Tim Tollefson | Trail Running Optimism

The Freetrail Podcast with Dylan Bowman

Dylan Bowman

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

5 • 773 Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2024

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

Tim Tollefson is a pro runner for Craft Sportswear, living in Mammoth Lakes, CA. He is also the Founder and Race Director of Mammoth Trail Fest. Tim is just eclipsing his tenth year as a trail runner where he's been one of the best athletes in the world. Approaching his 40th birthday, Tim is in a bit of a transition, still motivated to compete at the top while building the foundation for his next chapter. Tim is a longtime friend and our careers are unfolding in similar ways, making this a really fun conversation.

Topics discussed:

Creativity and craftsmanship
The practical physical and mental realities of aging
The importance of continuous self-work
Living in alignment with personal values
Burning clean fuel vs dirty fuel metaphorically
Tim's 2024 season including his DNF at UTMB
The rapid changes in the sport and increasing competition
Tim's relationship with UTMB championship Vincent Bouillard
Mammoth Trail Fest's growth
The idea of pursuing your life's work
The controversy and peaceful resolution of the Golden Trail race in Mammoth
Tim's personal development
Goals for 2025
A lot more!

Craft's film about Tim's 2024 UTMB

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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
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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, you can learn more at free trail.com forward
1:12.5	slash pro or at the link in the show notes.
1:19.3	Today I'm joined by my good buddy certified legend pro athlete and the founder and race director
1:25.5	for the mammoth trail fest. Mr Tim Tullifson is back on the
1:28.7	program. Tim will need no introduction. He is very much a fan favorite, now a decade into his
1:35.0	career and quickly approaching his 40th birthday. That said, Tim is also at a bit of a transition,
1:41.8	still motivated to compete at the top while building the foundation for his next chapter. Tim is also at a bit of a transition, still motivated to compete at the top while building the
1:45.4	foundation for his next chapter.
1:48.0	Tim is a longtime friend in our careers and lives are unfolding in similar ways, making
1:53.3	this a really fun conversation.
1:55.8	Some topics we discuss, Tim discovering his creativity later in life. We talk about the practical, physical,
2:03.1	and mental realities of aging, the importance of continuous self-work. We talk about living in
2:08.4	alignment with our personal values, burning clean fuel versus dirty fuel metaphorically. We talk
2:14.5	about Tim's 2024 racing season, including his DNF at UTMB. We talk about the
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