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This week we are chatting with ultra endurance athlete Kate Coward about her recent double of the gravel bike race Day Across Minnesota!! Kate had 48 hours to bike nearly 500 miles as she went across the entire state not once but twice!! We also chat about her double Arrowhead 135 on foot with Kari Gibbons!

This week we are talking with the incredible Samantha Pruitt (athlete, entrepreneur, and host of the Endurance Town USA Podcast) about her recent adventure running "1,000 Miles to Light" in Australia!! Samantha is a huge inspiration of mine who has taken on huge ultra endurance challenges over the last twenty years. Through those challenges she has developed a powerful mindset that helps her push...

This week we are bringing back Alyssa Clark to chat all about her win at the rugged and challenging Ouray 100!!! The Ouray 100 has over 40,000ft of elevation gain over the course of 100 miles and sends runners exploring one of the prettiest areas in all of Colorado. The course profile looks absolutely insane and Alyssa not only finished the race but won the whole thing. In this episode Alyssa, her...

This week we are chatting with the host of the Do Big Things Podcast and the creator of Big Things Crewing Adam McRoberts!! Adam is passionate about all things ultrarunning and has dedicated his time in supporting others towards their HUGE GOALS!! In this episode we talk all about Adam's journey into ultrarunning starting in Wisconsin and ending up in Colorado! We also chat about his experience fi...

In this episode, previous Leadville finishers and incredible ultrarunners Tim Barr and Kaitlyn Yonke share their best advice for all the folks taking on the Leadville 100 this weekend!! It's also an episode full of stories from Leadville (a race they are both extremely passionate about) and just solid advice for anyone taking on a big endurance race! Hope you all enjoy!! MORE FROM KAITLYN YONKE: I...

This week I'm chatting with Tonya Littlehales and Geof Hasegawa about their EPIC quest to ride their bicycles from Alaska to Argentina. Twenty years ago they both decided to jump way outside their comfort zones to take this adventure on. They showed up to Alaska having little experience bikepacking and little experience in endurance sports and spent the next two years problem solving, battling mos...

This week, I sat down with one of my best friends Brady Manriquez to tell him all about my experience filming the Desert RATS Stage Race earlier this summer. In this episode, we talk about what the project has been like from my perspective, how the week was a culmination of a lifelong dream, how amazing it was to collaborate with my buddies/filmmakers, and the lessons I took away from the whole ev...

Imagine going after a Hardrock entry for nearly a decade before finally getting your shot. How deep would you be willing to dig for something you've been working towards for years? What would you learn by pushing yourself to your absolute limits in your relentless pursuit of the finish line? That's the story of this week's guest Terry Miller! With 12 minutes and 17 seconds to spare Terry was the l...

This week we are chatting with Lucja Leonard about her recent finish of the Mohican 100, her history as an ultra runner and her upcoming challenge taking on the triple crown of 200s!! Lucja recently went back to the Mohican 100 in Ohio to complete the very first 100 she attempted. In this episode we chat all about her experience getting payback on this race before diving into stage racing and how...

Thomas Mullins shares tales, advice, and lessons learned from the Cocodona 250!

This week I'm very excited to sit down and chat with a great neighbor, friend, and fellow lover of the mountains of Colorado Mike Mikucki!! Mike's quest to climb all the Colorado 14ers (Mountains over 14,000 feet) started when he was very young. Over his teenage years his dad and him began hiking these mountains during the summer until eventually they found themselves finishing every single one of...

Talking about the upcoming Desert RATS stage race with Tim Barr and Phil Pinti!! Enjoy!! Track them here: https://live.enabledtracking.com/rats21/

This week I am honored to sit down and chat with ultrarunner and writer Cory Reese to talk about his experiences running Vol State and writing his new powerful book "Stronger Than the Dark: Exploring the Intimate Relationship Between Running and Depression". Cory has written a few books in the past but this one definitely is the most personal, raw story he has ever told. His own description of the...

This week writer, adventurer, coffee drinker, ultra runner, and all around awesome guy Brendan Leonard is back on the podcast!! Brendan is the creator of Semi-Rad where he writes and draws about outdoor adventures, travel, life philosophies, chasing passions, and all sorts of human experiences. Truly some of my favorite things on the internet are found on Semi-Rad! He also directed and produced "H...

Jason Comstock is an ultrarunner, a veteran, a father and a member of Team Red, White & Blue! In this episode we talk about Jason's experience with Team RWB, a group who has the mission of "enriching the lives of America’s veterans by connecting them to their community through physical and social activity." We also discuss how physically challenging himself through running and the community he has...

This week we get the opportunity to talk with adventure photographer Scott Rokis! Over the last few years Scott has been able to capture the stories of thousands of athletes all around the country as they have participated in some totally epic events. He has been the photographer for Destination Trail's 200 milers and was recently at Aravaipa Running's inaugural Cocodona 250. In this episode we fo...

This week I am incredibly excited and honored to sit down and chat with the Adventure Jogger himself Ryan Ploeckelman!! Ryan is an awesome dude! He's a dad, an ultrarunner, a radio show host, a father of three, and the creator of the often hilarious and always awesome Adventure Jogger Podcast! In this episode we dive into Ryan's journey into ultrarunning and podcasting as we explore what makes thi...

This week we are chatting with ultrarunners Kari Gibbons and Ryan Wanless about their experience running the 2021 Iditarod Trail Invitational through the wilds of Alaska! Both Kari and Ryan are extraordinary athletes and adventurers who are experienced in the "Winter Ultras", races that take place in extremely cold parts of the United States in winter. In these races the runners must be have the k...

This week I am chatting with Jason Green, someone I've been wanting to have on the show since the very beginning!! Jason is an adventurer, ultrarunner, genuinely nice human being and a dude who truly seeks the joy in life. He is also the race director for the Yeti Trail Runners which puts on some of the best races on the East Coast. He has forged a trail running community that is positive, uplifti...

What happens to a person when they run 150 miles through one of hottest and most remote regions in the United States in the middle of summer? More importantly, why would anyone do it? The DESERT RATS film aims to find out, following numerous racers as they tackle the notorious 6-day Desert RATS race along the challenging Kokopeli Trail in Utah, documenting all the blow-ups, epiphanies, lost toe na...

This week we chat with ultrarunner, mom and all around awesome person Amanda Rasmussen!! Amanda just raced at the potawomi 200 where she faced torrential downpours, crazy muddy trails and the longest distance she has ever stepped up to! She completed 150 miles of the event, which is inspirational to me as she just began her running journey a few years ago. In this episode we talk all about her rec...

This week we welcome Magnus Brisman to the show! Magnus is a traveling salesman in Sweden who, after driving all around and quickly approaching age 50, decided he was going to run a half marathon through every one of the country's the thirty national parks. This week we chat all about this adventure! Magnus shares stories of extremely cold half marathons to having to take helicopters and boats int...

This week we are chatting with Kathy Adams, an amazing human being and an ultrarunner! Over the last few years Kathy has completed all of Candice Burt's 200 milers- The Bigfoot 200 in Washington, Tahoe 200, and Moab 240!!! In this episode we discuss all that it takes to complete a gigantic task like training for and running a 200 miler. She also shares stories from her races, compares the three, a...

This week we are sitting down to chat with two of my favorite guests from the last year of podcasting- Brittany Charboneau and Rob Steger. We last talked with Brittany right after she finished 13th in the Olympic Trials and since then she has added "accomplished trail runner" to her resume by winning the Pikes Peak Marathon and setting some big time trail FKTs. Rob Steger of Training For Ultra is...

This week we are welcoming Calvin Johannsen back to the show!! This week we chat about a bunch of different topics. We start off hearing about his adventure hiking most of the way up Lone Eagle Peak, one of the most beautiful spots in Colorado. (Anytime Calvin's on we have to geek out about mountains!) Then we dive into his recent adventures into contracting and remodeling houses and the importanc...