Timothy Olson | BYP 070
Billy Yang Podcast
Billy Yang
4.8 • 903 Ratings
🗓️ 3 December 2021
⏱️ 106 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, I sat down with ultra endurance athlete Timothy Olson for a conversation about his record setting run on the famed Pacific Crest Trail (PCT). We unpacked all that went into his 51 days along the 2,653 mile route (averaging 51+ miles a day!) that runs from the southern terminus of the Mexican border to the Canadian border traversing vast terrain from the desert to alpine mountains. We talk through various challenges including rerouting from fires, missed water drops, animal encounters and some injuries that cropped up. We also break down the positive including the support from his family/friends/fans, moving through beautiful topography and much more.
+ The Unknown (Timothy's 2016 Hardrock 100)
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| 0:00.0 | I think that was another huge part that brought me to the space I was supposed to be. |
| 0:09.7 | Why I wasn't supposed to do this a year prior because I just still needed to keep working on |
| 0:13.6 | some things internally and I'm so grateful for the therapists I've met the people that I've |
| 0:19.4 | talked to. Yeah, just getting to work through that and that that's what the whole trail was supposed to be, |
| 0:25.0 | was this not just forgetting about it or running away from it, |
| 0:28.0 | but running with it and through it. |
| 0:30.0 | That's what I did out there is I felt everything and it hurt and it was uncomfortable but so |
| 0:36.3 | healing and I think that's what we really did out there was heal together and come to a place |
| 0:40.9 | of really of contentment and peace. |
| 0:43.0 | All right everyone welcome or welcome back to a new episode of the |
| 0:49.6 | Billyang Podcast. Hope you've all been well. Hope you're enjoying the holiday season as it is |
| 0:57.0 | quickly upon all of us and I hope everyone continues to stay healthy and safe. |
| 1:04.4 | We got a great one for you today because |
| 1:07.0 | guess who's back on the podcast, |
| 1:08.6 | none other than the most recent record setting |
| 1:11.7 | PCT athlete, the Pacific Crest Trail to you the layman. |
| 1:17.0 | Timothy Olson. |
| 1:19.0 | Timothy has been a guest here multiple times as well as a multiple Western States champion |
| 1:25.9 | he's also a friend of the show and more recently the new dad of a baby girl |
| 1:31.5 | named Esmeray to complete the hat trick of children that he has. |
| 1:37.1 | So massive love and congrats to you and Krista and the family. |
| 1:42.4 | Before we get to the episode and dissect all the trials tribulation and elation that was the PCT adventure all 51 days and 2,653 miles of it. |
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