We Are Superman
331 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★★★ - 86 ratingsFounded by David Clark, a former 320-pound alcoholic, drug addict, food junkie turned accomplished endurance athlete, bestselling author, plant-based fighter, and happiness warrior. Ultramarathoner and coach Bill Stahl is continuing David's legacy to bring you inspirational stories of ordinary people overcoming alcoholism, addiction, obesity, or catastrophic injuries or illnesses to accomplish epic achievements like running ultramarathons, climbing Everest, etc. We also bring you world-class athletes and others involved in the endurance sports space, medical providers, and others who can help you up your own game in athletics as well as in life so you feel, look, and perform better. As David said, we will help you look into the far side of the universe where anything is possible and all things are eventual.
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#304 - WE ARE TREVOR FARNES AND THE UNIQUE MTN OPS STORY
July 10, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour - 46.8 MBTrevor Farnes founded MTN OPS, a self-described outdoor performance supplements company. You may ask why you would listen to a chat about another company in this crowded space, but you will quickly find out that MTN OPS is a very different kind of company. For one, their customers are not anonymous buyers but part of a community that shares experiences and triumphs. Interestingly, MTN OPS focuses on the hunting community, but their products are also extremely well-suited for any endurance at...
#303 - GETTING BACK TO DOING BIG THINGS
July 03, 2024 09:00 - 19 minutes - 13.3 MBWhat a difference a year makes. After a bunion that broke through the skin and eventually resulted in surgery wiped out pretty much all of my running and other activities in 2023, this year has seen me excitedly get back into doing big things - whether it was an amazing mountaineering trip in Chile, tearing out the turf in part of my yard and replacing it with a waterwise garden with native plants, editing Cole Chlouber's memoir, "Grit, Guts & Determination," about the birth and growth of th...
#302 - WE ARE NICK JONSSON AND THE FIVE PATHWAYS OF SUPPORT FOR LONELY LEADERS
June 20, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour - 49.3 MBAfter Nick Jonsson, a Swedish-born, Southeast Asian businessman, found the mounting stresses of his job and climbing the corporate ladder untenable, he began drinking heavily, abandoned his fitness regimen, and put on a ton of weight, leading to him losing his job, as well as his wife and son. After getting help to control his alcoholism, Nick, who has now been sober for six years, recognized that one of the primary reasons business leaders were failing was having no one available to open up...
#301 - WE ARE RON GOLD, TURNING TRAGEDY INTO PURPOSE AND ACTION
June 12, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour - 63.5 MBOn a bike ride on an open road in New Jersey in 2011, Ron Gold was struck head-on by an SUV whose driver had fallen asleep behind the wheel even though it was the middle of the day. He barely survived, suffering critical injuries, and was left a paraplegic. It was bad enough the driver was totally unapologetic about causing this tragic event. Ron spent many months in rehab, not to mention wrestling with feelings of despair and hopelessness. After he finally got back home, one thing he learne...
#300 - BILL'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE WAY UP HIGH IN CHILE
June 05, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour - 51.3 MBThe We Are Superman Podcast has hit 300 episodes... we think. But thanks to David's impetus, inspirational WASP guests have touched millions of listeners around the world. Or at least thousands. After a quick historical recap, I'm honored to bring you my recounting of my truly amazing trip to Chile and climbing peaks in the Andes as high as almost 20,000 feet in the driest and one of the most remote spots on Earth, the Atacama Desert. Our trip included many impressive elite athletes, surpri...
#299 - WE ARE DAVID CARLE, WITH THE HEART OF A CHAMPIONSHIP COACH
May 30, 2024 09:00 - 45 minutes - 31.5 MBImagine you are an 18-year-old and you have worked your entire life and gotten to the cusp of achieving your dream of playing hockey on the Division 1 collegiate level and then the NHL, and suddenly you are told that your dream is now kaput due to a health issue. That was the reality faced by David Carle, a star defenseman from Anchorage, Alaska following a physical he received at the NHL combine for top prospects just prior to the 2008 draft. Instead of hearing his name picked in the early ...
#298 - WE ARE KAT EDWARDS, THE SKY IS NOT THE LIMIT
May 22, 2024 14:00 - 1 hour - 69 MBThis past late winter I met a truly impressive group of athletes on a trip to the rugged and beautiful, high-elevation Atacama Desert of Chile. One of these is Kat Edwards of Richmond, Va. A relative newcomer to ultrarunning at 24 years old, and having never experienced performing at altitude, Kat crushed climbing peaks of 16,000 and 18,000 feet before tackling her first FKT attempt, on nearly 20,000-foot Nevado San Francisco on the border between Chile and Argentina. This same insanely diff...
#297 - WE ARE NATE ZAYONC, THE MAKING OF A YOUNG ARMY MAN
May 15, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour - 80.4 MBThis is a very special and personal episode for me. I want to introduce you to Nate Zayonc, a young man whom I am very proud of. His life was not in the most positive place a bit more than a year ago, but now he is thriving as a private in the U.S. Army. Nate was a top distance runner on the cross country and track teams at Bear Creek H.S. where I helped coach him. His desire was to run in college and then professionally. However, his life at home was difficult, and in fact he did receive a ...
#296 - BILL AND JACK'S EXCELLENT ASIAN ADVENTURE, PART 4 - SINGAPORE AND OUR TIPS TO LAUNCH YOUR OWN ADVENTURE
April 25, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour - 60 MBJack Rubalcave and I are at the end of our now-four-part summation of our amazing trip to Asia this past fall. I hope you’ve gotten a lot out of hearing about our adventures and that we have helped inspire you to go explore the world yourself. As you have been hearing, we encountered so many unexpected experiences, but they were almost all positive. The terror of driving scooters through the chaotic streets of Bali, the incredibly nice and polite people in the bustling cities of Japan, how d...
#295 - WE ARE TIM KAUFMAN BREAKING FREE FROM A SELF-MADE PRISON
April 03, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour - 76.8 MBTim Kaufman fell victim to all of the classic American poor lifestyle choices. He ate primarily processed food – and large quantities of it. After surgery related to a crippling disease called Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, doctors prescribed painkillers and soon he was hooked on them. Like most addicts, he connived ways to get more of them and even more powerful narcotics, like fentanyl. He smoked, he chewed, and he drank staggering amounts of vodka. Tim was raised in a strait-laced Christian fam...
#294 - BILL AND JACK'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE IN ASIA, PART 3 - THAILAND AND BALI
March 27, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour - 67.1 MBJack Rubalcave, my 24-year old traveling companion, with whom I’ve previously traveled to Portugal, the Azores, and Ecuador, took an amazing 3½-week long trip to Asia this fall, and we want to share with you some of our adventures and inspire you to seek your own. We carried nothing but a backpack, took 13 flights, visited seven incredibly interesting countries, and probably spent less than $1000 each for the entire trip. We have been sharing some of our formula as well as the exotic sights,...
#293 - WE ARE DIARRA CROPPER BLAZING THE WAY FOR BLACK MEN RUNNING ULTRAS
March 20, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour - 64.2 MBIf you think you can’t accomplish a lot of change and challenge yourself to achieve new goals in a short amount of time, then you’ll benefit from listening to this chat with Diarra Cropper. I’ve gotten to know the ever-enthusiastic Diarra through the Black Men Run community. Black Men Run is a dynamic nationwide organization that is a movement that encourages Black men to be active to reverse health risks like hypertension, diabetes, stroke, and mental depression that disproportionally affe...
#292 - WE ARE KEENAN HAGA, WHEN A FEW HUNDRED MARATHONS AREN'T ENOUGH
March 14, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour - 74.6 MBKeenan Haga is who you might call a serial marathoner. In fact, he has run 311 of them so far. On every continent, including Antarctica. He has run one in every state – three times. Keenan’s goal for 2024 is to run 100 marathons, including 13 in 15 days, plus a 100-miler. You’ll undoubtedly enjoy hearing about his cool experiences running among polar bears, sea lions, on the race track at Churchill Downs, at Crater Lake, Oregon, and the not-so-great ones like getting a parasite from water at...
#291 - WE ARE GENE BENNETT, AN IRAQ WAR VETERAN WHO DID NOT DESERVE THE CRAPPER
February 28, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour - 62.3 MBHelping and honoring our military veterans was deeply meaningful to David, and he helped support them with his American Heroes Run. As you may know, I now direct the event to continue his important legacy. Proceeds support Warriors’ Ascent, an organization that provides holistic programs to veterans and first responders experiencing post-traumatic stress. Treating veterans with this not-as-visible type of battlefield injury has often gotten overlooked by the Veteran’s Administration and orga...
#290 - WE ARE JOE CORCIONE HELPING EVERY RUNNER HIT THEIR GOALS IN THE EVERYDAY ULTRA PODCAST
February 21, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour - 71.4 MBIn a little bit of a twist, I’m chatting today with another podcaster, Joe Corcione, from the Everyday Ultra Podcast. Joe is a fellow New Yorker who also cheers for, and often suffers with, my same New York teams the Giants, Yankees, Rangers, and Knicks. The Everyday Ultra Podcast is laser-focused on the ultrarunning world with one of the best lineups of guests to keep ultra aficionados informed and entertained. Joe also presents episodes that provide excellent tips and guidance to your ever...
#289 - WE ARE MARSHALL ULRICH, MORE EPIC ADVENTURES FOR THIS EPIC ADVENTURER
February 14, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour - 64.2 MBIf you’ve ever run an ultramarathon, you almost certainly know the name of Marshall Ulrich. His accomplishments are unparalleled, and if I tried to list them, I’d undoubtedly leave out many. I could naturally mention his 29 official Badwater finishes in Death Valley, a race most of us would not want to tackle even once. Or that he dwarfed those finishes by continuing on to the Mt. Whitney summit, or that he once ran around the entire 425-mile perimeter of Death Valley, which we have fun talk...
#288 - WE ARE DAN HERMAN GIVING YOU THE PLAN WHEN YOUR RESOLUTION HAS BLOWN UP
February 07, 2024 12:00 - 1 hour - 52.4 MBWe are into the dog days of winter, and for a lot of folks the days are gray and cold and New Year’s resolutions are starting to fade into oblivion. That’s why I thought it would be great to bring back Dan Herman, whose upbeat approach to health, fitness, and setting goals would be a refreshing antidote to the winter blahs. Dan owns Dan Herman Performance in New Jersey, and I think he offers some of the most practical advice people can employ to knockout fitness and nutrition goals in sensib...
#287 - BILL AND JACK'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE IN ASIA, PART 2
January 17, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour - 71.9 MBFor 24 days beginning in mid-October, Jack Rubalcave and Bill (and Nigel Leonis for part of the trip), had an amazing time traveling through 7 countries in Asia. In part 1 of this trilogy, we described the incredible energy and culture shock we experienced in Japan, and the interesting Communist world of Vietnam. In this episode, we share with you our experiences in South Korea and Taiwan, two countries that have experienced their share of conflict. Seoul is a beautiful city with many cultur...
#286 - BILL AND JACK'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE IN ASIA, PART 1
January 10, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour - 75.5 MBFor 24 days beginning in mid-October, Jack Rubalcave and Bill (and Nigel Leonis for part of the trip), traveled through 7 countries in Asia. It was truly an amazing trip and we crammed an incredible amount of activities and saw so many sights in such a short span of time in each place. We each brought only a backpack. We took 13 flights in the 24 days, and get this, our total outlay for airfare was $204! We flew on airlines like Scoot, Peach, Air Asia, and VietJet using our miles and points,...
#285 - A NEW YEAR'S POWER PLAY - HOW TO RESET FROM A BAD YEAR
January 03, 2024 10:00 - 21 minutes - 14.6 MBIt's that time of year for resolutions and goal-setting. But how do you do this after last year was derailed and you're still struggling to take the first steps to even set goals for the new year? Using my own current experience battling back from August bunion surgery that still hasn't yielded good results, I discuss strategies to set your sights on goals you'd like to achieve in the coming year. Bill Stahl [email protected] Facebook Bill Stahl Instagram @stahlor and @coachstahl YouTube ...
#284 - WHO NEEDS A COACH AND WHAT ONE CAN DO FOR YOU WITH MIKI McCONAHA
December 28, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 45.8 MBIt’s the New Year, and we all know what that means. Perhaps you are already on your way to working toward your 2024 goals. Others might be planning to start on Jan. 1. Or maybe later when the snow begins to melt. Some will go it alone, so to speak. But for a great many, coaching will improve the chances you can have success. After all, I have yet to see a football team take the field this bowl season without a coach. Even in individual sports like golf or tennis, the pros have coaches. Heck,...
#284 - WHICH RUNNERS NEED A COACH AND WHAT ONE CAN DO FOR YOU WITH MIKI McCONAHA
December 28, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 45.8 MBIt’s the New Year, and we all know what that means. Perhaps you are already on your way to working toward your 2024 goals. Others might be planning to start on Jan. 1. Or maybe later when the snow begins to melt. Some will go it alone, so to speak. But for a great many, coaching will improve the chances you can have success. After all, I have yet to see a football team take the field this bowl season without a coach. Even in individual sports like golf or tennis, the pros have coaches. Heck,...
#283 - SOBER F*CKING CHRISTMAS 2023 WITH GARY STOTLER
December 20, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 53 MBOur annual tradition is back! We began this with David Clark and have continued it since. Gary, a former obese alcoholic who became an ultramarathoner and all-around extremely insightful human, and I share a chat which goes in any and all directions. Always one of our most downloaded episodes, you're sure to gain some gold nuggets when listening to Gary's wisdom. Enjoy, and Merry Sober F*cking Christmas and Holidays to all WASP listeners! Gary Stotler garystotler.com Facebook Gary Stotle...
#282 - WE ARE CHARLIE LAWRENCE, BOLDLY TARGETING THE 50-MILE WORLD RECORD AND NAILING IT
December 13, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 72.8 MBThis year we have highlighted several runners who have logged incredible achievements in longer distance events at a young age. Remember Lauryn Wojcik, who had never raced longer than 6K and yet crushed the Leadville Trail 100? This next performance caught my eye, and the guy is right in my backyard. Boulder-based Charlie Lawrence last month broke the 50-mile world record previously held by veteran ultrarunner and current UTMB champion Jim Walmsley. Charlie is 28, self-coached, and his previ...
#281 - WE ARE NICK MOORE OVERCOMING SORROW TO BECOME THE POET LAUREATE OF HEALING AND GROWTH
December 07, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 81.7 MBAs many of you know, David, the founder of this podcast, was an incredibly insightful man. A lot of that was gleaned from the hardships that he endured, many that were self-inflicted. He also studied Eastern religions like Buddhism which helped him acquire a better understanding of the human psyche, and pointed him toward directing his energies inward toward improving himself in order to improve the world around him. Along the way, in his memoir, Out There: A Story of Ultra Recovery, he show...
#280 POWER PLAY - TAPERING FOR PEAK RACING PERFORMANCE
November 01, 2023 09:00 - 13 minutes - 9.12 MBBill Stahl [email protected] Facebook Bill Stahl Instagram @stahlor and @coachstahl YouTube We Are Superman Podcast
#279 POWER PLAY - WHY, WHEN, AND HOW TO USE SURGING TO RACE FASTER
October 25, 2023 09:00 - 17 minutes - 11.8 MBA quick guide to how to use this very effectively tactic in your races to beat your competition and run faster. Please feel free to contact me if you have specific questions on implementing surges into your tool kit. Bill Stahl [email protected] Facebook Bill Stahl Instagram @stahlor and @coachstahl YouTube We Are Superman Podcast
#278 - WE ARE JULIA BECKLEY WHEELING FOR 96 HOURS TO SUPPORT ADAPTIVE ATHLETES
October 18, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 46 MBYou might remember early last spring, an athlete who I coach, Julia Beckley, had her racing wheelchair stolen from her garage. We put out the word to every local media outlet we could, yet unfortunately it never turned up. However, the good news is that a GoFundMe that was setup raised enough funds for Julia to order a new chair and fly to Atlanta twice to get fitted for it and then have it fine-tuned. It should arrive just in time for a project that will begin on Oct. 26 that will highlight...
#277 - WE ARE NATHAN MAZE, AN UNLIKELY 15-YEAR OLD FINISHES HIS FIRST MARATHON
October 13, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 49 MBDo you know how we look at young kids running and marvel at how free and easy they seem to run because no adult has yet tried to correct their form, so to speak? As you may have heard in the two episodes I presented with the two 18-year olds who finished the Leadville Trail 100, that pair took their own unique and surprising paths to completing the race because there really isn’t much of a template for young people like them. Along a similar vein, at the American Heroes Run last month, we ha...
#276 - WE ARE ANDREA OGG LEADING AN EXTRAORDINARY LIFE WITH A TRANSPLANTED HEART
October 04, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 80 MBImagine trying as hard as you can to run, bike, dance, or hike and yet always struggling to keep up with everyone else. Worse yet, getting told by coaches, PE teachers, even friends that you were just lazy, or worse yet, that you plain sucked? Andrea Ogg experienced that her whole life until she was 35 years old. Then she got the diagnosis that it wasn’t her, but a congenital heart condition called Left Ventricular Non-Compaction Cardiomyopathy that prevented her heart from developing norma...
#275 - WE ARE DREXWELL SEYMOUR CREATING HIS OWN OPPORTUNITIES TO OVERCOME SELF-DOUBT AND ACHIEVE SUCCESS
September 20, 2023 09:00 - 49 minutes - 33.9 MBWe are going to drop into a whole new kind of location on the WASP, the Turks and Caicos Islands, near the Bahamas. Drexwell Seymour was raised in this British possession into a family with very modest means but not knowing any different, he was a happy child. However, he endured quite a bit of racism while in school, which greatly affected his self-confidence. He threw himself into his studies and graduated high school at the age of 15. He got an incredible break when an American philanthro...
#274 - WE ARE LAURYN WOJCIK, AN 18-YEAR OLD LEADVILLE FINISHER WITH A UNIQUE APPROACH, AND AHR HIGHLIGHTS
September 13, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 63.5 MBWe have spoken on the WASP with a few of among the hundreds of amazing personal stories of how they got to the starting line of the Leadville Trail 100, and more so, to the finish line. I was rather impressed with the 18-year old guy we spoke with, Alden Iselin, completing the race as such a green runner, but the 18-year old division female winner, Lauryn Wojcik, really blows me away. Get this, her longest previous race was 6K. Yes 6K, a bit over 3½ miles. She had never before run a trail r...
WASP #273 - WE ARE JP GIBLIN, TWO YEARS FROM THE NAVY TO LEADVILLE CHAMPION
September 06, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 60.8 MBThis year’s Leadville Trail 100’s winners both hail from Boulder, CO, so I got to venture a tad north and west to visit at the house of the men’s winner, JP Giblin. JP seized control of the race just beyond Winfield, the mid-point of the race, and he kept adding onto his lead, finishing in 17:07:25, 40 minutes ahead of runner-up Luke Paulson on one of the hottest Leadville race days in history. JP, an Altra-sponsored professional athlete, is hoping this victory opens up new opportunities for...
#272- WE ARE ALDEN ISELIN, 18-YEAR OLD LEADVILLE TRAIL 100 FINISHER
August 30, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 78.8 MBWhen I first ran the Leadville Trail 100 in the early 90s, and for many years afterward, there had never been a finisher younger than 23 years old. A few had unsuccessfully tried, but it was considered too much of an endeavor for a younger person to do the necessary training for an ultramarathon. But then along came Clare Gallagher and Annie Hughes, major race winners and record-setters in their early 20s. In 2019, I ran the start-to-May Queen stretch of the LT100 alongside college senior Ha...
WASP #271 - WE ARE MICHAEL O'BRIEN DECIDING THAT A SERIOUS ACCIDENT WOULD BE HIS LAST BAD DAY PLUS A SHORT LEADVILLE RECAP
August 24, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 59.8 MBMichael O’Brien had one of those life-changing, near catastrophic events in 2001. He was struck by a car while riding his bike, resulting in multiple, possibly lethal, serious injuries. The doctors’ prognoses for how his future life would look were grim. Obviously, he had the option of accepting these and leading a life just scraping by. One of the revelations that someone provided him was that he could choose his own labels, in other words, what attitude do you want to have toward hardships...
WASP #270 - WE ARE JASON HARDRATH AND MIKI McCONAHA TAKING ON ANY AND ALL EPIC CHALLENGES
August 17, 2023 09:00 - 2 hours - 95.3 MBClimb all 122 peaks in the Rocky Mountains, and do it in less than 40 days. That’s 58 Colorado 14ers, 37 Wyoming 13ers, and 27 Montana 12ers, many with backcountry treks just to get to their trailheads. That’s averaging more than three peaks a day, every day, for almost six weeks. The equivalent of more than 26 marathons in length and 318,000 feet of elevation gain, or sea level to the top of Mt. Everest 11 times. Add in storms, deep snow, some wrecked feet, and unforeseen hurdles like crew ...
#269 - WE ARE MIKE KENNEDY WHO ISN'T SLOWED DOWN BY DONATING A KIDNEY
August 10, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 56.6 MBWe have talked a few times to organ transplant recipients, but today we’ve got a great conversation with a kidney donor. I met Mike Kennedy while I was volunteering in June at the Leadville Heavy Half and Marathon. He had come out from Bethlehem PA, and as we got to talking, I found out about his organ donation. As you heard me describe earlier, it was a sloppy, snowy, muddy epic sort of weather day. But I was surprised when I saw Mike cross the Heavy Half finish line in 11th-place overall i...
#268 - WE ARE OLLY WOOD WITH THE BODY RESET CHALLENGE TO YOUR WELL-BEING
August 03, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 43.3 MBWe’re making another trip Down Under, this time to Wellington, New Zealand and talking with an expert in your physical, psychological, and digestive well-being with the goal of giving his clients better energy, mobility, purpose, gut health, mental sharpness, confidence, workout effectiveness, and life balance. His name is Olly Wood, and his understanding of the big picture led him to start the Body Reset, which enables people, especially those who are busy, to get back to functioning at a h...
#268 - WE ARE OLLY WOOD WITH THE BODY RESET CHALLENGE FOR YOUR WELL-BEING
August 03, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 43.3 MBWe’re making another trip Down Under, this time to Wellington, New Zealand and talking with an expert in your physical, psychological, and digestive well-being with the goal of giving his clients better energy, mobility, purpose, gut health, mental sharpness, confidence, workout effectiveness, and life balance. His name is Olly Wood, and his understanding of the big picture led him to start the Body Reset, which enables people, especially those who are busy, to get back to functioning at a h...
#267 - WE ARE DR. JOHN LEWIS HAS FOUND THE KEYS TO BRAIN AND BODY HEALTH
July 26, 2023 09:00 - 2 hours - 90.3 MBWhen I heard about Dr. John Lewis, I was mesmerized by how committed he is to healthy living and helping others enjoy their best lives, too. But what cinched it for me is that he has done the research himself through dozens of studies as a professor at the University of Miami School of Medicine that demonstrate the links between proper nutrition, exercise, and dietary supplementation to optimum health and that have been published in almost 200 peer-reviewed medical journals. His studies on b...
#266 - WE ARE DICK KATTE, LIFE LESSONS AND WISDOM FROM A COACHING LEGEND, PART 2
July 20, 2023 09:00 - 51 minutes - 35.6 MBThis is part 2 of my chat with one of the legends of high school basketball coaching not just in Colorado, but in the country, Dick Katte. I hope you had a chance to listen to part 1; if not, please catch that first. Coach Katte began coaching basketball and teaching math at Denver Christian High School in 1960, becoming the head coach in 1964. He finished with a record of 876-233, which until surpassed this season, represented the most wins ever for a coach in Colorado. His final team in 20...
#265 - WE ARE DICK KATTE, LIFE LESSONS AND WISDOM FROM A COACHING LEGEND
July 14, 2023 09:00 - 57 minutes - 39.2 MBWe are bringing you a special treat in this episode, a sit-down chat with one of the legends of high school basketball coaching not just in Colorado, but in the country. Dick Katte began coaching basketball and teaching math at Denver Christian High School in 1960, becoming the head coach in 1964. He finished with a record of 876-233, which until this past season represented the most wins ever for a coach in Colorado. A lot of you know me as a running coach, but I actually broke into the coa...
#264 POWER PLAY - LATE-LIFE FATHERHOOD AND NURTURING A FUTURE HERO
July 06, 2023 09:00 - 33 minutes - 23 MBBaseball hero and color barrier-breaker Jackie Robinson once said, "A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives." As coaches, we make impacts on others' lives every day, sometimes in large ways and at other times in very low-key ways. This year I have had one standout opportunity to do so. When Nate, a young man I coached, was in need of a place to live when he would turn 18 years old in March, I didn't hesitate to jump in to help. The original plan was to find a tempo...
#263 - WE ARE MAX KLEVE, A DRAGON SLAYING AN ACL TEAR TO BECOME A STATE CHAMPION
June 28, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 65.4 MBOne more in our series of standout performers at the Colorado High School State Championship meet, we are heading out to the farm, literally. I happened to be hanging around the finish line there talking to Matt Kleve, whose son Max was competing in sprint events for Holyoke High School, a school of about 250 students way out on the Eastern Plains of Colorado not far from the Nebraska line. Generations of Kleves have lived in Holyoke, a town of around 2500 residents, and Max’s family grows w...
#262 - WE ARE EMMA STUTZMAN, THE FASTEST HIGH SCHOOL MILER IN COLORADO HISTORY
June 21, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 49.9 MBContinuing with our series of standout performers at the Colorado High School State Championship meet, our state has been known for many years as a mecca for distance running, and it seems like the pace of records falling the past few years has accelerated. In fact, despite our elevation, some of the fastest times in the country this year have been run right here at mile-high. One of those is the Colorado all-time girls’ 1600-meter record that was reset by Emma Stutzman from Pomona High Sch...
#261 POWER PLAY - TEAM LEADVILLE CONQUERS THE MARATHON AND HEAVY HALF IN THE RAIN, MUD, AND YES, SNOW
June 19, 2023 09:00 - 22 minutes - 15.2 MBThe Leadville Marathon and Heavy Half had rain, wind, mud, and even on June 17, snow! The race organizers had to modify the course because the top of 13,185' Mosquito Pass was unattainable, but many runners thought this made the race even tougher. It was a mudfest extraordinaire! Kudos to the men and women of Team Leadville whose runners not only successfully completed the races, but raised more than $80,000 to support Warriors' Ascent help prevent veteran suicide. I got to admire them a...
#260 - WE ARE BRANDON HILLS, FASTER THAN A SPEEDING BULLET
June 14, 2023 09:00 - 57 minutes - 39.8 MBThis is the first of a series episodes chatting with some athletes with notable performances at the recent 2023 Colorado State High School Track Championships. We love to find inspiring comebacks on the WASP, and this young man is right there. Brandon Hills of Vista Ridge H.S. in Colorado Springs was already a dedicated track and football athlete when he found himself in the wrong place at the wrong time. He got caught in the crossfire between two feuding knuckleheads at a party in December,...
#259 - WE ARE TYLER ANDREWS CLIMBING HIGHER FOR FKTs
June 07, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 57.3 MBIn this episode we re-visit with my favorite running nomad, Tyler Andrews, who is rarely stationary, infrequently in the same locale for any length of time. We last chatted on the WASP in episode 129 in May, 2021. I caught up with Tyler in a rare settled-down moment in Albuquerque. Tyler has a penchant for attempting and setting FKTs, fastest-known times, on both well-known and less-popular routes. Some of these include his recent FKT of Kilimanjaro, which most travelers take many days to hi...
#258 - WE ARE ROB DUBIN, THE HAPPINESS WARRIOR
May 31, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 72.1 MBDavid used to give out rubber bracelets, one of which I still wear, that say “Happiness Warrior.” This episode’s guest, Rob Dubin, should probably also be called a happiness warrior. Rob had already chosen a career that made him happy making outdoors-themed films, getting to kayak, heli-ski, and climb mountains for work. Long before he started a business teaching people how to be happy, Rob, his wife, and a party of skiers became lost in the Colorado backcountry during one of the worst bliz...
#257 - WE ARE JASON DENNEN TURNING A NEAR-DEATH SKYDIVING TRAGEDY INTO A LESSON TO INSPIRE AND EMPOWER OTHERS
May 11, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 70.9 MBImagine crashing into a wall in your car while traveling at 30 mph. That could certainly leave some ugly marks. Let’s take away the seat belts and airbags and imagine careening down a hill on a bike or on skis and hitting an object at that same speed. That will probably hurt quite a bit, perhaps a trip to the hospital. Now imagine skydiving and smacking into the side of an immovable building. Jason Dennen of Boulder, Colo. experienced that extremely tragic scenario, and the results were pred...