515 : The Ultra Podcast
S6E4 -- The World’s First Female Uberman Finisher : Melissa Urie
She’s Iron. She’s Ultra. She’s Epic.
After being the second woman ever to complete the Epic 5 in 2017, Melissa Urie set out for an even more superlative title – Uberman. With the help of her amazing crew, Melissa was able to become the first female finisher of Uberman in 2019 (and set the swim record while doing so) in an overall time of 135 hours 55 minutes or 5 days 15 hours 55 minutes.
In this episode, Melissa shares her spirit for participation in these Ultra events and throws in lots of tips learned from her mistakes and triumphs on courses. Get your notebook out and enjoy some more ultra tales.
Melissa keeps a blog with all her adventures. Here is the link to her Uberman experience: https://rangamel.wordpress.com/2019/11/06/uberman/
And her latest adventure as mentioned in the episode – her new baby Evie Winter https://rangamel.wordpress.com/2024/05/04/birth-story-round-2/
Resources mentioned in this episode:
- Ultra TriFest Canada
- Ultra 515 World Wide Championships
- UM Australia
- UM World Championships
- UM Canada
- Epic 5
- Uberman
- Ironman Australia
- Challenge Wanaka
- Ironman New Zealand
- Finding Ultra (book)
- Challenge Roth
- Ironman Cairns
- Rottnest Island Swim
- RAAM
Shout outs and mentions in this episode:
- Kate Bevilaqua (S5E10)
- Kevin Parkhill
- Rich Roll
- Craig Percival
- Steve Brown (S2E13)
- Lucy Ryan (S2E5)
- Tony Horton
- Will Rogers (S5E8)
- Chad Bentley (S1E1)
- Nick Mallett (S2E12)
- Tony O'Keefe (S6E6)
- Jackie Cowley
- Marty Raymond
- Dan Bodden
- Ingrid Hillhouse (S6E5)
- Dani Grabol
- Rebecca Morgan
- Jen McVeay (S4E4)
- Juan Craveri (S1E5)
- Armando Armelini (S4E9)
- Duncan Tebb
- Daniel Bercu
- Jonathan Puchalski
- Fiona Siemelink
- Michael Scragg
- Ken ElPescado
- Hilton Williams
- Adam Scully Power
- Kevin Nelson
- Josie Vitale
- Heidi Videto
- Manmadh Rebba (S4E3)
- Mary Knott
- Steve King (S1E1) (S1E2) (S1E3)
- James Lawrence (Iron Cowboy)
Show Contributors:
Host : Larry Ryan
Contributing Raconteur : Steve King
Announcer : Mary Jo Dionne
Production : 5Five Enterprises
Music : Run by 331
For show notes and past guests, please visit the Podcast Website: https://515theultrapodcast.buzzsprout.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/515TheUltraPodcast
Insta : 515theultrapodcast
Email : 515Ultraman@gmail.com
She’s Iron. She’s Ultra. She’s Epic.
After being the second woman ever to complete the Epic 5 in 2017, Melissa Urie set out for an even more superlative title – Uberman. With the help of her amazing crew, Melissa was able to become the first female finisher of Uberman in 2019 (and set the swim record while doing so) in an overall time of 135 hours 55 minutes or 5 days 15 hours 55 minutes.
In this episode, Melissa shares her spirit for participation in these Ultra events and throws in lots of tips learned from her mistakes and triumphs on courses. Get your notebook out and enjoy some more ultra tales.
Melissa keeps a blog with all her adventures. Here is the link to her Uberman experience: https://rangamel.wordpress.com/2019/11/06/uberman/
And her latest adventure as mentioned in the episode – her new baby Evie Winter https://rangamel.wordpress.com/2024/05/04/birth-story-round-2/
Resources mentioned in this episode:
- Ultra TriFest Canada
- Ultra 515 World Wide Championships
- UM Australia
- UM World Championships
- UM Canada
- Epic 5
- Uberman
- Ironman Australia
- Challenge Wanaka
- Ironman New Zealand
- Finding Ultra (book)
- Challenge Roth
- Ironman Cairns
- Rottnest Island Swim
- RAAM
Shout outs and mentions in this episode:
- Kate Bevilaqua (S5E10)
- Kevin Parkhill
- Rich Roll
- Craig Percival
- Steve Brown (S2E13)
- Lucy Ryan (S2E5)
- Tony Horton
- Will Rogers (S5E8)
- Chad Bentley (S1E1)
- Nick Mallett (S2E12)
- Tony O'Keefe (S6E6)
- Jackie Cowley
- Marty Raymond
- Dan Bodden
- Ingrid Hillhouse (S6E5)
- Dani Grabol
- Rebecca Morgan
- Jen McVeay (S4E4)
- Juan Craveri (S1E5)
- Armando Armelini (S4E9)
- Duncan Tebb
- Daniel Bercu
- Jonathan Puchalski
- Fiona Siemelink
- Michael Scragg
- Ken ElPescado
- Hilton Williams
- Adam Scully Power
- Kevin Nelson
- Josie Vitale
- Heidi Videto
- Manmadh Rebba (S4E3)
- Mary Knott
- Steve King (S1E1) (S1E2) (S1E3)
- James Lawrence (Iron Cowboy)
Show Contributors:
Host : Larry Ryan
Contributing Raconteur : Steve King
Announcer : Mary Jo Dionne
Production : 5Five Enterprises
Music : Run by 331
For show notes and past guests, please visit the Podcast Website: https://515theultrapodcast.buzzsprout.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/515TheUltraPodcast
Insta : 515theultrapodcast
Email : 515Ultraman@gmail.com