Weathering The Run

This episode is jam packed! I sit down with Harvey Lewis, just days after his finish at Badwater 135. And his Badwater run across Death Valley was less than 2 weeks after his 375 miles that he ran at Dead Cow Gully backyard ultra in Australia. We also talk about his documentary that just game out: Like Harvey Like Son, where he attempted the fastest known time, FKT, to run the entirety of the Appa...

Chikage Windler is the Chief Meteorologist at the CBS Austin TV station. She has been running for years, as she has traveled around the country forecasting the weather. She is a great example for the community and helps share information to the public about exercise responsibly. Texas has recently been going through a prolonged heatwave with temperatures 100°F and hotter, for more than a couple we...

Fred Doyle was a treat to have on the podcast. He has a long history with running and coaching, including 25 years at Nike as the Director of Running Commerce and then Saucony for another eight years as VP. Most recently he has been the high school running coach at Tewksbury High School, in the Boston area. He has witnessed the big running boom first hand and the gear enhancements over the last fe...

Dave Parsons will tell you that it pays to run. He has a special skill at finding money while he runs and he shares his secrets to getting paid to run. He is also an ambassador for NOXGEAR, a company that I personally love as well, and if you are interested in getting some new gear to light up yourself at night for safety then feel free to use his code DPONTHEGO2, for the best discount you can fin...

This is a little different style of episode. I recently ran The Buck Fifty, a 150 mile relay race around Southern Ohio. There are 5 person and 10 person teams and all the money raised for the event helps the a local chapter of Drug Free Club of America. The local area has been featured in documentaries on the opioid epidemic. So local youth and race organizers wanted to stop the problem before it...

It was a pleasure to sit down and chat with Chris Ward. You may already know him from his Like A Bigfoot podcast, which has more than 300 episodes where Chris talks with amazing endurance athletes. Chris loves a challenge and we caught up, on some of his recent adventures. From running across the desert a couple times to then doing a documentary on the Desert Rats , 150 mile stage race. The docume...

Honored to chat with John Kelly in this episode. He has completed the Barkley Marathons TWICE and has a list of multi-day FKT (Fastest Known Time) records. We chat about how weather plays a big part in his endeavors and the gear planning for events when the forecast becomes less certain for multi-day mountainous challenges. John's big sponsors are La Sportiva and Ultimate Direction. His websit...

Andy Salamone just completed the Southern Lakes Ultra, a 7-day staged race in New Zealand. Torrential rains arrived hours earlier than expected and this stranded some runners in the mountains with temperatures near freezing. Some runners experienced hypothermia and helicopters were used for rescue. Andy shares his story of what happened and some of the challenges he experienced. Andy's Instagr...

We are joined with one of the top ultrarunners around: Jennifer Russo. She is a mother of three and can run farther than most people could imagine. She joins us to chat about some of the big recent races and some of the different weather she has endured while running. I was intrigued with her top gear choice as well!

From being a human popsicle to running in the hottest place on earth, we talk to Star Blackford. She is gearing up to run Badwater 135, the toughest footrace on earth, across Death Valley. Star ran Badwater 135 in 2015 and often helps crew other runners for the race. Link to Star's blog:  http://starstrees.blogspot.com/ Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/star.blackford Instagram: ...

This is a jam-packed episode and I am stoked to chat with Samuel Hartman. Samuel is a race director for some of the most challenging and hilly races in Ohio. He was also the crew chief last year for Harvey Lewis for the Barkley Marathon. We talk about wet snow vs. dry snow on a recent mountain climb he did in Oregon. Here is the Strava log from that run: https://www.strava.com/activities/805532559...

We are kicking off the podcast with someone that I have shared more than a thousand miles with over the recent years: Michael Gampp. Michael shares some of the times we have been caught in the elements and what made him want to keep pressing on. He also shares some stories about other challenging events like running a self-supported 150 mile run around the Shawnee State Park with more than 30,000...

Thanks for checking out Weathering The Run. This is the trailer to lay the groundwork for the plans with the podcast. The goal is to talk with runners about unique weather events that they were caught in and what they learned. I have some great guests planned and hope to even expand on the idea of "weathering" some mental challenges with some of these endurance events.