172. Jim Walmsley Interview! Training at the Edge and Betting on Yourself

Some Work, All Play

David Roche and Megan Roche

Running, Sports

4.8 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2023

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

This episode is one of the coolest moments of our lives: interviewing Jim Walmsley! We met Jim way back in 2016, and since then, we have been two of his biggest fans. Reconnecting more than 7 years later after his course record triumph at UTMB was such a joy.

Jim opened up about everything around UTMB, from his specific training approach to the emotional side of getting vulnerable, "failure," and finally achieving his big goal. Jim moved to France with his partner Jess, with everything pointed at this one event. How do you respond to adversity when so much is on the line in a very public way? He stepped into the fire with vulnerability and courage, and there are tons of lessons for anything you care about in life.

Topics: the emotional side of achieving his goal, overcoming low points and failures, pressure, training volume, his approach to workouts, going dark on Strava before UTMB, how his training has changed over time, nutrition during and after runs, his next big scary goal, and his legacy in the sport.

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0:00.0	Woohoo!
0:01.5	Welcome to the Summer Call Play podcast.
0:03.1	We are so happy to be with you today.
0:04.9	Happy Tuesday.
0:05.9	It's Tuesday.
0:06.9	And I'm feeling ready to all-caps train over here
0:09.4	on this Tuesday.
0:10.2	You're ready to train?
0:11.2	I'm feeling ready to train big, actually.
0:13.4	We just talked to Jim Womzley.
0:15.0	And I'm feeling ready to do anything
0:16.5	in all-caps big, actually.
0:18.0	Sleep, eat, poop, dream, work hard train.
0:22.4	That man is inspiring.
0:23.4	Yeah, this is a really cool interview.
0:24.9	I think we learned a lot about how he goes all in
0:28.1	for these events.
0:29.0	Jim just set the course record at UTMB.
0:32.1	In addition to his amazing course records, everywhere else.
0:35.0	And one of the things he talked about a little bit
0:36.8	that I was fascinated by is how, when he's training,
0:40.3	it's kind of what he has to focus on
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