North Fork 50 Ultra // 52 miles, 6400 ft. Vert, 23rd Overall

The North Fork 50 by @bearchaseraceseries5380 and @AravaipaRunning is a pure ultra trail race with 100% trails in the beautiful Buffalo Creek Recreation Area in the Pike National Forest about 50 miles southwest of Denver. The 50 mile course is a single looped route plus an out-and-back section of the Colorado Trail (segment 3) at miles 30 to 40. The course is mostly in pine forest but also includes parts of the areas burned in the 1996 Buffalo Creek fire. Runners travers the course at an altitude between 6,700 and 8,600 feet, and 50 mile runners ascend and descend almost 6,500 feet. Although the course is very challenging for those who do not regularly run mountain trails, those used to altitude will find the course quite runnable. And the friendly aid stations, beautiful scenery and liberal time cutoffs make North Fork an excellent choice for first time trail ultra runners. My goal going into this race was to finish in the top 10 and with a time under 9 hours… I wasn't able to quite achieve that goal and I'm okay with that. As it turns out, North Fork 50 has a way of keeping everyone humble. On this day, the heat affected many, and I was amazed at the grit and perseverance of every runner out there! I ended up finishing in 10 hours 8 minutes, good enough for 23rd place overall out of 93 runners, 19th male, and 8th of 29 in my age group. Thanks for watching the race video and please subscribe! https://www.northfork50.com // Race was completed on June 1st, 2024 👇Click to view affiliate discounts and socials 👇 https://linktr.ee/SeeChadRun ✨ Support by becoming a channel member ✨ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXuaIGUWj4PHNQDK0rGRb-A/join - - Send Me Stuff - - • Want to send me something amazing? Email or message me (IG/FB)! - - Social Links - - • Follow me on Strava: https://www.strava.com/athletes/SeeChadRun • Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/See_Chad_Run • Like my Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/SeeChadRun 0:00 - Introduction / Bib Pickup 1:37 - Race Start (miles 0 to 3) 3:17 - FAST!!! (miles 3 to 18) 5:57 - Passing the 50k Runners (miles 18 to 28) 7:39 - All Aboard the Struggle Bus (miles 28 to 35) 10:20 - Cruis'n the Downhill (miles 35 to 40) 11:09 - GRIT!!! (miles 44 to 48) 12:19 - Running Strong to the Finish Line (miles 48 to 52) 14:00 - Race Thoughts/Wrap-up #trailrunning #coloradorunner #ultraracing