photo: Luke Webster
The pride of the Cornell Big Red machine and perhaps the most versatile runner on the MUT scene in the past 15 years, Max King is one of my running heroes and now one of my all-time favorite guests. Know how many people have won both the World Mountain Running Championship and the World 100K Championship? One guy. That’s the list. But he’s also qualified for the Olympic Trials five times by my count (twice in the steeple, three times in the marathon) and has represented the US at the World XC Championships four times. We caught up with Max after he just got back from the Salomon young athlete training camp to talk about why it’s taken him so long to return to the 100 mile distance, his goals for Western States, adventure racing, longevity, and of course, the Dining Hall Classic.
Links:
Famous enough to have a Wikipedia page!
Max’s trail running camps
World Athletics profile
Instagram
This older interview gives you a little beta on the DHC
Beers for this episode: Foreign Objects Mind Body Light Sound, Maine Beer Co. Lunch, Deschutes Teeny Hazy Ale
Intro music: "Fine Line" by the Bloodletters
Outro music: "When I Was Still Young" by Yard Sale