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THE RUNNING EFFECT PODCAST

234 Miles in 56 Hours – Kim Gottwald’s Unbreakable Mindset & Becoming The Future Of The Last Man Standing Event At Just 21 Years Old

THE RUNNING EFFECT PODCAST

Dominic Schlueter

Sports, Running

4.9821 Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Kim Gottwald is back on the pod, this time in person at BPN HQ in Texas.


If you haven’t heard of Kim yet, you will. He’s making a name for himself in the ultra-endurance world, and he’s the founder of Rappid Runs.


He co-won the Go One More Backyard Ultra at Bare Ranch, pushing 234 miles over 56 brutal loops before a storm shut it down. Kim is someone who offers raw honesty and dark humor. And he’s flipping the script on what an ultrarunner looks and sounds like, all while blowing up on TikTok.


In this episode, we get tactical. Kim breaks down last-man-standing strategy, why Texas heat gives him an edge, how cold might be better for going deep, and what hour 50 of an ultra really feels like. We get into the gear that holds up, the super shoes and cooling vests, and where he draws the line with tech.


He also unpacks why he believes HYROX work builds ultra durability, how he handles nutrition deep in a deficit, and what his BPN stack actually looks like.


Berlin Marathon is up next, Last Soul Ultra is in October, and Kim is here to show how faith, discipline, and real connection are fueling his “don’t surrender” mission into 2026.


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Transcript

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0:00.0

Got it. If Kim is chirping, we'll kick this up another notch and make it absolutely undeniable.

0:05.3

Yeah, we just have to clarify.

0:07.1

Chachipit is still thinking because the question is impossible to answer.

0:11.7

I'm sorry for you, but there's no chance you can ever eat this guy.

0:16.0

Is there any beating Kim G in an ultramarathon?

0:19.8

No.

0:20.4

Last man standing? No. I'm so lucky. I have one last man standing coming on up on October 3. I love to back at front and I want to kill the game. I'm here for it. I want to beat everybody. Become the best ever do it. Yeah, it's definitely something I want to do. Kim Gotwild, welcome back to the podcast this time in person.

0:38.6

How you doing, man?

0:39.3

Thank you so much. I'm doing great, and it's, I don't know if people will watch the video. It looks so crazy. We're in Nick's studio, and it's so professional, so I'm very hot. It is crazy. We're living the dream at the BPN HQ. For you, you've been here two and a half weeks and then you,

0:54.8

I think, toward the day or two after Last Man Standing in May, how crazy is it to be here and just

1:00.8

like see how sick it is, work out in the gym, put on the Norma Tech, eat in the kitchen, be in the

1:05.9

podcast studio. It's so crazy. So I had much of work to do at home and I would just flew here for three weeks training camp and the premiere. So the girl, more older film, Surrenders, premiering tomorrow. So I can't wait for that. And I'm, like, in theory, I'm just here for that. But I thought, okay, I'm an awesome. Why shouldn't I train here? And I'm staying at the Barronch, and it's incredible. Have you seen the premiere? I've only seen the trailer. Okay. The movie, like, they're gatekeeping it to a high level. Really? Yeah, yeah. But I like it because I want to see the theater for the first time. Yeah, but being at Barronch, waking up in the morning, sun is rising, just like running the same loop. I ran for 56 times

1:46.7

in May every day, working out the whole day, seeing everyone here, being around BPN. It's a blessing

1:53.2

and I'm so grateful for it. Do you have PTSD running that loop? Not in the daytime not,

2:00.6

but in nighttime it's like kind of weird when you see the hawks

2:03.7

and the deers and you're like i'm back i forget if i asked you this but did you see much wildlife in

2:10.9

may during the event so in the beginning not really because it was so crowded but the later it got

2:16.2

and less people that were active

2:18.1

there were more and more deers and the hogs came out because they were like okay we're safe again

2:22.1

did that spook you out at all not really because yeah they do flee so they're not they're afraid

2:28.1

of you but when you're hallucinating in the night time and you see a hog right at the phone you're like

2:33.0

yeah that's a bit scary

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