





Woodley Ultra Society (WUS) member Mike Bonfatto, best known as the 2022 WUS Rookie of the Year and 2024 Donut Run DFL, joined Martha and Nora in a special WUS-edition audio recording to tell the story of his foray into “ride ‘n’ tie” at the 2025 World Ride N Tie Championship.
Audio recording (20 min, 55 sec, short version, edited by Martha and Bjorn; long version available at the end of the blog; music by Paula Cole “Where Have All The Cowboys Gone”)
The GoPro video Cowboy Mike sent us from his Bolivia ride in 2014 impressed me and Nora enough to convince us Mike could ride n tie.
The longer “Director’s Cut” version of the audio recording that Mike “edited” is available here.
July 27, 2025 Fairplay, Colorado
Nothing goes to plan for Wussies Martha Nelson and Sean Andrish during their first burro race. Still, they are both hooked on this twist on trail running that is seeped in Colorado history.
Chapter 1: New Kids on the Block
Chapter 2: Records Fall
Jaret’s video: https://youtube.com/shorts/ciyMS_LgPsc
Jaret’s video #2: https://youtube.com/shorts/CRMdZjKZbvw?feature=share
Place | Name | Time |
1 | Trevor | 7:13 |
2 | Joe | 7:18 |
3 | Peyton | 8:05 |
4 | Anthony | 8:13 |
5 | Eli | 8:22 |
6 | Brian F | 9:00 |
7 | Chris Q | 9:02 |
8 | Andy H | 9:08 |
9 | JLD | 9:23 |
10 | Will | 9:28 |
11 | Garret | 9:34 |
12 (1st W) | Keavy | 9:35 |
13 | Adam R | 10:12 |
14 (2nd W) | Martha | 10:36 |
15 | Nate | 10:46 |
16 | Jared | 11:05 |
17 | Duy | 11:29 |
18 | NASA Alvin | 12:05 |
19 | Oren | 12:28 |
20 | Samson | 12:34 |
21 | Steve | 12:49 |
22 (3rd W) | Greta | 12:57 |
23 | Mike B | 13:59 |
24 | Bobby | 16:05 |
25 (4th W) | Heather | 16:06 |
26 | NIH Alvin | 28:56:00 |
Team Score: (top 3 men, top 1 woman)
#1. WUS Trevor, Peyton, Anthony, Keavy: 1 + 3 + 4 + 1 = 9
#2 Pacers Joe Eli Chris Greta: 2 + 5 + 7 + 3 = 17
#3 Others Jared NASA-Alvin NIH-Alvin Martha (using NIH affiliation): 16 + 18 + 26 + 2 = 62