 Here we are in the desert once again Arizona it's beautiful I love the desert and we're here to run I'm here to run this race again last year was a beautiful experience it's kind of crazy to describe a hundred mile pain cave as beautiful but it really was I loved it even as bad as it hurt I loved it I'm trying to fill my mind with positive thoughts right now because my body is really really hating life it brought me to places that my day to day life never brings me the only way we know you're hurting is you're not dancing no no when I confront these challenges both physically and mentally I think it brings out the best in me I like doing these types of challenges because I'm choosing the pain and a lot of times in life something horrible can happen and you're not choosing that pain and you have to confront it and you have to deal with it and when I choose these moments these races or bike rides it helps me to gain the strength that I need for when life throws something at me that I'm not expecting and so this is this is voluntary I'm choosing to be out here to really really confront the most difficult things that I can put my body through I put myself right to that edge you know right to the edge and you peek over you want to see what it's like and you know you feel like you're not going to be able to to accomplish whatever you're doing and then you do you just keep moving forward one foot in front of the other and it's helped me out in life many many times through very very difficult situations that don't involve running a hundred miles it makes me tougher mentally and physically I am out here with the world's best crew good morning I'm so excited to women who I admire in so many ways and they are just pure sweetness out here they keep me in check they give me my nutrition but more than anything they give me love you know and that's what you need in a race you need you need some hugs and high fives and loves and this year I have an extra special secret weapon Allie my girlfriend who I met six months ago during a race the Caballo Blanco race she's out here to run that last lap with me which I know is going to be very difficult last year that last lap just about did me in and I'm going to need Allie I do not know what's going to happen tomorrow you know I'm going to wake up in seven hours and I'm going to start running a hundred miles last year when I finished I was like I'm going to train and I'm going to run faster you know what that didn't happen I rode my bike across the country with my girlfriend this summer I did not run one step for the last two months I've been running but I really haven't been putting in the miles that I should be putting in to be able to do a 100 mile race so I am a little scared I'm a little nervous I don't know how my body is going to react to all this last year on the last lap when I was deep deep deep in the pain cave and I was walking from mile 80 to 90 I had a moment of you know this sucks but it's also beautiful I'm seeing shooting stars I'm listening to coyotes I saw a rattlesnake everybody around me is supportive and positive and it was it was a great feeling I felt alive you know and even though it hurt so bad I was like I'm doing this next year I'm going to get to the finish line this year and I'm going to come back next year and do this again and it's probably going to be an entirely different experience and that's what I want running for me is it's an experience it's another challenge it's an adventure and it's always unknown and that's what's exciting man that almost full moon is beautiful I love looking at everybody's headlamp you can see a teeny teeny bit of color on the horizon oh man I'm feeling very fortunate to be here right now no matter what happens out here today it's going to be a good day found Chris how you doing buddy hey I'm doing awesome it's a beautiful day to be running in the desert it sure is we're saying that now when the sun's not out for now and be crying on the side of the trail somewhere walking the hills walking the hills last year I went out a little bit fast and I think that's what burned me toward the end this year I'm gonna take it easy good morning the first aid station high five yes aid stations here are so good they got everything man I love Pringles at 7 a.m. yeah thank you guys you're the best first aid station down how we feel it's a beautiful day beautiful day my goal this year at the aid stations is to eat a lot more real food not just the sweet gels last year I got so sick of them by the end I couldn't eat anything and I bombed so this year we'll be trying to eat more salty stuff more bananas more fruits maybe a grilled cheese walking up hills walking up hills oh yeah the sun is coming up look at that bright orange glorious ball of fire these cactus right here called the cholla and they will stick to you and they will never let go so be careful ladies and gentlemen I just found Captain America look at this he's got the shield it's got a helmet what inspired you to run like this uh he's an awesome superhero I'm actually catching the army myself so I'm not as cool but hey whatever gets me through the miles and keeps motivation up right hopefully I can motivate other people too it's a hill everybody you gotta stop I found a fellow hill walker going for the magnum PI this time around yeah look at the cutoff shirt oh yeah very breathable very breathable oh you meet some good people out here yeah wow look at this dude you're ready what's your favorite song what are you gonna play for us round and round I see Jamelle what up Jamelle what's up Jamelle thank you for organizing this beautiful race we made it to jackass junction only 90 miles to go yeah beautiful get it gonna eat me a tater I'm being burritos bean burritos baby I love beans look a pickle this skeleton has a boner seriously skeleton's got a boner okay that's enough messing around time to move this guy's trench we call him coach what's your name newton newton what do you guys love about running it's like being present you know like nowadays we're on phones and computer screens and you know a lot of us have desk jobs and you don't really get to just be here you know it's the freedom yeah you can run anywhere that's right you do anything on a run you can feel how you want to feel you can take what you want to take you can just live your life how you want to live it on a run yeah okay I like eight stations you know I'm gonna eat some more bean burritos pickles hey it's Jamelle again what's up brother good to see you Jamelle's everywhere I don't know how he does it I love these saguato cactus they are majestic and they're hundreds of years old it's really amazing and they all look like they're flipping you off oh hill sweet mama said walk the hills so Trent do you want to send a message to your future self when you watch this on youtube later hi Trent hopefully you finish in under 24 hours and you're awesome I'm proud of you my man hi Jesse as well all right walk break guess what it's time to hike people watching this video are gonna think we're just walking all the time whatever race whatever distance when somebody's cheering you on you just start going faster there really is a lot of power and cheering people on yeah excited to see my ladies I just powered up I definitely waste all my energy dancing but it's worth it hello everybody it's just reminding me of the joys of this race from last year you know the first lap it's pretty easy take it easy thank you okay so when he took off I got a little teary and santo was like are you crying but this is why like last year it was exciting it was new we're like yeah you got this but oh man it's hard like I just know that yeah it's gonna be fun exciting and it's gonna be painful and so we're really glad we can be here for him to support him but yeah it's coming and that's really that's why we're here all right starting lap number two I'm feeling good got some food got some electrolytes got some pumpkin pie got some massage and uh feel good is the room for two under there I'll help you carry it how you been man how you doing brother hey and it's a puppy dog oh I need a puppy dog we got Dave we got Newton and look who's up here hey we got Trent yeah round snake ranch take old juice oh yeah we're wetting down the arms thank you everybody let's do it we're running up on all the 100k runners right now looking good looking good good job this is great this is a great part of the race because now we have other people to say hi to good job good job way to go way to go so look you're 15 what are all your friends doing today they're not they're not running 100 miles like you looks like you guys need a high five boom boom we're giving out free high fives right here yeah boom boom here you go high five yeah high five high five I don't know if you know this or not but we are winning right now the forces with me guys this bench looks really good we might have we might have to just to take a little ah yeah oh that's hot on my old booty oh feels good doesn't it we're at jackass junction about 30 miles into the race 70 to go that still seems like way too far thank you sir thank you so much look how big my muscles are now huge pickle juice time boom you're a little stretching I'm loving the pumpkin pie today thank you jackass you start to feel tired before one of these ace stations you hang out for five to ten minutes give some high fives eat some food it's amazing what what a difference it makes it looks like I have a giant tumor in my arm all the ice it's not a tumor don't worry it's about hot noon here in the desert the sun is way up in the sky it is hot we got another bench in the middle of the desert with our name on it look at that oh man let's see oh what a view we're gonna sit here and cheer people on way to go we made it to coyote camp just in time for some queen you guys are the best what are you eating bud watermelon potatoes that's right jim beam fire no thank you but I do like that it's here makes me happy get him yes oh we got a little 40 mile check and how you feeling feeling great yourself I feel pretty good you know my legs are definitely starting to be like okay you put some miles on yeah my quads are feeling it when I go downhill my left ham he's getting a little tired doing a little stretch here so here we are Trent and Ryan just talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk and look who found us in the middle of nowhere it's Allie Allie Allie nice job nice job where to go we're getting closer to the headquarters come out come out come out I gotta watch out where I swing my hands I might stab myself on a cactus here wipe your face down yeah and you're back there now we're so proud of you how far is that 40 something yeah look at me for real like this should be your slowest lap yeah because this is the hottest lap yeah so just like go slow stay hydrated stay cool and then if you're feeling good you can go crazy as soon as it's starting yeah promise you don't get caught up with your buddy you run at 830 like I'm serious I'm serious I hear you like where's this one this one goes in here you get totally bonk like just if you're going too fast you feel like dude I was great seeing you man I gotta slow down I like I gotta okay I gotta I appreciate it coach okay okay let's run here we go lap three and it definitely feels like they turned the temperature up on us it's hot I'm not sure where Trent is I'll find him how you feeling you got this bud you got this hey look it's coyote camp how you doing man feeling good yeah all right we'll lap you on we'll lap you on finishing to all right man good job good job I got my eyes arms and look who I found look at this guy hey it's everybody's favorite Trent back together to suffer in the sun where to go where to go what a clown it's Yoda it's my Yoda I love that Yoda backpack nice job yeah what's up what's up walking in the heat saving our energy for the later laps Flintstones meet the flint so hey look it's really him oh there's our bench let's take a little seat oh baby oh god that feels good look at this view it's really hot out here this is James and he lives in Bermuda can you believe it we have just hit the halfway mark 50 miles wow we still have 50 miles to go more bean breed ups oh yes thank you so much thank you jackass I took a long time at jackass there and it was totally necessary and I feel I feel great it hurts again oh the buzz of the high from jackass junction is wearing off yeah I'm back to the pink cave this is where I start my gratitude march every step I take I think of somebody I love and it helps me keep on moving forward and my first bit of gratitude goes to mother nature look what she did look at this place at Burning Man we always howl when the sun goes down behind the mountain so here we go look who I found oh and the perfect timing too how's it going good happy hunk lap happy what lap hump lap oh hump lap yeah it's just the hump it's the hump all right pizza it is saturday gotta have a pizza party so ryan just came in on his third lap he's hurting he's definitely eating better which is so much better than last year but there's just no way to run 100 miles and not hurt and so this lap this fourth lap is going to hurt love you it's a deeply spiritual experience when you go to that place of just raw suffering it cuts away all the junk it reminds you of what's important it also gets you so in touch with everything that's going on inside your body which is interesting because at the same time you can feel this connection to everything outside of your body and you can have these feelings of just like oneness I feel pretty much exactly how I felt last year at this point my body is breaking down getting tired getting nauseous can't really eat anymore and uh yeah worries me a little bit got some ramen soup I'm really not hungry but I'm forcing myself to eat because I know I need the calories because of I bonked big time last year because I'm not eating but man it's hard to eat when you just feel like throwing up beautiful snake I won't mess with the snake anymore I don't need a rattlesnake bite on top of nausea or maybe it would cure me I don't know yeah this is great I got some more soup that's what I do now I eat soup in the middle of the desert by myself so you can't see me because my headlamp just died luckily we have a almost full moon but I can't see anything at all this sucks mommy noodle soup noodle soup this has been my secret weapon thank you this aid station is amazing not only because they have amazing food they hooked me up with a flashlight I was liking navigating by the moon but this is much safer we got ourselves another rattlesnake look at that guy finished lap four how are you guys doing one more one more one more one more go kick it out yeah kick it out alley's coming with me let's do it yep let's do it I had a roller coaster of a last lap hopefully this lap is a little better all right alley I've been waiting for this all day I get to run with my alley welcome to my pain cave although you're not in pain more soup all right I had a little bit of grilled cheese and some soup once again eating is very difficult I feel like it's all gonna leave my body immediately after I eat good job good job shame I'm in so much pain because the sky is so beautiful but I'm kind of just looking at my feet it feels so good to sit down I wish I was done with the race I would just fall over and sleep 10 more miles so 10 miles and I can go to bed this is just the motivation I needed for the last 10 miles Jim Wamsley yes yes and he has lots of sparkles all over his face I ran into a unicorn magic thank you jackass love that so cool all right so we're leaving jackass I have a huge stomach cramp 10 miles to go and we have alley this is our romantic date just a nice stroll to the desert tonight we're getting there I am doing very okay very okay I'm highly uncomfortable my legs hurt my feet hurt stomach hurts okay let's do this what do you say that way 3.7 miles get him this is one of those moments in a race where it is pure willpower everything hurts everything is uncomfortable right now it's just one foot for the other moving forward I can hear the music I can see the lights we did it you got me here in style with you hi there it's the morning after and everything hurts I'm trying to ice my feet bring some coconut water my body feels pretty horrible like in a lot of different ways and after the race it was hard to walk to the RV it was hard to get up into bed last night and just my legs were throbbing my knees were throbbing my quads my toes were all busted up getting my shoes off was very difficult getting my socks off and I was like oh no what did I do to myself it's that good pain you know you're like all right I did something I accomplished something pretty big and I'm proud of myself and I pushed it and uh it's beautiful sunny day and my body's gonna heal and I'll probably do something stupid like this again someday I never thought I would run 100 miles when I was you know becoming a runner as a kid that sounds insane and it still is you know it's worth the pain and it's worth the long recovery because it's it's really it's a beautiful experience that I don't do this very often like I don't think I'll ever do 100 mile races all that often maybe once a year and so for me it's a special occasion overall this beautiful experience having Dana and Xanthe here the best crew in the world they are just such amazing ladies and then having Ali at the end and being in Arizona being in the desert one of my favorite places you know it's it's it's a weekend I'll never forget I will never forget this weekend