Do Big Things

Paul Noble is a University of Northern Iowa student that took his spring break to a whole new level. He ran 278 miles across the state of Iowa in 94 hours and 49 minutes, setting a new FKT in the process. He beat the old record by about 15 hours. You’re not going to want to miss this episode! big-things-crewing.com Patreon.com/dobigthings SUPPORT: xoskin.us 15% PROMO code is BTC athleticbrewing.co...

Get to know Bam Garcia on your run this week! Bam’s journey is not an uncommon one. From addict to runner to ultrarunner, in other words, my kind of people :) Bam lives in Texas and runs all the local ultras every year, including Bandera and Rocky Raccoon, hoping to make it to Western States one of these years. Stay on the path and DO BIG THINGS Bam! Original Music by @the.pro.guey FRIENDS OF THE...

Callie Vinson has come a long way. After weighing an unhealthy 377 pounds and realizing she couldn’t walk a mile to brunch with her friends, she decided to make a change. She set up small goals for herself to begin to build momentum and started exercising and before long, she lost 200 pounds!  Fast forward about a decade, Callie is now an ultrarunner and she is training for Cocodona 250! Get inspi...

My man, Justin True, has become the hero of his own story, in a very real way. After a traumatic and sometimes violent childhood, including a suicide attempt, he carved himself into a successful MMA fighter turned hybrid endurance athlete. He raises money for different charities and organizations by doing world record type events, including pulling a truck for a 26.2 mile marathon! He is currently...

Marc Jacksina and I had some good laughs at our own expenses throughout this conversation. We’re both aging white men with faded tattoos that somehow managed to find sobriety and peace around the same time we found trail running and ultramarathons. It seems to be a common theme. However, Marc wears it well! With roots in the punk and hardcore music scene, we talk about the early influences that le...

Caleb Sherrill wasn’t always an ultrarunner. In fact, he used to be about twice the size he is now. Struggling with weight, anxiety and depression, Caleb decided it was time to take matters into his own hands. He is now an athlete for RODS (Racing for Orphans with Down Syndrome) and has a big year of racing on the calendar. Get inspired! Original Music: @the.pro.guey big-things-crewing.com Patreon...

I’m excited, this is a really cool episode I think everyone is going to love. My friend Collette just wrote a book called Be. That. Person. It’s not where you live, but how much confetti you throw along the way. Well, Collette is That Person! I was so excited to catch up with her and hear all about her life, her writing and of course, her dogs!  She is coming up in just a minute. DO BIG THINGS Col...

Welcome back to the DO BIG THINGS podcast! I am here to inspire you, week after week with heroic tails from the trails. I’ve got a banger here for you this week, this one got me right in the feels. Larry DeWitt has too many races and accomplishments to list here but a couple of them include Tour Divide finisher in 2018 as well as the Leadman champion in 2006 and 2009. If you know anything about th...

Jill Homer not only has fifty some odd ultramarathons under her belt, she has completed some of the biggest and baddest bike races, including the Iditarod Invitational 1,000 mile bike race across Alaska.  This race encounters temperatures from -50F to 35F, gale force winds, rain, blizzards, waist-deep snow, mud, glare ice and bright sunny skies - all in the same day.  Jill set the women's record!...

Casper ultra runner, ski coach, and Complete Physical Therapy trainer Justin Kinner completed the Grand Slam of ultra running in summer 2021. This entails completing four 100-mile races over the summer. There will be a documentary coming out later this year, following his Grand Slam. Check this guy out, you’re going to enjoy this conversation. ORIGINAL MUSIC by @the.pro.guey SPONSORS: xoskin.us PR...

When talking with my friend Jason Howell, it seemed like he had packed a few different lives into his 38 years.  From the Marine’s to the Green Berets to the Moab 240, it’s safe to say that Jason’s Life Resume is packed full of adventure.  He’s about to take on his biggest project yet, Mount Everest!  He is raising money for a nonprofit supporting greenberetracing.org.  Jason will be climbing and...

My guest this week, William “Boxcar” Curry takes one step at a time towards progress and recovery. After a hard life of following around the Grateful Dead and hopping trains all over the country, Boxcar eventually gave up the hard drinking and hard drugs for simply putting one foot in front of the other. He discovered walking which led to hiking which led to long distance thru-hikes. He’s hiked so...

I’ve got another outstanding up and comer on this week’s show. Tara Dower aka Candy Mama has been thru-hiking some of the bigger trails for years now, including the AT as well as the Mountains-to-Sea Trail. Eventually that led to some FKT’s and now she’s transitioning into ultramarathons. With a big win at Blood Rock 100 this year, second to the man himself, Jeff Browning, she has officially put h...

Alyssa Clark is fresh off of a supported FKT on the Pinhoti Trail. That’s a 335-mile trail through Alabama and Georgia with about 50,000 vertical feet. Her new record is 5 days, 14 hours and 43 minutes. Alyssa also holds a Guinness World Record for running the most consecutive marathons, 95 days in a row! Needless to say, she’s a bada$$ and I couldn’t wait to get her on the show. Oh yeah, she won...

This is the DO BIG THINGS podcast, episode 112.  My guest this week, Erik Schlimmer, has climbed almost 2,500 mountains.  He’s spent over a thousand nights camping in the wilderness.  He’s written a bunch of books.   This was just a super fascinating conversation for me.  He’s been on the show before, he was on episode 36 of the DO BIG THINGS podcast.  If you go back and listen, you’ll remember Er...

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My guest this week, Chris Fisher, set a World Record by logging over 400,000 vertical feet during the month of October, winning the Max Vert Challenge of 2021. Chris is 26 years old and is fairly new to running and ultrarunning. He lives in Breckenridge Colorado and we chat about all the trials, tribulations and injuries he faced during his World Record month. He logged over 500 miles. He averaged...

My guest this week, Travis Liles, was an early influencer on me in my ultrarunning career.  As well as an ultrarunner, he is a husband, a dad, has a full time job and does gear review for irunfar.com.  He just finished Rio Del Lago and I wanted to hear all about it as well as catch up with him.  I think you’re going to like our conversation.     ORIGINAL MUSIC by @the.pro.guey  Patreon.com/dobigth...

My guest this week is Coach Ron Maver. He is the founder of First Mile Sucks running which is a really cool apparel company you should all check out. You can find them at FMSRunning.com. You better believe we talk about his latest ultramarathons, running a business and how running helped Ron to break out of his cycle of anxiety. Original Music by @the.pro.guey SUPPORT: Athletic Brewing // 20% PROM...

Mike Cohen is a 36-year-old cancer survivor, as well as a survivor of two heart failures, a heart transplant recipient and long distance cyclist. Mike cycled across the US to meet his heart donor’s family and to pay his respects. If that’s not inspiring, I don’t know what is. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did! Original music by @the.pro.guey  SPONSORS: @athleticbrewing // PROMO c...

Alright, this is a conversation between me and my buddy Vic Aguilar. We talk about all things ultrarunning, coaching, running a business and meditation. Vic is a great guy and you can find him and his services at runningwithvic.com and you can find us and our services at big-things-crewing.com Original Music by @the.pro.guey SPONSORS: Athletic Brewing // PROMO code is MCROBERTSA20 XOSKIN // PROMO...

With two seconds to spare, Natalie Bickers was the last person standing at the Moab 240 this year.  She finished the race just in the nick of time to be considered a finisher of the 240-mile ultramarathon, among the other 127 finishers.  She hadn’t planned on cutting it so close.  Imagine the adrenaline of running as fast as you can for the last few miles of a 240-mile race, just to get across the...

I’ve got another dope podcast right here for you guys. Emily Keddie is someone I’ve wanted to have on the show for a while. I think I hit her up once and it fell through but I’m one of those guys that doesn’t stress when something falls through because maybe it just wasn’t meant to happen at that particular time. Well, Emily just completed the Moab 240 and I thought what a great time this would be...

How lucky am I? I get to chat with some of the baddest, most skilled, most talented adventurers on the planet. Well, I’ve got a bonus episode for you guys this week. It’s so good, I just wanted to get it out! Hector Rodriguez just completed what is affectionately known as the Triple Crown of 200’s. That’s three 200 mile races within a three month window. It’s been a goal of his to complete this in...

Hello and welcome back to another fabulous episode of the DO BIG THINGS podcast!  My guest this week is the KING of the FKT's.  He has more Fastest Known Times than anyone else in the world and when he was approaching his 100th FKT, he decided to go big!  He climbed the state of Washington's Highest 100 mountains faster than anyone (by a long shot), doing it in 50 days, 23 hours and 43 minutes.  Y...