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Running from Jacksonville Beach, Florida, to the Ponce Inlet Lighthouse just south of Daytona Beach, the eighth annual Daytona 100 took place December 3–4 along on a fast, flat and scenic ocean road course. Three weeks earlier, damage to this area of northern Florida caused by Hurricane Nicole—following on the heels of Hurricane Ian—triggered enormous stress about whether the race could proceed as planned.
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Ultras remind me that the world is such a big and welcoming place, which was the case for Marshall and Heather Ulrich’s inaugural Route 66 Ultrarun. The race consisted of 140 miles across the longest remaining unbroken stretch of Route 66, from Seligman, AZ, to Topock, AZ, finishing at Topock66 on the Colorado River.
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From the time runners checked in on Friday to when the music turned off Saturday night, we created something special at Pike Lake. This sacred 24 hours was not by accident; it was a direct product of the event staff, volunteers, park staff and runners—runners who brought their desire to race hard and fast on the technical trails of southern Ohio.
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In 2019, I announced that I was recreating the escape route from an iconic 1979 cult film, The Warriors, and that anyone could join me as I as ran over 28 miles in the middle of the night, from the South Bronx to Coney Island, while dressed as a gang member from the film. This year, we held the fourth annual Warriors UltraRun, which featured 90 costumed ultrarunners in one of America’s leading underground races and the only urban chase anywhere in the world.
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Running saved Leadville and brought new fire to Chamonix. The new 140-mile Route 66 UltraRun could make a big difference here, too—in the restoration of one of the nation’s most historic routes, and in seeing that it has a future as well as a past. Says RD Marshall Ulrich, “We have to see where we came from so we can move forward.”
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Badwater Basin in Death Valley, California, sits at 280 feet below sea level. Each year in July, endurance athletes from all over the world converge to run 135 miles from the start at Badwater to the finish line at the portal of Mt. Whitney (elevation 8,360 feet). Runners traverse three mountain ranges and face numerous other challenges, like scorching desert heat and sleep deprivation, over the course of two nights.
