Lytle’s film follows Elam’s first Hardrock
Derrick Lytle’s The Race of My Life follows Jimmy Elam through his first Hardrock. Elam described a month living and training in Silverton and the different experience he wanted from this race.
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Jimmy Elam is a mountain ultrarunner with a background in college running at Chico State. In his July 2026 Hardrock interview, he described roughly a decade of racing mountainous ultras, including races in the 100K-to-100-mile range.
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Derrick Lytle’s The Race of My Life follows Jimmy Elam through his first Hardrock. Elam described a month living and training in Silverton and the different experience he wanted from this race.
Second on his Hardrock debut in 23:48:56.
Event date: 2026 · TUM publication: July 13, 2026
Caleb Olson compared athlete-reported device data from pacing Mike McMonagle at Scout Mountain, Jimmy Elam at Hardrock and Anthony Costales at Western States. The heart-rate comparison is his account, not a physiological ranking.
Pre-Hardrock interview on living and training in Silverton through June.
TUM cited his 2023 High Lonesome course record as the earlier benchmark.
TUM reported the 2025 Cascade Crest course record of 17:08:55.
TUM cited his 2023 High Lonesome mark as the previous men’s benchmark.
Event date: 2025 · TUM publication: July 19, 2025
Reported as a Wasatch 100 winner; this item supplies no category or time.
TUM repeated the prior issue’s Jimmy Elam Hardrock film link. The module establishes the historical film attribution, not a fresh race result.
Filmmaker of The Race of My Life
Lytle’s film follows Elam’s first Hardrock after a month living and training in Silverton, as described in the August 3 issue.
SourceSecond, 23:48:56; Hardrock debut
Jimmy Elam — Second, 23:48:56; Hardrock debut. Reported 2026-07-13.
SourcePacing: Caleb Olson
Caleb Olson — Paced at Hardrock; reported 112 bpm over more than eight hours. Reported 2026-07-13.
SourceNamed athlete in the Hardrock preview
iRunFar previewed Hardrock’s women and men and interviewed Careth Arnold, Ludovic Pommeret and Jimmy Elam. Arnold’s 2025 TDS win is historical; the Hardrock discussions are pre-race coverage.
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Career context from one original public source. TUM’s dated reporting appears below.
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