
In the last two years, Rob Krar has taken the ultra-running world by storm. This season, the North Face athlete stood atop the podium in two of North America’s most prestigious races — the Leadville Trail 100 and the Western States Endurance Run, clocking extraordinary times in both. Krar’s Leadville finish of 16 hours, 9 minutes, 32 seconds was the second-fastest on record.
In the fall of 2013, he ran a blistering race to win the Ultra Race of Champions 100k (which also climbed 13,245 feet) in front of a stacked field that included such luminaries as Kilian Jornet and Dakota Jones. He took down another tough field at The North Face Endurance Challenge, running 50 trail miles in 6:21:10.
We got in touch with Krar to learn how he runs fast over huge mountains and mind-boggling distances.

GearJunkie: I was looking at your Strava feed, which shows you running an average of about 50 miles per week. What does your typical training week look like?

