Luke Nelson on Testing Limits - a podcast by BLISTER

Luke Nelson is a professional runner, physician assistant, race director (of the Scout Mountain Ultras in his town of Pocatello, Idaho), climate activist, husband, father of three, and … someone who doesn’t get a lot of sleep. 

And in this conversation, my co-host Brendan Leonard and I talk to Luke about how he and Brendan first met; his background as a serious snowboarder, climber, and kayaker; how and why he got into running — and did his first marathon; his obsession with testing his limits; how he attempts to balance that obsession with family life; why (given everything else he’s got going on) he makes the time to also be a race director, and more.

TOPICS & TIMES:

• How Luke & Brendan met (1:30)
• Running his 1st marathon b/c of a bet (5:40)
• Learning from Jared Campbell (13:13)
• FKT of WURL / managing risk & fear (15:04)
• Balancing athletic & professional ambitions w/ family life (21:34)
• Sleeping little, training lots (23:47)
• Snowboarding & kayaking (& origami?) (26:38)
• Why Luke is racing less, pursuing FKT’s more (30:16)
• Finding comfort in pain (31:48)
• Medical concerns about “pushing your limits”? (45:55)
• ANWR expedition with Clare Gallagher & Tommy Caldwell (48:46)
• Why are you a race director? (54:49)
• Environmental activism (1:01:34)

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