Episode 360: Arlen Glick - Ultramarathon Runner
Human Performance Outliers Podcast with Zach Bitter
Zach Bitter
4.8 • 622 Ratings
🗓️ 28 July 2023
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Arlen Glick is an ultramarathon runner who specializes in the 100 mile distance. He popped onto the scene when he went on a streak of frequent racing and podium finishes near his home in Ohio. He then headed West and performed well on some big stages, including the Javelina 100 and WSER 100. Arlen is one of nine siblings, doesn't believe in social media, and has a unique approach to ultramarathon.
Topics included:
- Arlen's start to running and ultramarathon
- Arlen's approach to racing, and specific targets
- Sponsorships and professionalism in ultramarathon
- Arlen's approach to training
- Close proximity of 100 mile races
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| 0:00.0 | Thanks for tuning into this episode of the Human Performance Outliers podcast with Zach Bitter. |
| 0:09.8 | All right, everyone. |
| 0:11.3 | Welcome back to another episode of the Human Performance Outliers podcast. |
| 0:14.2 | I'm your host, Zach Bitter. |
| 0:15.2 | And today I have a guest episode for you. |
| 0:18.9 | Today's guest is Arlen Glick. Arlen began his ultra career in 2016 |
| 0:25.3 | and shortly after started racking up podium finishes at a furious rate. Arlen is based out of Ohio. |
| 0:32.6 | So his rise to ultra running fame came as a bit of surprised in a sport that often selects for racing out |
| 0:39.0 | west. But nevertheless, Arlen built a solid resume, mostly racing closer to home early in his |
| 0:45.5 | career, before hitting some key results, which we dive into in this episode. Arlen is also unique |
| 0:50.9 | in that he doesn't engage on social media. I believe he has a Strava account. |
| 0:55.5 | But other than that, where he logs his running, no Instagram, no Facebook, no Twitter, |
| 1:00.2 | none of that stuff. |
| 1:00.8 | So he stays away from that stuff, which is interesting because that just means there's a lot |
| 1:05.1 | less about him floating around online. |
| 1:07.8 | And for that reason, I wanted to have him on the show to chat about how he goes |
| 1:12.3 | about training and racing for Ultra, his kind of rise in the sports to where now he's recognized |
| 1:17.7 | as a person you have to look out for when you're on a race course. And he's also there. So I actually |
| 1:24.5 | had the privilege of meeting Arlen in some of his family at the Havillina 100 last year and some more of his family actually at Western States this year. |
| 1:33.1 | And I can't remember if we talked about this episode or not, but he is one of nine siblings. |
| 1:37.3 | So he has a big family. |
| 1:38.4 | So Arlen's got a lot of support back home and then a lot of support out on the course when he's out there racing and being |
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