Tim Tollefson | Confronting Demons
The Freetrail Podcast with Dylan Bowman
Dylan Bowman
5 • 773 Ratings
🗓️ 17 June 2021
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
Tim Tollefson is a professional runner from Mammoth Lakes, CA. Over the past five years, Tim has risen to the highest level of the sport of trail and ultrarunning, earning wins and podium performances at some of the world's most important races. He's one of the most liked and respected runners on the circuit and he's now preparing for his first attempt at North America's most important race - The Western States 100. In this conversation, we talk all about Tim's preparation for the race and why he feels well prepared for the task at hand. Tim talks about the emphasis he's placed on his psychological and emotional health and how much that's helped his athletic career. In addition to lots of Western States conversation, we also talk about a fun entrepreneurial project Tim's been working on for the past couple years.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, everybody. I hope you're doing great. Another episode. Thank you for being here. Welcome to Pillars. I am Dylan Bowman and it is officially |
| 0:22.9 | time to bring the hype for the upcoming Western States 100 mile endurance run happening next |
| 0:30.6 | weekend from Olympic Valley to Auburn, California. That is right after what seems like forever, we are finally having a |
| 0:39.7 | championship level race with world-class competition, and we can geek out all about it starting right now. |
| 0:47.2 | Today, my guest, will need no introduction. We are talking to the pride of the Eastern Sierra, |
| 0:57.2 | the one and only, Mr. Tim Tullifson. |
| 1:03.2 | Of course, Tim lives here in Mammoth Lakes. We recorded it at his house, but he grew up near the Western States 100 course, and he will be a major factor in next weekend's race. And as you'll hear, |
| 1:09.8 | Tim is in a great place, both physically and emotionally, |
| 1:13.9 | and we talk all about why that is. Tim is very honest. He opens up about how he has placed |
| 1:20.5 | an emphasis on his internal life as a way to sort of confront some personal demons and the progress that he's seen as a result |
| 1:31.2 | and how it's really helped him in both his personal and his athletic life. |
| 1:37.4 | It's something we talk about all the time on the show, and I so appreciated Tim's perspectives |
| 1:42.5 | on the subjects. Of course, we talk all about Western States, how Tim's perspectives on the subjects. |
| 1:44.5 | Of course, we talk all about Western States, |
| 1:46.8 | how Tim's thinking about it, |
| 1:48.8 | his goals and expectations, |
| 1:51.1 | and all sorts of other sort of race-related conversation. |
| 1:55.7 | But at the end, Tim also teases an awesome entrepreneurial project |
| 2:00.8 | that he's been working on for a while. |
| 2:02.5 | It's pretty exciting. And I think it's the first time he's talked about it publicly. |
| 2:06.6 | So make sure you listen to the end so you can get the intelligence on that. |
| 2:10.4 | Before we get to the episode, as I sometimes do, for those who enjoy the show and appreciate |
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