Where's The Finish

Shae, Kevin, and Emily talk with Katy Cook, an urban race aficionado, about running, coaching, and all the silly things in between!

Kevin, Shae, and Emily have a chat with Christina Parmelee. If you've gone to a race in Florida, you have either seen her running, crewing, or volunteering! She convinces the trio to explore a new exercise class, gives predictions on an upcoming crewing experience, and mental health.

Kevin, Emily, and Shae chat with Deanna about her recent SCAR FKT, Florida Trail FKT, the incredible running retreats she hosts, setting course records, coaching, and more! Emily shares some of her experiences as half of the Do It Ladies team at the Miami 50/50.

Kevin, Emily, and Shae chit chat (probably about Dungeon Crawler Carl) for bit and then guest Addison Hendricks joins in to talk about all things HOTS, LAVS, LATCH, C2C, and all of the other fun acronymed races in journey running.

Shae, Emily, Kevin, and Francis are joined by Luke Vidal, Nicole Kay, Nick Urena, and Jeff IOSAAAAAAAAAA to talk about Luke's recent finish at the Cocodona 250. The gang also tries some of the lesser known electrolyte drinks on the market. Lots of shenanigans and tangents!

Chris Prairie and Joe Miller join Kevin, Shae, and Emily to talk about their recent races. Chris completed the Bradshaw Brute 100, the newest offering from Aravaipa during the Cocodona 250 week, lots of elevation gain and old school style. Joe recaps his first time acting as the race director for a long running race, previously hosted by Old School Ultras and A1 Ultras - The Tick. Both brutal race...

Tyler Smith and his incredible spouse Jacqueline join Kevin, Shae, and Emily to talk about his recent finish at the Great Southern Endurance Run 100k and reflects on being one year sober. An amazing and heartful conversation with these wonderful people.

Kevin, Shae, Emily, Lucas, Albrey, and Craig sit down to discuss the highs and lows of the 2026 Five Pints of Life Beer Marathon. From finding NA beverages at each stop, to hitting the wall at Swamp Head again, almost getting struck by lightning, and seeing Joe rock a speedo.

Brandon Almaguer joins Shae, Kevin, and Emily to chit chat about training elevation in Florida, the scary scientology section of the Tampa Bay 100, peer pressuring people to sign up for races, the Withlacoochee Trail Marathon, Price Per Mile (ppms) of races, and more!!

Kevin, Shae, and Emily sit down with Ashley Leisher fresh off of her exceptional win at Badwater Cape Fear, where she earned her titanium ticket into Badwater 135 for 2027. We also talk about Shae's return to exercising post-hysterectomy, feeding fishies, and water being scary.

Mike Alberts and Katie Jenkins stop by to talk about the inaugural Thunder Kiss 100!

Kevin, Shae, and Emily get to talk with Jamie Saunders! She's an incredibly positive force in the ultrarunning community and in life. She talks about her work as a child trauma therapist, participating as an angel rider with Ainsley's Angels, and the Walk in My Shoes to raise awareness during April, which is National Sexual Assault Awareness Month and National Child Abuse Prevention Month....

Shae, Kevin, and Emily recap the inaugural Cow Ford 50 from the perspective of crew, runner, and volunteer coordinator. Shae briefly discusses her hysterectomy (yay, yeet the ute!). We are then joined by Jordan Stevens where he discusses how he picked up running, the Wet Corn Challenge at the Badger Trail Races, his interesting career, and all sorts of interesting race formats that we got super ex...

Kevin, Shae, Emily, and Francis are joined by Kat Michlik, a relative newcomer to the ultra scene who has been tearing it up since she started running a couple years ago. She comes from a strength and exercise science background where she trained athletes and now works as a head trainer at D1 in St. Augustine. She tells us what exercises we really should be doing as runners, and it definitely isn&...

Laura Bradley joins Kevin, Shae, Emily, and Francis to talk about her recent 100k finish at El Reto Del Indio, an ultra in Panama that spans ocean to ocean, that had ALL the water crossings, epic amounts of mud, elevation, and stray dogs. We also taste test some peeps flavors and find out some people are anti-peep. Francis questions Laura on her sanity as the creator of the Tampa Bay 100 and other...

Join Emily, Francis, Kevin, and Shae in a conversation with Russ Hartzell, one of the masterminds of Sombrero Running Events, runner, and coach. We talk about the upcoming Cow Ford 50 Miler, use code WTF20 for 20% off, food, get out of jail free cards, the Archie's Pizza Mile, and so much more!

Francis tries to reign in Kevin, Shae, Emily, and Jennifer Pentsy as we attempt to talk about her running. Emily shares a review of Konjourn running socks and Shae gets uncomfortable as a table full of medically trained people discuss knee surgery and Jen's status as the walking dead.

Coming in hot from the Swan's Song Urban Run in Lakeland. Recording on site and outside while finishers come in from the race. Francis, Emily, Kevin, and Shae chit chat about the event and the Painted Horse Urban Ultra and are joined by Craig, who talks about his recent completion of the Big Scrub 150, and Paul, to question his sanity about his race schedule. Lots of fun and mishaps and bird s...

Emily, Shae, Kevin, and Francis are joined by the one and only Katie Jenkins! We talk about the cult of peloton, signing up for ALL the races, a new Chuck Norris replacement, egg nog in February, aid stationing at Skunk Ape 60k, getting miles at SURF (Sombrero Ultra Running Festival), crewing for Big Scrub 150, and so much more!

Join Emily, Kevin, and Shae with special guests Francis Q. and Allison Reagan in which we get distracted a bazllion times while trying to talk about Allison's recent completion (and DFL award!) at This Ain't Yo Momma's 50k! We apologies for Kevin's banana shenanigans, but hope you enjoy our meandering fun!

Shae, Kevin, and Emily talk about unfortunate walker crashes, coming back from injury, running every single street in Ocala, polar plunges, and more!

On January 1, 2026 at 12:01 AM, Kevin and Shae started the Big Scrub 150. Kevin, Shae, Joe, and Kellie Jo sit down to talk about all the ups and downs and silly stuff that occurred during their 150-mile adventure! Youtube Video: https://youtu.be/15IedcNwwnE Shae's Race Report: https://www.shaebay.com/shaeruns/big-scrub-150

Kevin, Joe, and Shae sit down with Jonathan and Lindsey Reid to talk about their incredible family dynamic (imagine crewing a multi-day race with four girls in tow!), running, video making, and their new apparel company YouRunYou whose goal is to, celebrate every pace and every journey; and to empower individuals to "run their own race." Check them out! https://yourunyou.myshopify.com/ h...

Kevin, Joe, and Shae reflect on 2025 - DNFs, epic finishes, distance PRs, coming back from surgery, and everything in between! We also touch on what we are looking forward to in 2026 with our running and our lives. How about you all? What does 2026 look like for you?

Oh man y'all, strap in! Jesse is the man of a million stories and a million lives. From working with computers in his corporate days to hitchhiking across the country to picking up trail running in his 70s. He has mega grit and recently completed his first 50-miler at Festivus a few weeks ago!