Run Your Race Podcast
When I first listened to David Goggins' book in 2019, I was hooked. If he could run 100 miles without training, I thought I could do it with training! It unlocked something in me, leading to my journey into ultramarathons. Since then, I've completed multiple 100- and 200-mile races, something I once thought impossible. This podcast aims to give you that same mindset shift. Each week, we interview elite endurance athletes to inspire you to believe more is possible and push yourself to the next level.
Run Your Race Podcast
025: Nick Petterson - How To Run A Faster 100 Miler
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Nick Petterson sits down to talk about his journey from college soccer player to ultra running standout — winning Rocky Raccoon 100 in 14:38, taking first at Grasslands 100 in 17:39, and pushing 270 miles at the Summit Trail last man standing event.
- How Nick discovered ultra running through YouTube while training for his first road marathon
- His first 100 miler — a virtual COVID-era race run as 20 loops around his apartment complex, finished in 29 hours
- Hitting the wall at mile 60 and the mental shift that got him back on his feet
- Why he bounces between hundred milers, backyards, and fast road marathons to keep training fun and well-rounded
- His weekly mileage approach, back-to-back long run strategy, and how training gets race-specific as events approach
- His fueling strategy, including carb intake per hour during Rocky Raccoon and Grasslands
- The mental game during a backyard ultra vs. a hundred miler, and how he talks himself through the low points
- The single biggest piece of advice for runners looking to get more competitive in the hundred mile distance — improving your slowest miles, not just your fastest
- Why consistency, not perfection, is the real key to long-term improvement
Find Nick here...
- Instagram -> @nickp_runs
- Strava -> Nick Peterson
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