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EPISODE · Dec 8, 2024 · 2H 2M

I Ran My First Ultramarathon. Here's What Happened

from The Mileage Podcast · host Yowana

I ran my first ultramarathon at the New River Gorge Trail Fest in Fayetteville, West Virginia. Here's how it went.Sign up for the Supwell app to join the best community for hobby joggers. Talk training, buy, sell and trade shoes, get exclusive discounts: https://supwell.circle.so/checkout/marketplace-and-forum-ld3nz0:00 - Intro1:30 - Carb Load2:45 - Driving to West Virginia5:51 - Arriving in West Virginia7:19 - Pre-Race Dinner9:23 - Bedtime Routine12:40 - Early Morning Wakeup15:04 - Race Gear for 20 Degrees Fahrenheit17:17 - Pre-Race Breakfast20:21 - Packing My Race Gels24:11 - Temperature Check26:34 - Lacing Up the Hoka Tecton X328:12 - Rallying the Troops31:48 - Driving to the Race36:08 - Packet Pickup39:47 - Final Pre-Race Preparation44:03 - Walking to the Race With the Family47:15 - Start of the Race49:15 - First Thoughts on the Race54:04 - Appalachian Parkour58:18 - Update on Cold Weather Gear59:59 - Soundtrack for Bombing a Down Hill1:01:45 - Mile 71:03:29 - Realizing I Messed Up1:05:05 - First Brutal Uphill Climb1:08:24 - Mile 121:08:30 - Manifesting Positive Energy1:08:53 - Realizing I Messed Up Part 21:11:00 - Halfway Point1:12:00 - The Part I Missed1:12:56 - Mile 18 & Mindset After Messing Up1:18:04 - Last Brutal Uphill Climb1:18:57 - Finishing the Race1:21:28 - Post-Race Thoughts1:22:42 - Downtown Fayetteville, West Virginia1:28:03 - Post-Race Lunch1:32:09 - New River Gorge State Park Scenic Drive1:42:28 - Reflecting on the Race (Post-Run Thoughts)Charli wants me to start plugging everything here. So these are the 5 ways you can support us:1. Join my app to take your training to the next level. Buy/sell/trade running shoes and swap training and shoe advice with fellow hobby joggers: https://supwell.circle.so/checkout/marketplace-and-forum-ld3nz2. Buy your new shoes, running gear and fuel through my Running Warehouse link. I also have a discount code on the app above that gets you 20% off apparel and 10% off fuel and discount  https://www.runningwarehouse.coml?from=supwell 3. Get matched with the best running shoe for you at https://runningshoematcher.com (I built the running shoe database and matching logic. It's pretty cool and actually works)4. Buy a hobby jogger hat and other cool Supwell Certified drip at https://hobbyjogger.com5. Follow the Instagram https://www.instagram.com/supwellrunning/

I ran my first ultramarathon at the New River Gorge Trail Fest in Fayetteville, West Virginia. Here's how it went.Sign up for the Supwell app to join the best community for hobby joggers. Talk training, buy, sell and trade shoes, get exclusive discounts: https://supwell.circle.so/checkout/marketplace-and-forum-ld3nz0:00 - Intro1:30 - Carb Load2:45 - Driving to West Virginia5:51 - Arriving in West Virginia7:19 - Pre-Race Dinner9:23 - Bedtime Routine12:40 - Early Morning Wakeup15:04 - Race Gear for 20 Degrees Fahrenheit17:17 - Pre-Race Breakfast20:21 - Packing My Race Gels24:11 - Temperature Check26:34 - Lacing Up the Hoka Tecton X328:12 - Rallying the Troops31:48 - Driving to the Race36:08 - Packet Pickup39:47 - Final Pre-Race Preparation44:03 - Walking to the Race With the Family47:15 - Start of the Race49:15 - First Thoughts on the Race54:04 - Appalachian Parkour58:18 - Update on Cold Weather Gear59:59 - Soundtrack for Bombing a Down Hill1:01:45 - Mile 71:03:29 - Realizing I Messed Up1:05:05 - First Brutal Uphill Climb1:08:24 - Mile 121:08:30 - Manifesting Positive Energy1:08:53 - Realizing I Messed Up Part 21:11:00 - Halfway Point1:12:00 - The Part I Missed1:12:56 - Mile 18 & Mindset After Messing Up1:18:04 - Last Brutal Uphill Climb1:18:57 - Finishing the Race1:21:28 - Post-Race Thoughts1:22:42 - Downtown Fayetteville, West Virginia1:28:03 - Post-Race Lunch1:32:09 - New River Gorge State Park Scenic Drive1:42:28 - Reflecting on the Race (Post-Run Thoughts)Charli wants me to start plugging everything here. So these are the 5 ways you can support us:1. Join my app to take your training to the next level. Buy/sell/trade running shoes and swap training and shoe advice with fellow hobby joggers: https://supwell.circle.so/checkout/marketplace-and-forum-ld3nz2. Buy your new shoes, running gear and fuel through my Running Warehouse link. I also have a discount code on the app above that gets you 20% off apparel and 10% off fuel and discount  https://www.runningwarehouse.coml?from=supwell 3. Get matched with the best running shoe for you at https://runningshoematcher.com (I built the running shoe database and matching logic. It's pretty cool and actually works)4. Buy a hobby jogger hat and other cool Supwell Certified drip at https://hobbyjogger.com5. Follow the Instagram https://www.instagram.com/supwellrunning/

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