119. Kilian Jornet Interview! The GOAT Discusses Life and Training
Some Work, All Play
David Roche and Megan Roche
4.8 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 13 September 2022
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
In one of the most exciting moments of our lives, we sat down with Kilian Jornet, aka the GREATEST OF ALL TIME. Kilian is the winner of almost every major race around the world, most recently UTMB and the Hardrock 100 just four weeks apart. He's also a dad of two and a founder of shoe company NNormal, bringing a process-focus to his life on and off the trails. In the episode, we talk about the dynamics of racing UTMB, how he trained for his dominant 2022, take a deep dive into the physiology of training and how his approach has evolved over time, why he doesn't do strength work, speed work for mountain racing, being a business boss, and balancing it all with family.
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| 0:00.0 | Woohoo! |
| 0:01.0 | Welcome to the Summer Call Play Podcast. We are so happy to be with you today. |
| 0:05.0 | Happy Tuesday! |
| 0:06.0 | It's Tuesday! |
| 0:07.0 | And it's pretty much like a Christmas holiday Tuesday over here in the Roach Household |
| 0:11.0 | because we just had the most exciting thing happen to us. Perhaps of the entire year. |
| 0:15.6 | Perhaps of my entire life. Perhaps the biggest event in the universe since the very beginning |
| 0:19.9 | of the Big Bang. |
| 0:20.9 | How did this happen? |
| 0:21.9 | I do not know, but actually I do. Which is last week I read an article on Killian |
| 0:26.7 | Dronette, the world famous kind of guy you've ever met, Killian Dronette. And it was on |
| 0:31.6 | his training and, of course, he's classic Killian. He actually slipped into my DMs and |
| 0:37.7 | messaged me, thank you, and in that message also shared with me more info on his training |
| 0:43.8 | that he's going to publish in a post probably today at some point. And, of course, Killian |
| 0:48.8 | just happens to be the best guy in addition to being the best athlete. |
| 0:51.9 | He is so nice. Also, that's a bit of a surprise. I kind of assumed that you've slid into his |
| 0:55.8 | DMs. I never assumed I'm just learning this information now and it's mind blowing. |
| 1:00.1 | Yeah, I mean, it has took every ounce of willpower in my soul to not slip into Killian's |
| 1:05.3 | DMs many times before this point. |
| 1:07.2 | Was this your first communication with Killian? |
| 1:09.1 | I think probably. Yeah, I mean, we've responded to Twitter posts and stuff like that. But our |
| 1:13.4 | first personal communication, which is a lot because like, my history of Killian goes |
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