100 Days To Ultraman Mexico

In 100 days, I’ll take on the biggest challenge of my life: Ultraman Mexico a three-day ultra triathlon covering 515 kilometers through the mountains of Zacatecas.

In this series, I’ll be documenting every day between now and the finish line sharing my training, thoughts, and everything that goes into preparing for a race like this.

I found endurance sports in my late twenties. I signed up for a marathon to fundraise a documentary I was filming in India. I’d never run more than six miles in my life, but I had six weeks and a free Nike training plan. How hard could it be?

By mile 19, I was clinging to a stop sign my legs locked, unable to bend my knees. Everything in me said I had to quit. That I had failed. But I had committed to something bigger than myself. I couldn’t walk away from that.

So I stayed. I stood there for ten minutes, stuck in the pain and indecision. Finally, I took one step. Then another. And in those steps, something shifted. The pain didn’t go away but a new belief filled my awareness: I could keep finish.

I walked. I jogged. I ran across the finish line.

Endurance racing has never been smooth for me. But I found in it a process of self-exploration:

Find the limit. Go past it. Repeat.

This October, I’ll meet that limit again on a scale I’ve never experienced.

From now until race day, I’ll be posting daily to document the training, the discoveries, and the transformation.

This is the countdown to Ultraman Mexico.

Let’s go.