About this episode
This one was a long time coming. I finally got to sit down with Joey Campanelli — aka Joey Camps — who’s been quietly putting together one of the wildest, most hardcore FKT resumes in existence. From a 2014 Appalachian Trail junk show with a ski pack and trench foot, to the 2017 self-supported AT finish that just happened to be three days behind Stringbean’s historic run… Joey’s stories are brutal, honest, and somehow hilarious. Consider supporting my fundraising efforts for the Trevor Project: https://give.thetrevorproject.org/JeffAT We dig into: Why he sucks at running (his words) Getting into FKTs by way of Ironman, Utah mountains, and ultra-running girlfriends The infamous "Limp-a-thon" after tearing his quad on the AT How to do 50-mile days in pain… for weeks The mindset behind Nolan’s 14 and why he slept in an altitude tent for it Nutrition strategies involving watch alarms and resupply math in gas stations What it's like being second-fastest ever on the AT… in the same year someone breaks the record Chapters: 00:00 – Intro & Joey’s FKT Origin Story 03:30 – The AT Junk Show & Learning the Hard Way 06:00 – The Limp-a-thon: Injury, Grit, and Nearly Beating Stringbean 10:30 – Post-FKT Fallout & Mental Recovery 13:00 – Nolan’s 14: Obsession, Altitude Tents, and 41 Hours of Glory 17:00 – Fueling, Mindset, and Why You Go All In Subscribe to Substack: http://freeoutside.substack.com Support this content on patreon: HTTP://patreon.com/freeoutside Buy my book "Free Outside" on Amazon: https://amzn.to/39LpoSF Email me to buy a signed copy of my book, "Free Outside" at jeff@freeoutside.com Watch the movie about setting the record on the Colorado Trail: https://tubitv.com/movies/100019916/free-outside Website: www.Freeoutside.com Instagram: thefreeoutside facebook: www.facebook.com/freeoutside