Jackson Wolf - "I'm gonna let the rougarou out."

Jackson discusses how he started running competitively later in life—his first marathon at 33 after dabbling in mountain biking, triathlons, and five Ironmans—and quickly progressed into trail ultras, including signing up for a 100-miler before completing a 50K.

He shares his love of technical trails, boredom as a key weakness, and how moving between Mississippi and places like Flagstaff shaped his training.

Jackson explains how Live Oak 50K began as a low-key group run that grew into an organized race, and his goal to expand trail events in Mississippi and Louisiana with new formats.

He covers favorite races, shoe sponsorship with Mount to Coast, fueling strategies and backup plans, recovery and cross-training, lessons from Oregon 200 challenges, coaching philosophy emphasizing problem-solving and controllable goals, and a mantra-style “rougarou/werewolf” mental tool, ending with a quote about welcoming adversity.

Jackson Wolf - https://www.facebook.com/jasonbyronwheat


Races Mentioned
Live Oak 50k
Mississippi Trail 50-miler
Blood Rock 50-miler
Fonder Urban Ultra
Mississippi 100
Coca Dona 250
Ute 100
Oregon 200
Mamba 100
Tahoe 200
Bigfoot 200
Leadville 100
Mountain 100

Shout Outs
David Tasha
Jeff Browning (Bronco Billy)
Carl Meltzer
David Goggins