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Long Run 252 - Garrett Nelson - 2nd to Last Man Standing - 264+ Miles!!!

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Ten Junk Miles

Hiking, Ultramarathon, Ultrarunning, Mountaineering, Crosscountry, Running, Marathon, Sports, Track, Improv, Comedy, Trailrunning

51.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2025

⏱️ 133 minutes

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Summary

Meet Garrett Nelson, who recently came in 2nd place in the Last Dot Standing by running 264+ miles over three days.  Learn about his life in running, how he found ultras, his efforts at Cocadona and Desert Solstice and how he ultimately ruined my birthday in 2025.  An interesting look into the mindset and methodology of Last person Standing races.

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0:00.0

This is going to be a long run episode of Garrett Nelson.

0:08.3

Who is Garrett Nelson?

0:09.7

Well, he is the second to last dot standing.

0:15.3

So he is the reason why my birthday consisted of me standing in a field watching two guys run one

0:23.3

four miles an hour and uh he's an interesting guy and when he got all done with the event i was like

0:29.8

you know what we got to hear his story because a lot of times you interview the last guy standing but a lot of

0:34.0

times you don't interview the second to last guy standing so that's what we have on the big show tonight and he has a very interesting story you'll learn a lot of times you don't interview the second Alaska standing. So that's what we have on the big show tonight. And he has a very interesting story. You'll learn a lot. And this episode is brought to your by our friends that you can. You've heard me talk about them before. We actually talk about them a little bit on this show. They make a lot of really good, low-crash, low-glycemic, high-carbohydroids products that are just really, really good for you

0:57.9

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1:04.0

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1:08.7

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2:01.7

It'll be very warm and there'll be people struggling.

2:04.8

And I'll be taking the drops back to the start line.

2:08.0

But I will be taking them in my dry seats.

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2:26.3

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2:38.2

And I always recommend to get two of them, get the long.

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