Faster Forward with Troy Busot
59 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsFormerly, The Athlinks Podcast, Faster Forward is a show where we sit down and talk with some amazing people from the endurance community. Age groupers and olympians. Adventurers and Explorers.
Hosted by Athlinks Founder, Troy Busot, we discuss their successes and failures. About falling down, getting back up and never ever quitting.
While it's not always about finishing, it is most definitely about starting and getting on a journey faster forward.
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Episodes
57. Thomas Reiss - Ultra Runner & Athlete Manager for Snowman Race, Bhutan
December 28, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 66.8 MBOn Episode 57 we extend our post-race coverage of The Snowman Race which was held in the Kingdom of Bhutan and billed as "The Ultimate Race for Climate Action" highlights how climate and weather events are affecting some of the most remote villages in the region. Thomas Reiss, an accomplished Ultra Runner in his own right took the reigns as the International Athlete Manager for the Snowman Race and he discusses this race of a lifetime that follows the trail of the famous Snowman Trek, which ...
56. Rose Grant - 2x Leadville MTB Champ. Pro Mountain Biker. Recently Retired :)
December 14, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 66.5 MBA Juliana and SRAM Pro Team professional mountain bike racer and champion, Rose joins the podcast to talk about her career in bike racing, and balancing sacrifice with accomplishment while raising a family. Rose on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rosekgrant/ Faster Forward Show on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/fasterforwardshow/ Troy Busot on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/troybusot/
55. Emily Keddie - Ultra Runner. Mountain Athlete. From Buffalo to Bhutan.
December 07, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 81.5 MBOur guest for Episode 55 is Emily Keddie - Ultra Runner and mountain athlete. With her degree in psychology in hand, she headed out West to hike the Pacific Crest Trail and her life ruined in the best way. She fell in love with epic hikes, which turned into epic trail runs, which turned into ... well, you'll have to listen to find out the rest. Emily on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/emilyin.thewild/ Faster Forward Show on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/fasterforwardshow/ Troy...
54. Jon Levitt - Ultra Runner and Host of FOR THE LONG RUN Podcast
November 23, 2022 11:00 - 58 minutes - 53.6 MBOur guest for Episode 54 is Jon Levitt - Ultra Runner and host of the FOR THE LONG RUN podcast. "I created this podcast to explore the why behind what keeps runners running long, strong, and motivated."" A runner, cyclist and podcast host from Boston, MA. Jon also works for an amazing company, InsideTracker, as a Sales and Endurance Team Manager. InsideTracker is a personalized nutrition system that analyzes your blood, DNA and lifestyle to help you optimize your body and reach your goals. ...
53. Amber Pierce - (Updated Audio) On Pro Cycling, Mentorship & Building Products Athletes Love
November 13, 2022 17:16 - 1 hour - 70.3 MBA self-professed nerd from Stanford to which she earned a swimming scholarship after breaking state and national records as a youth, our guest pivoted to the Stanford cycling team after a shoulder injury pulled her from the pool. After graduation, Amber moved to Austria, where she lived and raced full-time on the World-Cup circuit in Europe from 2007-2013. During those years, she became internationally recognized as a respected domestique in the pro peloton and helped her American compatri...
53. Amber Pierce - On Pro Cycling, Mentorship & Building Products Athletes Love
November 10, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 70.3 MBA self-professed nerd from Stanford to which she earned a swimming scholarship after breaking state and national records as a youth, our guest pivoted to the Stanford cycling team after a shoulder injury pulled her from the pool. After graduation, Amber moved to Austria, where she lived and raced full-time on the World-Cup circuit in Europe from 2007-2013. During those years, she became internationally recognized as a respected domestique in the pro peloton and helped her American compatri...
52. Ben & Barry Running Podcast Hosts - Our Favorite Gear & Hacks for Running, Riding & Life
November 02, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 127 MBProduct Links Kahtoola Micro-spikes - https://kahtoola.com/traction/microspikes-footwear-traction/ Amino Vital Action - https://www.amino-vital.com/products/action Nathan Run Laces - https://www.nathansports.com/collections/run-laces Race Strap with Overlock MTB Saddle Mount - https://backcountryresearch.com/race-strap-mtb-saddle-mount.html Yellow Duct Tape (don’t drive your bike into your garage) Apple Watch Ultra Coffee Sock for hashed browns Cold Brew Coffee - French Press, 1/2 Ga...
51. Cat Bradley - Professional Trail Runner & Host of The Be Rad Podcast
October 26, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 74.5 MBBy the age of 20, Cat Bradley had run her first 50K. By 23, she had bagged multiple ultra trail running wins including a victory at Western States 100 and top 10 finishes and podiums at some of the word's biggest races like Leadville 100 and UTMB. She even had time to score an FTK, becoming the first woman to go under 8 hours on the Grand Canyon's Rim to Rim to Rim. Simply put, Cat Bradley was born to race Ultra Marathons. A collision with a drunk driver took away the hearing in her left e...
50. Abby & Cordis Hall - Pro Ultra Runners - from JMT to UTMB
October 12, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 66.8 MBOn today's show, we have a very special treat in the form of the Trail & Ultra Running Husband and Wife team of Abby and Cordis Hall. Abby has been lighting up the ultra scene with multiple finishes over the years at races like the North Face Endurance Challenge, Leadville Trail 100, and of course Ultra Trail du Mont-Blanc or UTMB - most recently with an impressive 3rd place podium finish. Cordis is no stranger to the ultra scene with impressive finishes at UTMB, TDS and most recently a 10...
49. Ashly Winchester & Jason Hardrath - Queen & King of FKT
October 05, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 148 MBOur guests for episode 49 are no strangers to the podcast - the King and Queen of FKTs Jason Hardrath and Ashly Winchester join us today as they team up to talk about doing massive efforts - Ashly with an unsupported record on the JMT - or John Muir Trail and Jason collecting his 100th FKT by bagging Washington's 100 highest peaks on Bulger's. We talk about catching COVID at 18,000 feet, hallucinating hermit crabs, supporting one another around the world and why being a good partner sometim...
48. Ben Davis - Navy SEAL, 100 Mile MTB, Veterans’ Advocate
September 28, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 116 MBOur guest for Episode 48 is Ben Davis, a former Navy SEAL who uses his love for the outdoors, military and combat experience, and finishes at the Leadville and Shenandoah 100 mile mountain bike races in his current position as Executive Director at VOAG - or Veterans' Outdoor Advocacy Group - to advocate on behalf of veterans for the use of outdoor activities as accepted, funded and prescribed therapies to mend the mental and emotional scars affecting our veterans after a 21 year war on terr...
47. Dan King - World Record Holder 60-65 Age Group Miler @ 4:49.08
September 21, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 111 MBWith an Olympic hopeful runner for a father, and not wanting to compete with his siblings in the family business of running, Dan King pushed off his destiny early in his athletic life with wrestling and other activities. In an effort to build fitness in the off season, he finally succumbed to Cross Country where he would show some of the early talent that would earn him a world record in the 60-64 age group mile with a blistering time of 4:49 as well winning the USATF Colorado Long Distanc...
46. Ryan Krol - Ultra Runner, Mountain Biker, Boundless Coaching
September 14, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 88.4 MBRyan Krol of Boundless Endurance Coaching is our guest for Episode 46. Ryan's love for running ultra distances and exploring the mountains ignites his passion for showing people how to enjoy a lifestyle centered on fitness and health. With over 50 ultra marathon finishes of his own - and 2 6th Place finishes in the multi-race Leadman Challenge - Ryan and his group of coaches at Boundless helped over 40 of their coached athletes cross the finish line at the 2022 Leadville 100 run. We talk a...
45. Taylor Lideen - Winner of Unbound Gravel XL, 350 Mile Gravel Race
July 13, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 124 MBToday's guest is Taylor Lideen - this year's overall winner of the Unbound Gravel XL race - a 350 mile sufferfest through the Flint Hills of Kansas. Formerly known as Dirty Kanza, the race challenged Taylor to the bitter end through nearly 24 hours of racing. We talk at great length about that race, the preparation and physical and mental side of ultra bike racing and Taylor opens up about his battles on and off the bike with depression and the importance of family and close support of his w...
44. Laura Galván 2 of 2 - 2021 Mexican Olympic Team Runner
July 07, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 111 MBWelcome back everybody - after a bit of a Summer break, we are back with new episodes of the podcast. As always, I am your host Troy Busot and right out of the gate we have a conversation with an amazing running who will be representing her home country of Mexico in the upcoming Olympics in Tokyo. Imagine yourself at 11 years old. Growing up in a small town about 100 miles outside of Mexico City. And every day after school, you make your way to a crowded city bus that takes you the hour-lon...
43. Laura Galván 1 of 2 - 2021 Mexican Olympic Team Runner
June 29, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 112 MBWelcome back everybody - after a bit of a Summer break, we are back with new episodes of the podcast. As always, I am your host Troy Busot and right out of the gate we have a conversation with an amazing running who will be representing her home country of Mexico in the upcoming Olympics in Tokyo. Imagine yourself at 11 years old. Growing up in a small town about 100 miles outside of Mexico City. And every day after school, you make your way to a crowded city bus that takes you the hour-lo...
42. Phil Pinti - Ultra Runner on Grief, Catharsis, & Building Yourself Up Mile by Mile
May 12, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 118 MB42 - Phil Pinti Phil Pinti - aka @macho_man_runneth - cruised into his 30s with brass ring firmly in hand. A post-9/11 stint in the Marines had him deployed to - and now safely home from Iraq. Married to his college sweetheart and the love of his life and raising two beautiful young children. A life-long athlete, our guest made the Hershey Half Marathon an annual family pilgrimage. When hip-pain sidelined his wife, however, and normal treatments did nothing to alleviate the injury, tests...
41. Chris Eck - Marathoner by 8th Grade, 100K Ultra Runner by High School
May 04, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 88.2 MBThink back to Junior High. What were your highlights? Your accomplishments? Today's guest was introduced to running by his elementary school's P.E. coach who organized a daily run and jog for his students. Being somewhat socially awkward, this young man spent his lunch hour running laps and eventually logging over 60 miles as a 6th grader. Before moving on to High School, he finished his 8th grade year by writing his own training plan for and completing the Eugene Marathon. He spent his H...
40. Dan Lamorte - Weight loss and found miles. Down 180 pounds, Dan runs an Ultra!
April 20, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 153 MBAfter an arm injury cut his collegeate pitching career short, you could say that today's guest took some off of athletics. So much so, in fact, that he gained the weight equivalent of another version of himself - 180 pounds to be exact. After some failed attempts to reverse course and resigned to this fate, he told his folks that maybe they should stop pushing him to lose the weight and end his sedintary lifestyle - he just didn't see a solution within himself. Then, he found what many wou...
39. Marni Salup - Host of Marni on the Move Podcast & Obsessive Triathlete
April 13, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 109 MBThe Athlinks Podcast Hosted by Troy Busot When you make a living from the things that you love, you end up spending your whole life immersed in your passions. Host of the hit podcast Marni on the Move, Founder and CEO of the Salup Group specializing in marketing and branding for active lifestyle events with companies like Soul Cycle and Athleta, she’s an Ironman certified coach and obsessive triathlete herself. On the podcast today, we are joined by none other than Marni Salup as she joi...
38. Juan Carlos Obando - OCR Athlete on Chasing an Age Group World Championship
April 06, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 83.8 MBBorn in Canada, Today's guest - Juan Carlos Obando moved with his family to Ecuador as a youngster where he learned to play soccer - a game that gave him a love of running that would stick with him throughout his life. After moving back to Toronto, soccer eventually turned to wrestling and weight lifting and a friendly invitation to a Spartan Race allowed Juan to combine these passions in his first Obstacle Course Race. Once hooked, he made the commitment to compete for an OCR Age Group Worl...
37. Adharanand Finn - Ultra Runner & Author of The Rise of the Ultra Runners & Running with the Kenyans
March 30, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 127 MBToday's guest is an ultra runner, a podcaster, and the author of The Way of the Runner, Running with the Kenyans, and my favorite running book of all, The Rise of the Ultra Runners. Adharanand Finn joins us to talk about his journey from middle school athletics to a sub-three hour New York City marathon and then a fateful assignment that placed him in the Oman Desert Marathon - a grueling 6 stage race that nearly defeated him, but ultimately lit his fire for ultra-distance running. We cover...
36. Dirk Friel - Co-Founder of Training Peaks, Ski Mountaineer, Ex Pro Cyclist
March 23, 2021 12:43 - 1 hour - 134 MBToday's Guest needs little introduction. He is a former professional cyclist, Co-Founder of legendary training platform Training Peaks, and the son of the author of several endurance training bibles, Joe Friel. That is right, Dirk Friel joins us today on the Athlinks Podcast. We had a great chat about training slower to get faster. The importance of recovery days. and he will school you on the importance of the 80/20 rule. We reminisce about his youth spent as an American in Europe as a pro c...
35. Sika Henry on Her Quest to Become the First African American Woman Pro Triathlete
March 16, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 110 MBOur guest on the podcast today is Sika Henry - a 2x Marathon champion who turned her talents to the world of triathlon. A serious bike crash in 2019 slowed her quest to become the first African American Woman to hold a Pro Triathlon Card, but she still managed to qualify for the Ironman World Championships in Kona later that year. She focused heavily on her run training through the pandemic and her tri season kicked off this past weekend at Challenge Miami Half Ironman. We recorded this ...
34. Selene Yeager - 2 Wheeled Adventurer & Host of Hit Play, Not Pause Podcast
March 09, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 120 MBInstead of asking yourself "how long do I want to live", you should really start asking yourself, "how do I want to live". We all want to live forever, but if you're listening to this show, chances are, you've got some minimum standards that you'd like to set as the years pass by - especially of the athletic variety. On the podcast today, we welcome Selene Yeager - host of the Hit Play, Not Pause podcast - a show for performance-minded women who aren't willing to put their best years behind...
33. Latoya Shauntay Snell - Multi-sport Athlete, Ultra Runner, Professional Chef, and 5' 3" Brooklynite force of nature
February 23, 2021 11:00 - 2 hours - 170 MBOur guest today is multi-sport athlete, Ultra Runner, Professional Chef, self-described advocate and activist for body politics, and 5' 3" Brooklynite force of nature, Latoya Shauntay Snell - also known as the Running Fat Chef. A quick glance at her Athlinks profile shows 112 races completed, over twelve hundred miles finished and in a span of just 28 days, she crossed finish lines at the Chicago Marathon, Javelina Jundred 60K, and the TCS New York City Marathon. She's a brand ambassador fo...
32. Ellen Falterman on Starting an Expedition to Circle the Globe in a Paddle Boat
February 20, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 139 MBA post high school canoe expedition in the heart of the Amazon Basin reconnected Ellen Falterman with her adventurer brother who was five years her senior. The harrowing trip lit a fire for expeditions that would lay dormant until his tragic death just a short time later. On the one-year anniversary of his passing, our guest put her life on pause in order to experience an adventure and grieve the loss of her hero by paddling solo down the Missouri River. The answers that she received on t...
31. Roderick Sewell is The First Bilateral Above the Knee Amputee to finish Kona Ironman World Championships
February 16, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 116 MB031 - Roderick Sewell Where does character come from? Is it born or bread? Inherited or built? Perhaps for today's guest, it was nurtured through the selfless and courageous actions of his mother. You can't tell the story of Roderick Sewell without starting with his mother, Marian Jackson. When her son was born missing both tibias, she had to make the decision to keep his legs and confine him to a wheel-chair, or amputate and reach for a chance at a more normal life with prosthetics. F...
30. Ashly Winchester - Queen of FKTs on Big Adventures, Podcasting, and Encouraging Women
February 13, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 155 MBJust one day after finishing her first 50 miler, the Camp Fire began its path of destruction in Northern California, ultimately claiming 153,000 acres, 85 human, and an untold number of animal lives - a horror that Ashly Winchester came face to face with as a vertinary Nurse in the area. Wave-after-wave of life and death emergencies flooded the clinic where she worked and when it was all over, the toll on her own soul proved to be a heavy catalyst behind her full-time journey into FKTs, free...
29. Danny Bent on Giving Back with Running & Epic Adventures
February 06, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 104 MBA childhood framed by his family's love for running leads a young man on adventures across several continents, stoking his love and optimism for humanity. Years later, a post-run tea is interrupted by a radio report of the fatal bombing of the Boston Marathon. Our guest, clear on the other side of the Atlantic and armed with not much more than social media and a simple idea, sets out to lend a humble hand. 11 weeks later the final baton of the One Run for Boston was handed to a survivor ac...
28. Jason Hardrath on Reshaping the Racing World (and terrain) with FKTs
January 30, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 142 MBFKT - shorthand for “Fastest Known Time” is essentially, a speed record on any given route. Anyone, at any time, on any day, can try to break a record and set a new FKT. After a serious car accident took him off the roads, today's guest shifted from marathons and ironmans and took his training to the trails and mountains where he found a passion for what I'll call "creative athletic pursuits". If you visit the official FKT website, you'll see the name Jason Hardrath at the top of the leaderb...
27. Lorna Campbell of the Abbott World Marathon Majors on Marathons and an Enduring Career in Sports
January 26, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 128 MBIf you love what you do for a living, you'll never work a day in your life. Or so the saying goes. From the very first email that I received from today's guest, I could feel her enthusiasm toward her job, her employer, and the athletes whom she represents as the Head of Communications for the Abbott World Marathon Majors. Lorna Campbell joins us today to discuss how she has parlayed a letter writing campaign, relentless volunteering and networking into a decades-long career in sport. Havi...
26. Marcus Brown of A Runner's Life Podcast on Running a Sub-3 Hour Marathon
January 23, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 174 MBLike the tip of an iceberg, what the outside world sees is the shining 2 hour 56 minute and 19 second marathon finish that sticks up above the surface. What is not seen is the incredible mass of hours, miles, support from family and friends, previous shortfalls and near misses that went into the celebrated achievement. On the podcast today, we have Marcus Brown - otherwise known as @TheMarathonMarcus - of A Runner's Life podcast. He joins us from London where thoughtfully recounts his ten...
25. Dani Shanahan - HOKA NAZ Runner on Getting Back Up and Fighting
January 19, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 112 MBConfucius said, Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we do. Our guest today knows a think or two about falling and rising not only to the challenge, but to glory in the form of an Olympic standard time in the 10K. On the Podcast today, Dani Shanahan of HOKA Northern Arizona Elites drops in to discuss her running career so far and her most recent meet in which she took a hard spill on the track, pulled herself back into the race, and smashed her Personal Best...
24. Jamil Coury - Ultra Trail Runner on the Highs & Lows of Running 100 Miles
January 16, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 112 MBWhat is it they say about people who can be identified by only one name? Well if you follow the sport of Ultra Running, you know Jamil. A talent for running and a youth spent hiking and camping around the Arizona wilderness was the perfect recipe for today's guest, Jamil Coury to find his passion as an ultra trail runner and founder of Aravaipa Running - one of the premiere event companies specializing in this sport. Years later, Aravaipa now hosts around 40 races all around Arizona and int...
23. Matt B. Davis of Obstacle Racing Media on Finding & Living a Passion for Obstacle Racing
January 12, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 113 MBOur guest today has quite literally been chasing his passions for all of his adult life. Whether it was moving from Atlanta to Boston and later to Los Angeles to become a stand-up comic, or shuttering a burgeoning staffing company to report on - and participate in - the fledgling sport of Obstacle Course Racing, Matt B. Davis of Obstacle Racing Media has used a combination of grit and fearlessness to bite off big projects and chase envious goals. The day after recording this show, in fa...
22. Beth Leasure-Hudson on the Science & Spirituality of Cycling & Coaching
January 09, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 116 MBHow much of your potential are you leaving on the table? How much of your training are you leaving to chance? Are your periodized workouts the right ones for your phenotype? What the heck is a phenotype? If you're wondering how to take your performance to the next level, maybe it's time to think about a coach. And that's why I brought Beth Leasure to the Athlinks Podcast. We jump around quite a bit and talk about how Beth uses tools like Training Peaks and Whoop to measure and track perf...
21. Eric McElvenny - Below-knee amputee, Ironman & CAF Athlete
January 05, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 150 MBA single footstep changes all the future steps that an American Marine on patrol in Afghanistan would ever take. After triggering an EID and losing his right leg below the knee, our guest Eric McElvenny turned to uncharted territory - having never completed a single triathlon or even a running event, for that matter, he challenged himself to complete an Ironman. With the help, love, and support from his family, friends, and the Challenged Athletes Foundation, Eric has fought through obstac...
20. Jeff Tkach - Rodale Institute on Regenerative Organic Farming
December 29, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 114 MBWhat if there existed one simple solution in our fight against food insecurity, water quality, climate change, global poverty, healthcare & our dependence on pharmaceuticals, and even the survivability of current and future pandemics? And what if that solution was literally right under our feet? Today on the Athlinks Podcast, we are diving into our soil with Jeff Tkach, my friend and former colleague, and current Chief Impact Officer at the Rodale Institute. For over 70 years, the Rodale In...
19. Anton Villatoro - US Postal Pro Cyclist and PROFORMANCE COACHING
December 19, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 121 MBEpisode 019: Anton Villatoro With the image of his childhood hero, Davis Phinney perched atop a podium etched clearly in his mind, the "Town Bull", Anton Villatoro embarks on a pro cycling career that takes him around the world as a workhorse for the famed U.S. Postal Squad, sharing midnight steaks in a German pub with Greg LeMond and riding for Lance Armstrong in the Tour of Spain - and doing it all clean - completely free of the substances that would mar the cycling world for years to com...
18. Justin Ricks - Mad Moose Events - Running Trails While Running the Business
December 17, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 107 MB019 - Justin Ricks - Mad Moose Events Sometimes, in order to live a life of purpose, one must sacrifice the spoils coveted by the rest of us. In order to live their dream of building a life and family business centered around running, today's guest, Justin Ricks quit his corporate job and moved with his wife, and two young children into the 60 square feet of their pickup trailer to save costs while building Mad Moose Events from scratch. Today, Mad Moose hosts 20 events annually - mostly...
17. Claire Bird - From Mother's Day Runs to 3 Boston Marathons
December 15, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 98.4 MB17. Claire Bird A seed is acquired a generation before watching her father run the Montreal Marathon, planted years later at a Mother's Day 10K in Calgary, and grows into 3 Boston Marathon finish lines of her own - and counting. Our guest today is a wife and mother from Calgary who has self-coached her way to capturing 4 of her 6 stars in the Abbott World Marathon Majors. Join Claire Bird and me as we discuss her Marathon journey and how she has used consistency, the force of will, and an ...
16. Bill Bucklew - Going Farther in the Face of Parkinson's
December 10, 2020 17:06 - 1 hour - 99 MBEp 16: Bill Bucklew As the saying goes, when life gives you lemons, make yourself a glass of lemonade and then sip it while walking from one end of the United States to the other while raising awareness for Parkinson's Disease. Our guest Bill Bucklew, waxes philosophic as he shares his journey through a diagnosis of young-onset Parkinsons in his early 40s. Not one to let it slow him down, it launched a series of finishes from Ironman Wisconsin, a stroll from Georgia to California, and has ...
15. Kevin Gillotti - OCR Elite and 8x All-American Duathlete
December 08, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 157 MBRebuilt from a pile of bones scattered on a California roadside after a speeding truck interrupted his lunch ride, our guest has forged a savage will and unmatched intensity over his 30-year racing career to notch: 8 USAT Duathlon All-American honors Multiple Podiums in Spartan and other OCR races +/- 500 finish lines around the world (300 of which can be found online are on his Athlinks profile, by the way) And a Masters in Sports psychology I sat down with Kevin Gillotti - today's gue...
14. Fitz Koehler - Overcoming Cancer While Leaning Into Races
December 05, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 119 MB14. Fitz Koehler - Overcoming Cancer While Leaning Into Races Runners. Set. Go. Our guest today has exalted these 3 simple commands over loudspeakers at races like the Los Angeles Marathon and countless others to kickstart the journey of tens of thousands of runners over the years. But when she found a pea-sized lump in her breast that turned out to be cancer, those commands became her mantra to begin her own race against an aggressive tumor. On the podcast today we sit down with Fitz Ko...
13. Kelly Catale - Pro Mountain Biker on Mental Health
December 03, 2020 11:00 - 2 hours - 181 MB013 - Kelly Catale Grinding through deep valleys and high over mountain peaks, pushing and suffering through despair and isolation - these are feelings familiar to any elite-level mountain biker. But when the physical pain is exceeded by the emotional ache of depression and anxiety, no amount of fitness can ease the torment. On the podcast today, professional mountain biker and gravel rider Kelly Catale joins us to share her lifelong struggle with depression and anxiety. She talks about th...
12. Ötillö Swimrun Recap - Jen Pfeifer and Erica McClurg
December 01, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 118 MBLike Thelma and Louise, our guests today take an epic leap from a cliff – only they land in the Pacific Ocean off the shores of Catalina Island. Hear their race recap of the 2020 Ötillö, a race featuring a total of 7km of swimming intermixed with 31km of running. If you're looking for something a bit more challenging than your neighborhood 5k run, join Jen Pfeifer & Erica McClurg on the Athlinks podcast we sit down and relive their March Ötillö Catalina race and describe what it takes to co...
11. Michelle Duffy - Stroke survivor, Gravel Racer, and Event Marketing Director
November 28, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 103 MBMichelle Duffy Imagine being buried alive inside your own body. As rescue workers and loved ones work furiosly to save your life, they are unable to hear the words that are so clearly formed in your brain, but unable to manifest from your lips. On the podcast today, we hear the terrifying and ultimately triumphant tale of Michelle Duffy, who, at 29 years of age, suffered an ischemic stroke, and bounced back weeks later to finish a 50 mile gravel race. Michelle Duffy on Athlinks https://ww...
10. unPAved Gravel Race Recap - Dave Pryor (Race Director) & Kelly Catale (Female Winner)
November 25, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 117 MBTwo roads diverged in a wood, and 200 gravel riders in Pennsylvania took the one less traveled by. And this damned COVID made all the difference. On the podcast today, we relive the 2020 riding of unPAved, a 120 mile gravel race through the Susquehanna River Valley in PA as told by its race director, Dave Pryor, and Kelly Catale, it's female race winner. Dave walks us through the myriad steps taken to trim a normally 1500 person race field down to the state-mandated 200 riders as Kelly cling...
9. Yancy Culp - Spartan DEKA Program Manager, YancyCamp.com
November 24, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 101 MBA Texas firebrand learns to repair Helicopters - and bodies - in the Navy and spends the next 25 years crossing finish lines in races like the Spartan Death Race and World's Toughest Mudder while energizing literally millions of athletes. Today's guest, Yancy Culp - program manager for Spartan's DEKA product shares it all on the Podcast. Make sure your shoes are on tight for this one, folks. Athlinks Profile https://www.athlinks.com/athletes/376943838 Instagram Profile https://www.insta...