Episode 358: Hayden Hawks – Taking the Ultra Running Scene by Storm Since 2016
I'll Have Another with Lindsey Hein Podcast
SandyBoy Productions
4.9 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 28 January 2022
⏱️ 89 minutes
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Summary
Hayden Hawks is on the show today! Hayden is sponsored by Hoka and he has won so many ultra races, I don’t even think that I can name them all! He holds the course record at the JFK 50 miler and won that race in 2020 in 5:18:40. He has won the Chuckanut 50k, the Broken Arrow Sky Race 52k, Black Canyon 100k, the North Face Lavaredo 120k, UTMB CCC, Moab Red Hot 55k, and so many more!
In 2016, when he just started ultra and mountain running, he won the mountain running world championships which was the first time in USA history. In this episode, we talk about his breakout race in 2016 when he signed up for the Speedgoat 50k right before the race and ended up winning the whole thing. We talk about Western States which he ran last year and did not have the race that he desired. He has worked on all of those things that he thinks caused the problems at the end of the race and is heading back there this year to try it again!
Hayden is the father of two and he is also a coach. He has such an amazing mindset and the joy that he has for running in contagious!
What we talked about:
5:30- Hayden’s day of training
7:40- Advice for becoming a better hill runner
9:50- Embracing the hurt from a hard run
11:20- How he met his wife
14:35- The first trail race that Hayden won
18:35- Downhill running on the trails
19:50- Sky racing
24:35- His mentality when a race isn’t going well
29:30- His recovery process
31:25- Being a dad of 2 and how that has affected training
35:50- His first 100k race
38:00- Racing the 100 miler and DNFing the races
43:50- His upcoming schedule of racing and preparing to race in the heat
55:10: His most meaningful race win
57:10- His mental training to be so tough in races
1:02:15- What he hopes to pass on to his children in terms of running and his love for the outdoors
1:08:25- His upcoming year of racing
1:10:45- His sponsorship with Hoka
1:15:20- His mentality during training and racing
1:18:45- End of podcast questions
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is a Sandy Boy Productions podcast. |
| 0:16.6 | Hey everybody, welcome to all have another podcast with Lindsay Hein. |
| 0:21.6 | I'm your host Lindsay and I'm so grateful you are joining us today. |
| 0:25.9 | Today's episode is episode 358 and my guest is Hayden Hawks. |
| 0:31.7 | If you are into the world of ultra running at all or follow it at all, you definitely know who Hayden |
| 0:39.1 | Hawks is. He is sponsored by Hoka and he has won so many ultra races. I don't even think I can |
| 0:46.8 | name them all but to name a few he holds the course record at the JFK 50 Miler first place |
| 0:52.8 | there in 2020 in a time of 51840. He's won the Chuck and Hunt 50K. We've had the race director |
| 1:00.3 | Chrissy male on this podcast. The broken arrow Sky Race 52K, Black Canyon 100K, the North |
| 1:08.7 | Face Lavorado Ultra Trail 120K, UTMBCCC, First Place and Course Record in 2017, Moab Red Hot 55K, |
| 1:20.3 | and in 2016 when he just started dipping his toes into the world of mountain running and ultra running, |
| 1:26.2 | he was on the mountain running world championship team which was the first time in USA history. |
| 1:31.4 | A very big deal. In this episode we talk about his breakout race in 2016 when he |
| 1:38.4 | signed up for the speed goat 50K like one day before the race and ended up winning the whole thing |
| 1:45.1 | which is crazy. We talk about western states. He ran western states last year and did not |
| 1:52.8 | have the race he desired but he has worked on all those things that he thinks led to the problems |
| 2:00.0 | at the end the very end of that race and he's gone after again this year. Hayden is the father of |
| 2:05.9 | two. He's also a coach and he has like such an amazing mindset and the joy that you can feel from |
| 2:14.0 | him when he talks about what running does for his life is contagious. You'll feel it too. |
| 2:20.1 | He started off in his running career as a fast road runner. I mean he has a sub 14 minute 5K PR. |
| 2:28.6 | He ran for Southern Utah University that's where he met his wife we get to hear all about that |
| 2:33.5 | in this episode as well and what his big dreams and goals are for this year next year and beyond. |
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