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b"Today\\u2019s guest is Jason Hardrath. Jason is an adventure athlete, speaker, and physical education specialist who\\u2019s made a lifestyle out of pursuing his passion for human performance. After running track & field in college, Jason eventually found himself competing in longer distance events like marathons and Ironmans. His work ethic soon paid off and he qualified for the Ironman 70.3 world championships in 2015. Training was going amazing for Jason leading up to the world championships until a car accident changed everything. He was ejected from his car which left him with, among other injuries, a collapsed lung, multiple broken ribs, a broken shoulder, and a torn ACL. Not allowing this set back to remove his passion for endurance and mountaineering, Jason (after recovering enough so that he regained an ability to run) ended up discovering FKTs, or Fastest Known Times. FKTs are essentially a speed record on any given route (Jason will go over them in more detail during the interview). There\\u2019s no formal race or event for these routes, which include everything from long-distance hiking trails to circumnavigations of lakes or mountains, or completing a linkup of multiple peaks. Jason\\u2019s currently on a quest to become the first athlete to 100 FKTs, and as of this episode\\u2019s release he\\u2019s at 97. We cover a lot in this interview. We discuss how he got into endurance sport, his 2015 car accident, perspectives on moving forward from traumatic experiences, his journey to 100 FKTs, minimalism, and much more.\\nTimestamps\\n00:04:32 Growing up in Northeastern Oregon\\n00:06:01 Discovering running in middle school\\n00:10:07 Constantly looking for the next goal\\n00:13:42 Why he decided to bike across America and do triathlons\\n00:18:11 What's driving his athletic pursuits?\\n00:23:56 The 2015 car accident that changed everything\\n00:30:05 Recovering from the accident\\n00:33:57 How the accident reinforced living his life to the fullest\\n00:38:57 Making sure to not wrap his identity up in his athletic endeavors\\n00:41:57 How others can accelerate out of traumatic experiences\\n00:47:35 Road to somewhat normal fitness after the car accident\\n00:53:30 What are FKTs and how do they work?\\n00:55:50 What inspired him to want to do FKTs?\\n01:03:50 The route he's saving for the 100th FKT\\n01:06:55 The logistics vs. the fitness on FKTs\\n01:08:44 How he would typically prepare for a long FKT\\n01:10:36 The hardest FKT he's done so far\\n01:14:22 What will he do after 100 FKTs?\\n01:15:52 Covid's impact on his FKT quest\\n01:17:05 His weekly training schedule during 2020\\n01:19:24 Being a PE teacher and his teaching philosophy\\n01:27:23 Living the van lifestyle\\n01:30:59 Experiment of minimalism\\n01:32:12 How he approaches sleep, nutrition, and recovery\\n01:35:50 What he wants to accomplish 5 years from now\\n01:37:27 His daily routine\\n01:39:52 His driving force\\n01:41:52 Parting words of wisdom around staying driven"