The Best Trail Runner Ever?! Can I Keep Up With Kilian Jornet?

Kilian Jornet is one of, if not the best trail runner in the world! When our mates at @COROSGlobal and Jornet himself sent us an invite for a training run in the Pyrenees, we couldn't say no! Mark chats everything from skills and tips to winning Ultra Trail Mont-Blanc as GTN gets to know Kilian Jornet!

Intro 0:00
We meet Kilian Jornet 0:21
Our running route 1:14
How does Kilian Jornet train? 1:35
Real-time data 2:30
How to keep running fun 2:53
Which races is Kilian Jornet doing this year? 4:08
Is Kilian Jornet doing UTMB? 4:58
Is it ok to walk when running? 6:04
The best thing about trail running? 6:58
What can you do to improve your running? 7:35
Why do my eyes water when running? 8:47
Metrics for trail running 9:51
How did Kilian Jornet get into running? 11:27
Winning UTMB 12:53
How hard did Mark work? 13:45
Kilian Jornets' top running tips 15:23

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[gtn]

Which athlete would you like us to meet up with? Let us know 👇

[brent_f]

I rarely have “jaw drop” moments, but when I saw the two heart rates side by side - wow!😮

[ngdawgs]

What!!!! Kilian Jornet on the GTN show!! 😱🤯!! I had to stop everything to watch this 🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽! Pure awesomeness 😎.

[InsideMen-nq]

I love Killians' attitude, he doesn't appear to allow ego to determine what projects he does. He could turn up to UTMB every year and be the superstar but he choices the road less travelled and always looks for new ways to grow, physically, mentally and spiritually, thats cool.

[jhesth]

"The eagles are flying in circles... It means there's a cadaver here... I think it's you"
Savage.

[paysonnichols]

Super interesting interview and impressive to do an interview while dying with an over 180 HR!!!

[ignaciocalvo]

Jornet.

- has a VO2 max of 92ml. (One of the highest ever recorded). Most olimpic athletes have 75-85.
- and resting heart rate of 32. (Only ones who got lower are few top cyclists). Going up to a max of 205.

So he is not just a top athlete. He is someone with the best parameters in history by a big margin. And someone who is pushing far from what humans could do.

[rundown]

Trail runner? Dude's a legendary skyrunner if anything. Insane you got him on GTN!

[Mountain-K]

WOW!!! such a privilege to watch this interview. and to do it running together on a mountain with the incredible Legend Kilian Jornet is absolutely incredible. This kind of fitness and endurance is on another level super human. This inspires the young and show people just what a human being's are is capable of. This will inspire young athletes and people in running sports and show what is possible and achieve super human achievements... WOW!!!

[marie-louisekarlander]

Great video and really nice to see your different puls and how effective he run .
And we all know that Mark is a really good runner. A different perspective.
So happy for you to have him as guest.

[albertmontserrat]

As a subscriber from La Cerdanya… watching a video from the channel in La Cerdanya WITH Kilian is PURE JOY!! Congrats, team!! ❤

[andrewsheehy]

Kilian is such a warm and friendly person. It's hard to comprehend just how capable he is. One example would be his time from Chamonix to the summit of Mont Blanc and back in c. 4:45. This is competely off the chart. His biochemistry is also rather odd: he did the traverse from Courmayeur to Chamonx over Mont Banc (up the Innominata ridge, which is a D+ Alpine route) in 8:43 - with just 500ml of fluid and a few gels. I'm sure he would have had the potentual to be a Tour de France GC contender if he'd been interested in cycling.

[arsenic]

probably one of the best interview i've ever seen, Kilian Jornet is the real GOAT and you did really well, there was no stupid question and even if i'm a big fan and i knew a lot of things about Kilian, i still have learn a lot !

[dostuffiguess]

Love it! It's outrageous how good Kilian is.

[hibiru]

I'm building my aerobic base now and seeing Killian's heart rate on that climb is inspiring. His volume (in time) is insane and sounds like an awesome life. I'd love to see you run with any of the elite trail runners male or female. They've all put in so much work and have built such capacity that it's inspiring.

[BjornvandenBerg]

Wow, it's rare to have an interview with the GOAT of trailrunning. And you guys have an epic day with him. So so cool!!!!

[tanvictor]

Now i know VO2Max of 90 could do . Thanks GTN

[oscarsanchez]

He's not "one of the best ultrarunners out there", he's arguably the best bever by miles!!. Plus also then best on mountain skiing!!. Pride of Catalunya!!

[bailiemer]

YEAAAAH!! What a time to be alive, GTN AND Kilian Jornet?!?! Haven't watched past the intro yet and I'm already excited hahaha

[retrobates-JM]

Trail running is hard. I enjoy the technicality it’s a nice stimulation for the brain.