EP 552: David Horton: Always Searching for the Next Challenge
Trail Runner Nation
Trail Runner Nation
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🗓️ 24 December 2021
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
David Horton is a 5-time finisher and won the first two Hardrock 100 races. He has competed in over 160 ultras with 40 wins. He is one of 14 finishers of the iconic Barkleys Marathon. But wait, he has also set speed records on the Appalachian Trail, Pacific Coast Trail and one of the fastest transcontinental runs. David is a Professor of Health Sciences at Liberty University where he shares his passion for endurance sports with its students and encourages them to aspire to more.
In this episode David shares some of his philosophies and passion for trail running.
David also directs the Hellgate 100k.
Listen to our first interview with David back in 2014 at the Hardrock 100
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I hope I'm never ever satisfied and probably not. |
| 0:07.7 | I always think about how could I have done it better, how could I have done it faster? |
| 0:10.8 | Where's the next challenge? |
| 0:12.4 | And right now I'm most depressed by the fact that I don't know what I'm going to do next |
| 0:16.6 | year. |
| 0:17.6 | I don't know what the goal is. |
| 0:18.6 | I don't know what that is. |
| 0:19.6 | I hate that. |
| 0:20.6 | I love to know what's the next goal to prepare for. |
| 0:27.6 | Welcome to the Trailhead. |
| 0:33.4 | Once again, out of trail runner nation where we go on virtual trail runs with interesting |
| 0:37.6 | guests that teach us about trail running. |
| 0:41.8 | Tell us some good stories, inspire us, and hopefully make us better runners and maybe |
| 0:46.4 | even better human beings. |
| 0:48.7 | And if you stay along on the ride in the next 60 minutes with David Horton, you're a guaranteed |
| 0:54.3 | to become a better runner and human. |
| 0:56.4 | I just love this conversation. |
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