Episode 9: Interview with Zach Miller
Zach Miller is one of the world’s best and most exciting ultra runners with a string of impressive victories under his belt. But he is most loved for his all-out, no-holds-barred style of running, setting off in ultra marathons like they’re 5K burn-ups, leading from the front, sometimes winning, and sometimes failing - but always spectacularly. Here Zach talks to Adharanand about making his ultra running breakthrough while working on a cruise ship, living for five years off-grid halfway up a mountain in Colorado, and the appeal of pushing yourself into oblivion - and beyond.
““I have this thought sometimes: ‘I could go faster. I could hurt more.’ So then I try to hurt more.””
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Keep up with Zach Miller by following him on Instagram: instagram.com/zachmiller38
Adharanand Finn is the author of three award-winning books, Running with the Kenyans (2012), The Way of the Runner (2014), and the Rise of the Ultra Runners (2019). He has run 10 ultra marathons and has a road marathon best time of 2 hrs 50 mins. He is also a freelance journalist writing for the Guardian, the FT, the Telegraph and many others. Follow him on Twitter @adharanand or Instagram: instagram.com/adharanand/
Adharanand hosts a series of running camps and writing retreats in Dartmoor, London, Chamonix and Iten, Kenya. For more information visit: thewayoftherunner.com
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