Episode 129 | Kilian Jornet

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Coaching, Marathons, Sports, Olympics, Running, Ultrarunning

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2020

⏱️ 68 minutes

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“I think that’s probably what my mother said about being self-destructive: that I go until it breaks. I probably could start to find this balance much before but I’m just pushing it, pushing it, pushing it until it’s too late and then, like, ‘OK, or I die, or I need to change.’ And it goes up to that point. I hope that all these chapters are closed and that now the balance is here.”Kilian Jornet is one of the greatest endurance athletes of all-time. The 32-year-old Catalonian has won major ultramarathons like Western States, UTMB, Hardrock and others, he’s captured multiple world titles in ski mountaineering, and he holds fastest known times up and down Matterhorn, Mont Blanc, Denali, Everest, and other mountains.In this conversation we talked about how he’s changed his training focus during the pandemic and the biggest lessons he’s learned from taking a new approach, his relationship with competition and how it’s changed over the years, and how he thinks about risk now versus when he was a younger athlete. We also dissected his propensity toward self-destruction and pushing the boundaries of pain and suffering, experimentation and fear of failure, becoming a climate advocate who is working to protect the environment and mountains he loves so dearly through his new foundation, and a LOT more.This episode of the podcast is brought to you by New Balance. The Fresh Foam 1080v10 has been a go-to for me since January of this year and I continue to be impressed with its comfort, versatility, and durability. If you’re looking for a workhorse to add to your own stable of shoes this fall, check out the 1080v10 at newbalance.com.Complete show notes: https://themorningshakeout.com/podcast-episode-129-with-kilian-jornet/Sign up here to get the morning shakeout email newsletter delivered to your inbox every Tuesday morning: www.themorningshakeout.com/subscribe/Support the morning shakeout on Patreon: www.patreon.com/themorningshakeout

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0:00.0	I think that's probably what my mother say about being self-destructive that I
0:10.1	go until it breaks I probably could start to find this balance much before but I'm just pushing
0:19.3	it pushing it until it's too late and it's like okay or I die or I need to change and it goes up to that point and yeah I hope that now all these
0:30.0	chapters are like close and now the balance is here.
0:33.4	Hey what's up? I'm your host Mario Freoli and my guest this week is
0:46.6	Killian Jornay. He hardly needs an introduction so I'll keep this one short.
0:51.3	Killian is one of the greatest endurance athletes of all time.
0:56.0	The 32-year-old Catalonia has won major ultra-marathons like Western States,
1:00.1	UTMB, Hard Rock, and others.
1:02.2	He's captured multiple world titles and ski mountaineering,
1:05.2	and he holds fastest known times up and down Matterhorn, Mont Blanc, Denali, Everest, and other mountains.
1:11.5	In this conversation, we talked about how he's changed his
1:14.8	training focus during the pandemic and the biggest lessons he's learned from
1:18.1	taking a new approach, his relationship with competition and how it's changed over the years and how he thinks
1:24.1	about risk now versus when he was a younger athlete. We also dissected his
1:28.7	propensity toward self-destruction and pushing the boundaries of pain and
1:32.3	suffering, experimentation and
1:34.5	fear of failure, becoming a climate advocate who is working to protect the
1:38.5	environment and mountains he loves so dearly, and a lot more.
1:41.9	A big thank you to New Balance for sponsoring this episode of the
1:45.6	podcast. I've always had a number of different New Balance trainers in my rotation and
1:50.1	one of my go-tos right now is the Fresh Foam 1080 Fee 10.
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