Race report: Wayout Backyard Ultra

Wrapped up some notes regarding the weekend adventure I just had. It’s written in my usual crazy style 

https://moelholm.com/blog/running/2025/04/01/race_wayout_backyard_ultra

❝For me, running 6-7 days a week for the past 27 years […] has nothing to do with willpower or motivation or streaking or accolades or recognition or any of that bullshit—it’s just what I do.
—Mario Fraioli
https://open.substack.com/pub/themorningshakeout/p/the-morning-shakeout-issue-490?r=1n6v12

❝Bottom line: ‘bad’ stress costs us. But ‘good’ stress isn’t free either. Know what you’re spending, and check how much is left in the pot.
—Robert Wilson
https://open.substack.com/pub/checkenginelight/p/post-mortem-lux?r=1n6v12

Extended my list of trails nearby further south and did a #longrun today around #haddebyernoor and #selkernoor. I passed the „Erikstein“ (a rune stone) and #Haithabu #Hedeby after enjoying yet unknown trails crossing swaps and with loads of stairs.

Anyone using Runna for trailrunning?
I looked into the app and to my understanding it only provides pace-based workouts. No option for HR based workouts. Is this correct? And if so how do you train when you are mainly doing trailruns where pace is not a good indicator especially in hilly terrein.

Wayout Backyard Ultra | 20 hours | 134K

Most of you already know by now; I had a wonderful (trail) backyard race. It started Friday at 20:00 where it was dark. Then we ran through the night and morning. And a bit more. I stopped after 20 hours with good legs and good mood. TBH: I was just very tired and mentally I didn’t have the attitude to keep on. Family time called (and food/sleep).

Unbeaten social event: ️️️️️

https://strava.app.link/SfswlF6E9Rb

After six years without competitions (and six years of ageing), I ran another 100 km yesterday. Happily stayed under 10 hours.
The goals are getting smaller #ultrarunning

❝Aristotle taught me that I am what I repeatedly do. But repetition is not a circle. It’s a spiral. We return, but never again to a place we’ve already been.
—Samurai Sister
https://open.substack.com/pub/samuraisister/p/not-the-final-draft?r=1n6v12

❝By recognizing that fatigue is as much a mental construct as a physical reality, we can develop strategies to renegotiate our internal boundaries.
—Nicole Linke
https://nicolelinke.com/psychological-secrets-of-ultrarunning-success/

Plus three such strategies to experiment with.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgTEsybXw-4

❝Athletic (physical) development, then, is really just a facet of athlete (psychological) development. […] Conveniently, psychological development happens within the process of physical development (i.e., training).
—Matt Fitzgerald
https://open.substack.com/pub/endurancemastery/p/the-difference-between-athletic-development?r=1n6v12

❝To be sure, you don’t have to run an ultra to experience adversity or ‘feel’ life […]. But I’d like to posit that if you did, you might just learn something about yourself that you didn’t expect to find.
—John Maynard
https://open.substack.com/pub/runandgetit/p/you-shouldnt-run-an-ultra?r=1n6v12

❝The results showed that heat acclimation improves performance in hot conditions, but training in 35°C, wearing thermal clothing, or adding hot water immersion all produce similar results.
—Daniel Rowland
https://open.substack.com/pub/dwrowland/p/research-studies-from-17-to-23-mar?r=1n6v12

❝[T]he more that the self can exist outside of athletics, the bolder, braver and bigger risks you can take in sport.
—Nickademus de la Rosa
https://open.substack.com/pub/settleyourdust/p/self-concept-and-chuckanut-50km?r=1n6v12

Just came back from my long run. It was the first time ever, that I run at night. Started 8pm and came back 11:40pm. Feeling was good. Maybe because of the string coffee before start :)
I also tested 2 gels (high five and powerbar) and one bar (Xenofit). The powerbar gel caused some hickups in the stomach, whereas the Xenofit bar was hard to bite, but felt good once it was "down".
#running #ultrarunning

Trail run | 450m EG | 90 minutes

Before attending a family birthday I took the car to the neighbor city: Vejle. Where the EG is hiding. So I ran around there for like 90 minutes. Found out that a trail run race was organized there … race flags and runners all over the forest. So I had to be a bit creative to get around where they were having fun.

It was a very nice experience . Always love running there.

https://strava.app.link/t6uk1qy8WRb

❝Our culture may elevate experts and professionals, but the true richness of experience comes from maintaining a beginner’s mindset.
—Chris Zehetleitner
https://open.substack.com/pub/dasz/p/the-lost-art-of-being-a-rookie?r=1n6v12

‘60 hours of hell’: hardship is the only way forward at the Barkley Marathons https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/mar/22/barkley-marathons-lazarus-lake-tennessee-ultramarathon #Marathonrunning #Ultrarunning #Lifeandstyle #Tennessee #USsports #Sport

Right now on YouTube: Chianti Ultra Trail by UTMB

Kilian and Jim Walmsley racing against each other

https://www.youtube.com/live/v7WbrY78iGY

Here’s a link to the utmb race site:

https://live.utmb.world/chianti/2025/UTCC