Dan Jones - Sheffield Meat Pies, Lessons from the UTMB Pain Cave, and Being a Sponsored Kiwi athlete

Originally from Whakatane New Zealand, Dan Jones now lives and spends most of his time in Wellington, NZ with his fiancee Michelle  Because of our mutual friendship, for this episode I brought on a special co-host, Hayden Hawks! In this conversation we talk about Dan’s amazing breakout 2023 season, including 1st at Tarawera 100k on home soil, a 5th place finish at Western States, and an impressive 12th place finish at UTMB just weeks later. We also go into Dan’s background with multisport, including a win at the prestigious Coast-to-Coast on a father-son team when Dan was back in high school.  Later on in the conversation we discuss how Dan thinks about sponsorship opportunities and challenges, and what he’s doing besides standing on podiums to build his brand as an athlete. We finish off talking about his plans to do the Western States-UTMB double again and how he plans to best his already amazing performances from last year. Hayden and I certainly enjoyed this conversation with Dan Jones and I hope you will too!  Follow Dan! Dan’s Instagram Dan’s Substack Dan’s Strava Follow Hayden! Hayden’s Instagram Hayden’s Strava Hayden’s Coaching Follow Nate! Nate’s Instagram Nate’s Strava