Run The Race

Soon, we will mark 22 years since the September 11 horrific attack on America. My guest on this episode is leading an event honoring 9/11 heroes and the soldiers that have died fighting in wars since then. And this veteran is also rucking his way to better mental health. After I give a quick recap of my new (fastest) 5K PR at a midnight race, then what Tim Tebow told myself and a crowd in GA, (6:0...

Time to get real, men. And on this episode, I've got 2 guys that lead "The Redeemed" ministry in Columbus GA to help us to that. They're also hosting a big men's event this week featuring former football superstar Tim Tebow! (3:35) Former Aflac President Paul Amos, founder of this charity, and Nate Dewberry, director of "The Redeemed," sat down with me for an open conversation about how men can su...

Rock on! My guest this week is a longtime friend who's now in Kentucky and just released his first solo album, full of songs about overcoming and hope related to his health crisis and almost dying during brain surgery. He doesn't label it Christian rock, but hopes the music reaches the lost and nonbelievers. As you'll hear later in this podcast (which you should subscribe to), he's also passionate...

She survived breast cancer - twice! And now she's on a team that's getting on bikes for a cross-country ride to raise money for cancer research, taking us inside her fitness training and faith mindset for next month's big challenge. (2:15) Susan Glisson starts by telling us how this former swimmer and softball player got into cycling, including an Ironman. Her second bout with cancer prompted her...

This shorter pod episode is a race recap of my latest marathon and also a deeper look at the difference in beliefs between Christians and Mormons (which made up a big population of where we ran). Make sure to subscribe to "Run The Race" to hear more stories about fitness and faith! Utah was state #23 for running marathons, in the quest to do the 26.2 mile race in all 50 states! I talk about the pi...

Valeria Marto is from Brazil but has lived longer in America now. Since she's been in Georgia, she's bought or started two successful businesses - helping schoolkids communicate through thewater and now giving people opportunities to travel the world. She's passinate about both those, plus her relationship with Jesus, her family, and going to CrossFit gym regularly. We talk about all that on this...

Growing up in India, our guest this week on "Run The Race" is a doctor who's been practicing 41 years, including almost 3 decades in America. As an endocrinologist, he's been helping people live longer especially in Columbus GA, part of the South where there's an epidemic of obesity of obesity and diabetes. As he gets ready to open a new state-of-the-art weight loss, clinic, we hear his life hacks...

To streak or not to streak? I’m talking about running every day…and the same for reading the Bible, on this shorter episode of the “Run The Race” podcast. My run streak right now is at 400+ days, with a previous best of 750+ (more than 2 years). I’ve read through all of God’s Word before, but just trying the daily streak, at 3 weeks now. (3:35) First, I’ve got a quick recap of what it was like at...

Two years after failing big in his attempt to run across Georgia solo, he succeeded this time at running and walking 277.2 miles from Jekyll island to Columbus GA. Make sure to subscribe to "Run The Race" to hear inspiring stories like his, people talking about fitness and faith. (2:13) Runner Kevin Schied talks first about how and why he started running 13 years ago, in his early 40s while workin...

With Father's Day weekend coming up, a dad shares his difficult story related to his son and the Georgia church that he's led for decades. (5:25) Pastor James E. Allen I is releasing a new book on the upcoming holiday called "The Hypocrisy Of The Church." If the name catches your attention, you'll want to hear his story. In ministry nearly 40 years, there was a big change in his life more than 5 y...

An orthopaedic surgeon in Georgia is now the author of a new book, opening up about his family's struggles with drug addiction in a new fiction novel based on their journey, called "The Gardens of Winter." He and his son, the former addict, both opened up to me for this episode of the Run The Race podcast, which you should subscribe to. (4:57) Dr. Jay McGrory, who works at Hughston Clinic in Colum...

As the NBA Finals tip off (tonight), our guest this week is a man who helped lead the Detroit Pistons to back-to-back world championships, part of his 45 years of coaching college or pro basketball, which also included being a scout and assistant coach for the Olympics "Dream Team." (3:36) Coach Brendan Suhr tells some fascinating stories about being an assistant coach under Chuck Daly for the "Ba...

He battled depression for 15 years, half his life. I worked at a TV station with him 7+ years ago and didn't even know it. During this Mental Health Awareness Month, Brandon Saho is this week's guest, being open and vulnerable about his journey, and how he got help that saved his life! Make sure to subscribe to "Run The Race" to hear more inspiring stories like his. (3:45) We start off talking abo...

This is a very personal episode, as I open up about the struggles and mental health crisis that our daughter and family has gone through for several years, telling these stories with their permission to hopefully anyone who listens. We shouldn't just talk about this during Mental Health Awareness Month, and we're getting better at that, as we hear about overcoming mental disorders in Ted Lasso, ev...

We just celebrated Mother’s Day and our latest guest on “Run The Race” (which you can subscribe to now) is a mom who helps other women experience adventures in the outdoors through a unique non-profit she created in Georgia involving camping, confidence, motherhood, snakes, even bears! (3:11) Sanna Moravek, executive director of WILD - Women’s Initiative for Learning and Discovery – is the mother...

He's easy to spot at races, wearing a flashy Maryland flag outfit, from head to toe! But he's lived in Georgia the last few decades now. We talk about running and religion on this "Run the Race" episode. (2:42) Bryan Greenberg calls his race outfits the "obnoxious and beautiful" Maryland flag, from the state where he grew up. It helps him bring the fun to 5Ks, half marathons, wherever. Hear exampl...

This shorter Friday "food for thought" episode is partly a recap of my latest marathon in Midwest USA, with a movie theme that may remind of you of the path to God. Make sure to subscribe to this podcast for regular content on fitness and faith to entertain and educate you. I flew to Kansas City to run the Garmin Olathe Marathon in Kansas, my 25th marathon in a 22nd state, and my 3rd fastest. I ta...

This former business manager has been on the radio and GM for 107.7 the Truth for 15 years now! Brian Hite is getting the chance to talk about God and Biblical wisdom between Christian music (which has changed a lot) on a daily basis in West Georgia. He also writes songs/poetry and loves sports. Thanks for listening to the #RunTheRace podcast, which I hope you'll subscribe to! Share it with your f...

Today's Friday "Food for Thought" shorter podcast episode is about overcoming doubts and fears that creep in...with peace from God. Make sure to subscribe to "Run the Race." I talk about last night's Dancing Stars of Columbus performance, the nervousness leading up to it, the prayer before hitting stage, and the fun we had entertaining the crowd for a very worthy cause. It's symbolic of the anxiet...

On this week of the most famous golf event of the year, The Masters in Augusta, we're talking to a man who played golf for his homeland of Ireland and for a university in West Georgia. He's been in America for nearly 2 decades now, and has worked in the fitness industry for the last 15 years, many of those as a personal trainer who now has his own business, (6:05) Chris Kendrick first tells us wha...

Music is powerful! Independent Christian artist Mike Marshall left a stable job, taking a leap of faith in going into full-time music ministry, and he hasn't looked back. Along with releasing several singles (he plays some for us on this episode) and an album, he's also a leader in a ministry that will be hosting an annual event in a few weeks called "Revival on the River" in Alabama. (3:44) Why C...

When this podcast episode comes out, my friend Steve will have run at least a mile for 1,114 days in a row. For a few years, I've run with the now 71-year-old close to once per week. What he does is impressive, especially at his age! (3:45) We start the chat with Steve Warren talking about his current and longest run streak, which is more than 3 years and still going! Why did it start? Accidentall...

I'm not a dancer, but i play one on TV. Dance is actually a different and entertaining way to get fit! Actually, I was picked as 1 of 13 contestants in this year's "Dancing Stars of Columbus" in our Georgia city, a dance competition that is a month from now! And we're raising money to help fight Alzheimer's Disease, which you can help with: https://act.alz.org/site/TR?px=22073268&pg=personal&fr_id...

A revival broke out from a regular Wednesday chapel service at Asbury University in the small town of Wilmore, Kentucky. It led to approximately 16 straight days of nonstop worship, prayer, preaching at their church, drawing thousands of people from around America, even the world. Our guest on this week's "Run The Race" podcast, a major Christian leader who's planted 5 churches, went to Asbury and...

As we close out Black History Month soon, my guest is an African-American man who has worked for Boys and Girls Clubs for nearly 28 years, being President and CEO of the non-profit in Columbus GA for more than a decade now. He's got a lot to say about faith and fitness in this episode of "Run The Race," which we hope you subscribe to! (3:01) Rodney Close describes what the Boys and Girls Clubs doe...