Like a Bigfoot

On this week's episode of the podcast I got the opportunity to chat with endurance coach and mountain athlete Travis Macy. Travis is an experienced adventure athlete who has participated (and won) a wide variety of events . He's competed in elite adventure races all around the world, 100 mile ultra marathons and ultra endurance mountain biking events. He is also the author of the Ultra Mindset one...

This week I'm very excited to welcome ultra runner and writer Cory Reese to the podcast. First of all, Cory recently finished running a 100 miler on the deck of a cruse ship! That's 16 laps per mile- 1,600 laps around and around and around the same teeny tiny track, fueling on an endless supply from the ice cream machine as he took on some self-imposed suffering. All the while overlooking people l...

This week I'm joined by Gemini Adventures race director Reid Delman to talk all things Desert RATS Stage Race, race directing, and the mindset needed to power through big time endurance events. ......and cage fighting! Reid is a wonderful race director inspired by his own experiences to design events that push participants beyond what they think is possible. He has organized all sorts of different...

This week's guest is ultrarunner, dad extraordinaire, beer lover, and Iowan Brad Dains. Brad is a midwesterner spreading awesomeness by helping introduce Iowans to the joys of ultrarunning. Specifically, we talk all about the Booneville Backyards Ultra, a race Brad co-directs. Booneville is a special race near Des Moines that allows runners to explore the beauty of my home state Iowa. It also is s...

This week's episode is an extremely powerful example of the power of perseverance, gratitude, and a "learning how to suffer" mindset. Maudie Jordan is a wonderful, incredibly positive, and completely badass mountain athlete from the Pacific Northwest. She has completed multiple 100 milers, climbed numerous mountains, and spends her times exploring all sorts of wild areas. In this episode, she shar...

This week we are catching back up with three of our previous Like a Bigfoot guests: Ryan Chukuske, Jason Sudduth, and Jennifer Mabus. Ryan recently finished his Bigfoot 200 book "Bigfoot 200: Because, you know, why the **** not?" and is preparing it for publication. Jason randomly called me last Friday and told me he's camping in Hungry Mother State Park (actual name) and is running a trail marath...

If you've listened to recent episodes, I've mentioned that I'm signed up for the Desert RATS stage race. This big crazy 6 day run from Fruita, Colorado to Moab, Utah this June. Leading up to the event, a few episodes of the show will be devoted to helping me prepare for what will be the most difficult thing I've ever taken on. On this week's episode my friend and frequent Like a Bigfootian Brady M...

his week we are welcoming Adam Casey back on the show. If you have yet to listen to the first two episodes with Adam, I highly suggests going back and checking those out. He's a fascinating dude, a great story teller, and has been incredibly open about his life experiences. Adam continues from where his story left off- discovering that he had a brutal form of cancer- stage four lymphoma and progre...

This week we are chatting with adventure athlete Richard Kresser. You will be absolutely blown away with what he has accomplished: first place at the Bigfoot 200, 2nd place at Arrowhead 135, finished the Moab 240 (yes...two hundred and forty freaking miles), second in the triple crown of 200s, along with a handful of other ultra marathons. The episode starts with me being very perplexed by the Arr...

(Cover Photo by Josh Perez) This week I was lucky enough to have Brendan Leonard and Jayson Sime come over and chat with me about their excellent film "How to Run 100 Miles". We recorded this "live" in studio....aka outside on the porch in my back yard (It was a 60 degree day and this is an outdoor podcast...so I thought "what the heck?") If you have not seen the film, do yourself a favor and chec...

This week I'm incredibly excited to chat with author, speaker, family man, and incredibly nice guy Mitch Matthews! Almost two years ago I listened to my buddy Calvin Johannsen on Mitch's podcast "Dream. Think. Do." talking about his 14ers project. I checked out a few more episodes of the show and completely connected with Mitch's advice about going after big, intimidating goals and his dream to "I...

Today the always fascinating Travis Steffen is back to the podcast. If you haven't listened to the previous episodes, Travis is one of my absolute best friends in the whole world. He's also one of the wisest, strangest, most successful and genuine people I know. I never know what to expect when we do a podcast. This week as I sat at my kitchen table, watching him put his hair up in a 'Manbun' I th...

On this week's episode "Plantriotic" Jackson Foster shares wisdom he's gained from his years adventuring through the world on his bike. Currently, he's on a journey riding his bike all the way from Alaska to Argentina, spreading goodness, experiencing the power of the present moment, and embracing all the adventures along the way. This interview was recorded during a brief break in his tour as he...

This week we are catching up with previous guest and all around awesome guy Bill Sycalik!! Since we last spoke, Bill has wrapped up running a marathon in all of the continental U.S. National Parks as well as the parks in Hawaii, U.S. Virgin Islands, and American Samoa. Now he's preparing to level up as he is working out details for the extremely challenging and remote parks of Alaska. He's also de...

This week we are celebrating our brand new logo design by revisiting special moments from episodes #1-40! For new listeners this episode will give you an idea of what the Like a Bigfoot podcast is all about and for long-time listeners this episode will let you return to some of the stories from a variety of our guests. I've organized the clips into 4 categories that show what you can expect from t...

Mikah Meyer is on a journey of a lifetime. He's taking on a road trip that is bringing him to all corners of the country and he is checking off all of the 417 National Parks managed sites along the way. As he's traveled over the last few years his project has transformed as he's discovered a bigger purpose; increasing the LGBT inclusion in the outdoor industry. Mikah's story is beyond inspiring. T...

Super stoked this week to catch up with one of my favorite returning guests Candice Burt!! Candice is the race director of a few teeny tiny events......oh wait, she puts together extremely mind boggling 200 mile races??.....excuse me, did you say TWO HUNDRED FREAKING MILE RACES!! Through her company Destination Trails she has established the Tahoe 200, Bigfoot 200, and the Moab 240 as some of the...

On this week's show we are sharing the story of University of Iowa Hawkeye Fullback Drake Kulick. In my opinion, Drake represents everything that I enjoy about Football: Hard work, embracing the journey and the speed bumps along the way, consistent improvement and the development of a leader. His journey as a Hawkeye started as a walk-on and ended as a team leader a game winning touchdown. It does...

This week's episode is with athlete Chad Spring. Chad has competed in a variety of races around the country over the last few years. Recently he's taken on Ultra Spartan Races and various ultra marathons including the Never Summer 100k in Colorado and the Barkley Fall Classic in Tennessee. I met Chad on a run a year ago and last weekend he invited me to join him for part of his extra badass Saturd...

(Cover Photo by Derrick Lytle https://www.instagram.com/derricklytle/) This week we welcome elite ultra runner, Hoka athlete, and all around nice guy Hayden Hawks to the Like a Bigfoot Podcast! Hayden has a list of insane ultrarunning accomplishments. Everything from winning Speedboat 50k to a first place finish 100k at CCC in Chamonix. Most recently he accomplished something that completely captu...

Week two of Appalachian Trail adventures on the Like a Bigfoot Podcast!! This week we are joined by Matt Marrero, trail name "Mojo", a southbound hiker who recently completed his journey on the Appalachian Trail. Last year he finished college and almost immediately traveled up to Mt. Katahdin in Maine and started walking. Over 5 and a half months, he experienced all the joy, freedom, pain, underst...

Huge thank you to "The Blackalachian" Daniel White for joining me on the show this week! A year ago Daniel was keeping his life busy, grinding away at a job he wasn't passionate about. Doing the same thing day after day, until a cousin suggested he do something completely insane. Hike the Appalachian Trail. Walk through the mountains all the way from Georgia to Maine. Daniel was in. I'm so inspire...

I'm a self-admitted gigantic Calvin Johannsen fan and am so happy to call him one of my best friends. I am even happier to have him back on the show for an unprecedented THIRD episode! In fact, our friendship is one of the main reasons I started this podcast. I'm incredibly lucky to have such an inspiring person in my life and when I started the show Calvin was in the midst of his 14ers Project (1...

On this week's Like a Bigfoot Podcast we catch up with "Superhuman Lab" owner, Like a Bigfoot podcast Yoda, and all around awesome guy Ryan Esdohr. The thing I absolutely admire about Ryan is his curiosity. Through his work with movement, mobility and recovery in Superhuman Lab, his podcast "Inside the Lab" and his quest for self improvement, Ryan has explored an incredible amount of athletics, me...

How would you live your life if you had absolutely no fear holding you back? This week's Like a Bigfoot Podcast is a sit down conversation with the owner of Feral Mountain Co. Jimmy Funkhouser. Feral is my absolute favorite outdoor shop in Denver and Jimmy's story is incredibly energizing. On New Year's Eve 2016, Jimmy committed to living a "Year Without Fear". He promptly quit his corporate job o...