115: The Rise of the King of Moab with Max Jolliffe
The Nick Bare Podcast
Nick Bare
5 • 5.9K Ratings
🗓️ 7 April 2025
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Summary
The King of Moab is here. In this episode, we sit down with Max Jolliffe, an ultra runner who recently claimed victory at the Moab 240.
Max opens up about his journey from struggling with addiction to finding purpose and success in ultra running. We get into his training regimen, the psychological and physical challenges of ultra-running, and the life-changing decisions that have shaped his path and the relentless pursuit of personal growth.
CHAPTERS:
00:44 Discussing the Moab 240 Film
01:42 Overcoming Adversity During the Race
05:47 The Final Push to Victory
13:35 Max's Running Journey
18:29 The Power of Small Wins
25:17 Struggles with Addiction and Getting Sober
33:02 The Importance of Community and Support
43:38 Getting into Running: A Life-Changing Decision
47:11 The Importance of Running Competence
50:01 Realizing Potential in Running
53:00 The Mental Strength in Ultra Running
01:13:51 Training and Preparation for Moab
01:18:44 Final Thoughts and Future Goals
MENTIONS:
Winning by Tim Grover
Relentless by Tim Grover
Outliers by Malcom Gladwell
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| 0:00.0 | Today on the podcast, we have Max Jolif, the king of Moab. |
| 0:13.1 | Welcome, brother. |
| 0:14.1 | Thanks for having me. |
| 0:15.1 | What's going on? |
| 0:16.4 | Nothing much. |
| 0:16.9 | We're just here at BPN Athlete Week, just having a blast. |
| 0:20.6 | It's a good week. Yeah. |
| 0:21.7 | It's a really good week. I got the opportunity to meet you for the first time yesterday. |
| 0:26.0 | Yep. At the shooting range. At the gun range. Yeah. And I got to log some miles with you, |
| 0:30.6 | share some miles with you this morning. It's been a great week so far, so I appreciate you. |
| 0:34.3 | No, thank you for having me. And the newest BPN athlete. Yeah. So congratulations. Thank you. It's an honor to be on the team. |
| 0:41.7 | Love having you on the team. Yeah. Thank you. |
| 0:44.1 | I want to jump right into it. Okay. All right. So I recently just finished your film on Moab. |
| 0:52.7 | And it was incredible. Thank you. |
| 0:54.5 | Thank you. |
| 0:55.3 | And there were so many parts of that film that really stood out. |
| 1:00.1 | But there's one specifically that you got emotional at, which got me emotional at. |
| 1:09.0 | And at this point in the race, you're 200 miles in to a 240-mile ultra in |
| 1:18.1 | in Moab, Utah. You are 15 miles behind first place at Geyser Pass aid station and you had the opportunity to go take the |
| 1:33.7 | win with 40 miles left and you said my legs were gifted back to me yeah can you take me back |
| 1:43.1 | to that exact moment and explain what was happening? |
| 1:48.4 | Yeah. I mean, it's like, I feel like it was so crazy just how everything came together. And |
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