515 : The Ultra Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Some people make it to the 515 distance and still don’t find it to be far enough.  Today’s UltraMX 515 Athlete in Profile, Carlos Pena, is one of those athletes.  After previously completing the Mexican 515 race, he took on the non-stop 515 – two times.  He has also completed triple and quintuple long distance triathlon events.   Next up for this man is a Deca in Mexico (10 long d...

Send us Fan Mail Not every man can hear that he has Multiple Sclerosis and decide that he has become even more special.  My guest in this episode did exactly that.  Rick Kent is not only a 4-time 515 finisher and 5-time RAAM finishe r, he is also an accomplished sports photographer.  Rick shares many tips about racing and what were his favourite events that he has both competed and worked at as a...

Send us Fan Mail My Ohana guest in this episode is the men’s winner of UMC 2022 – Christian Isakson .  Christian has competed in six 515 events including the Ultraman World Championships in which he had a near fatal bike accident in 2013. The UltraMX 515 Athlete in Profile is a self professed “regular athlete - mom of four, with a day job” – Delia Luján from Mexico.  Delia has already competed at...

Send us Fan Mail The 515 Ultra Podcast completes its on the road in Penticton vacay with the Ultra 520K Canada finale recap.   In this episode, I speak with the winners – Jeremy Hopwood (27:38:06) and Susan Evans (31:37:40) live from the finish line.  Susan has set a record as the first woman in her age group (60-69) to complete an Ultra race. The rest of this episode is a series of memories told...

Send us Fan Mail Larry Ryan presents a Day 3 race recap from the final Ultra 520 K Canada with the final results and Champions highlighted -- J eremy Hopwood & 63 year old Susan Evans. Mentioned: Ultra 355 Canada -- show of interest Show Contributors: Host : Larry Ryan Contributing Raconteur : Steve King Announcer : Mary Jo Dionne Production : 5Five Enterprises Music  :  Run by 331 For show no...

Send us Fan Mail Larry Ryan presents a Day 2 race recap from the final Ultra 520 K Canada. Show Contributors: Host : Larry Ryan Contributing Raconteur : Steve King Announcer : Mary Jo Dionne Production : 5Five Enterprises Music  :  Run by 331 For show notes and past guests, please visit the Podcast Website: https://515theultrapodcast.buzzsprout.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/515TheUltraPod...

Send us Fan Mail Today's bonus is a recap by Larry Ryan of Day 1 of the final Ultra 520 K Canada. Show Contributors: Host : Larry Ryan Contributing Raconteur : Steve King Announcer : Mary Jo Dionne Production : 5Five Enterprises Music  :  Run by 331 For show notes and past guests, please visit the Podcast Website: https://515theultrapodcast.buzzsprout.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/51...

Send us Fan Mail The 515 Ultra Podcast  is on the road in Penticton for the two weekends of Aloha, Ohana and Kokua that are UMC and Ultra520K Canada.  In this episode, I speak with the winners of UMC 2022 – Amy Robitaille (24:47:16) and Christian Isaakson (25:49:51) at the finish line. Also, Steve King and I discuss the resumes of the sixteen athletes who will take on the final Ultra 520K Canada r...

Send us Fan Mail Not every athlete who challenges the 515 distance has completed 20 Ironmans, or have been winners in their age groups, or are Ultra marathon junkies.  Some just work their way up the distances and prepare to take on the 515 distance with a hope of just finishing.  My guest today, Gloria Aguilera, did not do any of that.  Her first triathlon was the Ultra 355 in Cozumel and now she...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I speak with Ohana athlete, Shagrila Rendon of Feisty Fox Coaching .   She regularly takes on larger and larger ultra feats fuelled by guts and driven by pure determination to leave behind the ghosts of her horrible past.    Though seen by the outside world to have it all together (a blossoming career, flourishing in the rigours of academia and participating in ult...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I speak with Ohana athlete, Ramon Lopez Mendizabal, in what was originally set up as an Ultra 520K Canada Athlete in Profile.   As happens in the 515 world, plans change at the last minute and I learned, during our conversation, that Ramon will not be attending the race this year after all. Still, Ramon has a wealth of stories to share about epic events that he has...

Send us Fan Mail If doing a 515 race or five 140.6 distance races in five days isn’t enough of a challenge, why not try the Epic Deca (the 10 year anniversary race of Epic 5) which will be ten 140.6 distance races in 10 days.  That’s what my Ohana guest, Julian Summers, has decided to do.  This race takes place from May 10-19th. In the second part of the podcast today I finish my Steve Brown conve...

Send us Fan Mail Today’s episode opens with a clip from YouTube , where race director Steve Brown welcomes racers to the 2016 Ultra520K Canada .  Steve is the OG race director for UMC and has also directed Ironman Canada. I find out if Steve intends to make another run at city council in Penticton and some other exciting breaking Tri news. Steve King Stories features an athlete who previously appe...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I catch up with my Aussie mate Nick Mallett .  Nick has participated in ten 515 distance events and is a two time champion of Ultraman Canada.   You may know this Ohana member for his advice and commentary about Ultra’s as Thailand Ultras on Slowtwitch.  The handle he adopted after being banned from the site and reinstated. Recently, Nick (age 58) posted about tryi...

Send us Fan Mail Live at the inaugural Ultraman Arizona, Steve King, is reporting in to tell us how the day 3 double marathon unfolded for the athletes. Spoiler: Winners were Steve Keller and Vanuza Maciel. Support the show Show Contributors: Host : Larry Ryan Contributing Raconteur : Steve King Announcer : Mary Jo Dionne Production : 5Five Enterprises Music  :  Run by 331 For show notes and past...

Send us Fan Mail Once again we are rewarding our subscribers with this special update from Day 1 & 2 of Ultraman Arizona 2022.   Live at the event, Mr Steve King, is reporting in to tell us about why the swim portion was cancelled and the other stories unfolding after two days of competition. Support the show Show Contributors: Host : Larry Ryan Contributing Raconteur : Steve King Announcer :...

Send us Fan Mail Steve King and the race director of Ultraman Arizona, Jen McVeay, join me to preview the long awaited inaugural running of the race taking place March 11-13.  We discuss the themes that cross through a number of the athletes as we introduce you to some of the racers and their crews. Tallahassee resident and Big Sexy Racing athlete Jamie Harris (2018 and 2019 Ultraman Florida Champ...

Send us Fan Mail The final day of UMFL from the finish lone with Steve King. Support the show Show Contributors: Host : Larry Ryan Contributing Raconteur : Steve King Announcer : Mary Jo Dionne Production : 5Five Enterprises Music  :  Run by 331 For show notes and past guests, please visit the Podcast Website: https://515theultrapodcast.buzzsprout.com Facebook: @ 515TheUltraPodcast Insta : @ 515th...

Send us Fan Mail We are rewarding our subscribers with this special update from Day 2 of Ultraman Florida 2022 from the voice of Ultraman-- Mr Steve King, who is live at the event. Spoiler : New Records Support the show Show Contributors: Host : Larry Ryan Contributing Raconteur : Steve King Announcer : Mary Jo Dionne Production : 5Five Enterprises Music  :  Run by 331 For show notes and past gues...

Send us Fan Mail We are rewarding our subscribers with this special update from Day 1 of Ultraman Florida 2022 from the voice of Ultraman-- Mr Steve King, who is live at the event. Support the show Show Contributors: Host : Larry Ryan Contributing Raconteur : Steve King Announcer : Mary Jo Dionne Production : 5Five Enterprises Music  :  Run by 331 For show notes and past guests, please visit the P...

Send us Fan Mail Episode Summary: Fan favourite and the voice of Ultraman, Steve King , plus co-race director of Ultraman Florida, Jen McVeay, join me to preview the 44 participants planning to take on the UM Florida race coming up this weekend (Feb 11-13).  Follow the UMFL at  Facebook or Instagram Steven Keller, 2020 Ultraman Florida Champion, is my Athlete in Profile for the inaugural Ultraman...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is a celebration of the first year of 515 The Ultraman Podcast.   I share clips from different conversations throughout the year. It will be a nice retrospective for the regular listener and perhaps a catalyst for newer listeners to go back into the archive to hear these people tell their stories in full. Resources mentioned in this episode: Comrades Marathon Ultraman...

Send us Fan Mail Over the next few episodes I will be profiling athletes from the upcoming Ultraman Florida and Ultraman Arizona.   My first conversation today is with Jen McVeay who is the co-race director of UM Florida and Race Director for UM Arizona.   We discuss how she became a part of the Ohana and why she chose to bring Ultraman to Arizona. Steve King talks about “El Toro”, Inaki de la Par...

Send us Fan Mail Mike Coughlin shares his journey through endurance sports and the lessons learned along the way to becoming the Ultraman World Championships champion.  These include learning patience, making the correct choices at the right times, racing with negative splits, and learning how to win the big races.   Mike shares experiences from other unique events and tries to put into words what...

Send us Fan Mail COVID changes a lot of plans.  This episode was going to be a conversation with Dave and Sheryl Cobb to preview the Ultraman World Championships race.  Still we had a great conversation about previous races and they shared how they came to be the caretakers of Aloha, Ohana, Kokua on the big island. Keeping with the Kona theme, I also speak with the 19 time participant, Gary Wang ....