John Kelly: Ideal Barkley Athlete, Ultrarunning’s Public Appeal, Appalachian Trail FKT (Sunday Conversation)

John Kelly is a professional endurance athlete and now 2-time finisher of the Barkley Marathons. In this conversation, we get his thoughts about the media attention and public perception surrounding Barkley, what draws the general public to our sport, his views on using intrinsic versus extrinsic motivation for high performance, creating the ideal Barkley athlete, and why he’s interested in going after the Appalachian Trail FKT in the future. Timestamps: (1:02) - why you have to be intrin...