Leadville 100 miles Ultra Marathon - Course & Tips Racing, Crewing & Pacing
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- Опубліковано 14 жов 2024
- Leadville 100 miles Ultra Marathon - an iconic trail race in the Colorado Mountains. But also, a challenging race that will push you beyond your physical limits - where only your Grit, Gut and Determination can help you cross that finish line. Today, I want to give you all the tools you’ll need to be successful - providing in depth review of the course, discussing about crew and pacers, and race day strategy (when to push, and when to conserve energy).
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I’ve raced it twice already, once under 25hrs, and the other time just barely made it to earn my Leadman pick axe. Beyond Leadville, I’ve also successfully completed 29x 100 miles ultra marathon. In this video, I will go in depth about the course, and the strategy to help you be successful.
Many things makes Leadville 100 miles Ultra Marathon a challenging run. Beyond the obvious of the high altitude, weather increment from Colorado high mountains, and simply the 100 miles distance - I believe that the wide variety of skills required and the tight cutoffs and 30 hours limit are the real culprit. The race can be divided in 3 distinct segments: 1) run segment, 2) mountain segment, and 3) grind segment. These require totally different skillsets and, importantly, mindset.
I’ll also be racing it this year - so hopefully I’ll see you on the course, and at that finish line! Good luck!
Work Hard!
Believe in yourself!
Push your limits!
I hope that’s helpful, and as always - Thanks for watching!
Simon
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Ultra Crew Hub: we discuss in detail with Mason, Jorie, Nora and Simon about crewing in pacing. Where should you go,
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Pace chart - go to Leadville website and under the “Customizable Pace Chart” at
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I know this isn't the most exciting movie - but hopfully it's very helpful to someone out there tackling this brutal race for their first time! Good luck out ther!
Running this in a couple of months. Appreciate the insights and the humor sprinkled in!
Good luck - tough race! I’ll be racing again this year, might see you on the course!!
Thanks for posting this. I found it very helpful!
Thanks! Good luck next week !!!
@@runningwithsimon am I going to see you along the way?
@@tedh5087 If you don't run too fast, yes!
I'll probably never run Leadville, but this was fascinating! Race strategy: enjoy the llamas!! 😂 I volunteered overnights at a brutal 100 miler/100k/50 miler over the weekend, with 32k feet of gain on brutally technical terrain. I had 4 pacers who each waited 2-5 hours for their runners, (and there were more at other aid stations. Monsoons at the start of the race made the whole race farrrr slower than expected. ) They sat there with not one single complaint. They didn't ask for a thing, so i made sure to periodically offer food/ drink/ blankets etc, so they'd be ready when their runners finally came in. I have a whole new respect and appreciation for pacers, as well as race organizers!
Thanks for volunteering!
Seriously huge respect for pacer! Nora actually paced me the longest she ever did for Leadville last weekend (40 miles!) - what a blast!
Great video and great insight to the race. This is a must of anyone is or has plans to race LT100. Good luck this weekend….we will be cheering for you
Thanks, and glad you hosted us on your podcast! That one was super helpful too - a full discussion was perfect to cover everything crew related for Leadville!
Really great video! A great asset for anyone racing Leadville. Thanks for taking the time to put this together. Best wishes for a great race next week!
Thank you! Leadville is always stressful for me - it feels like it's a race you don't have much margin for things to go wrong... !
Super helpful, hope to share some grinding miles with you on Saturday!
I hope so too! Sharing them helps make them go by quicker!!
8:29 happy people for the win!!! "frig off" lolol
haha omg I never saw this before lol (I was waaaay more focused on my mustache phase)
Hey that was Harvey on the trail with you crossing paths.
Yesss haha! We also came across him when I did badwater and we were staying at the same motel like 2 rooms down!
Thank you 👍👍👍
Thanks! Are you planning it for next year?!
@@runningwithsimon nooooo. 😁 I've been as crew a couple of times but that was a few years ago. I didn't realize we aren't allowed at Winfield anymore. But I just found your videos and really like them. I'm thinking about attempting another 100 but want to see how I feel mid November after my race.
Casually bumps into Harvey Lewis at Hope Pass.. lol
lol yeah 2022 was wild. I also bumped into Courtney on 6th Street as she was pacing john
@@runningwithsimon that's awesome!
What happens if you don’t make cutoff? Do they remove you from the race at the aid station you failed to reach within cut off time?
Yes. And there's sometimes someone who's job is to enforce that to the minute. Every race is little different on the 'mechanics', but they'll typically take your bib, and if you have a wrist band, cut it. They need to know you are not still up on the course, and that you won't be going further. The only exception at leadville is probably hope aid station, where you need to come down the mountain anyway. All the others you leave by car or shuttle if available.
My plan is to go sub 25. It’s gonna be brutal lol
It’s not too bad. It’s mostly about being consistent in the second half. Did it once - you just need a good race. Honestly the line between sub30 and sub25 is mostly that
@@runningwithsimon thank you so much. I appreciate that.