in this stretch. Sun comes up in a few hours though, so I mean he's going to finish. I'm just wondering how interesting it's going to be here at the end.

There's one aid station on this course that's unofficial and it's run by locals and it's called the space station.

We're going to space. We're at the space station. Unofficial aid station.

We're.

Thank you. Weird.

This is fun. I needed this.

Come on.

There's also some, some other options beside whiskey, but I'll just let you use your imagination.

Killing it, killing it.

Letting you walk. Nah, I wouldn't be if you were coming in behind time.

Golly. We are busting at the seams in this van.

There is so much food and so many drinks and I feel like Nate hasn't wanted any of it the whole time.

I had a frying pan and a chair in my bed. Welcome to 4am at level 100. Run.

Poopy.

I kid you not. Our water pump is broken. That has never happened before.

24 hours, baby.

24 hours. I cannot believe I've been on my feet for 24 hours. It feels like it. It's not getting any easier.

Still on pace. We should make it to May Queen. At exactly what Nate projected. He was a little ahead at the previous stop. That last climb was no joke after you've been on your feet for 23 hours. But we are making it. And gosh, I'm gonna trip if I keep looking into this light.

This is all we need. About 16, 18 minute miles. Easier said than done at this point.

1840 pence.

That watch look was almost tragic.

Oh no.

He'd done a lot of hard things. Where does this land?

Without a doubt, number one hardest thing I've ever done.

Yeah.

Moving good.

Keep it up.

Thanks guys.

You got this.

Yeah.

So for the last six hours of the race, I wanted to just sit down and be done and be out of pain, but there was no way I was gonna let myself do that. We've done enough hard things, and I know what that feeling's like at the end of them. And I knew that future me would hate past me for robbing him of that feeling. So the last six hours were just a grind.

Hey, Nate, what do you have to do when you need to go to the bathroom? I'm just emulating my favorite youtuber here. Don't have a glass floor in my bathroom like you've had, but I can make do with what I got. Anyhow, best wishes in the run today and just get her done.

Nate, my man, I miss your face. Dude, I heard you're going through a crazy race right now. You just gotta keep.

It's important to dig deep and just hold on. You gotta keep going, man.

It's about discipline. Thinking about you today. I've been watching you, been tracking you, and I love what I'm saying.

Seeing.

Okay, everybody, send Nate your energy.

Keep kicking in the race. Dude, seriously, you are a amazing superhuman, and I'm grateful to call you a friend. I can't wait to see how you finish up.

Got this, man.

We'll see you on the other side.

Best of luck out there, bro. Peace.

You're so hot. I hate this.

Should we open the door?

I don't want to scare him.

No, he's not.

Police.

Sir. You're not allowed to sleep on the side of the road. We're gonna make a U turn and then a left back on the paved road. And we're gonna go to May Queen, which is the last aid station.

Hi, Uncle Nate. We love you all. Donate. Supposed to be hard.

It's supposed to be hard.

I just wanted to wish you luck.

I bet running is a lot like having a baby. Probably a lot like having this baby. You're gonna start early in the morning. It's gonna be totally fine. And then it's gonna get really, really.

Hard, and you're gonna think you can't.

Do it, and then you're gonna keep going. I thought I would. Would pass away before I had that baby. And then afterwards, you're gonna feel so accomplished, and it's gonna be awesome. So you do it, Uncle Nate.

You got this, Uncle Nate.

Go. You got it, Uncle Nate.

I know you can do it. Seriously, you got this. Most mentally and physically strong person. I know.

Mile 90. Keep going. Matter of fact, when you cross the the finish Line, maybe.

Keep going.

See if anybody will follow you.

Uncle Ning the race. Uncle J's gonna finish the race. That's right. I love you. Bye.

We love you.

Love you. Bye.

See you soon. You are a trooper still out here.

I don't know what she's doing.

Hey, how we doing?

It's not getting any easier, but we're.

Gonna get it done. Can we get this one full as well?

No, I still have those pretzels.

Would you drink broth? If I could get some broth.

I'm gonna see if they have.

If they have ramen over there, I'll eat it. Yeah, okay. Yeah. All right.

See you at the finish line.

We're there.

We're there. I gotta do it. You're gonna do it. Crazy. Honestly, though, I'm gutting it out for.

20 minute miles right now.

I bet you are. Would you drink broth if I could get some broth.

I'm gonna see if they have.

If they have ramen over there, I'll eat it.

Yeah.

Okay. Yeah.

All right.

See you at the finish line. We're there. I gotta do it. You're gonna do it. Crazy. Honestly, though, I'm gutting it out for.

20 minute miles right now.

I bet you are.

Welcome back. Thank you.

Thank you.

All right, just think, last time I.

Talked to you, we're going 87 miles that way. You got medical right here.

You got hot or cold food or drink if needed. Otherwise, you got 12.6 miles to your finish line. Thanks, buddy. Feeling good. Home stretch, man. Home stretch.

You got this.

The fact that I'm gonna get there.

Good flats on the way back.

Thank you.

Thank you. All right.

Just think, last time I talked to.

You, we're going 87 miles that way.

You got medical right here. You got hot or cold food or drink if needed.

Otherwise, you got 12.6 miles to your finish line.

Thanks, buddy. Feeling good. Home stretch, man. Home stretch.

You got this.

The fact that I'm going to get there.

Good flats on the way back. You got this. I still can't believe it.

That sun's going to come up.

You're going to cruise on in. Beautiful sunrise over the lake. Oh, mashed potatoes. Let's do that.

Mashed potatoes.

Oh, this is good stuff.

I can't wait to hear all your stories. My world has revolved around you for over 24 hours. But I know very little.

All right, I'm gonna walk and eat this. All right, group hug. See everybody at the finish line.

We'll see you at the finish.

Thank you.

Everyone, you guys got it. Go get that buckle, buddy.

You got this, man.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thanks, thanks. Finish strong. You're almost done.

And now the next jump.

I can't believe it.

That sun's gonna come up.

I can't cruise on it. Beautiful sunrise over the lake. Oh, mashed potatoes. Let's do that.

Mashed potatoes. We see Nate. He's gonna be running over the finish line.

It's crazy to think that yesterday morning I was in this exact spot when the sun was rising and now back and the sun's gonna rise again. Like, this is the same place in the lake.

Funny enough, I'm fading after all this time. This is the first time I've really felt like I've hit a wall.

Oh, this is good stuff.

I can't wait to hear all your stories. My world has revolved around you for over 24 hours, but I know very little.

All right, I'm gonna walk and eat this. All right.

I think he's so close, and there's no more aid stations between here, the finish line. So there's nothing else that I have to be, like, prepped and ready to do. And I think my body's just finally going.

We're doing it. We're going to make it.

Any thought, group hug. See everybody at the finish line.

See you at the finish.

See you at the finish.

Like, thank you, everyone.

You guys got it. Go get that buckle, buddy.

You got this thing.

Thank you.

Well, it's about the sun coming up.

This just doesn't feel real. I thought this was going to give me a big boost of energy, but everything hurts. Too bad for that.

We're getting them there.

Thanks. Got it, dude. Thanks. Finish strong. You're almost done.

And now the next jump.

8 miles left. For some reason, I thought this end part was going to be easy. Like, after I knew I was going to finish, just like my happiness was going to carry me across the finish line pain free. But it's not easy. Every step hurts. And while eight miles feels like nothing in comparison to the rest of the day, still 2 hours and 45 minutes that I have to be in pain.

We're gonna get it done. Jesse's making sure I'm staying on pace.

We see Nate. He's gonna be running over the finish line.

It's crazy to think that yesterday morning I was in this exact spot when the sun was rising. And now I'm back and the sun's gonna rise again. Like, this is the same place in the lake.

Funny enough, I'm fading after all this time, this is the first time I've really felt like I've hit a wall. The time has come.

Heading to the finish line. We're going to the finish line.

I have been dreaming of this moment for so long. I can't imagine how Nate must be feeling right now.

95% done. Oh, my goodness, I'm hurting. Thank y' all so much. You're doing great. You guys are doing pleasure. Thank you.

Stay in chat, but I'm cutting it close.

You got to go. Got this.

I genuinely cannot believe that this is happening. El, lookin over there. I think he's so close. And there's no more A stations between here and the finish line. So there's nothing else that people are filling in.

People are filling in.

I have to be, like, prepped and ready to do, and I think my body's just finally going.

Hey.

Dude, you are amazing. Oh, my gosh. Such an awesome job. Nice job, Pacer. That's awesome. It's almost over.

I'm so looking forward to that. Oh, my God.

We'Re doing it. We're gonna make it.

Any thoughts? Oh, so good to see you on.

Good to see you.

Thanks for the energy.

You bet.

5.3 miles left.

But look, you're gonna get one of those.

We're getting one of those. They better wear it every day.

I don't hear anything. I think it was an accident. It was from 10 minutes ago. Did Dusty call you? 10 minutes?

Minutes ago.

It had to have been an accident, but I have to call back.

Hey, was that a butt dial?

Are you okay?

Well, it's about the sun coming up.

It just doesn't feel real. I thought this was gonna give me a big boost of energy, but everything hurts. Too bad for that.

We're getting them there.

Eight miles left for some reason.

Oh, yeah, we're good.

All right.

Let'S go.

Let's hear it.

Just kind of cruising in, huh? 20 minute miles.

Sweet.

I thought this one part was going to be easy. Like after I knew I was going to finish, just like my happiness was going to.

Probably not going to run. It's definitely hurting a bit, but kind of as expected, right? I mean, I think we should come in pretty close to 9:30.

Let's go. We'll be there. Keep it up. Love y'. All.

We have exactly five miles to go. Five of the most painful miles of my life and carry me across the finish line pain free. But it's not easy. Every step hurts. Yeah, everything hurts. And while eight miles feels like nothing in comparison to the rest of the day. Still 2 hours and 45 minutes that I have to be. Everything hurts.

How do you plan on finishing?

Well, in pain.

We're gonna get it done.

Jesse's making sure I'm staying on pace. Ideally, I would run across the finish line, but I also haven't done that in a couple hours, so I'm not sure if I can still do that. But I want everybody to run across with me. It's team sport. Everybody deserves to cross the finish line.

20 minute miles. Keep doing them.

So if you look at the elevation profile, there's this really small uphill at the very end. And in the grand scheme of things, it doesn't look like much, but the last three miles are a climb. But in my head again, when I envision this race, I thought once I make it to these last three miles, it's just going to feel like a celebration because I pretty much guaranteed myself that I'm going to make it to the finish line. And once again, the pain stayed just like this. The last three miles did not feel like a celebration like I thought they would. Instead, it felt like one of the biggest climbs of the entire course.

We're walking to the finish line. The time has come.

Heading to the finish line. We're going to the finish line.

I have been dreaming of this moment. They're not quite here yet, but I've been looking forward to going and watching people cross the finish line line for so long. I can't imagine how Nate must be feeling right now. Since we're at the starting line, it's going to be a really fun and emotional time before Nate even gets here. I haven't even let myself go there. Like picturing Nate crossing that finish line, I just need to hold it together.

Congratulations.

In the Netherlands, all play hand in hand. Alex Redville is cheering for you.

Congratulations.

95% done. Oh, my goodness, I'm hurting. Thank y'.

All. Incredible.

You're doing great, Advisor. Thank you.

I stay in chat, but I'm cutting it close.

You gotta go.

I genuinely cannot believe that this is happening. Elkin, over there.

What time? Let's go, baby.

Let's go.

Son. You're going to give us a bad reputation. People will think this is tough. People are filling in. People are filling in. Oh.

Running really hard. Like, harder than I could have imagined.

Honestly. Unforgettable. Hey.

Dude, you are amazing. Oh, my gosh. Such an awesome job. Nice job, Pacer. That's awesome. Almost over.

I'm so looking forward to that. Oh, my God.

Amazing.

I Love that race so freaking much. Front side of Hope. Hard. Fantastic time. So much fun. No pain.

Awesome. Yeah.

Epic.

I could not have done it without my crew.

That's our guy right there.

My team right here. Hardest part of the race.

Backside of Hope Pass.

Nutrition. I started throwing up at like mile 41. I couldn't keep food down. I worked harder, I guess, and I eat a lot. Is this the hardest thing you've ever done? Yeah, actually, to just run 100 miles in elevation with mountains, it's pretty hard.

So good to see you on here. Thanks for the energy.

You bet.

Yeah. It's probably the hardest thing I've ever done. That's the hardest thing I've ever done.

And I have four kids.

Oh, my gosh. It's so good with the sun.

5.3 miles left. Look.

You're gonna get one of those.

We're getting one of those. Nate better wear it every day.

I don't hear anything. I think it was an accident.

Wine later.

After 29 hours, Nate is officially less than a mile from the finish. I've been sitting here watching people go across the finish line all morning, and it's just. It doesn't feel real that it's about to be made.

Are you okay? I like the moves. Can you believe it? Yes.

Thanks for being a great cheerleader with me, girls.

It was from 10 minutes ago. Did Dusty call you 10 minutes ago. It had to have been an accident.

Accident.

But I have to call back.

Hey, was that a butt dial?

Are you okay?

This doesn't feel real. After we crest this hill, we'll see the finish line 29 and a half hours later.

Oh, yeah, we're good.

All right.

Let'S go.

Let's hear it.

Freaking did it. We did it.

Nate.

Dusty, you're about to crest this hill. Oh.

There it is.

Down at the end of the road. The finish line.

Wow.

I got major Chip just kind of cruising in, huh?

20 minute miles.

Sweet.

That's crazy.

If I get over the hill, I can see the finish line. I'm already starting to feel a bunch of emotions. And then everyone is waiting for me at the bottom of the last tiny hill before you run up to the finish line. I don't cry very often, but I can feel like it's there.

It's probably not gonna run. It's definitely hurting a bit, but kind of as expected, right? I mean, I think we should come in pretty close to 9:30.

Let's go. We'll be there.

And then I see Kara and she's bawling enough for the boat that on this.

See you.

Keep it up. Love, y'. All.

We have exactly five miles to go.

Yeah, it was.

It was special. I think it's why people get addicted to this stuff.

Turns out Running 100 miles is really.

Aren't you proud of him?

Cuz I'm gonna tell you 100 times, he wanted to quit and he didn't.

He can't.

That's the kind of man I want around me.

So much.

Thank you. Oh, my gosh.

Wow.

It's over.

That was the hardest thing I've ever done. Welcome home.

Welcome home.

Do I get a medal?

Oh.

Oh, thank you. That's hefty.

Seriously crazy. Running 100 miles. Miles is really hard, and I think it's gonna take a while to process. But the crazy thing is I came in six minutes under my goal. Couldn't have done it without the crew. It's a team sport. That was the craziest day of my life. Seriously, the craziest day of my life.

Here, I'll carry you home.

Looks like we've got.

95 corner in New England making.

I don't have many words right now.

Has it sunk in that you didn't?

I think it's all still sinking in. Like, I'm still trying to process everything, and I don't have the words to necessarily describe the experience and how it's changed me, but I do feel like a different person than I was before the race started.

Good job.

Congratulations.

Thank you so much. Absolutely. Wow, look at that. Never worked so hard for something in my life.

I don't wear belt buckles, but I might start.

You did.

Oh, I can't believe it. That was nuts.

You made it, buddy. You made it.

Oh, wow.

That was crazy.

Weigh about 10 pounds lighter. Thank you, Evie.

Good job.

Have you been to sleep yet?

She fell asleep right there with the.

Carpet in the chair.

There's currently five minutes left before the 30 hour cutoff. You can see people cresting the hill.

Which is probably a five minute run out.

So these people are digging deep to make the finish line.

Frankie.

Oh, my God.

How many minutes? Two minutes.

I feel bad for.

5, 4, 3, 2, 1.

Well, thank you so much. It has been wonderful out here. So many great finishers, so many great.

Stories over the last 30 hours.

Even though none of us had any experience, there is no crew that I would have rather had supporting me on the 100. It was so special. I do think our crew had more fun than anyone else at the race.

Five of the most painful miles of my life. And yeah, everything hurts.

Everything hurts.

How do you plan on finishing?

Well, ideally I would run across the finish line, but I also haven't done that in a couple hours, so I'm not sure if I can still do that. But I want everybody to run across with me. It's team sport. Everybody deserves to cross the finish line.

20 minute miles, keep doing them.

So if you look at the elevation profile, there's this really small uphill at the very end. And in the grand scheme of things, it doesn't look like much, but the last three miles are a climb. But in my head again, when I envisioned this race, I thought once I make it to these last three miles, it's just going to feel like a celebration because I've pretty much guaranteed myself that I'm going to make it to the finish line. Once again, the pain stayed just like this. The last three miles did not feel like a celebration like I thought they would. Instead, it felt like one of the biggest climbs of the entire course.

We're walking to the finish line. They're not quite here yet, but I've been looking forward to going and watching people cross the finish line. Since we're at the starting line, it's gonna be a really fun and emotional time before Nate even gets here. I haven't even let myself go there. Like picturing Nate crossing that finish line. I just need to hold it together.

Congratulations.

Between Rick's race last weekend, my race this weekend, this is without a doubt been one of the best weeks of my entire life.

And now knowing you've got your big race this weekend, it's magical. Cuz I want you to be able to sit here and hold back tears.

And freaking have to do all right next week.

Yes.

You did it, man. You did it.

You did it.

The same spot.

Thank you for the motivation. If you wouldn't have signed up for.

The 100 bike, I know for a fact I would not have signed up for the run.

Probably if you hadn't done the run, I would have backed out of the bike like I did the other two years I signed up for it.

Yay. Look at this.

Let's go, baby. Let's go.

Son. You're going to give us a bad reputation. People will think this is tough.

Really hard. Like harder than I could have imagined. Honestly.

Unforgettable.

I love that race so freaking much. Front side of hope, hard, fantastic time. So much fun, no pain.

Awesome.

Yeah. Epic.

I could not have done it without my crew.

That's our guy right there.

My team Right here. Hardest part of the race. Backside of Hope Pass nutrition. I started throwing up at, like, mile 41. I couldn't keep food down. I worked harder, I guess, and I ate a lot. Is this the hardest thing you've ever done? Yeah, actually, to just run 100 miles in elevation with mountains, it's pretty hard. Yeah, it's probably the hardest thing I've ever done. That's the hardest thing I ever done.

I have four kids.

Oh, my gosh. It's so good with the wine. Later. After 29 hours, Nate is officially less than a mile from the finish line. I've been sitting here watching people go across the finish line all morning. It doesn't feel real that it's about to be made.

Are you okay? I like Mood. Can you believe it? Yes.

Thanks for being a great cheerleader with me, girls.

This doesn't feel real. After we crest this hill, we'll see the finish line. 29 and a half hours later. Freaking did it. We did it.

Nate and Dusty are about to crest this hill. Oh, my gosh. I can't believe it.

There it is, down at the end of the road. The finish line.

Wow.

I got major chills. That's crazy.

So I get over the hill. I can see the finish line. I'm already starting to feel a bunch of emotions. And then everyone is waiting for me at the bottom of the last tiny hill before you run up to the finish line. I don't cry very often, but I can feel like it's there. And then I see Kara and she's.

Bawling enough for the both of us.

Yeah, it was.

It was special. I think it's why people get addicted to this stuff.

Turns out Running 100 miles is really no kissing.

Legend.

Aren't you proud of him?

Because I'm gonna tell you 100 times, he wanted to quit and he just.

That's the kind of man I want around me.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Thank you. Oh, my gosh.

Wow. It's over.

That was the hardest thing I've ever done. Welcome home.

Welcome home.

Do I get a medal?

Oh, absolutely.

Oh, thank you. That's hefty.

Seriously crazy. Running 100 miles is really hard, and I think it's gonna take a while to process. But the crazy thing is I came in six minutes under my goal. Couldn't have done it without the crew. It's a team sport. That was the craziest day of my life. Seriously, the craziest day of my life.

Here, I'll carry you home.

Looks like we've got up there.

Has it sunk in that you didn't?

I think it's all still sinking in. Like, I'm still trying to process everything, and I don't have the words to necessarily describe the extension experience and how it's changed me, but I do feel like a different person than I was before the race started.

Good job. Congratulations so much. Absolutely. Look at that. Never worked so hard for something in my life.

I don't wear bell buckles, but I might start.

Oh, I can't believe it. That was nuts.

You made it, buddy.

Oh, wow.

That was.

That was crazy.

You weigh about 10 pounds lighter.