NYT Interviews Kilian Jornet

Must read interview with Kilian Jornet in the New York Times Magazine (there’s a podcast version available too), conducted by Lulu Garcia-Navarro:

Jornet, 38, is a professional ultramarathoner and mountaineer whose life’s work is literally to run — or ski — up mountains. Even in the world of elite athletes, he is exceptional.
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His VO2 max (a key indicator of aerobic endurance) is one of the highest ever recorded; his stamina has been studied by researchers; and he has pushed the limits of what is considered physically possible.

It’s great, and noteworthy that “one of us” is featured in the NYT and somewhat understandably that the actual “new information” a super fan can gleam from an article like this is actually minimal. Nonetheless, still incredibly cool that trail running has arrived now at this scale. Or as the NYT puts it “ultra-marathoning”.