Ian Sharman : The Art Of Ultrarunning | Dirt Church Radio 374

About this episode

Ian Sharman discusses his experiences and insights in the world of ultramarathon running.

Kia ora e te whānau. Ian Sharman is a straight-up Legend in the sport of ultramarathon running. A Coach and Athlete hailing from the Golden Age, before 4K cameras in everyone’s pockets and when fans had to pass around a pirated copy of Unbreakable, Sharman and his kin were like trail gods, foreshadowing and inspiring the current crop of legends and doing things us regular people could only imagine, and we had to, because it was before the great trailrunning media bubble formed. Starting DCR 8...

People in this episode

Host: Matt Rayment

Guest: Ian Sharman

Topics covered

• ultramarathon
• trail running
• coaching
• athletics
• sports history

Keywords

• ultramarathon
• Ian Sharman
• trail running
• Dirt Church Radio
• athlete
• coaching
• sports history

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Dirt Church Radio

Books & works: Unbreakable

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