Some people spend their 50th birthday eating cake. David Goggins decided to chew up 200 miles of brutal Cascade Mountain trails instead.
The former Navy SEAL and ultrarunning legend finished the infamous Bigfoot 200 in 66 hours, 4 minutes, and 17 seconds — a feat that shoved him into 23rd place overall in a field packed with elite endurance athletes.
The race isn’t just about distance. It’s a savage loop of 30,000 feet of climbing, 30,000 feet of descent, and terrain that eats softer runners for breakfast.
Starting near Mount St. Helens, the Bigfoot 200 snakes through ridgelines, old-growth forests, and glacier-fed streams, offering postcard views to those not too exhausted to see them.
Goggins kept a moving pace of 4.1 mph and logged over two days on the move, with 20 hours scattered across stops to eat, rest, and wrestle with the fatigue. For context, the average runner takes 106 hours to finish.
For Goggins, this is another chapter in a career built on demolishing physical and mental limits. He’s conquered Badwater 135, Moab 240, and even set a 24-hour pull-up record.
Many of his feats double as fundraisers for the Special Operations Warrior Foundation, which he’s supported for nearly two decades. Bigfoot 200 is part of the Triple Crown of 200-milers in the U.S., and tackling it at 50 cements that his endurance engine still runs on something the rest of us don’t have.
Because when you can cover 200 grueling mountain miles in 66 hours at an age when most are planning retirement, you’re David Goggins.
