Tom and Brett debrief UTMB from the crew and athlete perspective. Tom goes through how the race went, what he thinks went wrong, learnings from the race, why the elite men struggled and his plans going forward.

(00:00) Introduction

(00:40) How is Tom Feeling Post UTMB

(01:03) Why is Tom Feeling Physically Ok? 

(02:00) Why did so Many of the Top Men Pull Out? 

(04:48) Cooling in the Dry vs Humid Heat

(08:25) Learning from Results 

(11:20) Brett’s Thoughts on Chamonix in Race Week

(12:47) How Much Free Stuff did Brett Get at UTMB? 

(13:12) The Evolution of UTMB 

(16:10) The Community in Trailrunning

(18:18) Pre Race Thoughts and Feelings from Tom

(20:09) Deleting Social Media Pre Race

(21:50) Feeling Extremely Prepared and Still Failing 

(24:40) Race Start Through Courmayeur

(28:40) What was Crewing like in the First 5 hours? 

(30:06) Underdrinking & Overheating

(35:07) Courmayeur Onwards   

(40:41) Arnouva Onwards

(44:10) Pulling Out

(47:07) How is Tom Feeling now? 

(48:05) Has Tom had Time to Debrief and Evaluate the Race? 

(49:15) Biggest Learning from UTMB this Year

(52:27) Tom’s Racing Plans for the Rest of 2024 and into 2025

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