EP 557: Eric Clifton- Racing His Own Race

Trail Runner Nation

Fitness, Sports, Running, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 4 February 2022

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Eric Clifton was inducted into the American UltraRunning Hall of Fame in 2021. He was the fastest and most dominating 100-mile trail runner in the 1990s. He has amassed more than 60 ultra wins and his win ratio at the 100-mile distance is staggering 17 wins of his 31 finishes and more than 20 course records. His strategy was very different from the norm back then. And get this....He has 19 years of his career where he won at least one ultra. We sit down and talk with Eric about his experiences back in the early 90s and how he went against conventional wisdom to race the way he wanted to race. He talks about how running saved his life.

Be sure to listen to his complete story on UtraRunning History Podcast.

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0:00.0	So finally I got to my fifth hundred and I got to the start and I said you know what I'm
0:08.4	going to drop out of this thing anyway because I haven't been able to finish one.
0:12.0	I'm just going to go for broke.
0:13.2	I'm going to finally run the way it feels like I want to run and so I just took off and
0:19.9	oddly enough I never had a down period.
0:22.6	I felt great all day it's like whoa I didn't know you could do this everybody told me you
0:27.4	can't do this.
0:28.4	I was like well hey maybe they're wrong.
0:39.8	Hey nation members welcome to the trailhead of trail runner nation where we go on virtual
0:44.0	trail runs with interesting guests and boy do we have one today.
0:49.2	He helps us understand how to be a better runner.
0:52.9	He has great stories and hopefully that will make you a better runner and maybe even
0:57.7	a better human being.
0:58.9	If this is your first time listening we welcome you to the trail and hope you have fun
1:02.9	out here with us.
1:04.2	We're going to talk to Eric Clifton who takes the start slow and easy so you can make
1:08.1	it to the end and turns it on its head.
1:11.7	Hey Don you want to try the tie dive vanilla cupcake baked by Melissa.
1:16.5	Scott I'm watching my calories these days.
1:19.0	What's that going to cost me?
1:20.3	No calories at all.
1:22.0	This is the new scent from native native deodorant.
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