Golden Ticket Talks | Trueheart Brown, Black Canyon 100K 1st Place Male

Singletrack

Finn Melanson

Wilderness, Trail Running, Sports, Sports News, Mountain Running, Running, Ultrarunning, Ultra Running, News, Ultramarathon

5 • 897 Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2022

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Text us your thoughts about this episode or ideas for future episodes!The Golden Ticket Talks are back! In this episode, we talk with the 1st place male finisher at the 2022 Black Canyon 100K, Trueheart Brown. Since Trueheart is likely a new name to most ultrarunning fans, we cover a lot of ground in this episode including his background in the sport, his home and training base in Flagstaff, AZ, how he prepared for Black Canyon, his expectations leading into the race, his execution on race da...

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0:00.0	Welcome back or welcome to the single track podcast.
0:03.7	I'm your host, Finn Melanson, and if you're new to the show, this episode is part of a series called Golden Ticket Talks,
0:11.2	in which we interview each of the male and female golden ticket winners at the latest golden ticket event.
0:17.4	We are kicking off the latest round of episodes with True Heart Brown, who punched his ticket to Western States after winning the Black Canyon 100K this past weekend.
0:26.6	Since True Heart is probably a new name to a lot of ultra-running fans, we cover a lot of ground in this episode, including his background in the sport, his home and training base in Flagstaff, Arizona,
0:39.3	how we prepared for the race, his expectations leading into the race, his execution,
0:44.3	his thoughts on Western states, and a lot more.
0:47.2	I really enjoyed this one.
0:49.0	Let's get right into it.
0:50.1	Welcome, Trueheart.
0:53.0	Truehart Brown, welcome to the single track podcast.
0:57.5	Thanks, Finn.
0:58.2	I appreciate you, give me the invite and really glad to be here.
1:03.0	Pretty excited.
1:04.0	And yeah, just looking forward to the conversation for sure.
1:08.1	We have a lot to talk about, but we can't bury the lead, which is the fact that you
1:12.7	ran one of the fastest times ever at Black Canyon 100 K this past weekend, and you punched a
1:18.0	golden ticket to Western States. So I know we're only, what, less than 48 hours removed, but what are you
1:23.4	feeling right now? Frankly, it's pretty unbelievable and it's still sinking in.
1:30.3	You know, I took a real good, hard look at it first thing this morning.
1:39.3	I got it pretty prominent and I just had to shake my head and still kind of disbelief to be
1:46.3	honest with you. Feeling really good and really honored and humble. And yeah, just stoked.
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