Miles With Marty Podcast

Andrea Mehner is an astronomer of German descent living in Chile.  She, of course is also a badass ultrarunner.  Join me as I learn her story of growing up on the wrong side of the Berlin wall, witnessing first-hand the wall coming down as a child and then becoming the awesome human that she is today.  She is fairly new to the backyard format but has a great future with her base of mental toughnes...

Props to Chris Stangle for the title.  The awesome participants of the #100mileswithmartyproject join me for one last chat before their biggest physical challenges of their lives.  They are ready and excited to toe the line!  Listen in to hear how their training has gon, lessons, learned, etc.  Lots of good stuff in here!  Big thanks to all the participants, supporters and sponsors! @adventures_kc...

Join me for a recap of the Donna 110 Ultra with male and female winners Charlie Poblenz and Jamie Saunders.  Both pf these folks are super kind and humble humans and just a joy to talk to.  Also The Donna Foundation is an awesome organization that has made a tremendous impact in the Jacksonville community.  I hope and pray this episode will inspire some of you to join me there as runner, crew, or...

Episode 85 is dedicated to the memory of Laken  Hope Riley, a nursing student that was brutally murdered while out on a run on February 22.  Please be vigilant when running alone!  It (the episode) features my chat with my Florida friend, Whitney Dancaster.  She's a social media influencer, a badass ultra-runner, and an all-around humble and kind soul.  It was a real pleasure to get to know h...

Enjoy my chat with the mayor of running, Bart Yasso.  This position is not elected or self-appointed.  It is a term of endearment earned with great admiration and respect of many legends in the sport of running.  Bart is the retired chief running officer at Runners World magazine, back when magazines were still a thing.  He's run races all around the world on behalf of Runners World and has h...

Terri Swanson has completed many marathons, but until recently, never really considered a 100 mile ultra.  That is, until she was challenged by the legend, Bob Becker, and she accepted.  Terri took on the Daytona 100 ultra.  She had an awesome crew, although she didn't know them very well, and she got it done.  Here's their story.  @terriswanson2 @kc_in_tampa @bobruns150 @daytona100ultra...

Join me for a nice chat with fairly new ultrarunner Sam Atherton from Nashville.  Back on January 20th, less than a year after his first ultra he toed the line at "The Conquer" which proclaimed by it's RD's as "America's Toughest Ultra".   There was a $10,000 cash prize and let's just say he conquered.  Sam is a passionate guy about running community and tra...

Get to know speedy and tough runner John Parker.  His wins are all on really challenging terrain and conditions, so that speaks a lot about his strengths.  I think one of the reasons I love the Florida Ultra Running community is that even though they lack elevation for the most part, they find other ways to make it challenging.  I love that.  Give it a listen! @johnparkerruns Jupiter Ridge Sand Sp...

"His count of enchanted objects had diminished by one."  This is a line from The Great Gatsby .  It was also an answer to one of the many questions I asked Patrick.  As I told him in the interview, I can't believe I have waited this long to have him as a guest.  He's a teacher of 27 years, a "retired" very accomplished ultra runner and coach, and he weaves great motiv...

Join me and previous guest and good friend Matt Clapper.  We discuss his awesome performance at Tampa Bay 100 with 2nd overall and then just a couple weeks later followed with a win at Last of the Felascans BYU.  Matt is a huge fan of the BYU format.  He's very passionate about running, racing, and training.  So that makes for fun conversation.  Check it out! @matt_clapper1 Death at DuPuis (A...

Enjoy my chat with the winner of December's Daytona 100, Marc Burget.  Marc is a cool dude from Jacksonville, Florida and part of the PRS Running Club, which is known for exceptional athletes.  He has won races such as Keys 100 and Miami 50/50, he's a Disney nerd, and spends a lot of time there pacing their races as well as enjoying the parks.  Also there's a brief recap of the Long...

Well friends, this is one of my favorite episodes because I love a feel good story.  I cry a lot and I am teary typing this because just hearing Britta's voice and the gratitude that she shows by just being able to run inspires me big time.  Check out her amazing story and let me know what you think.  Best of luck to all you Long Haul runners.  Hope to see you and high five you out there.  Wa...

Part 4 of the Backyard Ultra series features a chat with Jennifer Russo.  At 57, Jennifer broke Courtney Dauwalter's backyard mileage female world record last year at Capitol Backyard Ultra getting the assist and earning a ticket to Big's.  She has an impressive resume of 100 and 200 mile races in addition to some awesome Backyard performances.  She was such a treat to get to know.  She&...

Episode 75 is a little different from my normal routine.  In this one, I ask coach Ryan Padilla of Metpro, who happens to be my nutrition coach, to come on and discuss how Metpro uses their vast experience in metabolic profiling to build custom nutrition plans for their clients to help achieve different goals.  My goal was to lose excess weight to lower my impact running and improve performance. ...

Top 2 Americans in Big's Backyard overall mileage, Jon Noll and Harvey Lewis join me to discuss their experiences at this year's race as well as others.  Also, Jon goes into training, fueling, and strategies for BYU success.  Really good stuff.  Also Dr. Amber Orman checks in with an update on her training for #100mileswithmarty project.  This is part 3 of a likely 5 part series on backy...

Episode 73 was/is a big deal for me.  The documentary, Barkleys, The Race that eats it's young, played a vital role in attracting me to ultra running.  Gary Cantrell, aka Laz, became like a cult hero to me for coming up with such a challenging race where many years nobody finished.  It took a couple more years before I figured out he had other races too.  One in particular, Big's Backyar...

This is the first of 4 episodes about the growing popularity of backyard ultras.  I have a conversation with Mike Melton, owner of MCM Timing.  He is not only the best race timer in the business, he has been involved in every single Big's Backyard Ultra.  Big's was the original, and now there are over 400 backyard races in over 70 countries.   Also a check-in with Kassy Coan, participant...

Episode 71 features my conversation with Kelly Odell.  She is the first guest that I've had on the show that actually lives with a previous guest.  She's also the first guest on the show that would probably not win a 100 mile race against every other inhabitant of her home and especially a backyard format.  LOL.  With all that said, though, Kelly is quite the accomplished ultra-runner in...

Enjoy a summertime chat with New York's own Gus Karagrozis.  As a newbie to the ultra-running scene, Gus showed up down at the very tough Immolation 24 hour race down in Jupiter, Florida in late July and came out of nowhere as the last seed to place second.  He surprised everyone but himself and his coach.  He's a fun guy to chat with as well as his partner and crew chief, Alanna.  Hope...

Episode 69 features a chat with Lauren Jones from Atlanta, GA.  She's a pediatric nurse anesthetist and a bada$$ ultrarunner.  Lauren recently won the No Business 100 up in Tennessee and Kentucky.  She also took 2nd at Cocodona 250 last year and 18th female at Western States this year.  She is such a soft spoken person to be such a bada$$, and so fun to chat with!  I think you'll enjoy!...

This episode features an awesome chat with 1/2 of Revolution Running, Kevin and Annie Randolph.  Revolution Running are race directors of many different formats of races and different venues.  They have a track timed race - The Stinger All Comers Track race, they have 5k's paved and trail all the way up to 100 miler trail with other distances in between.  Kevin and Annie are really cool, down...

Episode 67 features my chat with Don Reichelt.  He is a world record holder with three different categories on the manually powered treadmill.  12 hours, 24 hours, and 100 miles.  He's also a smart guy, witty, super-fast, and just a great conversation.  We talk about all things ultra running and specifically the 100 mile and 24-hour disciplines.  He's finished epic challenges like Cocodo...

In episode 66, I talk to another elite athlete from the west coast, Mandie Holmes.  I met Mandie this year at the Squirrels Nut Butter tent at Western States.  She was there for her 4th running of the most awesome 100 on the planet.  She's a fellow Squirrel, a Rabbit Elite, and y'all know I am a huge Rabbit fan.  She's also the 3rd member of the USA 24 hour world championship team t...

In this episode, I have decided to throw all of my podcasting and soliciting energy into making a pitch for our USA 24 hour world championship team.  I interview super speedy ultra runner, Scott Traer, aka @runfastah.  He is a member of the 24 hour team and has been very outspoken about the injustice of the athletes having to cover almost all their expenses at the world championships.   In the fir...

Episode 64 begins the 100 Miles With Marty Project!  We selected 3 runners from a pool of applicants.  We paired them with a coach and are covering the training and race registration for their 1st 100 miler next Spring.  In this episode we meet the runners - Kelly Lomax, Dr. Amber Orman, and Kassy Coan.  We here a little of their stories.  Much more to come over the next 6 months.  Kelly will be r...