Ras Vaughan Thinks of an Impossible Challenge, and Then He Does It!
Ras Vaughan is a self-described “backpacker turned into a back of the packer.”
Ras Vaughan: The Ultra Pedestrian
?: Gavin Woody
You know how I’m still struggling to understand those ultra distance people?
Ras takes my lack of understanding to another level as someone who really enjoys 200 mile races.
Yes, 200 miles.
But more accurately, he especially enjoys non-standard distances and unsupported races.
Race Culture vs. Trail Culture
A lot of runners, including your truly, are at least somewhat focused on speed with faster always being better.
On the trails, however, there isn’t as much of a focus on speed as their is on the roads.
Ras is the trail culture personified, and is much less concerned with going fast as he is with being able to finishing the events he starts ON FOOT. Read more