Badwater 135 Ultra-marathon is billed as the "toughest foot race on the planet". With air temperatures reaching a high of 127 degrees and pavement temperatures in the 150s, it's no wonder that only 68 of the 99 racers this year finished. What was not well known until this year's race was Don Reichelt's name. You, however, heard him back in March on the show talk about his selection for Badwater and his plans for training for this ultra tough event. Guess what, this badass got a podium of 3rd place, surprising previous record holders, podium placers, organizers and teams. Were we surprised - hell no!
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Thanks to last week's guest, professional mountain bike expert Ryan Petry for sharing his Haute Route recap and Leadville MTB preparation. If you missed it, go back and check out Episode #137.
Don has spent more than 7 years of my life planning and executing events, coaching endurance athletes, and running ultra distances at an elite level. He started in the event industry with as a field marketer and events manager for a major shoe company, before moving on as a one man show directing 11 different races including road running, trail running, biking, and triathlons. He also contracts out event services with numerous events from 5K to ultra distances.
He has coached multiple athletes to finishes at races from 5K to 100 miles and everything in-between. I specialize in working with athletes who want to get into ultrarunning, or who want to take their ultra running to the next level.
Don is a multiple time Ironman finisher and have competed in countless ultramarathons including 5 races of 100 miles or more with a 100 mile PR of 16:27. We can now add a 3rd place at Badwater 135 in a time of 27 hours and 8 minutes and 30 seconds. Let's get into the interview.
- Don Reichelt interview and Badwater
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- Passion for burro racing
- Pacing at Leadville 100 LTR
- Run Rabbit Run 100 in September
- Khem - Ultraman Canada and support of Glenn Strebe and Mary Carey
- Bill - 303 updates, Leadville, Colorado Classic and more
- Boulder 70.3 race report
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- Hydration and nutrition in the 3 days prior, including testing up to the morning of
- Friday registration
- The goggle debacle, transition neighbor, hero Steph
- Detailed results
- Swim
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- Last in 30-33 wave with Stacia Wilkins
- Buoy line
- 1.2 PR
- Bike
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- Plan for 7 20 oz bottles; 1st complete in 15 minutes; 1 custom Infinit; 6 Skratch; 1 aero bottle; 2 disposable sport bottles; picked up 2 new water bottles at aid station 1, another at aid station 2 and another at aid station 3. I had test tubes of skratch to dump into the aero bottle
- Bike not PR; avg. pwr 154; avg HR 137; could have gone harder
- Run;
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- 1 16 oz bottle of Skratch every 2 aid stations, plus a salt stick capsule.
- Paced to keep HR below 150 the first lap and then picked the pace up at mile 8
- In hindsight, I could have picked up the pace earlier
- No gels or bars - just fluid
- Probably signing up for Harvest Moon to see if I can execute a faster half
- We mentioned the unfortunate passing of Scott Michaelis
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