The Ultra Trail

The Ultra Trail

The Crossroads: Preserve my disordered eating, or finish my goal race.

At the point that I can't have both. Either remain sick, or finish 100 miles. Choose one.

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Jenny Tough
Aug 11, 2026
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Three weeks ago, I drove all the way to Italy to run the Monte Rosa Walserweag 100k (MRT), and I had a bit of a rough day out when my stomach didn’t cooperate at all. The culprit was not (entirely) heat, nor was it intensity or illness or the types of nutrition I had. The culprit was entirely my own lack of gut training, something I neglected out of my …

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