Luke Nelson on Testing Limits
Off The Couch
English - September 26, 2019 23:50 - 1 hour - 91.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsRunning Sports Health & Fitness Fitness running podcast Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Luke Nelson is a professional runner, physician assistant, race director (of the Scout Mountain Ultras in his town of Pocatello, Idaho), climate activist, husband, father of three, and … someone who doesn’t get a lot of sleep.
And in this conversation, my co-host Brendan Leonard and I talk to Luke about how he and Brendan first met; his background as a serious snowboarder, climber, and kayaker; how and why he got into running — and did his first marathon; his obsession with testing his limits; how he attempts to balance that obsession with family life; why (given everything else he’s got going on) he makes the time to also be a race director, and more.
TOPICS & TIMES:
How Luke & Brendan met (1:30)Running his 1st marathon b/c of a bet (5:40)Learning from Jared Campbell (13:13)FKT of WURL / managing risk & fear (15:04)Balancing athletic & professional ambitions w/ family life (21:34)Sleeping little, training lots (23:47)Snowboarding & kayaking (& origami?) (26:38)Why Luke is racing less, pursuing FKT’s more (30:16)Finding comfort in pain (31:48)Medical concerns about “pushing your limits”? (45:55)ANWR expedition with Clare Gallagher & Tommy Caldwell (48:46)Why are you a race director? (54:49)Environmental activism (1:01:34)Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.