Ryan Smith
DISCIPLINE:
ABOUT:
I have been running my whole life and am just as obsessed by it as I’ve ever been… maybe even more so! Racing is about suffering and I love to suffer. The harder, the higher, the longer, the faster the better. Nothing in life can replace the feeling of finishing a successful race when you had to dig hard, suffer more and struggle longer. Be it road, mountains, short, long, multi-day, multi-discipline, you’ll find me out there with the same excitement I’ve had over the last 30 years and hope to have over the next 50!
PROUDEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
1. Never DNF'ed a race
2. Co-founding the Rocky Mountain Runners club
3. 8th Place at UTMB 2015
4. FKT on Green Mountain round trip in Boulder, Colorado
5. Bob Graham Round 2nd fastest time
Q+A:
Who is your favorite climbing/running/skiing partner and why?
The Rocky Mountain Runners
What was the first La Sportiva product you tried?
Bushidos
Which charity/advocacy organizations do you support or belong to?
The Fourteeners Initiative