Black Canyon 100k Trail Ultra Marathon - Running Through Snow, Mud and Water

Join Nora and Simon's epic adventure running Black Canyon 100k Trail Ultra Marathon - a point-to-point 100km ultra marathon along the Black Canyon Trail in Arizona! Running together was not about being the fastest, but rather, having an amazing adventure, pushing our limits, and importantly, supporting each others through adversity! And yes, we passed the "IKEA Test"

Black Canyon Ultras is an ultra marathon organized by Aravaipa Running and comprise both Black Canyon 100k and Black Canyon 60k. We ran the Black Canyon 100k, which is arguably the biggest 100km race in the USA! It's both a golden ticket race for Western States 100 miles, but also part of the World Trail Majors series. ... But that's something for elite runners to worry about.

As for us, we're much more interested in the fact that we had many friends running this weekend, and that the trail is absolutely gorgeous! This year was special too, as the start received some snow the night before the race. So we ran in snow, mud, water. The temperatures were freezing, later hot, and much later freezing again. Lovely... But we're tough cookies!

We had a wonderful day pushing our limits, but importantly, supporting each other and keeping a smile all day.

Next for me is Jackpot Ultras 100 miles - Feb 17. I'll be aiming for a sub24!

As always, thanks for watching!

Simon




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Music credit:
• By Infraction : City Beat, Freedom, Sax Beat, All Into Move, Newborn Dreams, Ambient Aria, Back to You
• By Mokka Music: Lovely, Sunny Walk
• Megaman X: Cast Roll, Password

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Track Name: AMBIENT ARIA (AMBIENT)
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Track Name: SAX BEAT (FUNK)
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Track Name: CITY BEAT (ELECTRONIC POP)
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Track Name: NEWBORN DREAMS (ELECTRONIC POP)
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Track Name: FREEDOM (ACOUSTIC FOLK)
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Track Name: LOVELY (CORPORATE)
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Track Name: BACK TO YOU (EDM)
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