Episode 490: Multiday Ultramarathon Performance Insights | Kevin Goldberg
Human Performance Outliers Podcast with Zach Bitter
Zach Bitter
4.8 • 622 Ratings
🗓️ 5 June 2026
⏱️ 89 minutes
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Summary
Multiday Ultramarathons are growing in popularity, but offer a high bar to be successful. Kevin Goldberg is the host of the "Distance To Empty Podcast" where they dive into the specific variables surrounding multiday ultras. We discussed what he has learned from experts along the way, as well his own participation in this style of ultramarathon.
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| 0:00.0 | So literally stumbled upon an ultramarathon, was out hiking, and you may remember the North Face Endurance Challenge series. |
| 0:06.0 | So the New York race, I was out hiking while that was going on, went home and signed up for the DC version that night, and was immediately hooked. |
| 0:14.0 | So I finished Mammoth in a little over 58 hours without sleep. |
| 0:18.0 | And it was an interesting experiment. I don't know that I would do it again. |
| 0:22.2 | The last 10 hours of the race got very strange. Yeah, dive into the deep end. That's where |
| 0:27.0 | the story is going to come from. You're going to get the best stories from just dive in. |
| 0:31.1 | Do tour de jants as your first. That would be jumping straight into the fire for sure. |
| 0:38.9 | Thanks for tuning into this episode of the Human Performance Outliers podcast with Zach Bitter. |
| 0:45.9 | Hey everyone, before we get rolling, I just want to thank you for taking the time to check out this episode. |
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| 1:17.4 | Big thanks to Element Electrolites, Delta G ketones, and ProBio Nutrition for being premier sponsors |
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| 2:02.6 | all right kevin welcome to the show. |
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