Tom Evans | Kenyan Running Influences, Social Media Outlook, New UTMB Approach

Singletrack

Finn Melanson

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

5 • 897 Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2024

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Text us your thoughts about this episode or ideas for future episodes!Tom Evans returns to the Singletrack Podcast to talk about the influence of work and travel in Kenya on his ultrarunning career, how he plans to bounce back from last year's UTMB, his new approach to social media and in-person engagements before race day, and some of the latest training and racing science he's incorporating into his 2024 schedule.Timestamps:(1:35) - influence of the military and Iten, Kenya on his ultrarunn...

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0:00.0	Welcome back or welcome to the single track podcast. I'm your host, Finn Melanson, and this is a pre-race
0:05.8	interview with Tom Evans ahead of the 2024 UTMB. We talk about his military background and how that
0:12.7	influences his approach to ultra running, his history at UTMB, and how he is thinking about this year's
0:17.9	event, as well as his latest thinking around training and racing,
0:21.6	science and strategy. One thing to note before we get started, we did have technical difficulties
0:26.7	in post-production with this episode. Basically, Tom's local files were stuck in processing due to a
0:32.6	technical error with our recording system, but thankfully, we were able to grab the cloud-based
0:37.2	joint backup audio file. You will notice on two or three occasions that we're, we were able to grab the cloud-based joint backup audio file.
0:39.3	You will notice on two or three occasions that Tom's audio cuts out for five to seven-ish seconds due to some internet connectivity blips.
0:47.8	Otherwise, it's smooth.
0:49.3	The only consequence of this option is we unfortunately cannot publish a YouTube version, such as the
0:54.9	state of remote recording tech in 2024. Otherwise, amazing conversation, Tom is so generous with
1:01.9	his knowledge. I strongly believe you are going to leave this conversation feeling pretty
1:06.9	inspired as an athlete and stoked to follow along on race day with that let's get into
1:12.1	the conversation tom evans it is great to have you back on the single track podcast how are you
1:17.1	doing today fin thank you so much having me now i'm very well i remember our last chat i was in a
1:22.4	slightly different place at abbey hall's parents place in phoenix uh and i I'm now in teen in the French Alps.
1:32.4	Yeah, so, no, thank you for having me back.
1:35.6	Two amazing training locations.
1:38.5	Where I want to start this conversation is actually with some of your personal history. I'm familiar with
1:46.4	sort of that bar room, that story that led to you doing Marathon de Saba, but I didn't realize until
1:52.5	recently that, you know, back when you were in the military, you actually had the chance to go to Kenya.
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