Three legends. One trail. Stories that built UTA.

Three legends. One trail. Decades of stories that have never all sat in the same room — until now.

In this special UTA retrospective, we're joined by Andy Lee (15-time UTA finisher, original 100K record holder), Brendan Davies (current UTA 100K record holder, 10-time miler winner), and Lou Clifton (three-time UTA 100 podium finisher and Blue Mountains race director) to look back at how Ultra Trail Australia became what it is today.

We're talking the early days of the North Face 100 — when "fat ass races" was a term you had to Google, mountain biking packs counted as race kit, and one runner led the whole field until something nobody saw coming took him out.

There's a record that toppled Kilian Jornet's name. A truce called mid-race. A climber who found her sport by accident. And the cowbell moments that still give them goosebumps.

If you're heading to Katoomba this week — press play.

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