"It's Very Hostile": How to Run (and Survive) Your First Jungle Ultra

"It's Very Hostile": How to Run (and Survive) Your First Jungle Ultra

Would you like to pit yourself against the wildest place on the planet? How about a multi-day test of your mettle, endurance and ability to not get eaten alive by snakes, caimans or jaguars? Boy, do we have an event for you. Taking place every May, the Jungle Ultra, a self-sufficient 143-mile race through Peru’s Manu National Park, offers all of that and more. “The jungle is the harshest environment. Humidity can be 70 to 100%. Everything is try…