KHC 164 - Kilian Korth

Cameron Hanes - Keep Hammering Collective

Cameron Hanes

Health & Fitness, Sports

4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2025

⏱️ 146 minutes

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Kilian Korth - professional ultrarunner who made history by winning the Triple Crown of 200s, a series of three grueling 200-mile races: Tahoe 200, Bigfoot 200, and Moab 240. Kilian swept all three outright and set a new cumulative time record of approximately 156 hours, surpassing the previous mark set in 2019. Join us for a conversation about what it takes to win a triple crown in 200 mile ultramarathons, how Kilian went from a full time job to full time athlete, and how his childhood and schooling made him who he is today. Follow along: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cameronrhanes Twitter: https://twitter.com/cameronhanes Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/camhanes/ Website: https://www.cameronhanes.com Follow Killian: https://www.instagram.com/runtoughmindset/ Timestamps: 00:00:00 – Forged in Failure (Upcoming Documentary) & Kilian’s First 200 Mile Races 00:09:47 – Mental Struggles While Faces Failures 00:15:17 – A Race for First: Racing Against Other Runners 00:19:43 – Forged in Failure Trailer 00:23:01 – Blisters from Ultra Races & Mental Games of Pacing Races 00:34:01 – What Kilian Changed: Efficiency in Being More Fit, Overtraining, & Fuel 00:45:54 – Advantages of Going Professional & Being Rewarded for Talent 00:51:25 – Aid Stations, Dirt Naps, & Babies 00:55:30 – Kilian’s Childhood & Growing up on a Military Base 01:03:12 – Kilian’s First Marathons & Facing the Elements with Humility 01:07:43 – Facing Near-Death in Alaska 01:17:33 – A Love for Philosophy: Going to School to be a Politician 01:22:17 – Physicalist, Stoicism, and a Path to Enlightenment 01:28:42 – Who Inspires Kilian in Ultra Running 01:32:14 – Grand Ideas, Goals in Running, & Support from Kilian’s Sponsors and Wife 01:41:09 – Getting Past Self Doubts 01:43:32 – Using Experience and Failures to Train Better Runners 01:52:05 – Warrior in a Garden Mindset: Strength & Endurance 01:56:46 – Being Honest with Your Goals 02:04:23 – The Road to Nowhere is Long 02:06:42 – QA: F**k, Marry, Kill: Moab, Tahoe, Bigfoot 02:10:49 – QA: Is a 50K an Ultramarathon? 02:16:51 – QA: Who Kilian Would Swap Minds with for a Race? 02:20:08 – Final Thoughts Thank you to our sponsors: Montana Knife Company: https://www.montanaknifecompany.com/ Use code CAM for 10% off Black Rifle Coffee: https://www.blackriflecoffee.com/ Use code KEEPHAMMERING for 20% your first order Sig Sauer: https://www.sigsauer.com/ use code CAM10 for 10% off optics Hoyt: http://bit.ly/3Zdamyv use code CAM for 10% off MTN OPS Supplements: https://mtnops.com/ Use code KEEPHAMMERING for 20% off and Free Shipping Grizzly Coolers: https://www.grizzlycoolers.com/ use code KEEPHAMMERING for 20% off

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0:00.0	Every step I take I move my truth. Every time they tell me stop I use. Every comment hate that makes my feel, gather up my energy and boom. I had them talking saying the way that I move it's so reckless. That is a part of my mind I've been blessed with. Giving my blood so I am relentless. This is a Keep Hammering Collective. I'm with Killian Korth. Dude, it's an honor to have you here.
0:23.1	Honor to be here. Yeah, thanks so much for having me in the hospitality so far. Fun run this
0:27.4	morning. Got the full Oregon experience. Right. Well, it wasn't raining. Okay. It wasn't poor.
0:32.6	It was supposed to. We were geared up for it. Yeah. And then it turned out to be humid and kind of hot.
0:38.5	We're taking stuff off, but we got a couple summits in on Piscua. Got the, got to the monument up there. And yeah, it was awesome.
0:47.8	Yeah, fun times. Yeah. And we are, so you're in the same seat as the king of Moab sat there, Max Joloff, and now you are the king of the 200s this year.
0:59.3	You want every, well, all destination trail 200s.
1:02.8	Yeah, the Triple Crown.
1:03.8	The Triple Crown, right.
1:04.9	So that's Moab, Bigfoot, Tahoe.
1:08.8	Correct, yep.
1:09.6	You're the man.
1:10.8	It happened this year. It's been a goal for a long time. So it still feels kind of surreal here and it's said out loud. But it's pretty cool. Well, it's, you know, I've done, I've lined up on all those starting lines and they are tough. Tough. Yeah. And to do it all and win them all in one year. Yeah. Amazing. It's a, I don't think I really realize how hard it was going to be until after the first race. So yeah. Yeah. It's, it's very different than trying to peek for just one race doing the whole series because you just, you just don't have nearly as much time as it feels like you should in between them.
1:46.2	I just say I'm peaking for one race,
1:49.1	even though I only have one race in me a year.
1:51.6	So I just pretend like that's my peaking.
1:54.8	And that's still hard.
1:56.3	But what we're going to do now is we're going to have a little different start to this. So you have a film coming out, which I'm addicted to documentaries, and I love good documentaries. So I've got high hopes for yours. But tell me about this and we're going to watch the trailer for it.
2:12.3	Yeah, I think this will live up to high expectations. It's going to be called Forged in Failure.
2:21.9	I'm working with my media team, L-I-U Creative Co.
2:24.0	Yeah, if you're listening, I'll follow them on Instagram.
2:24.7	They're great people.
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