Mile After Mile Podcast
162 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsMile after Mile is a weekly interview podcast. Each week Amy interviews an everyday "age-group" athlete who is and has accomplished something inspiring in the world of endurance sports. The interviews are between 30-45 minutes for easy listening during your next training run or ride or any other time.
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59: Jill Angie
December 23, 2019 13:30 - 48 minutes - 37.9 MBToday’s guest is runner and running coach Jill Angie of Not Your Average Runner. Why Jill runs and how she started running. Where does the name Not Your Average Runner Come from? How did Jill find her coaching specialization. How does the Walk Run method work? We talk about feedback from the running community. We talk about tips for beginner runners who want to join a running group. We chat about Jill’s most recent personal challenge The Philadelphia Marathon including traini...
58: Meredith Atwood
December 16, 2019 13:00 - 52 minutes - 48.2 MBMeredith Atwood has chronicled her journey to triathlon through her well-known blog Swim Bike Mom. We talk about her start in triathlon and her journey all the way up to her several Ironman races. We talk about what prompted her to write her book, Triathlon for Every Woman. Meredith has been very open about her life on her blog. Everything from parenting and spandex and dieting and 4 years ago she was very open with sharing a shift in her life when she decided to quit drinking. We talk...
57: Amy Stone (Solo bonus)
December 13, 2019 13:15 - 20 minutes - 19.3 MBThis is a special bonus solo episode with your host Amy. Yay!! In this episode I share what I think about goals and resolutions specific to fitness and racing. I also share some of my 2019 goals and invite you to a live training to learn more from me. Enjoy and you can find the blog post related to this episode here: https://www.amysaysso.com/setting-fitness-goals-and-resolutions/ You can find all the episodes of the podcast here at www.mileaftermilepodcast.com Follow the show...
56: Grace Lindell
December 09, 2019 13:00 - 44 minutes - 41 MBGrace Lindell raced Ironman Lake Placid. Her Ironman story is a little different from many that I've gotten to share. She was the youngest participant overall the year she did the race. This is a super fun story and I'm excited to share it with you. Triathlon, Ironman and even the Lake Placid Ironman is a family affair for her. We chat about how she decided to train for Ironman Lake Placid. We talk about how she managed her training and her college life. Grace shares her race day story...
55: Richard McChesney
December 02, 2019 13:00 - 50 minutes - 45.5 MBRichard McChesney found himself being unable to participate in the running and triathlon events due to injury. At which time he took up long distance race walking. Richard is originally from New Zealand but currently living in the UK. We talk about some of his biggest challenges. He has completed 27 walks longer than 100 miles and in this interview we speak about some 250 mile events. Not a typo 250 miles of walking. We discuss walker only events called Centurions and how you can find th...
54: Todd Crandell
November 25, 2019 13:00 - 39 minutes - 34.6 MBTodd Crandell's story of growing up and finding his way to Ironman includes a detour through addiction and then recovery. He shares this story of his youth, his personal recovery, finding Ironman and then founding Racing for Recovery. Todd has accumulated over 30 Ironman races and lots of half-ironman races as well. Along the way he's written a few books, made a documentary or a few and even had the chance to meet Aerosmith. (I know ... cool...right!) You can find Todd and Racing for R...
53: Benji Vargas
November 18, 2019 13:35 - 1 hour - 91 MBIn the summer of 2019 Benji Vargas did a very inspirational thing. He flew to Europe and raced two full Ironman races in a weekend. Ironman Kalmar in Sweden on Saturday and Ironman Copenhagen on Sunday. If this sounds like an impossible thing to do you will enjoy this episode tremendously. Benji shares how he prepared for this double, how he and some friends made it happen and all the details including how he felt afterwards. Doing a single Ironman once in your lifetime is something th...
52: Triny Willerton #Itcouldbeme
November 11, 2019 14:00 - 45 minutes - 40.9 MBTriny Willerton is the founder of the new social movement for cyclist awareness called #itcouldbeme Triny shares how she got started in triathlon through a fitness group as a mom. She is a very successful age group triathlete and in 2018 she was hopeful that she would qualify for the Ironman World Championship when she was hit by a truck on a training ride. This is a situation where no cyclist or triathlete wants to find themselves. Triny shares the story of her accident. Her recovery ...
Episode 51: Amy Stone
November 04, 2019 14:00 - 23 minutes - 24.7 MBThis is a solo episode with your host Amy this week. I chat about my recent race experience at the Marine Corps Marathon. Not a race report exactly. This is more how I overcame a little bit of self-doubt after my DNF at Ironman Louisville. Louisville was also in the rain. Listen in and let me know what you think. Detailed MCM Race report at https://www.amysaysso.com/marine-corps-marathon-2019/
50: Gabriella Gallegos and Christina Reddick
October 28, 2019 13:00 - 35 minutes - 32.9 MBGabriella Gallegos is the founder of the Mighty Mujer Triathlon Series. If you are not a spanish speaker Mujer means woman in Spanish and the Mighty Mujer Triathlon series is a women's only race series. Christina Reddick is the race director for the Miami edition of the Mighty Mujer race series. In this episode we talk about: How the series got it's start. Where you can find Mighty Mujer events near you. What are some special things that happen at Mighty Mujer events. How gen...
49: Kim "Rooster" Rossiter
October 21, 2019 13:00 - 38 minutes - 33.6 MBMajor Kim Rossiter goes by the nickname of "Rooster." He is the President of Ainsley's Angels of America. On this episode of the Mile after Mile Podcast Rooster tells us what Ainsley's Angels is and who it serves. He shares the story of his daughter Ainsley and how they began to run together. What began as a family activity with Rooster running with his daughter soon led to his older daughter Briley Rossiter also running with Ainsley. And then he shares with us how with a little inspir...
048: Bill Hoolihan
October 14, 2019 13:00 - 46 minutes - 67.7 MBBill Hoolihan is a triathlete in Miami and also in his free time the head honcho or admin of a very popular Facebook Group named Pathetic Triathletes. In this podcast we talk about what Pathetic Triathletes is and what it takes to run a Facebook group of this size. Bill shares some fun member stories and gives us some insight into exactly how active this Facebook group really is. We also talk in depth about the very serious topic of Oreos. We chat about how Facebook and Facebook gro...
Episode 47 Jim Sayih and Special Compass
October 07, 2019 11:00 - 38 minutes - 31.8 MBJim Sayih is the Executive Director of a non-profit and volunteer organization named Special Compass. Amy and Jim talk about what Special Compass is, how it came to be, who it serves and how you can get involved with Special Compass. For more information about Special Compass visit www.specialcompass.org To read the entire story of Amy's experience racing as part of a duo team with Special Compass visit https://www.amysaysso.com/inclusion-in-triathlon-racing-triathlon-as-part-of-a-duo-...
46. A Reintroduction
September 30, 2019 16:00 - 11 minutes - 12.4 MBEpisode 46 is a reintroduction to your host Amy. Also a quick or not so quick explanation of what happened to the podcast and what's happening next.
045: Luis Alvarez 137 Ironman Triathlon Finishes and Counting
November 21, 2016 04:30 - 45 minutes - 31.1 MBLuis Alvarez is a very accomplished Ironman athlete. His story starts like so many with the realization that he was a little overweight and the desire to get back into shape. But where it went from there I don't think even he expected this. He has raced every single Ironman Triathlon course that has ever been. That is 137 Ironman Triathlons. This includes 15 trips to Ironman Kona in Hawaii and in fact when he started to race Ironman triathlon he was able to secure Kona as his first race....
044: Susan Haag first woman to cross 100 Iron Distance finish lines
November 15, 2016 17:58 - 1 hour - 51.8 MBI met Susan in 2012 in Cozumel Mexico. I was there to cheer for my friends and she was there to race. Susan is one of the very first people I approached to be on the Mile after Mile Podcast but to be honest she was too busy racing that she postponed for 43 weeks (but who's counting). In fact, to finally get this interview I had to meet her in person. She came in to race Miami Man our local 70.3 distance event and she also took the time to speak to my triathlon club and grant me this inte...
043: Max Baro races Ironman Maryland 2016
November 07, 2016 14:03 - 55 minutes - 38.1 MBMax and Amy (the host) are real life friends. We both live in Miami and train with the same overall group of friends. Today we chat about his experience at the 2016 Ironman Maryland which is his first Ironman. Before we talk about the race we talk about how he got into triathlons at all. Max was a runner first and part of a local running group called No pressure. He was drawn into triathlon over breakfast with friends from a Miami triathlon group called Team Hammerheads. When he transiti...
A quick update from your podcast host
October 25, 2016 15:40 - 5 minutes - 3.88 MBThis is a quick note that we are experiencing technical issues at Mile after Mile HQ. Please be patient while I work to figure out what in the world is going on. Thanks - Amy
042: Brian Cronin runs all the Abbott Marathon Majors in one Year
October 17, 2016 03:00 - 41 minutes - 28.4 MBThe Abbot Marathon Majors are Tokyo, Boston, London, Berlin, Chicago and the NYC Marathon. Brian Cronin started running a few years ago to get into shape. He signed up for his first marathon in his mother's memory who died from Cancer. This year he set the goal to run all six of the Abbott Marathon Majors in 2016 and also to raise $50,000 as he did that. We talk about how he got into each of these very competitive races. Which race is his favorite and what his favorite race of the series...
041: Pat Gallant-Charrette
October 10, 2016 03:00 - 47 minutes - 32.6 MBThis is a very quick show notes because I have hurricane Matthew breathing down my neck and I'll probably lose power between now and Monday. Pat and I discuss her recent completion of the North Channel swim between Ireland and Scotland. She swam for over 14 hours and it took her two attempts to complete this crossing. We chat about all of the details of her swim. Pat has completed 5 of the 7 swims that make up the Oceans 7. And she's set a few World Records along the way and written a ...
Luke Tyburski and the Ultimate Triathlon
October 03, 2016 17:45 - 46 minutes - 31.9 MBIf you listen to podcasts on Ironman and endurance events you may have heard of the Ultimate Triathlon. Luke has given a lot of interviews on his journey including a terrific pair of interviews that you can find at www.zentriathlon.com . That being said this is the kind of story that I absolutely love because it is something that if you didn't know he'd already done it you would say that what he did was impossible. But he did it. Luke Tyburski put together the idea of the Ultimate Triath...
039: Chris Charres journey to the Ironman Lake Placid finish
September 26, 2016 16:07 - 59 minutes - 41.3 MBI met Chris Charres at a training camp for Ironman Lake Placid for 2015 and we have stayed in touch over the years. I wanted to share his story to the finish line of Ironman Lake Placid because it's a good one that I think many people can identify with in their own journeys. Chris' Ironman journey actually started in 2010 when he and his then girlfriend broke up with him. He started with a 5k and stepped up from there to a marathon. Chris is active with a triathlon group called the Sho...
038: Warren and Erica Pole endurance athletes and founders of 33Shake
September 19, 2016 15:25 - 59 minutes - 41.3 MBThis is the second Mile after Mile Podcast where I interview two separate folks but the first time I interview two people each about a separate event. In this podcast I interview Warren Pole about his journey to the UTMB finish line. The UTMB is an ultra trail race in Europe that is truly epic. Warren signed up for the 100 miler on a whim and it didn't go well at all. So he went back to the drawing board and tried again. It took him 2 tries and a few years to make this happen. I then ...
037: Erin Trail racing and volunteering for Ironman Boulder
September 12, 2016 15:07 - 1 hour - 56.3 MBErin Trail is a part of the Coeur Sports Ambassador Team. www.coeursports.com, She's also a part of 303triathlon.com, and president of the Altitude Multisport team www.altitudemultisport.com. She also races Xterra races. She has done 3 Ironman races Inagural Ironman Texas, Ironman Coeur d'Alene and Inaugural Ironman Boulder. www.ironman.com In this interview we talk about her road to Ironman and her race at Ironman Boulder in 2014. We talk about the value of being a part of a local tri...
036: Erin Byrge on her way to Ironman World Championships
September 05, 2016 14:33 - 44 minutes - 30.4 MBErin is a triathlete and a teacher and in this episode of the Mile after Mile Podcast we talk about how she is on her way to the World Championships in Kona. Erin was selected by Women for Tri as their Inspiring Woman selection. She certainly inspires me and I hope you feel the same way. We talk both about fundraising and training. I look forward to seeing how she does in Kona because she's on her way! You can find information about her journey at www.livintotri.blogspot.com If this ...
035: Alyson Venti runs (and wins) the Keys 100 Ultramarathon
August 29, 2016 16:11 - 53 minutes - 37 MBAlyson Venti is a runner. In fact, she's more than a runner she's an ultrarunner. In this episode of the Mile after Mile podcast you'll hear the story of how she trained for and ran the Keys 100 ultramarathon. You can find the Keys 100 information at www.keys100.com . When she isn't running she works on Coral Reef Restoration. She now lives in Bermuda half-way up a very steep hill and you'll hear a few trucks going up the hill on the recording. Alyson and I actually both lived in Miami...
034: Amy Stone shares 5 lessons from her 5th Ironman Triathlon
August 22, 2016 15:25 - 9 minutes - 6.61 MBFull honesty - it wasn't my plan to have an episode that was all me. But with all my planning to prepare for vacation I did not leave enough time to find, schedule, record and produce an interview between when I got home and the first day of the week. So instead you get me. With a side of more me. I put together 5 lessons that I learned from my 5th Ironman triathlon and I share them with you. I hope that you enjoy them. If you are curious about more details about Ironman Boulder I wrote ...
033: Dan Kimball races (and wins) UltraTri Sweden
August 15, 2016 03:30 - 1 hour - 55.9 MBDan Kimball has a passion for endurance events. We chat on this podcast about how he just finished an amazing event called UltraTri Sweden. www.ultratri.se We talk about how Dan got his start in endurance sports and what the road he travelled all the way to UltraTri which I should mention he won. He found OtillO through a book that listed the top endurance races in the world, which lead him to Rockman and back to OtillO which he raced with Marcus Barton who told their OtillO story earlie...
032: Steve Ashton races Ironman UK Bolton
August 08, 2016 03:30 - 41 minutes - 28.3 MBBefore he could become an Ironman Steve Ashton needed to lose some weight and stop smoking. He shares his story with me. At the beginning it isn't a story about training for Ironman merely a need to live a healthier life. Steve underwent Gastric Sleeve surgery and lost 154 pounds (or in his words 11 stone). But then 5 years ago his dream to be an Ironman was born when he watched his son complete the race. Bolton is known as a tough course with a hard and technical bike course plus the ch...
031: Beth French swims the English Channel
August 01, 2016 03:30 - 58 minutes - 40.1 MBBeth French and I chat about her swim across the English Channel in July 2012. Growing up in England she says she's known about swimmers crossing the English Channel. Swimming across large bodies of water isn't a foregone conclusion for Beth - as a child she had glandular fever. In the states we call this Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Beth calls the English Channel the Everest of Open Water Swims. We talk a lot about the logistics of how you even schedule an English Channel Swim. We ta...
030: Billy Hafferty races the S.0.S. Triathlon
July 25, 2016 03:30 - 56 minutes - 38.6 MBSOS stands for Survival of the Shawangunks which Billy tells me are called "the gunks." The S.O.S. Triathlon is a special race in upstate New York with a small but extremely loyal following. After hearing Billy describe the race I think for good reason. Billy blogs at Race Reports from an Unconventional Endurance Athlete. Like so many of us Billy started his road to endurance sports with the goal to lose a few pounds. Before the interview started Billy and I tried to look up how to cor...
029: Jessica Deree races and wins Ultraman Florida
July 18, 2016 03:30 - 47 minutes - 32.5 MBUltraman Florida is a 3 day Ultra triathlon comprised of a 6.2 mile swim, a 263 mile bike and a 54.2 mile run and this year the female winner of the race was Jessica Deree. This is an amazing race and she is a fantastic age-group athlete and I just had to hear this story. We talk about how she discovered Ultraman. Before she attempted Ultraman she did 5 Ironman races including Ironman Florida in 2012, Texas and Arizona 2013 Chattanooga and Arizona in 2014 and then Ironman Arizona in 2015. ...
028: Lori King swims around the Island of Bermuda
July 11, 2016 03:30 - 51 minutes - 35.6 MBLori King says she can't remember a time when she wasn't swimming but most recently she did something that is really incredible - she swam around the entire island of Bermuda. Lori was a collegiate swimmer but she didn't tackle long distance open water swims until well after college. Lori has done several other marathon swims mentioned in the interview. Swim around Key West www.swimaroundkeywest.com 8 Bridges www.8bridges.org Catalina Challenge Swim www.swimcatalina.com Swim aro...
027: Marcus Barton races OtillO SwimRun 2015
July 04, 2016 03:00 - 46 minutes - 32.3 MBEpisode 27 of the Mile after Mile Podcast is sponsored by my good friends at TriVillage. Be sure to check them out for all your swim, bike and run needs (and wants) be sure to tell them that the Mile after Mile Podcast sent you. Marcus fell in love with multisport through Xterra offroad events but last year he tackled OtillO a SwimRun event in Sweden. OtillO is a point to point race that transverses 26 islands in Sweden. They call this SwimRun. We talk about how this works. Marcus also w...
026: Laura runs a marathon in all 50 states before she turns 25
June 27, 2016 03:00 - 55 minutes - 37.9 MBLaura Skladzinski started running marathons and quickly set a world record as the youngest runner to complete a marathon in all of the 50 states. She ran 50 marathons in 50 states and DC before she turned 25. We talk about her start to running. All of this started with a decision to run 1 mile. Races that we discuss in this interview include: The Vermont City Marathon The Seafair Marathon in Seattle - this may have become the Seattle Rock -n-roll marathon. Calgary Marathon San Fra...
Danielle Grabol becomes the first woman to finish the Epic 5 challenge
June 20, 2016 03:00 - 1 hour - 59 MBDanielle (Dani) Grabol started triathlon by losing 75 pounds and meeting some kind triathletes at her gym in a spin class. Most recently she just completed the Epic 5 challenge. The Epic 5 challenge is 5 consecutive Iron distance triathlons on 5 separate islands in Hawaii. The Epic 5 was started by Rich Roll and Jason Lester. You can find details about the current race at http://www.epic5.com/ You can find details about the original Epic 5 Challenge in Rich Roll's Book Finding Ultra ...
024: Steve Walker races Ironman Kona 2015
June 13, 2016 03:00 - 1 hour - 49 MBSteve walker is many things. He's a marine, he's a husband, he's a realtor, he's a dad and he's an Ironman Triathlete. In 2015 Steve even got to race the Ironman World Championships in Kona. It's a great story and like many of my interviews here on the Mile after Mile Podcast this one has a twist. Steve is legally blind. Steve has Retinitis Pigmentosa which was discovered when he was in the US Marine Corps. We talk a little bit about his condition in the first few moments of the podcas...
023: Brad Brown races his 5th Ironman at Ironman South Africa 2016
June 06, 2016 03:00 - 44 minutes - 30.6 MBThis week on the podcast I chat with Brad Brown about his most recent Ironman Finish. He just finished Ironman South Africa which was his 5th Ironman finish. Brad Brown like myself is a host of a podcast. His podcast is called The Kona Edge. He is a sports journalist in the beautiful country of South Africa. He started his journey to endurance sports with an attempt at the very famous Comrades Marathon in 2010. But before he could give that a go he had to lose some weight. He tells the s...
022: Jose Sotolongo dedicated Miami runner with a perfect streak
May 30, 2016 03:00 - 29 minutes - 20.2 MBJose Sotolongo works with the Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau for Miami. Jose is a passionate Miami runner who has run the Miami Marathon or the Miami Half Marathon every year since it started in 2003. www.themiamimarathon.com His story is similar to many people that as an adult he came to running as a way to lose weight and quit smoking. His first run of a mile ended with his neighbor thinking he was having a heart attack. Jose has run 16 Full and 36 half marathons. We ...
021: Debbie Jo DePuy tackles her first 70.3 at Ironman 70.3 Haines City, Florida
May 23, 2016 02:00 - 44 minutes - 30.5 MBDebbie Jo DePuy just recently finished her first Ironman 70.3 at Ironman Haines City, Florida. Debbie is a wife, a software coordinator and a mom of 2 high-school age boys. Debbie's background is as a swimmer. She started swimming when she was 5 and swam through college. She is a 7 time all-American swimmer. We talk about the decision to choose a race close to home in order to make it affordable. We talk about the resources she used to prepare for the race. Jenkins house of pain tri...
020: John Young runs the 2016 Boston Maratahon
May 16, 2016 03:00 - 47 minutes - 32.9 MBJohn Young is a high school math teacher, a husband, a teacher a runner and a triathlete. He has completed 35 triathlons including 7 half-ironman and is training for a full Ironman at Ironman Maryland. He has run 6 marathons including 4 Boston Marathons. Most of our interview is about his recent Boston Marathon finish. If you follow endurance sports online you may recognize John Young. John runs as part of Team Achilles because he has dwarfism. He and his son have coined the hashtag #bet...
019: Sarah Williams runs the Marathon des Sables
May 09, 2016 03:00 - 58 minutes - 40.2 MBSarah Williams has just completed the 2016 Marathon des Sables. She is a blogger, author and podcaster of her own with a passion for finding adventures and telling the stories of her adventures. She decided to do the Marathon des Sables because it was simply the biggest and toughest challenge she could think of. The Discovery Channel calls the Marathon des Sables the toughest footrace on Earth. Sarah and I talk about the challenges of the race including the fact that you do not have any ...
018: Diana McDonald tells the story of her first half-Ironman triathlon at Oceanside 70.3
May 02, 2016 02:00 - 54 minutes - 37.5 MBDiana is a 32 year old mom in California and on a whim shedecided to do her first triathlon which just happened to be ahalf-iron triathlon. We talk about why she chose Ironman 70.3 Oceanside. It's a greatstory because when she registered she didn't even have a bike whenshe signed up. We talk about how she juggled training with her 4 small kids athome. She says, where there is a will there is a way. She trained on a borrowed bike to start and did most of hertraining on a trainer at home. ...
017: Sonja Wieck tells the story of racing Norseman Xtreme Triathlon in 2015
April 25, 2016 02:00 - 1 hour - 56.5 MBLast year in 2015 Sonja Wieck completed the Norseman Xtreme Triathlon. She finished and received a Norseman Black t-shirt which is a very big deal. Last year in 2015 Sonja Wieck completed the Norseman Xtreme Triathlon. She finished and received a Norseman Black t-shirt which is a very big deal. If you haven't heard of Norseman go ahead and watch this video. You actually hear Sonja's voice at the start and she is also at the finish shedding a tear from relief, joy and satisfaction. Sonja ...
016: Joan Deitchman - 3 time RAAM Soloist
April 18, 2016 03:00 - 59 minutes - 41.3 MB"Expect the unexpected is the only rule on RAAM." - Joan Deitchman Joan Deitchman is a three-time Race Across America soloist in 2012, 2014, 2015. The Race Across America (www.raceacrossamerica.org) is a billed as the World's Toughest Bicycle Race. RAAM started in 1982 and is a transcontinental bicycle race that runs from Oceanside, California to Annapolis, Maryland. Joan is the first and only Canadian woman to finish RAAM. She is also one of only four women to finish the Race Across Amer...
015: Barbara Cronin Stagnari - Conquering Ironman with Graves Disease
April 11, 2016 02:30 - 44 minutes - 31 MBBarbara Cronin-Stagnari is an accomplished age-group triathlete. She has completed 16 Ironman races, 5 or which were at the World Championships. She's also a mother of 4 grown kids. Yes, she's amazing. A year ago she was dealt a curve ball when she was diagnosed with Graves disease. On this podcast we discuss what that means and how it affects her racing. Some details of the show: 04:00 We talk about her start in triathlon and how she basically started with a half-iron triathlon. 08:00...
14: Courtney Barden Peterson completes 50 marathons in 50 states
April 04, 2016 02:30 - 42 minutes - 29 MBCourtney Barden Peterson has a blog about her journey to run a marathon in each state of the USA but she says that the running the marathons was easier than maintaining the blog. Listen to hear why she decided to pursue a marathon in each state, how long it took her to accomplish the goal, why hard boiled eggs (with salt) are simply the best, and her story of finishing the project in Hawaii. Links mentioned in this episode: Courtney's Blog: www.1310miles.blogspot.com Races mentioned: Di...
13: Darren Weissman on setting a Guiness World Record in Running
March 28, 2016 02:30 - 44 minutes - 30.4 MBDarren Weissman also goes by his other name of Doctor Dribble. He's a basketball skills specialist and personal trainer here in Miami, Florida. On a dare he whim he ran the Miami Marathon. The next year on a dare he ran the same marathon but dribbling two basketballs through the entire course. Listen to his story of how that one run on a dare set a course for a World Record and much more. Darren chose to use the notoriety that came with this project for a good cause and he's raised money ...
12: John Horton - 50 States of Marathons starting at age 60
March 21, 2016 02:30 - 45 minutes - 31.3 MBRunning a marathon is a pretty common life goal. Running a marathon in all 50 states is a pretty common goal among those of us who love to run marathons. What makes John's story a little different is that he started his journey to run a marathon in all 50 states when he was 60 years old. In this interview John Horton and I talk about how he got started on this goal. What races he loved (Big Sur Marathon is one)and which was the hardest (Bataan Death Marathon). We talk about family and the j...
11: Becca Pizzi female winner of the 2016 World Marathon Challenge
March 14, 2016 02:00 - 39 minutes - 27.4 MBBecca Pizzi set out to not only run but to win the 2016 World Marathon Challenge. The World Marathon Challenge is an incredible 7 marathons in 7 continents in just 7 days. Yes consecutive days. She did all she set out to do. She ran. She finished. She won. She even set a new female finishers award. Listen to the podcast to find out more about the World Marathon Challenge and how she did it. Links mentioned in this episode: www.worldmarathonchallenge.com www.laughterisagreatabworkout...