Joe DeMoor on the Sub-Ultra Trail Scene, His Colorado Running Roots, and Riding the Red Line

Joe DeMoor is about as Colorado as they come; he’s from Buena Vista, ran collegiately for the Buffalos at CU Boulder, lives in Carbondale, and works on Aspen Snowmass’s trail crew in the summer and grooms ski runs there in the winter. As a professional mountain runner for La Sportiva, he’s had a breakout year of racing thus far, with several wins under his belt. Redlining up mountains is in Joe’s blood, so we sat down with him to talk about growing up on Colorado trails; the ins and outs of sub-ultra-distance racing; graveyard shifts; pain caves; and a whole lot more. TOPICS & TIMESGrowing up in CO (3:02)Running with the Buffaloes (5:49)Transitioning to the trails (11:21)Tourism management, what’s that? (14:45)Trail crews & graveyard shifts (15:46)How Joe prepares for a race (18:46)Does having a super physical job help or hurt his training? (21:40)Recovery hacks (24:12)Following in his brother’s footsteps (27:20)Year-in-review (29:22)Racing Vertical Kilometers (35:31)Skyrunning World Champs (41:09)Making his international racing debut in Italy (43:33)Thailand travelog (45:00)FKTs (48:00)Skimo season (53:00)CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCASTSCRAFTEDBlister PodcastGEAR:30Bikes & Big Ideas Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.