Umstead Trail Marathon: Playing Possum

Umstead Trail Marathon was my focus race for the Winter/Spring season. I’ve done it three times before, but this time I was shooting for a to 5 finish. The course is merciless though. See how it turned out!
0:00 Gear Flat Lay
3:00 Umstead “Critters”
4:39 Goals and Plan (w/ Khan)
7:15 Pre-Race
9:08 Warmup Run
10:30 Race Start and Race Footage
25:43 Quick Recap
26:22 Shoe Talk
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[@Bricksty]

such a badass looking kit, loving the black theme!

[@thecaptainchas2820]

Might as well look the part, right?!

[@paraigmcgee]

Congrats on the top 5! Love the longer form video too Chas, great stuff

[@thecaptainchas2820]

Cheers mate! Going to try and keep the content more running/less talking, but still talking while running. 😆

[@paraigmcgee]

@@thecaptainchas2820Awesome, I do love your shoe talk/shoe review videos too, but this one was a real treat!

[@CLee-km8xl]

Congrats, Chas!

[@thecaptainchas2820]

Thanks!

[@Leporkchop34]

What an adventure!That is a tough but awesome race. Thanx for giving us a peak at this amazing event. Kudos on the performance. Drinking water isn’t so bad!

[@thecaptainchas2820]

Thanks! I actually like drinking water, which is why I’m so hydrated going into these things. Not sure why, but I just stopped taking water at events shorter than 50k a few years ago, and I’ve had some of my best races since then.

[@tylerfinn3081]

Congrats! Great job hunting until the end on what looks like a tough course. Well done.

[@thecaptainchas2820]

Thanks! It’s not over until you see the checkered flag!🏁

[@AlwaysServing]

Cool video. Looked like Fun!!

[@thecaptainchas2820]

Thanks! Yeah, fun, but also “fun” 😆

[@anthonykuchera6743]

Love the critter theme

[@thecaptainchas2820]

Yeah,it definitely adds to the special character of this race.

[@i.p2088]

Great video. Brave choice for the shoes but it worked 👍🏻. For such a track I would have gone with a low stack like Puma Deviate Nitro Elite 2.. Endorphin Pro 3 is amazing. I have 2 pairs.

[@thecaptainchas2820]

Thanks! The guy I passed in the last 800 meters was wearing the Puma DNE2. Worked well enough for him. The overall winner wore the Saucony Endorphin Rift, which would’ve been my trail alternative.

[@anthonykuchera6743]

So matchy you even matched the colors of your gels to the race kit.

[@thecaptainchas2820]

Go hard or go home.

[@rmsrmsrmsrms]

Could you have used more calories? I see more news items espousing 300-400 per hour

[@thecaptainchas2820]

300-400 per hour is a lot for a marathon, or any race under 4 hours. I took a total of 940 calories (all the Maurtens in my kit plus a Honey Stinger from an AS), which is more than I’ve taken for any marathon, trail or road. Calories were not the issue. That course just beats you up.