About this episode

Scotty Sandow interviews Ian Sharman about his book, The Art of Ultrarunning, discussing pacing, power-hiking, and race day strategies.

Host Scotty Sandow sits down with veteran ultrarunner and UltraRunning Magazine columnist Ian Sharman to talk about his new book, The Art of Ultrarunning. They discuss highlights of the book including how to best pace yourself in an ultramarathon, the benefits of power-hiking, how not to let ego sabotage your race day, failure and much more. Sharman wrote The Art of Ultrarunning after years of ultrarunning and coaching experience on some of the world's biggest stages. The Art of Ultrarunning will be out in June 2026. Watch this episode on Youtube Subscribe to UltraRunning Magazine Thanks to our episode sponsor Arc'teryx

People in this episode

Host: Scotty Sandow

Guest: Ian Sharman

Topics covered

• ultrarunning
• pacing
• power-hiking
• race day strategy
• coaching
• book discussion

Keywords

• ultrarunning
• Ian Sharman
• The Art of Ultrarunning
• pacing
• power-hiking
• race day
• coaching
• failure

Sponsors

Arc'teryx

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: UltraRunning Magazine

Products: The Art of Ultrarunning

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