Jim Walmsley | Engagement, Moving to Europe, Western States, and UTMB
The Freetrail Podcast with Dylan Bowman
Dylan Bowman
5 • 773 Ratings
🗓️ 2 February 2022
⏱️ 81 minutes
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Summary
Jim Walmsley is a three-time Western States 100 champion and one of the greatest ultrarunners of all time. He recently won the North American Ultra Runner of the Year award for the fifth straight year. In this conversation we talk about some recent changes in Jim's life, how he's addressing his weaknesses as an athlete, his relationship with Francois D'Haene, his third victory at Western States, a DNF at UTMB, and what Jim has planned for 2022. This was a really fun conversation!
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| 0:00.0 | What's up, friends, how is it going? Welcome back to the free free trail podcast always appreciate you all for being here |
| 0:22.7 | of course i am dylan bowman and we are back with a special one this time with the trail and ultra icon |
| 0:29.8 | the pride of arizona the three-time champion and course record holder of the western states 100 |
| 0:36.0 | and now the five-time Ultra Runner of the |
| 0:39.4 | Year award recipient. That's right. Mr. Jim Walmsley returns for his second appearance on the show. |
| 0:47.1 | And we happen to be catching Jim at a bit of a pivotal moment in his life and his career. So it was a |
| 0:53.5 | great time to sit down for this chat. |
| 0:56.3 | For one, Jim is now engaged to be married. |
| 0:59.7 | He and his longtime partner, Miss Jess Breszo, have a wedding plan for this coming May, |
| 1:05.9 | which they announced on social media recently. |
| 1:09.0 | And not long after that, the newlyweds will be decamping the United States of America |
| 1:15.2 | and moving abroad, specifically to France, for a fun little stint abroad, an amazing life |
| 1:22.4 | adventure for the couple, and an opportunity for Jim to enhance his focus on the Ultra Trail de Montblanc, |
| 1:30.2 | the UTMB, a race that to this point evaded him in his career. We talk all about these two |
| 1:37.0 | big life commitments and how Jim and Jess are feeling about the changes before we dive into |
| 1:43.8 | more running-centric conversation, |
| 1:46.1 | including Jim's friendship with the great Francois Dane, his third victory at the Western |
| 1:51.9 | States 100, his disappointing DNF at the UTMB, his evolving approach to training, and a lot more. |
| 2:00.5 | I'm not going to lie, as a fan of sports. This was just |
| 2:04.6 | a joy to record. It's so fun to sit down with one of the best our sport has ever seen and go deep |
| 2:11.7 | on what makes him great and also what makes him human. And I really hope you guys enjoy the discussion. |
| 2:18.3 | As always, a big thank you to our presenting sponsor, |
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