Yes, this is the Bigfoot trail.
Prepping for the Bigfoot 200 last year got me thinking about this age-old question: How would the twitchy trail kids fare during a zombie apocalypse?
Hashing out this hypothetical situation took up miles and miles of chatter among our group and deep thoughts while I was running alone.
It was silly, it was fun, and it eventually snowballed into “5 Bug-Out Lessons from the Light and Fast Ultrarunner Crowd,” for OffGrid Magazine. Jared and I got to share the lessons we learned while prepping for and running the Bigfoot 200 in August.
I loved working on this story, before, during and after the race. I got to talk to several amazing subject-matter experts and learned a thing or two about navigating the backcountry and (hopefully) not dying in the woods.
But I never did answer the original question: Would ultrarunners use their grit and stubbornness to be the last ones standing?
The Endurist 