Jon Rea | From Runner to Racer

Jon Rea | From Runner to Racer

Jon Rea is a professional trail runner for HOKA, living in Boulder, CO. In 2023 he finished 4th at CCC and broke the CR at Javelina Jundred. Next weekend, Jon lines up as one of the favorites at the Black Canyon 100k. This podcast is a companion conversation for a training video Freetrail released, documenting one of the final key workouts in Jon's build to Black Canyon. In the podcast we discuss the following topics:

  • Jon's background and family
  • "From runner to racer" philosophy
  • Team sports as the foundation for his running career
  • This important moment in Jon's career
  • His training for Black Canyon
  • Flux workouts
  • His unorthodox taper strategy
  • The value of hardwork
  • His PhD work and career at RMI
  • Not needing a Golden Ticket
  • "Big Cat Mode"
  • Who Jon admires

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Other Freetrail podcast episodes you might enjoy:

Kilian Jornet | The New NNormal
Tim Tollefson | The Infinite Game
Clare Gallagher | Black Canyon 100k Champion
Jim Walmsley | Engagement, Moving to Europe, Western States, and UTMB

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