Mike Wolfe knows his days as an elite ultrarunner are limited, so he’s decided to make the most of his opportunity.

The 34-year-old, who has lived in Helena since graduating from the University of Montana School of Law in 2009, is relocating to Missoula to live with his girlfriend and will focus most of his energy on his running career as a fully sponsored athlete for The North Face.

Today serves as his final day as an assistant U.S. attorney with the Indian Country Crime Unit in Helena.

“It was a really hard decision for me,” said Wolfe, who will compete in June’s 100-mile Western States Endurance Run in California, where he finished second last year behind Spanish ultrarunning juggernaught Kilian Jornet. “I have spent the last three or four months really wrangling with the decision, because I like my job and I like it here. It would be a lot easier if I didn’t like my job and if I didn’t like Helena.