Jason and Mere June: Is Being an Ultra Couple Harder or Easier? Or Both? - #64
These two high intensity people run together, work together, and live together: how does that work? "Unlike having a training buddy, being in a relationship is both wonderful and super, super challeng...
13 Dec 201935min
A Midwesterner Attempted R2R2R.alt Twice (!) this November - Josh Sanders - #63
Josh has run in 13 different countries in a single day, and run a 5k in all 50 states in 6 days! Like the Jared Campbell Episode 61, Josh is a spreadsheet maestro. "The elite talent I lack can be made...
6 Dec 20191h 2min
"Partnerships" are critically important but rarely discussed - Jared Campbell - #62
The success or failure - and misery or enjoyment - of a project is often dependent on your partner! Everyone intuitively knows this but we rarely hear any discussion about it - so let's discuss it wit...
29 Nov 201946min
How to plan your big project - with Jared Campbell - #61
Jared discusses the 4 key components - - - 1) Planning Everything is in a spreadsheet! Best weather advice ever (Skurka) Snotel site Plot your route in CalTopo Follow your route using Gaia Best articl...
22 Nov 201944min
Speed vs Safety - A Crucial Topic with Bill Wright and Kyle Richardson - #60
What is the relationship between speed and safety? What is the boundary and how do you know when you're hitting it? Ultrarunners have the fitness to get really far into the backcountry, but do they ha...
15 Nov 201944min
Joe Grant - Running, Writing, and More - #59
In 2016 Joe climbed all 57 Colorado 14ers, self-powered, riding his bike to each mountain, taking 31 days - and he didn’t bring a foam pad. Earlier he entered the Colorado Trail Mountain Bike race - o...
8 Nov 201934min
Leor Pantilat - He won 22 races in a row then quit to do FKTs - what's he doing now? - #58
Leor won 36 of the 42 races he entered, then in 2013 stopped racing to do FKTs. He held the FKT on the John Muir Trail AND the High Sierra Trail at the same time - then stopped doing FKTs too! What is...
1 Nov 201935min
Hillary Allen - What's new and cool in FKT action? - #57
We discuss the highlights of the year so far, and note that unlike in previous years, there have been no major efforts on the AT, the PCT, or the JMT. Why is that? "FKTs in my opinion can leave the tr...
25 Okt 201932min
