The Heat Between Us

Afterglow

I wrote down most of my reflections on my 2025 A-race, the Zugspitz Ultratrail (ZUT), the day after the race.

But one thing kept simmering beneath it all — my strange, almost personal relationship with The Heat.

This much is certain: Western States changed my relationship with The Heat forever. I constantly struggle for words to describe how I feel about her. What she does to me. And why, despite everything she put me through, I seek her nearness.

Over the past few days, my scattered thou...