THE TRAVIS MACY SHOW

If you’re like Travis and you want to avoid developing Alzheimer’s disease and other types of cognitive decline, listen closely in this educational and compelling conversation with two experts. Fresh off a big mountain biking win at the Pisgah Stage Race, Sonya Looney is a coach, sponsored athlete, writer, mom, and podcaster. Sonya’s results as a professional mountain biker include wins at the 24-...

David Roche is the 2014 USATF Trail Runner of the Year at the sub-ultra distance. He is a two-time national champion and three-time member of Team USA. He graduated with honors from Columbia University with a degree in Environmental Science and received a master's degree and law degree with honors from Duke University. David started the Some Work All Play (SWAP) team in 2013, with the premise...

What’s the deal with therapeutic psychedelics like ketamine, MDMA, LSD, and psilocybin?  Who is using them and how?  How might we re-wire, re-pair, and re-inforce positive brain function?  What mental health gains might be achieved with plant medicines?  And what about access, legality, and ethics?  How about EMDR? Carrie Sclar Stevens , PA-C, MA () is our special guest on these topics.  Guest hos...

Join Travis and his Salida, CO. mountain biking community for a fun, lively, and educational conversation recorded at Absolute Bikes.  Shawn Gillis is owner of Absolute Bikes and a 25-time finisher of the Leadville 100 Mountain Bike Race.  Rob Kelley is a local ripper, former roadie, and coach of Salida Racing, the high school mountain bike team.  Mike Franco and Parker Roenfanz are avid cyclists...

Want to fuel like the pros?  Join Travis , Josiah , and John for a fun, frank, and educational conversation about fueling for endurance training and racing. John Gaston is one of America’s top ski mountaineers and mountain bikers who is also CEO & PLM at STRAFE Outerwear.  John’s many accomplishments include ski mountaineering national titles, 2nd place at Leadville 100 Mountain Bike Race, and...

Chris Ward is a podcaster (LIKE A BIGFOOT), teacher, endurance athlete, film producer, father, husband, and all-around good dude from the Denver area. Ward’s new film, “A Long Way from Nowhere,” is now available on YouTube at The Audacious Report channel: What compels a person to run 150 miles through the desert at the height of summer? Is it the need for achievement, the competitive instinct, or...

A Mile at a Time: A Father and Son’s Inspiring Alzheimer’s Journey of Love, Adventure and Hope by Travis and Mace Macy with Patrick Regan goes on shelves in hardcover and audiobook tomorrow. Mark “Mace” Macy, a thirty-year veteran of ultraendurance competitions, was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease in 2018 at age sixty-four. Whatever fears he had of losing his strength, endurance, an...

Andrew Vontz has spent more than 25 years telling and shaping the stories of the world’s top performers, brands and businesses. He is the creator of Choose the Hard Way, a podcast about how hard things build stronger humans. His consultancy helps companies develop high-impact narratives and communications strategies and he coaches leaders to become high-performance communicators.  He is an advisor...

Back from Episode 16 , Boulder, Colorado’s Ryan Van Duzer is a bike-packing YouTuber and speaker who sheds a positive attitude and zest for life wherever he goes. Ever wonder how Ryan Van Duzer fell in love with bicycle travel? After finishing a two-year stint as a Peace Corps volunteer in Honduras, Ryan decided that the best (and most fun) way to return home to Boulder, CO, would be by bicycle. H...

Jill Wheatley ( www.mountainsofmymind.com ) is an inspiring 8000-meter peaks mountaineer, speaker, educator, and elite athlete who also happens to be a survivor of traumatic brain injury. Ryan Haebe is a collegiate national champion (steeplechase and cross country) who ran at the Olympic Trials before experiencing a near-death traumatic brain injury. Haebe battled back to re-join his team, graduat...

Marshall Ulrich is an extreme endurance athlete—ultrarunning icon, Seven Summits mountaineer, and adventure racer— who is considered the “Endurance King” by Outside magazine, and “Superhuman” by Stan Lee. Ulrich’s specialty is competing in extreme conditions. He has ascended the Seven Summits, including Mount Everest, all on first attempts; crossed Death Valley (on foot, in July) a record 30 times...

With multiple victories at the Adventure Racing World Championship and Eco-Challenge Team Avaya (a.k.a. Team New Zealand & Team Seagate) is the most successful expedition adventure racing team of all time.  Join Travis and Mace for a personal, fun, and educational conversation with three of the world’s best adventure racing athletes. Topics include: Eco-Challenge, World’s Toughest Race, traini...

Stacy G. York Nation, LCSW, wears multiple hats: international speaker, published author, clinician, Service Member, mother, sister, daughter, friend, co-parent with ex-husband. The most important hat she wears: HUMAN. Stacy has worked with families for over 20 years, and her passion lies with working with the "tough" kids and their families. She has intense training in trauma-informed p...

Nate Dern is the lead writer of 1047 Games, the indie video game developer that makes Splitgate , a sci-fi arena shooter with portals. Nate’s book “ Not Quite a Genius ” is a collection of comedy essays and stories that The New York Times called “very thoughtful, smart and funny.” Here are some other jobs he’s had: Staff Writer for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Head Creative of Comedy Ce...

Dan Jaworski is an Alzheimer’s activist and recent Ironman Kona finisher who was diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) consistent with Alzheimer’s in 2019 at age 54.  Elizabeth Humphries is the Founder of Mind What Matters , a nonprofit dedicated to the new generation of Alzheimer’s family caregivers.  Mark Macy is a retired attorney and endurance athlete who was diagnosed with early-onse...

In this unique podcast, Travis talks in person with a range of family members at a Thanksgiving gathering about what the Leadville Race Series means to our family.   What does Mace remember about the early days?  Why should kids attend and what do they think about being there?  How does the Leadville spirit take hold in one’s psyche and pull him or her into toeing the line?  What does Travis’ wife...

Cody Townsend has evolved from a California beach kid obsessed with the mountains to standing atop the pinnacle of the sport. From a successful alpine ski racing career to stunt skiing for Hollywood blockbuster films, or skiing the “Most Insane Line Ever” to ski mountaineering North America’s “Fifty Most Classic Ski Descents,” Townsend has proven to be able to ski the most challenging and dangerou...

As a teenager in the 1990s, Katie Brown was one of climbing’s first "comp kids"--a young natural who, along with her peers, redefined the image of a strong and successful climber. After climbing for less than two years, Brown won her first junior national title. The next year she became the Junior World Champion at age 14 in Laval, France. In 1996 she won both the Rock Master--a prestigi...

Sonya Looney is a coach, sponsored athlete, writer, mom, and podcaster. Sonya’s results as a professional mountain biker include wins at the 24-Hour World Championship, 24-Hour National Championship, Breck Epic Stage Race, Yak Attack Stage Race, Brasil Ride Stage Race, and many more. Sonya’s fantastic mindset course is at https://moxy-grit.thinkific.com/courses/moxy-grit-mindset-academy . Her fant...

Matt Fitzgerald is an acclaimed endurance sports coach, nutritionist, and author. His many books include The Endurance Diet , 80/20 Running , and How Bad Do You Want It? Matt’s writing also appears regularly in magazines and on websites such as Women’s Running and outsideonline.com . His online training plans have helped thousands of athletes of all experience and ability levels achieve their goal...

Dr. Annie Fenn is a physician and chef focused on Alzheimer’s prevention. In 2015, she founded the Brain Health Kitchen , an evidence-based online resource about how and what to eat to resist cognitive decline. Soon after, she launched the Brain Health Kitchen Cooking School, the only school of its kind focused specifically on fending off Alzheimer’s and other dementias. Her students learn which f...

STACY T. SIMS, MSC, PHD, is a forward-thinking international exercise physiologist and nutrition scientist who aims to revolutionize exercise nutrition and performance for women. She has directed research programs at Stanford, AUT University, and the University of Waikato, focusing on female athlete health and performance and pushing the dogma to improve research on all women. With the unique oppo...

Nate Whitman is an elite cyclist from Evergreen, Colorado who also has a career and family. In addition to excelling at gravel races like Unbound (formerly Dirty Kanza), Nate has 20 Leadville 100 Mountain Bike Race finishes, including many top-10 and sub-7 hour performances. Join Travis and Nate for a compelling and educational conversation about career progression, Leadville history (including le...

Jason Fitzgerald was the Men’s Running Magazine Influencer of the Year and has written for PodiumRunner, Runner’s World, Active, MapMyRun, The Art of Manliness, Lifehacker, and others. His platform, Strength Running , was started in 2010 and quickly grew to one of the largest running sites on the web, with over 200,000 monthly readers. It’s been featured in Runner’s World, The Washington Post, Hea...

Hazel Findlay is a professional climber and a mental training coach, and she’s been climbing for 27 years since the age of 6. Well-known for bold ascents and strength of mind, she has climbed E10, 9a, font 8a (V11), freed El Capitan 4 times and put up many first ascents. While Hazel admits to still being scared when she climbs, she’s built the tools, skills and practices to manage her mind through...