E71: What Drives the Quintessential Endurance Athlete: Marathon Talk Meets Dean Karnazes

Marathon Talk

World Marathon Majors

Fitness, Health & Fitness, Sports, Running

4.7 • 994 Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

There’s nobody on earth quite like Dean Karnazes, a man with more human-powered mileage than perhaps anyone else…

He’s proof of the extreme lengths to which you can push the human body, so if you’re looking at your next running challenge, his interview on Marathon Talk this week is pure gold.

Join us as we also share Deena’s tips for taking on an unknown marathon course, and unveil the three lucky winners of Jamie Ramsay’s book!

In this episode of Marathon Talk:

0:00 - We catch up with Martin’s tips for tackling an injury he’s currently nursing, and Deena looks ahead at her race in Sydney, sharing her advice for conquering a course you’ve never seen before
16:10 - Dean Karnazes, THE quintessential ultramarathon man, talks about his running career, staying in shape as you get older, the power of Ultramarathon running, and much more
48:00 - In the community notes this week we share the three lucky winners of Jamie’s new book, and set the stage for an EPIC Martin vs Deena showdown, in which you determine the victor…

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Dean Karnazes

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 71 of Marathon Talk, powered by Abbott World Marathon Majors.
0:07.0	On this week's show, we meet a man who takes long distance running to the very max.
0:13.0	Dean Carnazis is an ultra-endurance athlete who's broken distance and endurance records around the globe.
0:20.0	He has just published an updated version of his book,
0:23.3	Ultramarathon Man, Confessions of an All-Night Runner, and joins us today to share some insight
0:29.7	of over 20 years of distance running. Also on this week's show, we've got news of the latest
0:35.6	Marathon Talk running challenge.
0:38.4	We learn more about how the pros approach running a new course for the first time.
0:42.7	And we have winners of our competition from last week's show.
0:47.2	All this and more on Marathon Talk.
0:50.5	Martin's so great to see you.
0:52.1	What have you been up to in the beginnings of summer?
0:55.9	Well, I've been back. I think I was talking last time, wasn't I, about a little grumbling
1:01.6	Achilles, a little grumbling heel? Indeed. I've been easing myself gently back into a bit
1:07.6	of regular running. And this morning today, I did five miles where I was
1:13.2	95% pain free again. So I'm like thrilled with that. You know when you, when you do a run,
1:21.3	you've had an injury for a bit. And then you come back to running and you go, I didn't feel it.
1:26.7	It's, can I feel it?
1:28.5	It's okay.
1:29.0	I think it's okay.
1:30.2	So that was this morning.
1:32.0	So now my goal is, yeah, let's see if I can, I think I won't run tomorrow.
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