Episode 491: Jim Walmsley – 2023 UTMB Champion
I'll Have Another with Lindsey Hein Podcast
SandyBoy Productions
4.9 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 29 September 2023
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Jim Walmsley is on the podcast today coming off of his 2023 UTMB win! Jim became the first American male to win this race. He has attempted four previous times and over a year ago decided to move to France to train over there.
Jim is also the 2018, 2019, and 2021 Western States Champion and holds the course record there!
In this episode, he recaps his training and the UTMB race.
What we talked about:
3:20- Catching up with Jim post UTMB
5:30- Recapping UTMB
8:40- Moving to France to prepare for UTMB
15:15- His wife’s support of his career
20:20- Recap of the finish of UTMB
27:30- Standing on the shoulders of all of the American women that have won UTMB
29:05- Watching Courtney Dawaulter dominate
32:00- Walking through hard times in his career
35:20- What excites Jim in his career
39:30- Payment structures in ultrarunning
45:45- Road ultras
50:00- His marathon training
58:00- What’s next
1:09:00- His work ethic
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Sandy Boy Productions Podcast. |
| 0:18.4 | Hey friends, welcome to all have another podcast with Lindsay Hein. |
| 0:22.8 | I'm your host Lindsay, thanks for being here today. |
| 0:25.6 | Today on the show, we have Jim Walmsley, 2023 UTMB Champion. |
| 0:31.3 | Jim became the first American male to win this race. |
| 0:35.2 | He's attempted four previous times and over a year ago, |
| 0:40.0 | decided to move to France and he's been training over there. |
| 0:43.0 | He tells us what he did differently in this training |
| 0:45.9 | and he tells us a little bit about the race. |
| 0:48.0 | What I love about Jim is he knows how to come on a podcast like this |
| 0:53.0 | where it's not a bunch of super technical trail runners |
| 0:57.4 | and he also goes on those more technical podcasts. |
| 1:00.6 | So he kind of breaks down UTMB for the everyday runner like myself |
| 1:06.4 | and maybe you and a really easy to digest way but also very interesting way. |
| 1:11.2 | Jim is also the 2018, 2019 and 2021 Western States champion. |
| 1:19.1 | He holds the course record there in 14 hours and nine minutes. |
| 1:24.1 | In this podcast, we also talk about his wife Jess and how she supports him |
| 1:29.9 | what living in France has been like for them. |
| 1:32.5 | What it's like racing as a front runner over coming difficult times |
| 1:36.8 | because he's got a lot of shiny wins to him his name |
| 1:40.5 | but he's been through a lot of very difficult races as well |
| 1:45.1 | and you might not know but he does some like fun small races over in France as well |
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