This is the full story of Nate’s first attempt to run 100 miles through the mountains of Leadville, Colorado - one of the world’s toughest ultramarathons. We hope this video inspires you to do something outside of your comfort zone! Get a free bottle of immune supporting Vitamin D + 5 individual travel packs, both FREE with your first purchase! Click: http://drinkag1.com/karaandnate Thanks AG1 for sponsoring this video!
This goes down as the absolute craziest thing we have ever done!!! And this day would not have been possible without SO many incredible people. THANK YOU TO:
- @kevin_wolf - the only reason we have epic videos of this crazy experience! Kevin stayed up all night with us and captured the Leadville 100 beautifully.
- Our incredibly talented editing team: My girl Brooke Zyla and @atbreet for the crazy amount of time and effort that it took to bring this story to life!
- @UltraTrailSteven and @GabeParkerVlogz for the extra footage!
- OUR CREW!! Rick & Bec, Evie & Frankie, Dusty & Sarah, and Christie & James who selflessly spent so many hours/days of their lives to taking care of us, both before and during (&after) the event. Best crew and friends we could ask for!!
- And thank you to everyone who came out for the smiles, cheers, signs, gifts, and love for Nate!
Episode 937 | Filmed August 2024 | Leadville, CO
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Who are Kara and Nate?!
Watch our documentary here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuFv4iF8wgg&t=1s
Originally from Nashville, Tennessee, we got married 2013 and were super “normal.” I was a teacher and Nate started a small printing business from the spare bedroom of our apartment.
We discovered the world of “travel hacking” while planning our honeymoon & became addicted ;)
So after 2 years of obsessively saving $35k and over 2 million miles and points, we sold our cars and apartment and left home January 10, 2016 for a “one year” trip around the world.
Our goal was to see as many places as possible before we ran out of money and went back home to “normal life.” We started this channel to share our experiences with friends and family, but quickly fell in love with living on the road and found a new passion for capturing our travels through video. So we did everything we could to keep going.
4 years later, we achieved our new goal of visiting 100 countries and all 7 continents. We had no plans to slow down, until 2020 forced us to ;) Which is when we bought a converted van to start exploring our own country for the first time!
After ~2 years of van life, we are back to full time international traveling! And now we are in our 9TH YEAR of finding the best adventures the world has to offer :)
We are incredibly grateful to be able to continue doing something we love every day. 😊🎥🌎 Thank you to everyone who has been a part of our journey!
00:00:00 the Leadville 100 Run
00:02:54 2 am wake up
00:08:07 4 am starting line
00:10:40 crew’s morning drama
00:19:40 12 miles in - Mayqueen
00:28:18 27 miles in - Pipeline
00:35:18 40 miles in - Twin Lakes
00:44:25 Hardest part of the race - Hope Pass
00:52:16 HALFWAY at Winfield
00:58:03 60 miles in: pacer time!
01:07:04 12:10 a.m. 20 hours in
01:12:29 1:50 a.m. 22 hours in
01:21:53 5:00 a.m. 25 hours in
01:26:56 7:00 a.m. 27 hours in
01:28:18 hour 28 to the 30 hr cut off