The Cost Of Ultramarathon | Dirt Church Radio 37

This week, it’s Ali, Andrew, and Matt rolling as the power trio we are, without an interview, because we wanted to cover something important and increasingly on people’s minds.  This started with a response to a Yaboyscottjurek post, where he’d come up with slogans for various personalities in the ultra world, including the race director of an ultra-ultra distance race, with “you wouldn’t want it to be affordable, would you?” on their cap. Matt saw this, laughed, nodded, and moved on with his life, but a listener tagged us and the Freetrail podcast in the post and suggested we might want to dive into the subject. So we did, and the results may shock you.  Even in a sport as relatively privileged as trail running, people are feeling the financial pinch, and nothing seems to be getting cheaper. So we ran some numbers and are excited to take you through what we found on the true cost of an ultramarathon. We’ve also got all the news from Laverado and Western States, and a follow-up from our man Lachlan Colebatch, who toed the line at Olympic Valley and got the job done.  Dirt Church Radio – Best Enjoyed Running. --- --- --- Episode Links Western States Endurance Home (https://www.wser.org/) irunfar (the GOATS) (https://www.irunfar.com/) Caitlin Fielder Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/caitlinpipf...) Ryan Montgomery Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/ultra.ryan/...)   Sign up for the DCR AidStation newsletter and never miss an episode! Join us today. (https://dirtchurchradio.substack.com/...) Dirt Church Radio on Instagram (  / dirtchurchradio  ) Dirt Church Radio on Facebook (  / dirtchurchradio  ) Further Faster New Zealand (https://www.furtherfaster.co.nz/) Enjoy! Music by Andrew McDowall, Digicake (https://digicake.com/)