Courtney Dauwalter, is considered the world’s best female ultramarathon runner. She might just be the greatest ultrarunner of all time, period. To me, in some ways I see her infectious smile and cheerful personality as a smokescreen, because Courtney’s unrelenting drive to push the limits of human endurance potential in the mountains, belies these fun, welcoming characteristics. Behind the smile and the kindness on a personal level, beats the heart of an absolute and fierce competitor. If Courtney comes off as a lamb, I pity the wolf that hunts her.
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Timestamps:
0:00:00 Introduction
0:01:10 Courtney’s LRS recap
0:02:30 Determined to hit the balloon at 100 yards
0:08:00 An honor to have Courtney on the KHC
0:09:10 Little fanfare behind ultrarunning
0:10:51 Do you hate to lose or love to win?
0:13:20 Moab 240
0:16:00 Prerace goals
0:20:43 Strength and weaknesses
0:25:50 Always room to improve
0:27:50 Setting lofty goals and taking care of yourself
0:31:00 Listening to your body’s signals
0:36:31 Pushing so hard
0:40:09 Courtney’s journey into endurance racing
0:45:19 The progression
0:52:00 Quitting the first 100 miler
0:58:00 Many years of learning
1:00:00 How hard do you push in training
1:03:00 Courtney’s running future
1:05:00 Adventures or races
1:11:20 Positive thoughts translating to performance
1:15:50 Advice to aspiring ultrarunners
1:22:24 Inspiring others to get on the trails
1:25:10 Fueling for the mountains
1:28:23 What do you think about on a 12 hour run?
1:30:25 UTMB
1:35:28 What am I capable of….
1:40:00 Tahoe 200
1:45:27 The draw of the Colorado Trail
1:49:16 Closing
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41 Comments
200+ mile run. That's about 2 days of walking and running. Good gosh.
She's been such an inspiration of mine!!! From 325 pounds to 6 100 Mile buckles. And now I'm officially an entrant in the 2023 Moab 240 Mile endurance race. Was just a dream 2 years ago I couldn't run a mile. Now 15 a day is reasonable. Through hard work dedication and cutting off everything in your life except the task at hand and setting your emotion to the side. Then the world becomes your playground.
Awesome conversation. Two great people.
Great stuff
The both of you are so fucking inspiring. At age 51 with a new knee replacement I am ready to go The extra mile. You book cam , is inspiring, Courtney your smile is infectious. Thank you both for pushing me to reach my best and just enjoying the bitter sweet ride in life. Whether having a bad day or good. Just do it. Go one more. Work harder no one cares and find your pain cave. Have a great day
Cam and Courtney are an inspiration to be the best version of yourself. Thanks guys 👊
how do you problem solve as she says, pulling something mid run? Or do you just run through it even when injured? is that what shes talking about
Thanks for this wonderful conversation, so many insights from two great living examples 🙏
Its kind of irritating how nice and humble Courtney is. Its so humble it almost comes out as not real.
Damn, what a great interview…
As a fairly new runner I started in 2019 never ran at any level listening to 2 accomplished runners talk about running is just incredible. I appreciate the insight to the mental part of it and hearing them talk about the stuff I think about and go through is really cool.
You can take “female” out of the title!
Courtney is 1 win away from the goal you set her cam if she does it she must come back on
Hey Cam, big fan….blocked on Insta some years ago I was presuming at the time to a light hearted take on Colby…miss the inspiration to be honest but enjoy the YouTube for now stay hammerin
1 MORE WIN 🏆 She can do it! UTMB let’s goooooo!
Um she’s the best ever! Not just best female ultramarathoner the best period! Not sure why she wasted her time with this clown 🤡
This is a great interview. Cameron not only asks the right questions, from the perspective of a bona-fide endurance runner. He also digs into some interesting details. Courtney is fascinating, and it's nice learning what makes her so great.
27:27 Cameron predicts the future
@27:35 GOAT
I love this interview!!! ❤
I love how this takes place before Western States 100 and Hardrock 100 and asks "hypothetically, would winning Western and then hardrock in the same summer make you happy". And that's what ends up happening
I thought 10 miles s fast when i ran cross country 😳
Of All the ultra athletes I’ve listened to, Courtney is an Amazing example and inspiration for young athletes❤
And a good person too!
And here she is on the precipice of trying them all!❤
Oh my goodness! She has now hit that goal of winning the triple!
Insane that they talk about "Theoretically, you win Hard Rock, you win Western States, is it possible for someone to win UTMB after that?"
Of course, Courtney says YES! what an absolute boss.
28:00 – "could one person win all 3?" Yep she went and did it. Absolute legend.
At my first hearing of this episode I missed your own set goal Cameron for Courtney to win Western States 100, Hardrock 100 and UTMB in one summer 🔥
And Courtney the Queen of trail running did it 💪💪💪 She‘s unreal dude 🔥🔥🔥 magnificent 🙇♂️ She completed it and I‘m pretty sure Courtney wouldn’t brag about it like she behave in this interview 🙏 I think that is because Courtney knows that everybody is capable of it and so in her mind she is nothing special in that regard 😁 For me Courtney is really a big role model how to approach life in general 🔥🔥🔥 Thank you for making this interview Cameron 🔥🔥🔥
Wow! He really called the triple crown 5 months before it happened!
Girl is just off the charts! What a Legend!
Just watching this now after she did win the triple Crown amazing!
What a great episode! Both of these humans are true inspirations. Cam is a great host. He not only asks quality questions but he really listens. He doesn’t just say ya ya ya. It makes a huge difference in quality. Great job guys!
"Could one person win all three races in one summer?" Courtney then proceeds to do it.
One of my favorite Ultra Runners!
She crushed your goal for her!!!!
Listening to this interview for the 1st time today 9 months after it was posted.
Realizing that this conversation manifested quite possibly the most epic championship season in all of sports history. Mind Blown!!!
Cam and Court!!! I have no plans of becoming an ultra runner, but love what you both share! You are both inspire me to DO better in the dark, because nobody cares! Thanks for a great conversation!
Could she place in the top 10 of a real marathon with a year of specific training?
Nailed that lofty goal 👌👌
One of my all time heroes. Hands down. If i dont think i can do something, i refer back to her and say bullshit. I can do this long ass run. She's amazing.