Badwater Breakthrough: Adam Kimble's Journey at the World's Toughest Race

Nutritional Revolution Podcast

Nutritional Revolution Podcast
Badwater Breakthrough: Adam Kimble's Journey at the World's Toughest Race
Jul 29, 2025 Episode 147

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In this episode we talk with ultrarunner Adam Kimble about:

  • We explore Adam Kimble’s epic performance at Badwater 135—one of the world’s toughest ultramarathons.
  • Gain insights into his heat acclimatization, race-day nutrition, and mental strategies for peak performance.
  • Crew love: the difficulties and importance of a crew during an ultra

Adam Kimble is a professional ultrarunner, race director, motivational speaker and running coach from Truckee, CA. In 2016, Adam ran 2,500 miles over the course of 60 days to cross the USA on foot. Subsequently, in November of 2016, he successfully completed a 60-day journey alone in the wilderness of South America to become winner of Discovery Channel's survivalist show, The Wheel. Following that adventure, Adam set two prominent Fastest Known Times (FKTs): in 2017 he became part of the first duo to ever run self-supported on foot across Great Britain (Scotland, England and Wales) while summiting the highest peak in each country along the way; and in 2020, he set the supported FKT on the Tahoe Rim Trail—a 171-mile circumnavigation of Lake Tahoe.  Most recently in 2025, Adam finished 4th overall and ran one of the Top-10 fastest times ever at the historic Badwater 135.  Adam's life mission is to push himself past his perceived limits and achieve the impossible. His calling is to share what he has learned and help others grow in their journey so as to push through the ceiling and achieve their own 'impossible'.

Please note that this podcast is created strictly for educational purposes and should never be used for medical diagnosis or treatment.

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