

He crewed for Canadian runner Gary Robbins in 2018, who did not finish, and entered the race for a fourth time in 2019, shocking everyone by dropping out after two loops.) No women have ever finished the race.

(Kelly had attempted the Barkley twice before finally finishing. The most recent is John Kelly in 2017, who grew up in the area and who went on to win the Montane Spine Race, the 429-km race along Britain’s Pennine Way, in January 2020. The race, which involves completing five 20-mile loops on unforgiving and steep terrain in under 60 hours, has seen only 15 finishers in its 35-year history. in February and the Lone Cactus last-person-standing ultra in November 2020. According to, Mortimer is 39 and finished second at both the Elephant Mountain 50 Miler in Cave Creek, Ariz. he tweeted the runner’s name: Peter Mortimer. Here’s our interview with him from last year.Īnd here’s the Ginger Runner’s report from last year when Gary Robbins paced him to his first 100 finish.Five and a half hours into the race, Dunn tweeted that someone had already dropped.

Gary is pacing Ben at Cascade Crest this summer. Here’s Gary’s website with all of his info and here’s the site for Squamish.įollow Gary on the twitter machine right here. Gary Robbins Episode NotesĮpisode Sponsored by Shadow of the Giants 25/50k on June 11 in Yosemite. This is essential listening for hundred miler runners and pacers. Gary Robbins tackles all these questions, and a whole lot more. What questions should you never ask, and what do you do when your runner starts to cry. When to have them push, when to play it safe. What are the physical and emotional considerations when pacing someone for their first hundred.

In this Gary Robbins Interview, we cover three main topics. This is one of those interviews that I’ll go back and listen to over an over, as Gary drops a few metric tons of wisdom on this funky little sport of ours. Gary Robbins joins URP to chat about a wide swath of topics, all of which kept me captivated during our hour-long conversation.
