This is why Bozeman is kind of annoying.

[bayoublaster7527]

Be glad the most annoying thing in your area is ultra runners……meanwhile in Colorado anti-hunting extremists seek to nullify CPW authority to manage wildlife with a state wide ballot initiative.

Wildlife and Ecosystem Conservation Commission | Colorado General Assembly

leg.colorado.gov

 

[Beignet]

I noticed her limping around the house one day and asked her what the problem was. She said she was up all night doing laps on the M and did 21 of them, that’s 17k of vertical took her all night.

Holy sheeeet. Thats 85% of the way up Denali if a person was starting from sea level. Impressive AF.

 

[LuketheDog]

My wife has gotten into ultra runs, she’s ok, but some of the people she runs with are definitely annoying. We went to the Grand Canyon last spring so they could do the Rim-to-Rim-to-Rim run, which is like 47 miles and 11,000' gain and they all trained like crazy for months. I drove the whole 10 hours there, and while they did their thing I cold turkey-ed the 19 mile round trip hike down to Phantom Ranch on Kaibab trail to have a lemonade and back up the Bright Angel trail, AND shuttled the vehicle and had cold beers waiting for everybody at the end of their run. I also met and talked to Chris Denham (from Western Hunter) and his wife on the way down, he was the only other guy wearing a camo shirt so I figured I should meet him, nice guy, I had a great time. Oh, and I drove the whole 10 hours home too so the ultra folks could nurse their foot wounds and sleep it off. None of the runners were impressed though! Whatever…

 

[noharleyyet]

My wife has gotten into ultra runs, she’s ok, but some of the people she runs with are definitely annoying. We went to the Grand Canyon last spring so they could do the Rim-to-Rim-to-Rim run, which is like 47 miles and tough and they all trained like crazy for months. I drove the whole 10 hours there, and while they did their thing I cold turkey-ed the 19 mile round trip hike down to Phantom Ranch on Kaibab trail to have a lemonade and back up the Bright Angel trail, AND shuttled the vehicle and had cold beers waiting for everybody at the end of their run. I also met and talked to Chris Denham (from Western Hunter) and his wife on the way down, he was the only other guy wearing a camo shirt so I figured I should meet him, nice guy, I had a great time. Oh, and I drove the whole 10 hours home too so the ultra folks could nurse their foot wounds and sleep it off. None of the runners were impressed though! Whatever…

Grand Canyon is an amazing place...have done that same hike a couple of times.

 

[Hilljackoutlaw]

My wife has gotten into ultra runs

How did she do it? Between the male domination, her responsibilities at home, and even tho we have come a long way as a society the strong stigma that woman can't do ultras is still lingering in many circles of society today in 2025.
Joking aside, did she struggle to get into the ultra marathon world? Honest question because i feel like im probably missing something here.
And that hike is awesome!

 

[Lawnboy]

Bozeman is being loved to death. Since Covid every trailhead within 20 miles is full. Love the area hate what its become.

 

[mtmuley]

Bozeman is being loved to death. Since Covid every trailhead within 20 miles is full. Love the area hate what its become.

This can be said for other areas also. Although possibly skewed by one's amount of time here. mtmuley

 

[LuketheDog]

How did she do it? Between the male domination, her responsibilities at home, and even tho we have come a long way as a society the strong stigma that woman can't do ultras is still lingering in many circles of society today in 2025.
Joking aside, did she struggle to get into the ultra marathon world? Honest question because i feel like im probably missing something here.
And that hike is awesome!

She was never a distance runner but is stubborn as hell and was a college soccer player so she knows how to put her head down and get to work, she did a program that was 1 mile every day, then 2 miles every two days, 3 miles every three days, etc., up to one year, but she found the longer 10-12 day breaks at the end of that year were too long so she mixed in short runs between. She also tries to run with friends and accountability makes a big difference. Now middle-distance is her norm, she's on a 12-mile run as I type this. She's done maybe a 1/2 dozen official runs now, between 30K and 50 miles, and always finishes top 1/3 or so.