UTMB: The Biggest 100 Miler in the World - Part 1
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🗓️ 5 August 2017
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
The Ultra Trail Du Mont Blanc (UTMB) has become one of the world's most desired races. Why?
This race series lasts from August 28th - September 3rd (2017) and offers many different race distances with breathtaking views.
UTMB veteran and podium finishing Tim Toloffson and Sally McRae join The Nation to discuss this amazing race.
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| 0:00.0 | Do you know, Don, Michelle, we are in the midst of the under armor mountain running series. |
| 0:14.4 | Are you familiar with what that is, what that is, Michelle? |
| 0:16.7 | Yeah, there's something for everyone, all different distances. |
| 0:19.7 | And you can even do every distance if you want to be a savage rock star and participate |
| 0:24.8 | every day. |
| 0:26.3 | A couple of weeks ago, they just did the one called the Cascade Volcano, which was up |
| 0:30.7 | at Mount Bachelorette Oregon, at the end of July, and they have the one called Appalachians |
| 0:36.1 | coming up in Killington, Vermont, on August 18th through the 20th, and they have seven |
| 0:42.7 | different distances. |
| 0:43.7 | They have a 5K, a 10K, a vertical challenge, a marathon relay, a half marathon, a marathon |
| 0:50.7 | and a 50K. |
| 0:52.0 | And it goes through those three days, and it's like this ultra running festival. |
| 0:59.0 | Sounds like party. |
| 1:01.0 | It is. |
| 1:01.5 | It sounds like an American version of a TV that we're about to learn about. |
| 1:06.5 | Yeah, it's a festival and a party. |
| 1:08.8 | So they have the one in Killington, Vermont, at the end of August, and then at the end of |
| 1:12.6 | September, they do the Rocky Mountains, which is held at Copper Mountain, Colorado. |
| 1:18.0 | That's beautiful. |
| 1:18.7 | So yeah, I think that's going to be a lot of fun. |
| 1:22.3 | If you want to register for one or as Michelle is going to do for all of these races, you |
| 1:28.3 | can go to our partners page, and there's a link there for the Under Armour Mountain running |
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