 Oh, I can see blue sky I'm not exaggerating when I say we can't see a couple feet in front of us. Oh wow Is this really happening? Am I really here again? Why am I here? Well, I guess it's because I love it This is my eighth time now running the Burning Man Ultramarathon and all the weirdos are starting to gather. It's early in the morning. Ray starts at five. Let's go You know, I'll be honest. It was a little hard to wake up today I just got here last night little discombobulated, but now that I'm here. I feel home with my weirdos Where are you from and why are you here? I'm from Alaska and Anchorage And how do you train way up there in the cold? Well, I try to wear a lot of layers so I can insimulate the heat that comes around here because by 10 o'clock It gets like 80 or 90 degrees Ask for help if you feel like absolute garbage, right? If you're feeling like you kind of woozy or something ask for help will help get you medical attention Because it can get really serious out here, and I don't want anyone to have really serious problems. All right about to get started here Have I trained for this? Not really. I've been riding my bike most of summer, but that's okay 31 miles I can do it. It's flat, you know no elevation here And what am I wearing this year? Well, I'm going formal. I've got a tie and these awesome tuxedo boss boxers that my grandma gave me Okay, I should probably start running here we go here we go time to run the Burning Man Ultra. Let's go have the best day ever I always love the energy of this race And all the smiles So we're gonna go run four laps around the perimeter of Burning Man You realize no matter how fast you run you will not outrun your father's disappointment in you, right? Much light out now. We're heading back into the city And there's a dust storm going on Not right where we are, but I can see the dust far off in the distance That'll be interesting. This looks like fun. Let's go check this out. It's at the right time It's like an aid station With no food But it's aid for your soul through this vortex thingy That just gave me a power up. The guy up there just said it's never too late to quit We're only like five miles into this thing. We got ways to go. So you know how that guy just gave me a watermelon. Well There's the rind left. You don't eat that and you can't just toss it on the ground There are no trash cans part of Burning Man is that you have to be Completely self-reliant with everything that means trash as well So I'm gonna hold on to this rind and dispose of it When I get back to camp but for now It's in my it's in my sock right here holding it right there. So I don't moop Moop is called matter out of place You can't throw anything on the ground. This is a leave no trace event and everybody has to be part of this community and pick up after themself So I have a new friend here, Andrew. How you doing buddy? I'm doing great. Thank you. This is your first Burning Man What do you think? Overwhelming amazing awesome. Just hard to describe hard to describe. That's new. I've never seen that before Very cool three-eyed froggy Good morning Look at this aid station full of all these yummy things and each runner Brings something to share. That's part of the entry fee. There is no money really So you just bring a treat and some water and that's how you get to do the race yummy Thank you I'm just really not in a hurry this year Good morning girl. How you doing? So good What inspired you to come out here? I love running so that helps but also getting weird with my friends Yeah, what about you? Yeah, I like getting weird to head running. I think running is both weird and awesome There's my favorite son the one and only Sunrises out here at Burning Man are quite spectacular Trampolining in the middle of an ultramarathon feels good. Okay. I'm gonna go now Have a good day. Time for sunglasses The Sun is bright of Burning Man right here. Look at that right there Station my friend Sean say hi in between All of the dance parties. There's a lot of this So we see this big ball room structure Yeah, of course a bit, but we're gonna check this out. Here we go. Oh Yeah, oh look at this Look how cool is this? This is like the scene in Willy Wonka where they're flying up Burpin bubbles taking a record with us. There you go All right, let's go back to the course Game on you know how in most Ultras you can pee wherever you want because you're in the woods Not a Burning Man You have to go to one of these bathrooms So here we go And sometimes they're really gross, but this one seems to be okay. I found a winner Look at this cute little art car. I like this little guy right here nice and soft Oh, I love it. There's so many just funny little contraptions here at Burning Man Okay, here's a phone booth and you can call God. Let's see if God's home. Hello Number two got some pickle juice. Oh, here we go. It's time to swing. Oh, yeah Yes, okay So I don't know if you can pick up on what just happened there, but They had all these printed out cards of my face, and I was signing autographs. God, that's funny. Oh, and guess what? One of my favorite people on the planet Join me his name is Dominic. Oh This has become a bit of a tradition Dominic joined me seven or eight years ago one of my first Burning Man Ultras. How you doing bud? I'm doing good. Yes a little older little wise. I'm not no no wiser No wiser And so Dom is out here running with me and we've done some adventures together mostly on bikes But once a year he puts on the running shoes and joins the fun Oh, yeah, I was just saying last night that I've never dealt with a dust storm During my eight years of doing the ultramarathon and that all changes right now Thanks for being here Dom Bad ways you can do it cut into it airplane arms airplane arms. This is my good friend Bob Alicia's We just came out to say hi. Oh, yeah. Oh, so good to see you do that. Good to see you too. You look great Oh, we've got a dust storm right in our face. Well, I thought we had done with the headwind I thought we were done with the headwind too. This is the ripoff. There's my guy Dom's all dusty Look at that. He's got a dusty booty. Hello my dear. Hi there. Good to see you honey. Sorry. I'm sweaty and sticky and gross You're good that way. Oh, thank you Yeah, oh, yeah, look at that footwork Look at that footwork. Oh man All right, time to start lap number four my first ever dust storm during the ultra here we go Airplane arms helps cut through the dust It's for safety. I think we all need to hold hands now Everybody hold hands. We're gonna lose each other. We don't want to lose each other the dust storm I've learned this is sonic detection so we can hear the bouncing off of objects. Do that do that Oh, hey, are you out here, Dom? I can't see I can't I just want to keep holding your hand. What's up for the car? Oh god. Oh god Oh, this is hilarious Oh, there's bubbles in bass the music it will always lead you on the right course I have no idea I don't want to like run into a dragon or a Right there, look at that. What is that thing? It's a caterpillar. It's a tentacle I'm not exaggerating when I say we can't see a couple feet in front of us. This is like wow Oops, sorry bonk This is where I make my move everybody. It's where I'm gonna win the race Pop back around the block take a shortcut I can see blue sky Thank you Where do we go? This is so funny You guys would not believe how hard it is to ring the bell and ride the bike at the same time Bob is leading the way. I had no idea that we were gonna need Bob to do this We made it out of the dust We did it you guys For now your doggy He's ready to roll. All right. Thank you brother. Thank you. Let's back into the dust way to go Dom Okay, I know the way I'm using the force. Oh dear Oh dear Can't put that on youtube great hot bath boom girl. You got this Here we go. Here we go Into the nothing. Thank you caboose I can't tell you how tempting it is to jump on the back of this bike right here Take me shag wagon the shag wagon Oh back into the wind headwind this backside lap is hard Oh, my body's feeling it Okay team I think I can do this you can definitely do this And bob, how you feeling? I mean my ass is a little sore, but I'm hanging in there Go through the energy vortex There's my song. I need this song What do you have? Oh man, la la la la la la La la la la That song is in my brain now For the rest of the day It's my brother Ethan. See you brother We got michael brown up here. We're almost done We're finishing this thing. Come on Good job everybody. Good job. Way to go There's a lot of funny people out here. Some guy just ran by and said you don't have to do this Okay, there's our turnaround You got to go around it way to go way to go Good job Okay, I thought we were done with dust. We're not We are not Watch out for the dragon. Oh, I sure do love finish lines I'm excited to be done. It's an awesome picture Homemade metal. How cool is that? Oh I love this So much fun, and I love you too, buddy. Way to go. Thanks for joining me for 18 big ones. Oh That was awesome. That was awesome. Thank you. Thank you, Bob. Thanks for joining me. That was so much fun, man Love you, brother. I needed the love. I love you. Yes, my man Michelle has been here at every finish line of every burning man ultra to cheer me on. Thank you so much You're my mom away from home Oh, look at this. We got quesadillas now. Thank you so much. Oh my gosh I don't know if you could pick up on this but look at all the dust In my leg hair Oh, yeah, I am filthy I am filthy But I am happy. That's the best kind of happy dirty happy