Run to paradise episode 7 : ”Losing Track of Time and Space” - Australian Backyard Ultra Champion Phil Gore

509 kilometres in 76 hours…

Phil Gore is made of something different. Steel? Mist? Some rare martian alloy? Whatever it is it can keep on moving after it has lost its mind entirely and forgotten what the hell it's even doing here…

Phil is a Tarkine elite, 2022 Australian Male Ultra Runner of the Year, AURA Ultra Performance of the Year and the Australian Backyard Ultra Champion, who has turned this strange and torturous event into a unique art form. In this chat he takes us through the various tools that make him virtually untouchable in this space - meditation, meticulous planning and focus, sleep, food, his dedicated crew, and the strange process of weaving the mundanities of real life into a race that might take up to 3 or 4 days. 

I gained a real appreciation, not only of what it takes to be one of the best in the world but also of the inclusivity and sociability within the Backyard Ultra community. 

As Phil says, it’s more of a mind game than a physical game, and he trains both with equal discipline and drive.

Phil is searching for his limits and goes to some quite trippy places in the process.

Wild…