Ep. 241: The New Appalachian Trail Speed Record - Speedgoat Karl Meltzer
Adventure Sports Podcast
Curt Linville
4.6 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 2 February 2017
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Summary
At 38 wins, Karl Meltzer has more 100 mile endurance race victories than any other ultra-runner to date. After 3 attempts Karl succeeded in breaking Scott Jurek's 2015 time by more than 10 hours in September of 2016. Join us as Karl and I talk about his new AT record as well as his 5 wins at the Hardrock 100. Experience the truly inspiring comradery that Karl and Scott shared during their respective attempts.
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| 0:00.0 | But my shin sort of all of a sudden, it's sort of like a rubber band broke, you know. |
| 0:04.2 | It was like ping. |
| 0:05.1 | I was like, oh, there it is. |
| 0:06.3 | And then I had to deal with painful issues for about, I think, eight days, seven or eight days or something, until it finally subsided. |
| 0:12.7 | But I had to push through all that. |
| 0:25.5 | This is the Adventure Sports podcast brought to you by 180Tack. |
| 0:27.3 | Get out there and have some fun. |
| 0:30.6 | Episode 241. |
| 0:37.9 | Carl Meltzer talks about setting the Appalachian Trail Speed Record in 45 days, 22 hours, and 38 minutes. |
| 0:46.8 | Hey, before we get going, I wanted to share a new event with you guys. Janet Whittick contacted us about the Cal 100. It's a 100-mile endurance race for paddlers on the Sacramento River in California. |
| 0:53.4 | The event benefits rivers for change and the Sack River Trust. |
| 0:57.4 | If you want more information about it, check out Riversforchange.org |
| 1:00.9 | slash California-100. |
| 1:03.3 | We'll put the link in our show notes at Adventure Sportspodcast.com for those of you who can't |
| 1:07.7 | jot it down right now. |
| 1:09.2 | Thanks to Janet for sharing this event with us. |
| 1:11.1 | We're always happy to help you guys get the word out about your local events. |
| 1:14.5 | Just contact us through the site. |
| 1:16.4 | Now on to the Speedgoat, Carl Meltzer. |
| 1:31.5 | Hi, welcome back to another episode of the Adventure Sports podcast. This is Travis. |
| 1:37.8 | With 38 100-mile ultramarathon wins under his belt, including five hard rock 100 victories, |
| 1:43.4 | Carl Meltzer holds more 100-mile race wins than any other ultra-runner. After three attempts to break the Appalachian Trail speed record, he finally undercut Scott Jurek's |
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