Paul Bonnett!

Jimmy!💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

I'd say Kuni, but i was very emotional on all golden hour finishers!

All of them are so inspirational...but obviously my favorite is Kuni "The Beast" Yamagata 🙌😁

Simply all of them. Very inspiring! And great video

Well said Jim .

Not gunna lie I balled my eyes out. Incredible will power

I hope he is ok

That was as dramatic as anything else in the race.

@@ambissing I google his name, but couldn't find anything. Someone said he'd been taken from the track to a hospital. He wasn't present to get his buckle.

@@madr309 scary. He looked really rough. I hope he recovers fully.

Amazing!

Thanks! I finally got my 2nd wind!

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161K is more precise.

I think he was stumbling when he pushed the guy and the girl was stand straight in his way for real! 😆

@@slowjamcdub He was stumbling 20 yards before the finish I don't fault him at all I'd be smashing through people like Kool-aid to cross the line at that point lol

I thought so too, but looks like he trips on the mat and the little girl and guy just happened to be what he reached his hand out to avoid falling. You can even see him turn around and give an “I’m sorry” gesture

@@OrlandoUltraRunner looked like a different gesture to me lol

He certainly shoves the fella in red, you can see him load up for it, but I get it; he's not in his right mind, and people are straight in the way.

Same

So many tears

EJ! EJ! EJ! - So Awesome, what a finish. Now it's time for you to crush it at Hood.

@@ejmaldonado6268 Truly inspiring, my friend.

That’s amazing!

@@barlowwe Thanx. Looking back on it, there were a number of "amazing" components to that week. I did 6 of those 43-mile runs solo; out in the boonies - would I still be alive if, on any of them, I had had an accident (trip and fall hard; gotten more lost than I often got ...)? On the 7th, the Sunday run, I ran from home (El Cajon (San Diego area) CA), to Mission Bay and ran the official 10Km race that morning; then ran back home. For the first "marathon" / 26.22 miles of that 43-mile run, I broke 3 hours - so I had that extra thrill during that run.

@@teddy1234599 wow! I just ran 20 miles and I’m so proud of that!

@@barlowwe Was this your very first really long run; first 20 miler? I ask because I remember how I felt after my very first really long run (longer than a half-marathon/13.1 miles). Of course I was exhausted; but thrilled and my running horizons just widened incredibly.

@@teddy1234599 no, this is my third 20 miles in preparation for the Sundance to Spearfish marathon in September. I have run 11 marathons so I’ve had my share off long runs but I’m enjoying getting back to it. I feel I could go a lot longer though so maybe there’s a 50 miler in my future. 😀

Paul looked pretty agro-crossing the finish line, unfortunately...understandable but unfortunate.

@@Charlestuckernorton_ Pretty sure he tripped over the timing mat, saw it from another angle. Didn't help that the finishing line was loaded up with people either!

@@andrewjknoxuk Maybe for the kid, yeah, but the other two, definitely look like a shove. It was super crowded for sure and after almost 30 hours running, I'm sure the mind wasn't firing on all cylinders, I would have been slightly annoyed as well.

Congratulations to you EJ!! Your emotion came through in the film...so happy this is captured for you and your family and friends. Very, very happy for you!!!!

@@Joeely618 Thank you so much! I appreciate your words! Watching it today, four weeks later, it still makes me cry ☺️

@@Joeely618 Thank you so much! I appreciate your words! Watching it today, four weeks later, it still makes me cry ☺️

@@ejmaldonado6268 And well it should make you cry...it's an accomplishment for a lifetime!! So happy for you!!!

No need those people. These few is all they need. Wser community.

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We’re just getting started 💪

Thanks Paula! I was motivated at the end!

I believe he was tired and trying to cross the finish line which was crowded with people.

@@SteepLifeMedia I don't doubt that he was tired. He was absolutely exhausted. I am going to assume that something might have happened before the bit we saw that might have upset him because he gave them a good shove unlike how nice he was when he moved the little girl aside but none of us are ever our best at all times. He is probably a wonderful man and it was more than likely just exhaustion and emotions that caused the reaction. He may have even gone up to them later an apologised and no matter what, he did an incredible feat.

@@ambissing He was severely dehydrated and on the cusp of cutoff for a long time. He also almost trips and you can tell is on edge in the final 100 meters. I think it’s cool having crew run you in, but having that many people in the finish line is honestly kind of a mess. Might be something for the organization to look at.

@@SteepLifeMedia yes, it does look like there was a lot of people right there when he was trying to finish almost like they didn't see him. Even the drummer was following Sean and Paul was still trying to finish.

I've finished many ultras and, especially with heat, you aren't totally thinking straight. Also, the "clutter" of people around a finish line is disorienting. I would assume no malintent here but just an exhausted guy who can only run in a straight line at this point...no zigging or zagging left in those exhaused and likely dehyrated and fuzzy.

I couldn’t get everyone as I was running back and forth and there were so many finishers right in a row.

Who should he go with?

@@SteepLifeMedia Adidas, or anyone he likes! Maybe he loves HOKA

@@ryandoherty9696 If he didn’t want the softness of the EVO Speedgoat, he would wear one of the other Hokas that are more firm. Such as the EVO Mafate that he wore the year before Hoka made the EVO Speedgoat. If he wanted to run in something like the Adidas Speed Ultra that Ruth Croft wore, he could have laced up the new Hoka Zinal. Hoka has options.

@@phillipoyer3407 I hadn’t heard of the zinal. I’ve disliked HOKA because of their cushion and how it always feels like you’re on a surface - 0 ground feel. Maybe the zinal has some ground feel at 22-18mm stack height. Worth checking out thanks!