Welcome back or welcome to the Single Trek podcast. I'm your host, Finn Melanson, and in this episode,

we are talking with Max Jolliffe, a runner for Satisfi and Cadence based in Costa Mesa, California.

Max is coming off a seriously thrilling victory at the Moab 2 of 40 last week, and in this first part

of the conversation, we cover some of the most pivotal moments as well as

his general takeaways from that experience. And in the second half of the conversation, we cover

more of his personal story, particularly his experience earlier in life with substance abuse,

how he was able to overcome it, and his opportunity to shift focus towards skating, surfing,

and ultra-running outlets. I really enjoyed

this one. Without further ado, let's get into this chat with Max. Max Jolliffe, it is a pleasure

to have you on the single track podcast. How are you doing today? Stoke to be here. Thank you.

It's pretty wild. I was going to tell you this offline, but I figured I'd save it for when we hit record. My introduction to you was maybe like a week or two ago. I was in like the Discover section of the Instagram algorithm and it served me up a video of you kick flipping a skateboard in a pair of Alpha Fly 3s.

And then I, you know, doing research for this episode, I get into like all the vlogs you have on YouTube.

And I think you pose the question, is there any shoe you don't think you could do that

in?

I mean, doing it in the super shoes impressive.

But where do you draw the line?

Well, I think I think I'm the one and only person in history to ever do a kickflip in a pair

of Alpha Flight 3s.

I've never seen it before and I don't think anyone's done it.

But I would say, I mean, it was hard.

It took me quite a few tries, but outside of like running shoes, like maybe a pair of high heels, I wouldn't,

I wouldn't be able to kick lip in. That's probably maybe the only shoe, the only shoe.

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