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| Paul Hamilton |
1.Have you ever been to Montana? If so, where?
I toured Glacier National Park with
my family as a young boy, and I vividly remember my brother and I daring each
other to drink the snow melt run-off. It was a memorable trip, and I hope to
return one day. My only other trip to Montana was last summer to run The Rut,
and spend a few days after the race visiting friends in Bozeman. Montana is
something else...
2.Besides the Rut, what are you
looking forward to most about coming to Montana?
It's such beautiful country, and
I'll savor being immersed in the open, seemingly endless landscape, as well as
spend some time with friends and have them show me around. Last summer, a
couple days after The Rut, my friend Emma dropped me off at the Bridger Ridge
to run and hitch back into town. The Bridger Ridge is such a cool line ..
3.What are some of the highlights of
your 2014 racing season?
Putting together a solid effort at
the San Juan Solstice 50 miler and placing second at the Speedgoat 50k, and
just recently, joining The North Face team. Pretty excited about that one.
4.What is it about the Rut that made
you sign up for this event?
Foote and Wolfe had the wild idea to
incorporate the more technical and demanding features of the landscape at Big
Sky Resort to create a style of race that lives up to the mountain running
ethos. Utilizing the ridge lines, faces, and summits of the mountains makes for
a more engaging and challenging course, a style that ultimately lacks
here in the U.S. The mountain is more than just the trail we've etched into the
surface, so it's really neat to see a race embraces the alternative.
5. On a scale from 1-10 how much
would you say you enjoy running off trail on slabs of talus the size of dinner
plates that constantly slip and slide out from under your feet, or better yet,
flip up and hit you really hard in the ankle bones and shin?
10 if the talus is relatively stable
and dry and 2 if the talus is slick and I slip and cut my shin open.
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