My wife's a trail ultrarunner, and says that there's a lot more camaraderie. She suggests part of it is due to the fact that the races are so unpredictable, tha

My wife's a trail ultrarunner, and says that there's a lot more camaraderie. She suggests part of it is due to the fact that the races are so unpredictable, that direct comparisons and even "time" aren't all that meaningful. Another friend suggested the same thing about cyclocross.