Phil Lowry – who has finished more Destination Trail series "Triple Crown" races than anyone else in history – provides an After-Action Report for the Moab 240 Endurance Run with Troy and veteran ultra-runner Barry Sackett, who paced Troy in the 2026 race. This respectful but candid post-mortem focuses on practical lessons that can be applied to future 200-mile ultramarathons in wilderness settings.
Rather than find fault or assign blame, these three nationally recognized attorneys with 130 years’ of combined distance-running experience focus on what this year’s Moab 240 adventure means for the present health and future viability our sport. This includes the increasingly urgent need to strengthen runners’ emergency capabilities; the limits of individual athletes’ assumption of risk in an organized race setting; alternative race-routing, contingency-planning, and evacuation strategies to protect racers, volunteers, and first responders.
Links:
Moab 240 Endurance Run: https://www.destinationtrailrun.com/moab
Candice Burt of Destination Trail: https://www.candiceburt.com/p/about-me.html
San Juan County (UT) Sheriff’s Department: https://www.sanjuancountyut.gov/476/San-Juan-County-Sheriff
Andy Glaze: Moab 240 2026 Flash Flood Edition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cELBcmU-i6w
Rafael Hidalgo: Moab 240: Let Them Finish? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cELBcmU-i6w
Ultra Marathon Trail Running with Simon: “I Ran Moab 240 – Here’s what ACTUALLY Happened” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L32H6Q8zRxc
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