Max Jolliffe | Moab 240 Champion on Addiction, Sobriety, Run Streaking, and Finding Purpose

The Freetrail Podcast with Dylan Bowman

Dylan Bowman

Ultrarunning, Training, Wellness, Endurance, Health, Running, Commentary, Trailrunning, Sports, Run

5 • 773 Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2024

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

Max Jolliffe is a pro runner for Satisfy living in Southern California. Max has only been in the sport for a couple years, accumulating experience and discovering his talent. Last week, Max had his biggest athletic breakthrough, winning and setting a new CR at the Moab 240. Max has a powerful personal story and it was great to get to know him in this conversation.

Topics discussed:

Max's struggles with addiction
Getting clean and discovering purpose through running
Run streaking and why he started 3+ years ago
Max's tattoos and tattoo culture
Discovering running talent and chasing goals
The value of jumping in the deep end
Max's sponsors Satisfy & Cadence
Learnings from TDS
The Moab 240 comeback victory
A lot more!

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0:00.0	Hey fam, welcome to the free trail podcast. Of course, I am your host, Dylan Bowman. And if you're hearing this, that means you are not in the member-only feed. It's all good. Don't worry about it. But we would very much appreciate
0:26.9	it if you would consider signing up for Free Trail Pro. As a subscriber, you're going to get ad-free
0:32.1	versions of this show, along with a bunch of member-only content. I'm going to be doing AMAs and having important and
0:39.8	unfiltered conversations with the pretrial team, community members, and special guests
0:45.3	regularly there on the private feed. Your free trail membership will also give you access to
0:50.8	our extremely active Slack community of international trail runners of all levels.
0:56.0	You'll get early access to all of our merch and events, exclusive discounts with our brand partners,
1:01.9	and a lot more, including some very exciting things to be announced very soon.
1:07.8	Membership is only $96 for the year, and you can learn more at free trail.com forward
1:12.5	slash pro or at the link in the show notes.
1:19.2	Today, we're joined by Max Jolliffe, Pro Runner for Satisfy Living in Southern California. Max is pretty
1:25.5	new to the game, only starting his trail running journey
1:28.5	a couple of years ago, building experience and discovering his talent, certainly posting a
1:34.3	bunch of solid performances across distances. But last week, Max had his biggest breakthrough to
1:39.8	date, winning and setting the course record at the Moab 240, his first 200 plus mile event, providing
1:47.7	the perfect excuse to reach out and get him here on the program. I didn't know Max at all before
1:53.8	this. This was actually our first time ever talking and it was great to use the podcast again
1:59.7	as an excuse to get to know a cool person a little bit better.
2:04.2	He's got an incredible story.
2:06.2	Some topics we discuss.
2:07.8	Max's early struggles with addiction.
2:11.2	We talk about getting clean and discovering purpose through running.
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