🗣️ “Racing at the highest level is not foreign to me. I've been at the highest level for eight years now in the sport. I know how to race other individuals. I'm not scared of lining up against anybody. I know what I can do and I know what I'm capable of.”
Hayden Hawks joins the Singletrack Podcast to discuss his recovery from surgery midway through last season, the tools and knowledge he’s incorporated into his ultrarunning routine over the past nine months, training and visualization for his upcoming race at Black Canyon, and some reflections on UTMB, the Western States 100, and how his career has developed to date.
Timestamps:
(0:46) - bounce back from injury and surgery
(4:17) - training changes, load management
(16:50) - nutrition changes
(25:17) - making the choice early in career to go ultra versus sub ultra
(31:50) - seasonal racing volume
(36:11) - Black Canyon 100K discussion
(48:17) - miscellaneous topics, final thoughts
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