Joe Rogan Experience #1027 - Courtney Dauwalter
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN recommends it for her humility and for her stories of persevering through extreme endurance races.
What it is
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.
Recommended by 2 HN commenters across 2 different months, 2017 to 2019.
What Hacker News said
Recommends tzury · 2018-12 · on “A woman who outruns men, 200 miles at a time”
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]
Recommends lhl · 2019-08 · on “Ultra marathon runner earns awards for both first place woman and overall winner”
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]
Cites whatyoucantsay · 2017-11 · on “A Lesson from the Biggest Losers: Exercise Keeps Off the Weight”
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.