The Endurance House

Allison Cousins is the founder of St Louis City League. What an inspiration- she grew up in sports, is a runner, a teacher, mother, an entrepreneur, and visionary. St Louis City League provides sports opportunities to middle schoolers across St Louis who would not have access to sports otherwise. She was so fun and inspiring to talk to. Check out STL City League: https://stlcityleague.com/ Follow...

Jeff and Tammy talk with Michele Hartwig from Crystal Lake, Illinois, Ultrarunner and Ultra Race Director. She is the owner of Ornery Mule Racing. They talk about her running and race directing history, cool race stories, and some of her favorite things about race directing. https://www.ornerymuleracing.com/ Follow Michele on IG:https://www.instagram.com/dirtrunner100/ Follow Ornery Mule on IG: ht...

Have you ever wanted to run Chicago Marathon, or thought about running it again? We held a fun roundtable discussion talking everything Chicago Marathon, from the registration, training, the expo, to the race itself and everything inbetween. Hear from Tim Bradley, Chicago Area Runners Association (CARA); 15 time Chicago Marathon finisher Byron Crawford; and 2023 Chicago Marathon first timer Christ...

This week Tammy and Jeff got to talk with the Susak family. This awesome family of four took on the RAGRAI ride across Iowa in 2023 as a family vacation. Hear the multiple perspective of training and full RAGBRAI experiences from Dad- Mark, Mom- Tina, Amelia, and Cooper. Such a fun family. Support the Podcast:  https://www.patreon.com/TheEnduranceHousePodcast Follow the podcast:  https://www.insta...

Rich Luers has run his whole life. He has been a sprinter, cross country, middle and longer distances runner, to now ultramarathons. He love the sport so much he started his own company Final Lap Racing a race management service company for race directing and race timing. Follow Rich and his company at: https://www.facebook.com/FinalLapRacing https://www.instagram.com/finallapracing/ https://final...

Bob Scheidt has done it all endurance, and wrote a book about his adventures. He has cycled, ran marathons, ran ultras, backpacked, and walked across states, countries, and circumnavigated the US, all to raise awareness for Type I Diabetes which he was diagnosed with as a teenager. Check out his book on Amazon: https://a.co/d/1yI4TcL Follow Bob On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bobscheidtdia...

Haden Seidel from St Louis MO talks about his wild adventurist side on the podcast. He talks about the wild MR340 that got cut early this year due to crazy storms, talked about his various 100 mile races and ultrarunning, Ironmans, and his resilience learning how to ride a unicycle. Hayden has done it all and is still going. We even talked about his entrepreneurship with 3D printing and sustainabi...

Jennifer St Amand, 2023 Western States DFL, finished with 21 seconds to spare. She talked with Jeff and Tammy about growing up in potato farming community, her early running and non-running life. They covered running in the military, her ultra running, and training for, entering, getting in, and running Western States 100 and what it was like to finish with 21 seconds to spare before cutoff. Follo...

Follow Shea's Blog at: https://shaeruns.blogspot.com/2023/07/last-annual-heart-of-south-race-report.html Check out the race at: https://ultrasignup.com/register.aspx?did=96445 Follow the podcast:  https://www.instagram.com/theendurancehousepodcast/  or  https://www.facebook.com/theendurancehousepodcast Join the podcast Facebook Group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/1350616692426509 Check out...

Jeff and Tammy had James Carlson, @Midlife Challenge, on the podcast this week. James is the first American and 12th person in the world to complete the Double Everesting Challenge on foot. He takes us through his history, his mental state, his training, and walked us though his amazing 3 days of the challenge. Follow James on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mid_lifechallenge/ Follow James on...

Jeff and Tammy talked with Jake Grossbauer from St. Louis this week. Jake is a Ultrarunner, cyclist, father, husband, teacher, race director, and so much more. Follow Jake on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ganderrunner/ Follow Jake's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ganderrunner5045 Support Jake's ride for BikeMS: Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/donate/849920796094716/ W...

Tim Barbee discusses his experience at Infinitus 888k in Vermont in May 2023. Talks of his training, his planning for running 554 miles over 10 days, his experience and the people who made the experience what it was, and his upcoming races. For more information on Infinitus: https://www.endurancesociety.org/infinitus To follow Tim's journey: https://www.facebook.com/tim.barbee.796 https://www....

This week Tammy sits down with Jeff and his crew and pacers, James and Angie, and talk everything from his latest ultramarathon, 100 mile race, Cruel Jewel 100 May 2023. Cruel Jewel 100 race: https://dumassevents.com/cruel-jewel-100/ Follow Jeff on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bellflys/ Follow the podcast:  https://www.instagram.com/theendurancehousepodcast/  or  https://www.facebook.com/t...

Awesome guest on the Endurance House this week. Lisa Kennedy from St. Louis talked about her running and personal journey, her first marathon, meeting her husband though rock climbing and their first marathon, changing careers, and her adventure into the ultra marathon world to her first 100 mile. So much fun. Follow Lisa on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lisamariekenn/ Follow Lisa on Strava...

Want to know what it's like to run 200 miles? Check out this interview with ultra runner Jeremiah Sullivan as he talks us though his first 200 at Potawatomi Trail Runs in central Illinois in April 2023. Check out Jeremiah on IG: https://www.instagram.com/jeremiah_i_run_far_sullivan/ Check out Potawatomi Trail Runs: https://ultrasignup.com/register.aspx?did=94548 Support the podcast on Patreon:...

Dr. Lauren Hendrix and Heidi Williams came back on the podcast this week to talk about women's health issues in endurance athletes. All from personal experience and research, they talked about disordered eating issues, athlete body image, mental, among some much more, even good for men to listen as they have some of the same issues. This is good for coaches, parents, friends and athletes to all li...

You heard your host's interview in Episode 10. Little did you know, that was actually take 2. We are coming out and publishing take 1, a totally different interview, with different questions and different topics. Explore Jeff's running history but also get into his ultras, his passion for race volunteering and pacing and crewing, his coaching. We also get into Jeff's weather woes when...

Check out Georgia Death Race at: https://www.runbumtours.com/georgiadeathrace Follow Andrew on IG: https://www.instagram.com/andrewjohn7/ Support the podcast on Patreon:  Patreon.com/theendurancehousepodcast Follow the podcast:  https://www.instagram.com/theendurancehousepodcast/  or  https://www.facebook.com/theendurancehousepodcast Join the podcast Facebook Group:  https://www.facebook.com/group...

Tammy and Jeff talked with Deirde Nunan from the St. Louis area this week. They talked about her journey into running, ultrarunning, volunteering, community involvement, and her coaching Girls on the Run, and her raising money for Girls on the Run and her 14er challenge. Follow Deirdre on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/deirdre.keeps.on.climbing/ Follow her GOTR journey on Facebook: https://w...

Tammy and Jeff had a fun conversation with Danielle Timmerberg from Louisville Kentucky on this episode. Dani has such a fun interesting story of running roads, ultras and even an ironman and for the love of the medal, she is on a journey to race in every state with her husband. This conversation took so many turns, we loved it. Follow Dani on Instagram: @Dani_runs_the_ville Support the podcast on...

Tammy and Jeff talk with Jason Connor from Columbia, Missouri about his running journey from military to ultras to race directing. What an incredible story, so much fun. They talked ultra fails, ultra successes, new races, his latest challenge and his successful race he directs in Missouri Follow Jason and his race on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/the24hourlionsroar or the24hourlionsroar.com...

Jeff and Tammy had Richard Dillahunt Jr over to the Endurance House this week. Richard is in St. Louis, but has lived in many different places. They talk about his running journey, his first marathon, running and racing during COVID. They even get into his move to St Louis, the local running communities and the purpose of community and running groups to meet your goals. Follow Richard on Instagram...

This week Jeff and Tammy had a wonderful conversation with Jeremiah Sullivan. Jeremiah opened up to the podcast about his first runs, his first ultras, running without a good watch, racing with no watch, and his sobriety story is a tear jerker. So inspiring. Follow Jeremiah on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jeremiah_i_run_far_sullivan/ Follow Jeremiah on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pr...

This week Jeff and Tammy got to take with Kara Wood, a mother, attorney, runner, and author.  Her new book "The Power of the Streak. A Clear Path to Consistent Exercise and Staying Motivated Over Time" is a great spin on streaking.  Find the book and more info about Kara at: www.linktr.ee/thepowerofthestreak Follow her on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thepowerofthestreak/ Support...

Tammy and Jeff had a wonderful time talking with Cody Eubanks.  Cody is an awesome human being that has only been running for a short time, but kills everything he does.  They talked everything from growing up in Kansas,  college where he biked with his brother and met his wife, getting into running, his "eating condition," and his most recent experience at Bigs Backyard.  What a story. Every minu...