Seasoned Athlete

This week we talk to Erica McClurg of Scottsdale, Arizona. She is a high school science and swim teacher and triathlete. She has been doing triathlons for about 26 years and has completed 15 Ironman distance races - 5 of which were at the World Championships in Hawaii. Over the course of her career, she estimates that she’s completed approximately 300 triathlons of various distances. More recently...

This week we talk to  Julio Anta  of Miami, Florida. He is a grandfather, martial arts and fitness school owner and instructor and competitive bodybuilder. In 2017, after 32 years since his last bodybuilding competition, he became the NPC South Florida Bodybuilding Championships Over 60 overall and light weight winner, and placed second in the over 50 physique category. He is also the author of “A...

This week we talk to Liz Sharp of Monroe, Louisiana. Growing up, she dreamed of competing in the Olympics in Track and Field, and at one point even qualified for the Olympic Trials. But a freak accident derailed that dream. Now, over forty years later, she's been able to rekindle she athletic spirit via the Senior Games, earning three medals in the 2017 National Senior Games, proving that with...

This episode is a little different than what we normally do here at Seasoned Athlete. I recently had the opportunity to bring the Seasoned Athlete Podcast to the Celebrity Sweat Wellness Day in Downtown Los Angeles. Celebrity Sweat is a television show on Discovery Life Channel that features interviews with celebrities and athletes and is all about motivating and inspiring people to live their bes...

This week we talk to masters distance runner Brian Pilcher of Kentfield, California. He has been named male masters runner of the year in 2012 and 2013, he was the overall masters athlete of the year in 2013. He currently holds the 60-64 age group world record in the half marathon, 25K and 30K distances, all of which were earned on the same day during the 2016 Chicago Marathon, where he also tied...

This week, we talk to  Kevin Donoghue from Monroe, New York. Kevin has been a Spartan Race Pro Team member since 2015 and holds multiple Spartan Race records. These records include 102 combined masters and overall Spartan Race podiums, 50 1st place finishes, and 71 1st place age group finishes. He's the host of Daily Burn Spartan, the first ever workout video series for obstacle racing and he&...

This week, we talk to Libby James of Fort Collins, Colorado. She's a mother of four and a grandmother of 12 ranging in age from 8-24 years old. Libby is a writer, a teacher, and long distance runner. And that is an understatement, because she may just be the fastest woman her age in the world. Libby holds the current USA Track and Field world records for her age group in the 5K and 15K distanc...

This week we take a look back and celebrate our first year by sharing some of our best moments on the show so far. You'll hear clips about meaningful competitive moments, advice for fellow Seasoned Athletes and words of wisdom from Seasoned Athlete alums like triathlete Cherie Gruenfeld, rower Allison Hunt, speed skater Melissa Koenig, obstacle racer Heather Gollnick, roller derby athlete Hale...

  This week, we talk to 48-year old  Deanna Blegg from Melbourne, Australia. Deanna is the definition of tough. She is a mother, HIV and AIDS survivor, breast cancer survivor and an adventure racer, obstacle racer, Crossfitter, and by all accounts, all around awesome athlete. Deanna won the overall women’s title in the 2013 World’s Toughest Mudder, a 24-hour obstacle racing event where competitors...

In this episode, we talk to Adrienne Leblanc, a mother of three, physical therapist and triathlete based out of Scottsdale, Arizona. She's a five time age group national champion for short course racing triathlon. She earned the World Champion Sprint distance triathlon title in 2015 and are the 2017 World Champion in the Olympic distance triathlon. She also earned Arizona State Champion titles...

In this episode, we talk to  Darla Andrews , a veteran fitness professional, successful entrepreneur and mother of five daughters. By the time her youngest daughter was 3 years old, she found herself out of shape, and struggling with self-esteem and low energy. In her early 40’s, she made her health and fitness a priority again, and Since then Darla has completed several marathons, mud runs, and t...

This week's episode is a little different than usual. Seasoned Athlete Podcast Creator and Host Robin Legat turned 43 on November 14th. To celebrate becoming one year more Seasoned, Robin asked for listener questions and answered them live on Facebook and Instagram while recording this week's episode. In this episode, Robin goes in-depth on topics such as achieving personal bests as we get...

This week features an interview with Kathrine Switzer , iconic athlete, sports and social advocate, author, and Emmy award-winning television commentator. She's perhaps best known as the first woman to officially enter and run the Boston Marathon fifty years ago this year. She has been honored widely for her achievements, most recently being inducted into the USA National Women’s Hall of Fame...

This week, we talk to 42-year old Karen Porter , a Registered Dietitian and Adaptive Obstacle Racing Athlete and U.S. Army Veteran living in Atlanta, Georgia. This year, she qualified for the pro round of the U.S. OCR Championships, the Spartan Race World Championships as well as the OCR World Championships. She is the only known adaptive athlete to qualify pro for each of these events. She regula...

This week's episode is all about roller derby! Meet Halee Daily , aka #44 The 4closer, a Roseville, California-based roller derby athlete. She has (knock on wood) played injury-free roller derby since 2009, primarily as a dedicated starting jammer on the Sacred City Derby Girls Sacrificer All-Star Team out of Sacramento. From 2011-2016, she was also Sacred's strategy and jammer coach. She...

This week, we talk to Margaret Olawoye, a retired teacher from Chicago, Illinois. She has played, among other sports, softball, racquetball, tennis, basketball, track and field and now pickleball – one of the fastest growing sports, particularly among the senior population. She's in the Chicago 16” softball hall of fame, a Senior Games athlete and a huge sports and fitness advocate. Margaret t...

In honor of the Spartan Race World Championships taking place in Lake Tahoe, CA, this week's episode is all about Seasoned Spartans! Our main interview is with Hobie Call , a Utah-based father of five, a member of the Spartan Race Pro Team and someone who is often referred to as the Godfather of Obstacle Racing. With a background as a distance runner, he ran first Spartan Race in 2011, and has...

This week, get to know our oldest guest to date - 92-year old Dottie Gray from St. Louis, Missouri. Dottie is a National Senior Games athlete and runner with three decades of experience under her belt. She has completed five marathons, including the 100th running of the Boston Marathon, over 35 half marathons and countless 5 and 10K races. At one point in the 1990s, Dottie ran five races over four...

Meet 78-year old  Daphne Belt  of Littlehampton, West Sussex in the United Kingdom. In 2014, she embarked on a mission to run 75 triathlons in 75 days – raising over 6000 pounds for a local childrens charity. In her career, she's earned six long distance world championship age group titles and 28 national age group titles over various distances. In this episode, we talk about how she pulled of...

This week, we meet Tammy Godin of North Grafton, Massachusetts. Fitness has always been a part of her life, and for a while, she casually enjoyed running when she could fit it in. But a devastating car accident in 2002 changed everything. They told her that she may never run again…she had other ideas. Since recovering from her accident, she has run over 30 marathons, over 30 ultra races, 5 Ironman...

This week, we talk to 75 year-old DeEtte Sauer, a Houston based wife, mother, grandmother AND nationally ranked swimmer. She has won a total of 57 national medals including golds at both Masters National Championships and National Senior Olympics with a ranking in the U. S. top ten in 98 events and several world top ten rankings. She's also a spokesperson for the National Senior Olympics and a...

This week, we meet 53-year Allison Hunt, a Los Gatos-based rower with the Chinook Performance Racing Team. With her team, she has earned eleven gold medals in the past year alone. When not in the water, Allison is currently Eating for Performance Coach and works with Advocare, a nutritional supplement company. In this interview, Allison candidly talks about how the onset of menopause affected her...

This week we meet 42-year old Ginger Huber, an Orlando-based diver in the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series. She has dedicated her life to diving and have been a non-stop ambassador of the sport, through coaching, training, judging and competing. In this interview, Ginger talks about the near-spontaneous decision that resulted in an invitation to the Red Bull Diving Team, the key strategy that ca...

This week, we talk to our oldest Seasoned Athlete to date: 73-year old  Cherie Gruenfeld . Cherie is one of the most decorated Masters Triathletes in the world, having won the Ironman World Championships title in her age group thirteen times earning the F70-74 course record. In this episode, Cherie talks about how she had to create opportunities to play sports at a time when they weren't avail...

This week, we meet speed skater Melissa Koenig . Melissa discovered speed skating first as a spectator.  After watching her son at his speed skating practice when he was just six years old, she realized it was a challenge she wanted to take on, as well. Melissa started speed skating at age 37 and has since skated in multiple national championships and even holds a national record. In this intervie...