Thank you Marcus for the wonderful scenery video and recognition. Next time (if ever happens again) just lay down, relax and wait for me and then we can search together for a happy thoughts...The key is, as I mentioned, to focus (completely) as much as you can on something else when on that (bed) state, because if you don't and you still focused on the state you are, that state remains and even gets worse as you experienced. So now you have experience and next time you won't go from the beginning but from that experience. See you at Kullamannen, if not before.

Thank you so much Markus. You give inspiration and encouragement to us all. It’s a privilege to watch your films.

Congrats for the race and the video you've made! It tells a pretty incredible story and being there at this race myself, I can say you captured the beauty of this race and those mountains! Regarding your DNF, congrats for doing 97 km up to that checkpoint, that no easy feat to do while having stomach issue! What happened do you, happened to my as well starting exactly where your problems started, at Cimabanche and struggled up to Col Gallina, where you have DNF. I was about to quit at the same checkpoint, I was 95% sure I wanted to quit, but luckily, my friend who helped as a support crew pushed me to eat a hot sandwich, a fresh Coke and a bottle of sparking water from the cabin nearby. And a trip to toilet helped a lot. Otherwise I would've DNF, 100% Again, congratulations for your awesome effort to run 97 km, and find the energy to film it and speak to the camera as well. It's not easy at all!

Ivi Hrastovec, the legend of Slovenia trial run scene, when he does not run barefoot he usually wins :), really great video. All the best in the future.

Frun ville bara ha mer egen tid, gå inte på den nästa gång 😉🤣 Nä verkligen synd att magen din krångla så rejält, men helt rätt beslut! Tack återigen för en bra film!

Marcus, you try hard, man of steel. To tell the truth, it was incredibile to see you back in race, Lazarus from the grave, a sort of. Resilient is your second name. Looking your great video, I think you struggled so hard for 12 hours or more. Question: no trouble with glycemia? That was great. You wasn't alle to assume food for a day. Good luck and best eishes for next races. I hope to see you in Itsly next year. Take care.

That bare foot guy gets around!!!! Another awesome video! I have this in my 2026 calendar (UTS for 2025) and this has absolutely made me commit!

Amazing views and tough race. Congrats for giving it a shot!

Love your videos Marcus. You've inspired me so much on my trail running journey. I have a long way to go and I still can't fathom accomplishing the races you do. Don't worry about that DNF you will come back strong and accomplish your next goal! Keep up the great content and motivating us!

come back stronger marcus...going home safe and sound is the ultimate finish. hope to see your next great trail running videos

Thank you for the quick reply Marcus! You are a huge inspiration!

Hey Marcus, thank you for another great video. It's very useful to see not only when things go to plan, but when you are faced with the unexpected. Great job toughing it out and getting to the point you got

Those views were just spectacular! A shame that you felt so bad you weren't fully able to appreciate them at the time. You really soldiered on to the bitter end and gave it your all. Your wife is a tough cookie who got you back up that hill again, my woman would be worried sick if I called her in the state you were in.

You gave it all you had! Sometimes it is just not possible to finish anyway. Well fought Marcus!! Se you!

nice pov docu :) Ivan is so cool. I followed him for some minutes photographing him when he won Ohrid Ultra Trail last year. his speed was so crazy on that terrain there.

This looked like a psychedelic trip, kudos to you for the good video, as well for your bright spirit!

Well done filming this race despite the GI issues! Such a shame to have such a lovely day during such an amazing race. Well, I had the same race evolution during the UTMB last year so I do understand the frustration. Fortunately I managed to enjoy both my Lavaredo races, the last one in 2022. My advice.. let's do this again m8! 😄🤙

I feel you, brother. I had to DNF in UTMB at Champex Lac. It sucks, but those are still great memories. I think you made the right decision to stop. It can get very serious quickly. Thanks again for the wonderful video and story!

Well done Marcus! I was routing for you even though I knew the result! Great video again.

You have my respect, this happened to me this year too, exactly the same story. As the saying goes, sometimes you are the dog and sometimes you are the tree. But things like that only make you stronger.

Great video! Would love to do Lavaredo one year. Sorry to see you struggle with stomach issues, but it can happen to the best. Good luck with the next race.

I DNFed at same check point due to altitude sickness, it is a wild ride, and I learned that I cannot come day before the race and expect to be acclimatized :-D

another legendary video man

it is a hard decision! Respect!🙏💪❤️

Great video. Thx for sharing! Sorry for DNF, but you gave it 2 solid GOs. I enjoy my comfort zones😂

bravo for trying so hard - you made the best decision to not continue in the state you were in. maybe next year 😊

Hi Marcus, great video! Could you please tell us what camera area you using to shoot these great videos? Thank you, Jan

Hello Marcus, which camera do you use? Keep up with the videos, it’s good to see the point of view of a not elite athlete, it’s a different race.

Thanks for another great video! Sorry you had a bad race. Do you know what might have caused it? Would you make any changes for the next race? I had a similar experience for the first time running the PDA in Vielha last week - luckily I could just grind it out to the finish, but it was certainly uncomfortable.

0:21 that guy bare foot OMG

Gött köttat ändå! När man hamnar i tältet finns det inte mycket kvar att göra. Vilket är loppet om två veckor?

I’ve been lucky enough to have been able to get my stomach back under control with ginger chews and/or gu roctane electrolytes pills when it has turned. But I hardly have the race pedigree you have. Just has been my limited experience.

So you can use trekking poles but not shoes?

How would you say it ranks as far as views compared to other ultras?

Sorry for the illness. As a YT comment section "expert" it seems like you and others got Salmonella..... 1:23?

DNF=Out of confort zone FINISHER=Confort zone ????

Dnf?

I think your main problem was dehydration.. and toomuch calculating and focusing on time.. you should try to enjoy from start, and when you stomach started to hurt, you'd have to have some coca cola asap, and if it wouldn't be better, should try to throwup, then sleep for half an hour (to rest your stomach) and then eat some real food.. and continue just to enjoy (I'm usually a support at 100 milers to friends - I was even Ivi's few times (when he did some preety nice race records), you should believe me. 😊😉)

Great video! Also, 616 is the number of the beast! 😅 See here en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_of_the_beast