2016 Hardrock 100 Race Review with AJW and Scott Mills

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Fitness, Sports, Running, Health & Fitness

4.5 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2016

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Andy Jones-Wilkins and Scott Mills join The Nation to talk about their 2016 finishes at Hardrock 100. This was AJW's second finish and Scott Mills' ninth finish. They talk about their different training strategies and race day strategies and how it unfolded:

Training:

How to avoid overtraining
Pain vs. aches
Heart Rate training
Breathing training
Altitude training

Race Day:

Phases of a race
Avoiding the negative chatter
How to pull yourself back from a DEEP funk
Strategies for steep climbs and descents
Trekking poles

Andy's Race Report in the Tap Room

Scott Mills is the Race Director for the San Diego 100 Mile Endurance Run

Transcript

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0:00.0	Now, Scott, this is a first.
0:07.6	We've never done this at the beginning of a podcast.
0:09.9	But at the end...
0:10.9	What are we doing?
0:11.9	Well, you didn't tell me.
0:12.9	No, no.
0:13.9	I think it's best sometimes just to surprise you.
0:15.3	At the end of this podcast, Scotty Mills talks about his strategy at an aid station that
0:20.7	you and I both looked at each other and our mouths kind of dropped open and said, that's
0:25.2	gold.
0:26.2	That's what you said.
0:27.2	You mouthed me.
0:28.2	That's gold.
0:29.2	That's a specific podcast just on that.
0:31.6	The experience of somebody that's run 40, 100 miles successfully, 40, 100 mile runs and
0:37.2	he's been, what, 17 times to Western states and silver buckles at Western states.
0:42.0	All of them.
0:43.0	And he's done eight hard rocks.
0:45.8	You come away with some knowledge and he drops some on us at the end of this podcast
0:49.4	that I just, I am not going to forget it.
0:51.9	It's one of those I will carry with me forever.
0:54.4	Yeah, I agree.
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