Oct 16, 2026 · 57 min · 12 segments
In this episode of Endure Prime, I sit down with JD Tremblay to talk about EpicDeca, ten Ironman-distance events in ten days across the Hawaiian Islands. JD shares what it took to prepare for such an…
JD TremblayGuest
Bjørn-Ivar SigbjørnsenHost[laughs] But before we talk about how you did it, uh, I want to understand why.
What was it about a challenge like this that spoke to you so strongly?
I, I was living a lot of, uh, mental struggles due to my military service, due to, uh, a lack of purpose in a sense and a direction.
So I was definitely using already as a coping mechanism these ultra-endurance events.
[lip smacks] And when you start looking at these events and how the structure of the training is, it gets really, really, really lonely.
But then when you're incorporating now cycling, but now you're not going with a cycling club or they have a different mentality.
The cycling, um, environment is different than the running environment, and then the running environment is different than the swimming environment.
But when you incorporate all three of them, and then you can't really talk when you're swimming-
So there's, uh, uh, there's this sense of, well, you're, you're lacking even a community.
Well, now we cater to men with the Hungry Warrior Academy, so I'll speak about it for, for, uh, from the men's perspective.
But, uh, i- it can get really, really lonely, and I use this as a coping mechanism, and I saw a lot of other men struggling.
And so definitely I wanted to be an inspiration that it's not because you have made mistakes or that you have, um, you're coping with a certain way that is isolating you, that you necessarily have to, uh, just live within the confine of what society tells you.
And so, so what did you have to give up in your life to make it possible?
[laughs] But before we talk about how you did it, uh, I want to understand why.
What was it about a challenge like this that spoke to you so strongly?
I, I was living a lot of, uh, mental struggles due to my military service, due to, uh, a lack of purpose in a sense and a direction.
So I was definitely using already as a coping mechanism these ultra-endurance events.
[lip smacks] And when you start looking at these events and how the structure of the training is, it gets really, really, really lonely.
But then when you're incorporating now cycling, but now you're not going with a cycling club or they have a different mentality.
The cycling, um, environment is different than the running environment, and then the running environment is different than the swimming environment.
But when you incorporate all three of them, and then you can't really talk when you're swimming-
So there's, uh, uh, there's this sense of, well, you're, you're lacking even a community.
Well, now we cater to men with the Hungry Warrior Academy, so I'll speak about it for, for, uh, from the men's perspective.
But, uh, i- it can get really, really lonely, and I use this as a coping mechanism, and I saw a lot of other men struggling.
And so definitely I wanted to be an inspiration that it's not because you have made mistakes or that you have, um, you're coping with a certain way that is isolating you, that you necessarily have to, uh, just live within the confine of what society tells you.
And so, so what did you have to give up in your life to make it possible?
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