I sat down with Jason Fitzpatrick from the "Almost There Adventure Podcast" prior to Western States to discuss all things running. Here are a few of the topics we chatted about.
01:00 – Introducing Peter Mortimer
01:50 – The Cocodona 250
02:40 – How Peter got into running (and eventually ultra-running)
05:50 – Man Against Horse
10:50 – The Barkley Fall Classic and the Barkley Marathon
15:25 – Favorite ultra-race – The Dragon’s Back Race in Wales
21:45 – The role of the pacer
24:20 – Coaching
29:10 – What is a typical training week look like?
34:50 – 8 More Miles
40:30 – How do you approach an ultra-race?
44:25 – Hallucinations on a race
46:30 – How physically painful is running a 100 mile race?
48:25 – What’s on your bucket list?
55:00 – What kind of distances Peter coaches for
56:50 – Cheese-Rolling Race
60:00 – How to find Peter
Thanks for having me on Jason. Give it a listen :)
