Joe Rogan Experience #1027 - Courtney Dauwalter on HackerTube: recommended by 2 Hacker News commenters across 2 separate months, 2017–2019.
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Joe Rogan interviews ultramarathon runner Courtney Dauwalter shortly after she won the Moab 240 in under 58 hours. She tells stories of enduring extreme fatigue and hallucinations.
HN recommends it for her humility and for her stories of persevering through extreme endurance races.
“some of the stories she tells about persevering through physical fatigue (and hallucinations, etc) is unreal”
3 Hacker News comments link this video. Each one links back to its thread.
Last year the NYTimes had a nice writeup about her [link] - I was following up on that and found an interview she did with Joe Rogan in 2017 after winning the MOAB 240, and some of the stories she tells about persevering through physical fatigue (and hallucinations, etc) is unreal: ▶ this video
in “Ultra marathon runner earns awards for both first place woman and overall winner” · View on HN
I saw her first at Joe Rogan's podcast[1]. Far beyond the athletic achievement, I was amazed by her humility, how modest was she was during the entire conversation! [1] ▶ this video
in “A woman who outruns men, 200 miles at a time” · View on HN
Then how did Courtney Dauwalter recently win the MOAB 240 race in Utah by over eight hours on a diet of nachos, candy and beer? She eats far more calories than a normal human could and is establishing new high marks in performance along the way. Not even the Tarahumara have put up her kind of numbers. ▶ this video A single hour on the treadmill will burn over 1,000 kcal for most somewhat fit people. It also increases their insulin sensitivity. The truth is most westerners and especially Americans are far too sedentary.
in “A Lesson from the Biggest Losers: Exercise Keeps Off the Weight” · View on HN