Joe Grant: Adventurer, Endurance Athlete, & Storyteller

Joe Grant is an endurance athlete, a mountain runner, a reader, a writer, a thinker, a filmmaker, and, as you are about to find out, an exceptional storyteller.

And in this conversation, Brendan Leonard and Jonathan Ellsworth talk to Joe about how he got into running; racing (and winning) the 2008 Caballo Blanco Copper Canyon Ultra and how that affected his life; his Tour de Fourteeners, a self-powered and self-supported link up of all Colorado’s 14,000-foot peaks by bike and on foot; and a whole lot more.

TOPICS & TIMES:

• How Joe & Brendan met (1:55)
• Joe’s background (6:45)
• Film: The Middle Way (10:30)
• From Rollerblading to Running (16:40)
• Greyhound Bus Road trip (20:05)
• Developing a Minimalist Aesthetic (23:25)
• Learning to run in Kenya (26:45)
• Running the Waldo 100K (32:50)
• Running (and winning) the 2008 Caballo Blanco (35:53)
• How the Caballo Blanco race affected Joe’s future (41:17)
• 2008: Kilian Jornet & a changing of the guard (47:00)
• Turning running into a career (51:43)
• Other creative interests & pursuits? (53:53)
• Joe’s mom’s amazing relationship with running (56:50)
• Running on your own terms (1:01:44)
• The “Runner’s High” & continuity with life (1:06:40)
• The Marathon Monks of Japan (1:19:25)

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