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Tim Tollefson | 2022 UTMB Pre-Race Interview

Singletrack

Finn Melanson

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

5897 Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2022

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Text us your thoughts about this episode or ideas for future episodes!Tim Tollefson is a professional trail runner for Hoka based in the Mammoth Lakes, CA preparing for the 2022 UTMB.Sponsors:This episode is brought to you by Gnarly Nutrition. Use code Singletrack20 at checkout to get 20% off your next order.Timestamps:(1:08) - 2022 Western States Reflections(5:21) - excitement level for UTMB this year(7:37) - preparing for UTMB in Mammoth Lakes(10:47) - whether he can win UTMB(12:15) - thoug...

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0:00.0

Welcome back or welcome to the single track podcast.

0:03.0

I'm your host, Finn Melanson, and this is another episode of our UTMB pre-race interview series.

0:09.0

We are chatting with Tim Tullifson, a professional trail runner for Hokka,

0:14.0

based in Mammoth Lakes, California, ahead of his race later this month at UTMB.

0:20.0

Before we get started, though, this episode is brought to you by Narley Nutrition.

0:23.6

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0:28.6

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0:32.6

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0:38.0

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0:42.9

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0:47.0

single track 20 to get 20% off your next order at checkout on their website. Tim Tallison, it is great

0:53.7

to have you back on the single track podcast.

0:56.5

It's really good to see you.

0:58.0

I think we're both in slightly better environments this time.

1:02.3

I know.

1:03.1

I've done a little bit of an upgrade to my podcast studio here, and you are not in a car.

1:09.7

Reflecting back on Western States, though, just for a second,

1:12.5

what were some of the positives or the takeaways from this year's race

1:17.3

that you are applying to training for UTMB and ultimately race day?

1:22.2

Or put it another way, what did you learn about yourself on that day

1:25.3

that became part of the building blocks

1:27.6

moving forward? Probably one of the biggest benefits or like positives that came out of that race

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