First Ultra. Possibly Last Ultra. Probably Not Last Ultra.

Ultra training is a specific psychological state. The person doing it has made a decision that most people in their life consider mildly irrational, and they are committed enough to start waking up at 5am on weekends for four-hour runs in places with no phone signal. They do not need encouragement — they have enough of that. They need the things that make the next four hours of movement slightly more manageable: the nutrition system that prevents bonking at hour three, the light that works at 5am in November, the recovery tools that keep them in training.