THE TRAVIS MACY SHOW

Colorado’s Leadman series consists of multiple events from the Leadville Race Series in a single summer: Trail Marathon, Silver Rush 50 Run and/or Ride, Leadville 100 Mountain Bike, 10k run, and Leadville 100 Run--all in Leadville at 10,200’ (and above). Travis and Mace discuss the series at length with Rodrigo Jimenez, who finished second this year (yet again) and Bryan Mix, who persevered throug...

Jennifer Strong McConachie is an accomplished endurance athlete in many sports: running, cycling, swimming, triathlon, adventure racing, swim-running, and more. She’s also an author, parent, speaker, and working professional. Travis and Mace talk with Jennifer about her new book, GO FAR: HOW ENDURANCE SPORTS HELP YOU WIN AT LIFE, available at www.jenniferstrongmccon.com . skimo gold, endurance and...

Moun10 Ultra was founded with a simple mission: diversify the starting line of ultra marathons. Travis and guest co-host Becca Jay of the adrenalin project talk here with Moun10 Ultra athletes Ti Eversole and Scott Flatlip plus founder Bryce Denton. This powerful conversation will be of relevance to anyone interested in outdoor adventure, DEI, or both.  Please check out Becca’s great project via @...

Endurance athlete, entrepreneur, and YouTuber Hunter Leininger began adventure racing with his dad, Jeff, at age seven--and never looked back!  Travis and Mace chat here with Hunter and Jeff, who completed World’s Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji together on Team AR Georgia.  Twenty-year-old Hunter is hitting it hard with FKTs in trekking and mountain biking while pursuing the US Adventure Racing...

This unique podcast shares a keynote delivered by Mace and Travis on “Responding to Change” for the Colorado Defense Lawyers Association. Thanks dearly to BOCO Gear, a great Colorado company, for the excellent EMMASTRONG (in memory of our friend, Emma Roca) hats seen in the podcast thumbnail. skimo gold, endurance and life coaching with brief testimonials

In this unique collaboration, Anthony Palmer of the Wake. Dad. Drink. Repeat. Podcast interviews Travis about the highs, lows, and adventures of being a dad. Please listen to the first half of the interview on the Wake. Dad. Drink. Repeat. Podcast before enjoying the second half here. skimo gold, endurance and life coaching with brief testimonials

Dave has been mountain biking since the mid-1980s and has ridden and raced his bike on trails all over the world. He has been involved in trial advocacy from the beginning and was the founder and executive director of Gunnison Trails, and race director for the Gunnison Growler. A member of the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame, Dave also created and leads the Mountain Sports program at Western State Colo...

Dave Mackey is an accomplished ultra runner (Ultra Runner of the Year in 2011), adventure racer, rock climber, and outdoorsman who lost his leg following a 2015 mountain accident in his hometown of Boulder, CO. In this personal conversation, Dave chats with Mace and Travis about fun stories from the past and the 2021 Silver Rush 50 Run/Bike in Leadville, CO. skimo gold, endurance and life coaching...

Ray Zahab is a Canadian Adventurer, ultra distance runner and Founder of the non-profit impossible2Possible. He is Explorer in Residence of the Royal Canadian Geographic Society and Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. Ray talks with Travis and Mace about moving from a lifestyle of smoking and drinking to one based around adventure, exploration, and family; how to prepare for extreme conditio...

Tracey Hulick is an ultrarunner and kidney donor who started Kidney Donor Athletes ( www.kidneydonorathlete.org ): “The mission of Kidney Donor Athletes is to promote the gift of life through living kidney donation among active individuals and athletes by building a community that inspires, supports, and educates people about the experience of kidney donation.” Travis joins Tracey, Pam (3x organ r...

Possibly the most recognizable of all ultrarunners, Dean Karnazes is a California-based athlete, author and speaker who has recently released A Runner’s High: My Life in Motion , an excellent read full of stories, humor, and reflection. The book discusses the Western States Endurance Run (WSER), a prestigious 100-miler that happens this Saturday, June 26. Dean wrote the foreword for Travis’ 2015 b...

Mike Kloser is a 61-year-old multisport athlete and entrepreneur who has won World Championships in mountain biking, adventure racing, and rogaine. Kloser lives in Vail, Colorado and offers backpacks and cycling tours through his company, OutThere USA. In this fun and personal conversation, Travis and Mace learn about Mike’s early days in Iowa and his move to Vail in the 70s before laughing with h...

Hillary Allen is a professional runner with The North Face and author of the excellent, new book, OUT AND BACK. 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, graduate, become a teacher, and win the Canyon de Chelly 55k. In this episode, Hill...

In this unique podcast, Travis changes it up in a live “on the run” conversation recorded with elite ultrarunner and coach Kaitlyn Yonke and Tonight Show writer Nate Dern (who also happens to be Travis’ childhood friend and author of the excellent book, Not Quite a Genius ). As they exercise, the participants discuss training concepts; to Strava or not to Strava; the how and why of running; tips f...

As described in his excellent memoir, Running Man , Charlie Engle battled addiction for years before achieving sobriety and becoming an accomplished ultra runner and adventure racer. The Badwater Ultramarathon wasn’t enough for Charlie, so he ran across the whole Sahara Desert! In this unique and touching conversation, Travis and Mace laugh with Charlie about old racing memories, shed some tears a...

Greg McHale is a former professional adventure racer and Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman who now hosts the TV show, “Greg McHale’s Wild Yukon,” on The Sportsman Channel. Denise is a fitness and nutrition coach who holds the female Canadian record for running 100k and has raced internationally in ultra running and adventure racing. The McHales talk with Travis and Mace about a shared history of ad...

Max King is a champion ultra, trail, road, and track runner who also excels in obstacle course racing. Max just qualified for the prestigious 2021 Western States Endurance Run 100-miler, but before that he will compete in America’s Toughest Adventure Race May 11-16 in Oregon ( www.bendracing.com ). In this dynamic conversation, Travis and Mace talk with Max about the Pack Burro Racing World Champi...

Krissy Moehl is a champion ultra runner with wins at some of the world’s premier races like UTMB and Hardrock. In this podcast, Krissy discusses her mindset, coaching, training, lifestyle, and book, RUNNING YOUR FIRST ULTRA, with Travis and newer ultra runners Sarah Burke and Liz Krasnow. skimo gold, endurance and life coaching with brief testimonials

On this bonus episode of The Travis Macy Show, Travis and Mace are interviewed by scientist and mindset coach Claudia Garbutt ( www.wiredforsuccess.solutions ) for her Wired for Success Podcast. skimo gold, endurance and life coaching with brief testimonials

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. Travis and guest host Phillip Vacarella, also a bikepacker, interview Ryan about the Great Divide Mountain Biking Route; current events in Boulder, Colorado; masculine vulnerability; bikepacking with a dog; growing up in front of the camera; ditching alcohol;...

Fans of multisport and adventure racing like World’s Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge often wonder why the Kiwis are so dominant. Here we seek insight therein with Elina Usser and Dougal Allan, two of the best in the business. Topics include their recent performances in the Coast to Coast Multisport World Championship; adventure racing over the decades; New Zealand’s people and terrain; training strat...

Annie Fenn, M.D. is a physician, chef and culinary instructor focused exclusively on preventing Alzheimer's and other types of dementia. Her cooking school, the Brain Health Kitchen, is the only school of its kind. Elizabeth Humphries is Executive Director of Mind What Matters, a nonprofit supporting Alzheimer’s caregivers, and host of the Mind What Matters Podcast. Dan Jaworski, the “Alzheim...

Rea Kolbl is one of the top multisport athletes of our era. She crushes it in obstacle course racing, adventure racing, mountain biking, trail running, and ski mountaineering (skimo). Travis and Rea discuss her recent world record for uphill skiing: 55,000 feet in 24 hours in Aspen, Colorado. They talk about the mindset for going big; Rea’s participation in World’s Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fij...

Payson McElveen is a star privateer professional cyclist who also crushes it with The Adventure Stache Podcast, video production, #vanlife, and volunteerism (pathoflogic.org). Travis and Payson discuss the path from a Waldorf education to entrepreneurism; tales from the Leadville 100 and beyond; the “do your best no matter what mindset;” how to create a winning podcast; Payson’s role models like R...

Composed of tough-as-nails athletes over age 60, Team Stray Dogs is a legendary adventure racing squad. “Endurance King” Marshall Ulrich has climbed the Seven Summits, crossed Death Valley a record 30 times on foot, and competed in every Eco-Challenge. Dr. Bob Haugh completed multiple Eco-Challenges, Racing the Planet multi-day ultra runs, and loops at the dreaded Barkley Marathon. Mark “Mace” Mac...