2019 Whiskey Basin 88K | Whiskey Man Series

just reviewing an episode for the run Steve get high channel this is from Hong Kong I'm about to head out to whiskey basin trail runs but wanted to get this reviewed before I head up there I've got to do six miles of course marking this afternoon it's the last six miles of the race so I'll get a little preview of the course I'll be sure to film a little bit out there but I'm super pumped for whisky weekend and ready for it that's super funny I'm actually filming this with the Osmo pocket right now which is the camera I haven't used much but I was using it in Hong Kong some on backorder yeah right there we've got the Osmo pocket expansion pack so this is comes with a few different things there's a base it looks like a couple other things here as well I'm going to open this bad boy up I literally have not turned on the Osmo pocket in probably a couple months and the moment I do I get this delivery this has been on backorder for literally months I think when I got it I ordered it so very cool so I've got a little base that can plug in then there is this attachment which looks like a little ooh I can probably adjust the up-and-down nature of it wonder if this will literally plug and play oh and we can oh yeah look at that we can go up and down and oh this one you can actually attach this via it's like a GoPro mount so I can put that on there alright one thing that I made sure to bring with me is some celebratory whiskey I got my flask filled up only problem is you can see this was a leftover one from a couple years back it says 20:17 finisher on it so I'm not a finisher so I'm actually gonna just cover this up with some tape so that I should do it so I've got some thumb beaut crumb keen bourbon whiskey in here so we're gonna be enjoying that tomorrow afternoon but yeah I'm heading up right now to mark that first mark that trail I'm gonna camp out tonight at Watson Lake and get going early 5:00 a.m. in the morning have our our lights out so I'm gonna close up shop here [Music] all right I just got here to press kit I'm gonna pull out my course marking equipment and hit the trail I got six miles to do before it gets dark so this is what I'm looking at I got a few flags here with reflectors those will be important because it's a nighttime section and then here is my pack make sure I got a hammer in there and some signs so this is the part that I'm doing right here anywho sundog to finish here we go [Music] so I'm accessing this aid station from sundown oh actually this is the sundog aid station I'm accessing it from here these car dealerships this will be the very last aid station for the atak final six miles the runners will we will come down near that top of that mountain will cross under the that free little highway there and snake away up through these this grasslands you'll see later the diversity of this course is amazing my toes are still feeling a little numb from Berkeley that's gonna be interesting other than that I think I feel pretty good hopefully I can get this finished up before dark [Music] [Music] okay four miles in so it just got about two to go I can actually see the finish line from here it's right on the edge of the lake there we just came down this hill when I put a sign here and finish it off straight out away now in the watson woods this is the area just next to the lake and yeah that's a little riparian zone really green still on that circle trail pretty down here trees are starting to bloom for spring and we're in the last mile of the race here [Music] [Music] Granite Mountain brewing right there [Music] good evening how's the race goin miss race director extraordinaire yeah yeah it's gonna be a good year I mean we have your just tell me about the 10k yeah I mean we have more people for one the 88 K is huge I think it's double since last year but I'm still excited about like the half marathon and the 10k because it's brand-new it's not an Outback it's not fast or flat there's like you're not gonna PR on this thing but it is an adventure packed into six miles and it is so so beautiful so I'm stoked I'm really excited for what people will experience out there we have whiskey sponsors our awards so if you win you get them you do right so if you win which race all of them Oh even the 10k yeah you get a bottle of whiskey so I brought a flask yeah are you gonna be here at the finish okay give it to you and then you can give it to me well Cheers it well like when I'm done guys just set up in my truck here tonight camping out getting ready for tomorrow what time is it wow it's already 9:30 so it's gonna be an early start for probably get up around 4 or 4:30 get checked in and it's gonna be in the 30s for the start so probably gonna be at least a couple layers shoe choice um today today on the trail I was wearing these this is the since Pro three I don't think I wanna wear these ones tomorrow I think instead I'm gonna go with the ultra pro which has been my go-to shoe for longer distance stuff so I got this pair I wore that Luke won at Berkeley I think I pull them out of my bag since then but yeah this is gonna be a little more cushion than that shoe and give me a little bit more underfoot so I'm gonna wear these tomorrow that is if I have to yes I do so that'll be my shoe choice I'm gonna have some gloves ready in case I want that those and pack wise I'm gonna wear a pack there's a couple stretches of 9 miles in between aid stations so I'll want to get make sure I have a couple two bottles with me for those stretches but yeah this is I think this is the sense set 8 pack it's the best I've been wearing a long time so that's my pack for tomorrow and food wise I've got this big bag of gels that I brought to Berkeley kind of some leftovers it's got a hoppy trails you Clif Bar I'm just gonna kind of pull together a random assortment of stuff I got a maple almond butter let's go combination of real foods and and some gels there's one I'm gonna put out one drop bag there spots for for so and then the winner of this year's flavor badness salted caramel I got a few of these guys you're pretty good so that's about it I'm gonna just pull this together and crash out and see you guys in in the morning we'll be kicking off really pumped it's hard to believe I'm actually getting to run this thing I'm really excited it should be just a beautiful day to run all the way around press kit tonight's run was okay but I had that big pack on as soon as I took it off I felt so much better so I'm looking forward to running with a light pack and keeping it I'm just gonna keep it pretty chill tomorrow I know that zach bitter is coming back he won and set the course record last year so I would expect him to do the same this year most likely I'm gonna just run my own my own race my own deal and see if I can't feel good throughout this whole thing because yeah I got a I got a ride a bike 50 miles in two weeks so I got to keep that in the back of my mind as well anyways I'm gonna sign out for tonight and and get some bad get too bad [Music] let's roll [Music] all right I just hit mile five here beautiful morning it's really calm out colors of the sunrise are amazing yeah nice little pack Zach bitter and Nicole are off the front already looking forward to the day all systems seem to go so far I'll be coming in to the first aid station here [Music] okay eight miles in the sky our good friends press kit no one can stand he lives right on course so no helping out and offering up his home [Music] see you guys thanks again [Music] alright coming up on Mount 15 we got an amazing view of Granite Mountain over here it's one of the most iconic wilderness areas a press kit you can see it over there peeking through a little status update I'm definitely feeling the effects of Berkeley a bit my hips are a bit sore my foot is now a little sore so just trying to work through that it's still super early still in a great pace but letting a lot of people get ahead of me right now [Music] [Music] give us your name where you're from tell us we'll be Devon so Jesse Alexander Verde Valley Living Camp Verde working sadhana and I decided to man up for the whiskey man this year so we gotta get this one done and then figure out how to ride 50 miles yeah we're in the same boat we're both Justin off the bikes it's gonna be fine what do you think of the day so far a little cold in the morning I think that rain yesterday got a lot of frost but beautiful awesome course how far you in right now [Music] Copper Basin 8 right back there where we came from so we're still climbing coming up on the high point of the course Wolverton mountain it's also got the biggest downhill right after it really fun whining the technical single track starts out in the pines it's kind of opens up for a little in the middle and then goes back into the pines at the end of it coming into the next aid station will be 50k point whites bar right now I'm almost 27 in and time Y is about 4 hours 40 minutes so maybe touch slower than I was hoping but really I have huge time goals today it's all about just finishing it in one piece and another mile we'll hit that halfway point which would be really nice because then it's all just taking miles off towards the finish from there and a lot of downhill miles down a lot of the work so far getting up to this point second half should be hopefully a bit quicker than the first half [Music] whose beautiful Oh get over get over the halfway mark now actually 28 and a half miles feels good definitely a bit of a low point just feel kind of tired all over maybe not enough sleep this week I don't know we'll get through it all right check out this video this is so cool looking out over press kit below you can actually see the lake and the granite Dells where we started where we're finishing we're gonna curve around this way but man can't even see the San Francisco Peaks snow-capped in the background above Flagstaff oh that's why I love this race so much so rad [Music] so this section of the forest has been closed they've been you're gonna force thinning project they finally opened it up for us just to the race yeah it's a major work happening in here [Music] [Music] okay I'm at Mile 47 I've got about a three-mile downhill to the aid station that I course marked from yesterday that's the last aid station and then on the home stretch you can see from here you got a downtown thumb Butte Granite Mountain you got the Dells and the lakes so we're heading down now [Music] [Applause] whoo whiskey shots at whisky basin [Music] [Applause] [Music] Oh what you got there I'll take it take its way it's really full careful [Music] spicy I was the funnest time cake horse I've ever done in my life it was awesome thank you so much yeah we had a class thank you see you later thanks for later I just felt like this [Music] although it's hard to run at the end I know that's what I was saying - I was like yeah that's you guys got it done huh how'd it go [Music] yeah will you run the atak before both of you the first year that's right it was a grind but first time whiskey man right and whiskey woman what are your thoughts for the bike race now right yes it's the norm [Music] you

Channel: Run Steep Get High

Views: 45,721

Rating: 4.9636836 out of 5

Keywords: Whiskey Man, Whiskey Series, Whiskey Basin, Aravaipa Running, Run Steep, Run Steep Get High, Barkley, Jam Jam, Jamil, Trail Running, Ultra Running

Id: IzP3mVN_5_A

Length: 25min 7sec (1507 seconds)

Published: Thu Apr 25 2019