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EP 491 Finding His Edge-Adam Kimble

Trail Runner Nation

Trail Runner Nation

Fitness, Sports, Running, Health & Fitness

4.51.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2020

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Earlier this summer Adam Kimble broke the supported FKT (fastest known time) on the 171-mile circumnavigation of the Tahoe Rim Trail in 37 hours 12 minutes. The Tahoe Rim Trail is a long-distance hiking trail that forms a loop around the Lake Tahoe Basin in the Sierra Nevada and Carson ranges of California and Nevada in the United States. The trail ranges in elevation from 6,240 feet at the outlet of Lake Tahoe to 10,338 feet at Relay Peak in Nevada. Adam broke Killian Jornet's 2009 record by 20 minute. Adam is multi-talented: playing division 1 college baseball and won on the famous "The Price is Right" TV game show.

We speak to Adam about his recent accomplishment and the lessons he learned on his first attempt the year prior. We also learn about how he fuels for races and "palate fatigue"

Some of Adam's accomplishments include

  • Discovery Channel's "The Wheel" contestant
  • Winner of two self-supported multi-stage races
  • podium finisher at three 100-milers
  • 2016 ran from California to Georgia in 60 days
  • 2017 FKT running the length of Great Britain with Kris King

Learn more about Adam by checking out his web site and his coaching site, Run On Dirt Coaching

Adam's social channels: Instagram, Twitter, Facebook

photos by Helen Pelster

Transcript

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0:00.0

So I was running with my friend and the guy coach

0:03.1

with Peter Fane and he just kept telling me,

0:05.2

he's like, hey, how much information do you want to know?

0:07.5

And I said, tell me everything.

0:09.0

And he's like, okay, if you run 11 minute miles

0:11.6

for the next 20 miles, you're going to be

0:13.4

an hour ahead of Kylian.

0:14.8

I said, okay, let's do it.

0:19.5

You know, it's fall and winter.

0:21.5

Winter's coming up in the northern hemisphere

0:23.7

and temperatures are threatening to go down a little bit.

0:28.2

And when they go down, you've got to go up in your gear

0:31.2

and that means you want to stay warm.

0:32.9

And I enjoy, I enjoy a good pair of Spandex tights.

0:38.6

I know I do, but I can't find a pair.

0:41.7

In fact, I have to go around like I'm yanking them up

0:45.1

like I need a belt after about 50 yards of running.

0:49.5

That's it.

0:50.3

It changes your gate.

0:52.7

I've been behind you and you kind of run at a nice gate

0:55.1

and then there's like a little bit of a skip

0:56.8

as you pull up the tights.

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