Tim Tollefson | The Infinite Game
The Freetrail Podcast with Dylan Bowman
Dylan Bowman
5 • 773 Ratings
🗓️ 30 March 2022
⏱️ 85 minutes
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Summary
Tim Tollefson is a professional ultrarunner for HOKA, living in Mammoth Lakes, CA. He returns to the podcast to discuss Western States, UTMB, his personal growth, a recent win at Way Too Cool and much more.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, free trail fam. |
| 0:17.5 | Welcome back to the podcast. |
| 0:19.2 | Of course, I'm your host, Dylan Bowman. |
| 0:22.9 | Always so grateful for your time and attention. Join again today by my good friend, the trail running icon and the pride of the |
| 0:29.0 | Eastern Sierra. Tim Tollifson returns for his second appearance on the show. The last time Tim |
| 0:35.3 | was here was about nine months ago just before Western States |
| 0:39.2 | 2021, where he battled through tough conditions and tougher competition for a fifth place finish |
| 0:46.7 | that, as you will hear, carried feelings of both pride and disappointment. So we started our |
| 0:52.7 | conversation there, where we left off last time, |
| 0:55.4 | getting the full story of Tim's first Western States experience. Of course, we then talked about |
| 1:01.4 | UTMB, where Tim succumbed to an unfortunate DNF that really was not a surprise to him, and you'll hear |
| 1:10.4 | why. |
| 1:14.0 | And then, of course, we talked about how he turned things around. |
| 1:22.3 | This season, Tim has started his 2022 racing campaign with an incredible victory at the Way Too Cool 50K just a couple weeks ago, running the fourth fastest time in the race has storied history. |
| 1:28.3 | And so it was really great to have this conversation. |
| 1:32.6 | We talk a lot about running, yes, but really we use the sport and some of Tim's recent experiences |
| 1:39.2 | as a way to talk about deeper things, about life and struggle and self-doubt and personal growth and |
| 1:47.4 | career and all those things that occupy all of our brains so much. Tim and I are at a similar place |
| 1:55.0 | in our lives. We're about the same age, and so I identify with a lot of the things that he's going through. And |
| 2:03.0 | it's really great to hear what's been on his mind recently and why he thinks he's in a great |
| 2:08.6 | place heading into the 2022 racing season. Hope you guys enjoyed this convo. Before we get to it, |
| 2:15.6 | a couple quick things that I want to mention. First, it is officially Gorge Waterfalls Race Week. We are super excited, a little overwhelmed, a little bit stress, but very excited to welcome runners this weekend, bring back this classic Pacific Northwest event. We'll talk about it more on Free Trail Friday this week, |
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