Karl Meltzer - Race Strategy
Trail Runner Nation
Trail Runner Nation
4.5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 21 March 2014
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
Karl Meltzer is the record holder for the most 100-mile trail wins and most 100-mile wins in one season. He joined the Nation with a studio audience the day before Way Too Cool 50K to discuss his race strategies:
- How does he break up a 100-mile race
- How does he alter his training when he is injured
- How has his training changed over the years
- His multi-day records and upcoming attempt to break the 2200-mile Appalachian Trail record
- How is a multi-day race different mentally and physically from a 100-mile race
He also talks about Wings For Life World Run coming up on May 4th. 100% of the $50 race fee goes to find a cure for spinal cord injuries.
Check out this video of Karl's Red Bull Human Express, his 2064-mile Pony Express record run in 2010.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | what do we do? Okay, okay, we gotta get my mind wrapped around. Are we ready? |
| 0:14.4 | Yeah, we're gonna start it. Yeah, I'm gonna, I'll start. What was that? |
| 0:20.6 | Okay, here we go. And welcome to this Bask Corson review. And today, Scott, |
| 0:26.0 | what are we gonna review today? Well, we have Rob Goyin on the phone who is the |
| 0:29.5 | race director of the Brazos Bend Trail Races. And you can go to that URL. |
| 0:36.7 | Brazos Bend Trail Races.com to learn more about it. But we're gonna give him the |
| 0:41.3 | Corson review two minute quick question and answer rapid fire course review. |
| 0:48.4 | Rob, we're gonna, before we get started, because because this course is, is |
| 0:53.6 | trail worthy. We're gonna put you in a shoe. Scott, let's put them in the shoe |
| 0:57.0 | you've been wearing the Vask SS T ultra ultra ultra SST ultra SST ultra you've |
| 1:02.6 | been wearing that. I've been in vies. It looks good. Can I tell you the one thing? |
| 1:05.6 | I just want to say this, I love that lacing system more than life itself. |
| 1:10.2 | Because you can on the fly, tighten the shoe up and loosen it as you're going. |
| 1:15.2 | Yeah, you know, and Rob, not to take too much of your time here two minutes. |
| 1:18.4 | But, you know, and Scott, you have a lot of shoes to choose from. I do. And, and |
| 1:22.5 | every time we go out, it seems like you're in that same shoe. A bumblebee shoe. Yeah, |
| 1:26.0 | buddy. All right. Okay, Rob, you, you may know the, the, the rules for this. We've got |
| 1:31.0 | it. We've, it's gotten nice responsibility to carry you through these questions in |
| 1:34.6 | two minutes. And, and we feel, we feel obligated to help you. And if we need to |
| 1:38.8 | interrupt and move us along, then, then we just will. So don't feel offended by |
| 1:42.3 | that. And you do have a, you do have one pass. If you don't have an answer, or |
| 1:47.4 | if you don't want to answer that question, you do have one free pass. |
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