Ultrarunner Sam Harvey quit bouncing between sports to focus on one thing: becoming world-class across multiple ultramarathon disciplines. He maps out world championships, reverse-engineers how to qualify, and chases the title of most diverse ultra runner on the planet.
Been a jack of all trades and a master of none. Done lots of sports all at the same time, thinking that that was going to be my niche, was doing all the sports. But I want to be world class. I want to be the best in the world at one thing. And so I kicked everything else to the curb and just focused on ultramarathon and then went shopping and just found what I could. Kind of reverse engineered my pathway and I figured, right, I want to be world champion or go to the world championships. How do I do that? So I found all the different disciplines of ultramarathon running, found their world championships, put them on the calendar, and then reverse engineered the qualification pathway to get there. What do I really want out of my running? What would like absolute success look like to be recognized as the most diverse ultra marathon runner on the planet? I want to get to this level and once I'm at that level, I want to find out what's next. Like there is always more to give and I just want to find out what's at the top.
