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Adventure Sports Podcast

Ep. 645: Ultrarunning and FKT’s - Avery Collins

Adventure Sports Podcast

Curt Linville

Sports, Science, Fitness, Nature, Health & Fitness, Wilderness

4.6579 Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2020

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

From the Without Compromise show notes:


Avery grew up in the Midwest, far from the mountains of Colorado that he now calls home. He found running after years of playing basketball and the unique suffering of the sport quickly drew him into longer and longer events. That and the fact he was a broke college student that couldn’t afford a gym membership, running made total sense. 

Right as he began garnering big wins and making a name for himself, he and his girlfriend, Sabrina, were struck by a semi on the highway. Avery suffered some major injuries that caused him to rethink his direction in life and if he’d every get back out on the trail. After an arduous six months, he was able to start to run again. 

Fast forward a few years and Avery is now one of the fastest ultrarunners in the world and frequently podiums at iconic races like the Georgia Death Race, Colorado 200, Fat Dog 120, Hurt 100, and dozens more. He finished 6th overall at Western States in 2017. 

This summer, Avery will be attempting an FKT of the legendary Nolan’s 14 Route in Colorado, racing the Tor des Geants in Italy, and the Snowman Race in Bhutan


Instagram: @runninhigh

Facebook: @avery.collins.77


SBNATION's writeup on Avery, Zen, Ultra-running and the Art of Suffering


To learn more about Athletic Brewing and my other show through them, Without Compromise, go here: athleticbrewing.com/blogs/podcast




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Transcript

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0:00.0

I did this against everybody else's opinions.

0:04.5

You know, everyone said, Avery, you're not going to be a professional runner.

0:07.5

And I said, yes, yes, I am.

0:09.4

And it felt like, you know, my last couple years of racing had been great.

0:13.1

And I'm finally starting to like really get this figured out.

0:16.2

And now it all just came to an end just that fast.

0:21.6

This is the Adventure Sports podcast, where we hear stories of adventure from every corner of the planet.

0:27.3

We interview all sorts of folks who are using their sport to explore the world around them

0:31.6

and give you the inspiration you need to get out there and have some fun.

0:47.0

Thank you. to get out there and have some fun. Hey folks, hope you're having a wonderful week.

0:50.5

Today's episode is actually from my other show without compromise.

1:01.0

You've heard me, you know, play these episodes on Thursdays before because Thursday remembers our throwback Thursday episode day. But, you know, every once in a while I want to throw in something from my other show when it makes sense to have it on this show.

1:07.0

And so without compromise is kind of similar to adventure sports podcast,

1:12.4

but we focus on, you know, shorter episodes around 30 minutes, and it's folks from the athletic

1:18.8

brewing community. And so if you don't know, my day job is with athletic brewing company.

1:24.1

And, you know, it's kind of crazy. We make non-alcoholic craft beer.

1:28.9

I can hear you rolling your eyes.

1:30.5

That's how hard you're rolling your eyes right now.

1:33.5

But trust me when I say it's an incredible product.

1:37.9

We've had so many people from this show say,

1:41.1

oh my gosh, I'm so glad you introduced me to athletic brewing because now I have a way to cut back on my alcohol intake.

1:48.6

And the reason we make non-alcoholic craft beer is because there's so many reasons folks are wanting to cut back on alcohol.

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