Carl Wright ran his #50km leg of the Monarch Ultra in Monterrey, Mexico in the stunning Huasteca Canyon. We’ll never forget this special place as a gateway for …thousands of monarch butterflies who were flying high above us during Carl’s run. After a long journey for both our team and the monarch butterflies, we were weeks away from reaching our destination at the Cerro Pelon Sanctuary in Macheros, Mexico, one of the overwintering sites for monarch butterflies.

Julie Vallieres dedicated her first 100km ultra marathon to her father-in-law, a lover of nature, who was battling leukaemia during Julie’s run. When Julie star…ted to get tired, she channeled the strength & resilience of monarch butterflies and kept going. We are incredibly proud of Julie, and honoured to witness her strength & resilience on the Monarch Ultra journey.