Why Zach Miller Took a Stand Against UTMB

Zach Miller is a professional trail runner for the North Face. In this conversation, we talk about why he took a public stance against some of the decisions made by UTMB in recent months, his latest thoughts on training for the biggest and most competitive ultramarathons in the world, and racing against some of the greatest athletes in the world like Kilian Jornet and Jim Walmsley.

Timestamps:

(1:06) - UTMB Thoughts
(35:56) - Training, Racing, Career Thoughts
(89:53) - Miscellaneous Topics, Next Steps

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[runsingletrack]

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[heymrguitarman]

Zach is just a really good human. Super talented, super likeable, super honest.

[damononthehill]

Love Zach, bummed to not see him race UTMB to give himself another shot at winning. However, I 100% respect his decision not to, and support him racing wherever he wants. Class act 🤘

[MarkGriffith]

Really enjoyed this conversation! Zach is himself genuine, love him and his style.

[jeansabater]

I really enjoyed this conversation. Zach is so knowledgeable and good for our sport! I normally enjoy hearing him talk about racing, but this type of convo was very fulfilling. Thank you Finn !

[irunovermountains]

Zach F*ckin Miller - legend of a guy. Stoked the interview went nearly 2hrs. Nice job

[StreamCrossingRunner]

Great interview as always - thanks! I appreciate you not side stepping the utmb issue and also fostering a thoughtful and graceful discussion about it. Well done!

[djclass]

What a great conversation! Love Zach his attitude to running, and life in general tbh! He also puts his money where his mouth is, and doesn’t do UTMB. I wholeheartedly agree that the UTMB race is a supercool race and defacto word championship for Ultra’s, but we must try to keep them
Beneficial for the sport, and steamrolling all other good parts!

[starhofer]

I feel like we are all sitting in the living room having a chat with Zach. Very insightful.

[karenjones]

This was one of my favorite pods! Love Zach! So genuine and transparent. Just a great person! I will cheer for him wherever he chooses to run!

[ricodelavega]

lovable guy, hope people reserve some of that overwhelming trail running community love for courtney and give some to zach. He should start a Love Bus running secret run group. We'd all pile into his bus, and he'd take us for a no drop run in the wilderness where only he knows the route. Aside from that, he should do Caballo Blanco

[YourSmilingWhen]

The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.

[nikolamiljkovic]

That was an amazing talk. Zach is always interesting to listen, always honest. And you gave him the space to flow with zero interrupting. Great job and thanks.

[evebeland]

You express yourToughts, conserns about UTMB organisation with intelligence and respect. I have a lot of respect about you as a runner but a lot more about your values, convictions and the hability to share it with people to change the things.

[RhinoRunning]

Zach is one of my favorite ultra runners to watch. He's genuine and empties the tank for every race!

[traceykerr]

CMTR and is having a 100 miler this September in BC!!! Registration Feb 16/24! Come on up Zach!!! Huge elevation🦾🏃🏻🏃🏻🏃🏻🏃🏻🏃🏻

[geros]

What a fantastic and insightful interview with one of the absolute best of our sport. Really well conducted and great to watch. Thank you Singletrack!

[jpweidemoyer]

Excellent interview! Zach is actually from the same region in PA as me. Love the Wasatch map too. Just found it!

[atleastIdietrying]

Fuck yeah. Was waiting for another episode to drop.

[cpruns]

What a great episode! This is why my man crush is Zach Miller. I go back and forth between Zach and Tom Evans LOL. Hearing the comment about the money and how your dad is surprised with some of the numbers. I don't know who I am to say this and I'm probably only half as smart as Zach Miller but be sure to invest a significant portion of that for your future. Who knows what the future of an athlete holds so properties, Blue Chip stocks (preferably those that pay healthy dividends), a good SP500 ETF. Don't wake up when you are 50 and realize you didn't have some of it working for you. Alright dad rant over - love what Zach is all about. Awesome dude and even better runner! Great POD as always. I have my weekly intervals session this afternoon and now I'm pumped to get it in:)