Midwest trail & ultra running is a friendly community, with awesome trails, cool clubs, and fun races. We are a trail & ultra race management company and are here to welcome and encourage you to get involved. We will spend time getting to know the running clubs that bring our community together. The races that highlight the trails we have here, our trail-building efforts, and take you along on some of our training adventures!
Ornery Mule Racing is about: - Kindness - Community - Giving back - Ordinary people doing extraordinary things - Welcoming anyone interested in trail running, volunteering, or trail building - Run Trails & Have Fun!
We welcome others to join us. We all have a passion for growing the community and making others feel welcomed and happy. Feel free to reach out to us with suggestions and ideas.
Thank you guys for putting together such an awesome race!! I tried really hard to break the 100 Mile record but fell short by a couple minutes. Sub 24 time is a massive accomplishment for any runner doing this race!
Woo hoo! Love the casual ‘regarding wildlife… it’s just the usual bears and wolves’ lol😂 let’s go!! Plus 1 to Gaia, great for running and driving if there is no service
Chafing from mile 40 on, almost took me out in my last 100 😢 Thank goodness we're out of our minds in the 1st place, so we can push through the self preservation voices. 🤪
Great discussion ladies! Fun to hear about Badwater from Lindsey's perspective. Congratulations on your outstanding finishes, Lindsey! Five hour Badwater PR! Wow!
Frozen Gnome was a blast! Kyle is a fantastic spokesperson for OMR and for the younger trail runners! My daughter, Avery, and I had the chance to talk with Kyle right before we started, and he was there to chat it up with us afterwards. See you all out in VA..
Such a fun listen! Thanks for all you do to encourage and bring people together. Looking forward to experience the community at Midwest States 100 this year!
Interesting! I did a 50 miler on September 30 and then raced a marathon PR on November 5th. I took some downtime (walking and short runs) for 14 days and now I am trying speed and strength training. I have noticed that my HRV has tanked. Is this just a transition bump? Am I not recovered from my marathon and need more downtime? Do I need different recovery approaches for short speed and weight training? I sleep lots (8 hrs) but my HRV keeps dropping which suggests that I am not recovering, right?
I love this event! Sucessful 100k the first year, Mudwest States. Failure in the second year in my 100 yr attempt(bailed at 50 miles). Nicki's title: Chief PR announcer (announced my PR at Kettle). Congrats to this crew, who truly care for each and every one of us. Cheers.
I just signed up for 100 miles yesterday! Thanks for all the great information here. No cellular. Awesome restaurant.... such details are priceless! -Bob
Join our Midwest States 100 training page on Facebook if you have not already! Lots of amazing folks on there that have both ran and volunteered at the event every year.
This was my 1st 100 miler and loved hearing the stories from a different perspective from the day! You guys put together one heck of a race and I loved every single second of it!
Sounds like such a good time! If you’re interested in the run program at San Quentin prison, Dylan Bowman who does the livestream commentary for WS100 used to volunteer there. He did a great podcast with one of the participants a couple years ago. It would be on the Freetrail podcast now since they changed names a couple times lol
This was an AWESOME podcast!! I've learned so much, and knowing that even the BEST of ultra runners have their fare shares of ups/downs through the course of training and racing. Also, I appreciate the both of you for being transparent showing both sides of the coin. Thanks much!!
