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Long Run Archives #1 | Jim Walmsley What Ifs, Black Canyon 100K Preview, Full-Time Ultrarunning

Singletrack

Finn Melanson

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

5897 Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2022

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Text us your thoughts about this episode or ideas for future episodes!This episode is part of a brand new mini-series we are calling the "Long Run Archives" in which I am joined by Brett Hornig, a fellow ultra runner and coach at Trails and Tarmac to riff on some of Ultrarunning’s most intriguing news, ideas, and questions. You know those highly entertaining long run conversations you have with friends you wish you could have hit the record button on? These episodes will attempt to recreate t...

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0:00.0

Welcome back or welcome to the single track podcast. I'm your host, Finn Melanson. And this episode is part of a

0:07.3

brand new mini series. We are calling The Long Run Archives, in which I am joined by Brett Hornig,

0:13.6

a fellow ultra runner and coach at Trails and Tarmac. We are going to riff on some of ultra running's

0:20.4

most intriguing news, debates, and questions.

0:23.7

You know those fantastic long-run conversations you have with friends that you wish you could have

0:28.2

hit the record button on?

0:30.2

The goal with these episodes is essentially to recreate those moments.

0:34.6

In this first episode, we go back and forth on whether it's a competitive advantage

0:39.7

to be a full-time ultra runner, how different our sport would be if Jim Walmsley had never missed

0:45.3

that turn at Mile 90 during the 2016 Western States 100. We do a preview of the golden

0:51.3

ticket race at the Black Canyon 100K.

0:54.2

And we conclude with some chatter about great finds

0:58.5

on Strava and other news in our sport,

1:00.8

including the entrance of one of the greatest

1:03.3

American runners of all time.

1:05.7

I'm excited for this one.

1:06.7

Let's get started.

1:10.5

Brett Hornig, welcome to the single track podcast.

1:13.6

Hey, Finn.

1:14.2

Thanks for having me.

1:15.5

And I can say this is definitely not the last time because just for context, a couple

1:21.2

weeks back on a recent podcast episode, I put it in the outro of the show that I wanted

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