Ultra running is like one of the most selfish things in the world, right?

And doing a multi-day ultra run is an extension of that, right?

So doing it in honor of somebody and in memory of somebody

I think allows me to really,

one sort of justify my time out there because I'm like am I really going to go for

over 50 days on this kind of like wild adventure I've always really wanted to do and then also

during it it's very empowering because it makes me rethink my

relationship with my family with Colin, with his parents, with my immediate

family and kind of have that sense of gratitude and perspective that I think is very quickly lost

when you're really uncomfortable on day four from you know Achilles tendonitis you have that

sense of like wow there's a lot more than just my

Achilles tendonitis out in the world and it's really important and something I'm

very grateful for that that's always been incorporated in some kind of

capacity to a lot of these efforts I've done.

Greetings everyone. Welcome or welcome back to the Billyang Podcast.

My name is Billy Yang and I am a filmmaker, a runner, and of course podcaster.

And once upon the time, during the height of COVID, I was a Thruhiker. I did a through hike on the 200 plus mile

John Muir Trail and I say this and this is app because my guest today is probably best known for taking on

these long trail adventures.

Only what separates him from mere portals like myself

is that he runs him in unthinkable times.

Going for fastest known times, or FKT for short, and now has racked up many to his name including most recently on the

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