Vegan Marathoner Podcast

Dirt trails, the solitude of the forest, running through the monks’ breakfast fire smoke drifting toward the elephants, carved onto the temple wall centuries ago. Young monks in saffron robes sweep the dirt with brooms. Passengers through the world’s largest religious complex, the temple towers—inspired by Mount Meru of Hinduism— a compass needle transiting us through eras of long ago when countle...

“Thooooommm!” We revisited the West Gate in the ancient city of Angkor. We found at the very least Thom’s relatives. I just cannot say for certain we found Thom himself. After 2 years away (see earlier video in Vegan Marathoner), we made our triumphant return to the gated walls of Angkor Thom. Photo Above: Running through the Gate of the Dead (“Ghost Gate”). CAMBODIA—-there’s just nothing like it...

Today it is called Maeda Forest Park. It is easy to find in online guidebooks, Sapporo tourism sites & Trip Advisor. But there’s no direct mention of a samurai linkage. Previously, the Maeda Family lived here. I think. Or, someone somehow connected to this family. Perhaps. A local told us about a hidden connection with this famous family of samurai who ruled much of west-central Japan from the 150...

The funny thing is, we never even made it to the arts-filled park. That was an initial plan drawn from some research I’d done pre-trip. I thought for sure we’d run there and that Chengye could also pop into some crafting workshops within the park. Primarily, I expected us to be running along the Toyohira River pathway in the center of Japan’s 5th largest city—like, on a daily basis. I’d read runne...

WELCOME! In the second-ever Vegan Marathoner Podcast, we are meeting Top and Rose Taylor, in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. Top is a United States Marine, having served in both the Korean War and Vietnam War. He was then a longtime Marine Corps Junior ROTC instructor and coach as well as legendary cross country and track coach at Louisville’s Seneca High School*. He coached me from 1993-96. Top’s infl...

WELCOME! In the first-ever Vegan Marathoner Podcast, we are in conversation with Robbin Trebbe, who has run around 70 marathons worldwide and helped develop the running side of businesses such as InterSport & Adidas. Time with Robin is great, but we’d also like to include you in the convo… **Have YOU run marathons? What stories would you like to tell about your running? **How long have you been ve...

Dear Supporters, Hope you'll enjoy this video filmed & edited by Chengye. It was a great New Year’s adventure. Hope you’re well, Kyle Credit: wangchengye.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit veganmarathoner.substack.com

Hey Friends, Just a quick post with some video & pics from the December 1st Shanghai Marathon. I wasn’t registered, but ran alongside Chengye from this point on the course—the 23km mark—to the 41st kilometer (total marathon is 42.2km.). Beautiful conditions that day—cooler than usual for this race, and better organized from what I’ve heard. Shanghai has applied to become the 8th of the World Marat...

As Disney Legend Marty Sklar’s book advises, “Dream It,! Do It!” Join me for a whirlwind video tour of this 50k run (31 miles) around Hong Kong Disney Resort. Truth be told, I had not planned to do this the week before running up Shanghai Tower. But the FitFam November Challenge had to be completed at some point, and time was running thin. And what better place and time than while staying at Hong...

Thanks to Chengye Wang for the video production. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit veganmarathoner.substack.com

Music credit: John Carpenter, Halloween (1978) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit veganmarathoner.substack.com