Joe DeMoor is about as Colorado as they come; he’s from Buena Vista, ran collegiately for the Buffalos at CU Boulder, lives in Carbondale, and works on Aspen Snowmass’s trail crew in the summer and grooms ski runs there in the winter. As a professional mountain runner for La Sportiva, he’s had a breakout year of racing thus far, winning the Vertical Kilometer at the Skyrunning World Championships in Italy in August before representing the US at the Trail World Championships in Thailand just a few weeks ago. Redlining up mountains is in Joe’s blood, so we sat down with him to talk about growing up on Colorado trails; the ins and outs of sub-ultra-distance racing; graveyard shifts; pain caves; and a whole lot more.
TOPICS & TIMES:
- Growing up in CO (3:02)
- Running with the Buffaloes (5:49)
- Transitioning to the trails (11:21)
- Tourism management, what’s that? (14:45)
- Trail crews & graveyard shifts (15:46)
- How Joe prepares for a race (18:46)
- Does having a super physical job help or hurt his training? (21:40)
- Recovery hacks (24:12)
- Following in his brother’s footsteps (27:20)
- Year-in-review (29:22)
- Racing Vertical Kilometers (35:31)
- Skyrunning World Champs (41:09)
- Making his international racing debut in Italy (43:33)
- Thailand travelog (45:00)
- FKTs (48:00)
- Skimo season (53:00)