yes go on your training because I think
a lot of people don't realize the
dedication it takes to prepare for
something like this what is your
training look like on a weekly basis
like how much time we're spending yeah
working out so I'm generally I run my
bulk of my training is trail running so
I'm generally around 50 to 60 miles a
week which is lower than a lot of
professional runners but I'm doing a lot
of like up and down an elevation and
training okay so I wake up at about 4:00
a.m. and I hit the trails mostly with a
headlamp now at this time of year
and so I have that mileage and then in
the evenings I do two to three strength
sessions a week which is pretty much
very kind of standard thanks to stuff
that you guys actually helped me with
yes Bulgarian split squats actually and
like my best friends okay helping you a
ton excellent tons so like the hip
issues 1990s let me tell you about the
1990s being like the best thing ever in
the entire world
yeah those are game-changers for me too
oh yeah in terms of in terms of mobility
and just strength and single leg stuff
from you know basic deadlifts I used
trap bar and whatnot I'm suitcase style
not it's just so things that are very
functional and then I do a lot of grip
work because obstacle racing it's all
about hanging and monkey nests so it's a
lot of pull-ups a monkey miss monkey net
you gotta train your monkey miss hey I
you know you gotta be like a monkey yeah
I don't people don't realize that that
is tends to be the weakest link for a
lot of people and obstacle course race
things you have a lot of these like
really small short competitors that do
well because it can support themselves
really well with their grips or like
gymnasts even oh yeah I mean the best
combination for an obstacle racer is
somebody who is a runner and a climber
mm-hmm and and you know and does really
well on both because that climbing grip
strength like a let me tell you because
by the you know it will slowly fatigue
and slowly Mattia get the course know so
how many hours a week would you say your
training is that's fifty to sixty miles
probably but I'm probably like if then
if I clue include kind of like the
prehab and like the mobility and
everything I would say it's at least 20
ish
hours Wow well and then on top of that
you you have a job yeah I'm full-time
and so so that's a lot of hours
dedicated to work and working out your
to put it lightly extremely driven yes
where does that come from
like what how do you do that eh
sometimes I wish that I had a bone in my
body that would just be like you know I
don't feel like doing anything today
let's relax let's just kick back on the
couch and maybe if it's a Sunday and
there's football on then I can kind of
do that but I mean I think it's one of
those things that it's been pretty
innate um that I always I'm always I
feel better and I feel I'm actually more
productive at work when I'm in heavy
training and I'm better at training when
I have a lot going on at work so it's
almost like if I have multiple balls in
the air then it forces me to be more
efficient I think at the task at Hey so
structured are you very structured like
you know exactly what you're doing at
every given moment or whatever they okay
what time you go to bed like 9:00 p.m.
okay so that's that's not too bad man
way before yeah if I can go to bed at a
p.m. I will
hmm can't always so from 4 a.m. to 8
p.m. is it like you've got do you have
any downtime you know those 15 20
minutes when I'm kicked up against the
wall no I don't schedule a lot of
downtime mm-hmm I mean look it's this
actually makes me feel like I have no
life but well know if you find purpose
and drive in it who cares yeah yeah I
mean I think for me having the structure
and having the having that all in place
like makes me it does it gives me a
purpose and so when it's when I'm off of
training for injury or whatever I'm
sitting there going like what am i doing
what am i doing with myself
do you have like an overarching I guess
motivation or something that drives you
to continue to do this and push it
because you've dealt with some major
injuries over the last five years some
some pretty big ones and some smaller
ones but they could still be a pain in
the butt like do you have something that
just keeps pushing you forward I just
never want look I think that
you're gonna get knocked down and ever
every athlete is gonna get injured
everyone's gonna get knocked down but
I'm just I'm never going to just give in
and that's the thing it would be super
easy to be like man I'm injured I should
just sit on the couch all day long I'm
like no hey I'm gonna find a workaround
I'm gonna find what I can do I'm gonna
find my I can to be productive and I
think for me it's just always trying to
find some simul it's like I feel alive
when I'm out there running on the trails
and then when I'm doing those things and
so I want to always get back to that and
there will be things that will keep me
from that for sure but I'm I know that
in the future I will get back to that