I ran road when I was a kid, but for me now, trails are like getting away from the world. If you are a road-runner, you are dodging cars and whatnot,…

- Karl Meltzer

In a 100-miler, anything can happen. Speed isn't your biggest thing, you need to learn how to mentally get through it. It is very mental.

- Karl Meltzer

Watch out for cliffs on the left. Fatal spot again.

- Karl Meltzer

Be careful crossing above the waterfall, it's a fatal spot.

- Karl Meltzer

I look at road marathons as a totally different sport. Those guys are stupid fast. It is unbelievable. I might be a top ultrarunner, but put me in th…

- Karl Meltzer

Virginius Pass, go across the Talus slope and pick up the route through the notch, it is steep, slippery, brutal.

- Karl Meltzer

Training-wise, I don't get too specific. I don't put a schedule together and tell myself I have to stick to this. I run on feel, so every day I go ru…

- Karl Meltzer