2 HN users recommended this podcast episode2 months2017–2019score 2
Years with an HN recommendation, 2007–2026
HN recommends it for her humility and for her stories of persevering through extreme endurance races.
Joe Rogan interviews ultramarathon runner Courtney Dauwalter shortly after she won the Moab 240 in under 58 hours. She tells stories of enduring extreme fatigue and hallucinations.
“some of the stories she tells about persevering through physical fatigue (and hallucinations, etc) is unreal” (HN, 2019)
I saw her first at Joe Rogan's podcast[1]. Far beyond the athletic achievement, I was amazed by her humility, how modest was she was during the entire conversation! [1] [this video]
Interview showing her humility beyond athletic achievements.
Last year the NYTimes had a nice writeup about her [link] - I was following up on that and found an interview she did with Joe Rogan in 2017 after winning the MOAB 240, and some of the stories she tells about persevering through physical fatigue (and hallucinations, etc) is unreal: [this video]
Stories of persevering through fatigue and hallucinations.
Then how did Courtney Dauwalter recently win the MOAB 240 race in Utah by over eight hours on a diet of nachos, candy and beer? She eats far more calories than a normal human could and is establishing new high marks in performance along the way. Not even the Tarahumara have put up her kind of numbers. [this video] A single hour on the treadmill will burn over 1,000 kcal for most somewhat fit people. It also increases their insulin sensitivity. The truth is most westerners and especially Americans are far too sedentary.
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