Ryan Smith

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