EP 534: Kilian Up Close: Trail Running, Risk Taking, Family & More with the World's Greatest Trail Runner

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Fitness, Sports, Running, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 20 August 2021

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Kilian Jornet, 33, is one of our generation's greatest endurance athletes. He is a six-time Skyrunner World Series champion, and has stood atop the podium at trail races around the wold, most notably the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc, Western States Endurance Run, and Hardrock Hundred Mile Run. Jornet has set fastest known times on mountain peaks from the Matterhorn to Mont Blanc and holds numerous ski mountaineering records.

Guest Hosts Anna Frost and Stephanie Howe speak with Kilian from his home in a quiet Norwegian village where he lives with his wife, noted trail racer Emilie Forsberg, two daughters, a labradoodle, eleven sheep and a menagerie of farm animals.

You will find that Kilian is humble and thoughtful. You will find out where he ranks a 24-hour track run on his "fun scale". He is passionate about our environment and brining up his family and teaching future generations about how to keep the planet safe.

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0:00.0	I'm someone that needs a lot of solitude and I'm someone that needs like I'm a very I'm a big
0:06.2	introvert so like to be all the time like in races it was very fun I love racing but it took so
0:12.4	much energy that I needed to deal with anxiety for for a few years until I I find it with balance
0:18.7	and probably if today I'm racing a bit more on quality and not in quantity or if I move to Norway
0:26.9	it's it's a big part of that to find these balance on like just doing what I love that it's
0:32.2	being in the mountains but just trying to keep the joy of racing and competing at the same time.
0:41.5	this week on trail renaissance we have a very special episode you know when you say that we have
0:58.5	a guest that needs no introduction well this is really true we're talking with our generations
1:04.0	greatest trail runner killian jorne but even killian jorne can use an introduction because his
1:10.5	accomplishments are really quite amazing dozens of course records from around the world fastest
1:16.2	known times on some of the biggest peaks in the world including the matterhorn and mountain block
1:21.3	and trail running isn't even his main sport that's right he got into training for ski mountain
1:28.3	Scott you know a little something about skiing made maybe you skied with him I couldn't keep up
1:33.6	today we get a glimpse into what it's really like to be killian it's a wonderful discussion with
1:38.3	someone that's clearly a very special and thoughtful person we'll hear about the joys and
1:43.8	challenges of family life the pressures of racing life on or a moat farm in the moon valley
1:49.0	Norway and what's next which I think will really surprise you killian jorne in just a minute here
1:54.4	on trail runner nation you know I thought I'd never say that well stick around anaphrost and
2:00.8	Stephanie how step in as guest host for the show and it's a good one it's coming up in just a moment
2:08.0	there are three reasons why we love you can it tastes so good that's why I love it okay there's
2:15.2	there's four reasons why we like it you can is made at a super starts what does that mean it means
2:20.3	that you're gonna have steady energy that helps you avoid fatigue and bonk edge fuel to go it's
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