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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#256 - WE ARE TOMAS MARIN LEAVING GANG LIFE AND BECOMING A MAN OF CHARACTER TO LOOK UP TO
May 04, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 56.1 MBThis episode is a departure from the athletic world, but I think it is nonetheless a great comeback story worthy of sharing. I met Tomas Marin at several Wheat Ridge CO Chamber of Commerce leads group meetings, and while chatting with him over coffee I learned about his remarkable story. Tomas fell into gang life on the streets of Denver in his early teens, and not long after participated in his first car theft. The gang became another family that dominated his life throughout his teens. As ...
#255 - WE ARE ANDREW SIMMONS, TRAINING YOUTH TO THE PEAK OF THEIR RUNNING PERFORMANCES AND MORE
April 26, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 71 MBIt's the height of track season and we are starting to see the action heating up even if the temperatures outside aren’t quite there yet here in Colorado. I’m actually pretty jealous of the following guest, Andrew Simmons, the owner and founder of Peak Performance Running in Golden CO. It is a club for high school and middle school runners, and is probably similar in many respects to others around the country. The reason the club exists in the first place is that many kids get substandard co...
#254 POWER PLAY - HOW IXCELA HAS IGNITED MY ENERGY AND MY RUNNING
April 17, 2023 09:00 - 40 minutes - 27.6 MBThis is a very cool Power Play. I’ve been telling you since the fall about my work with Ixcela to use their nutritional testing and counseling to counter the breathing and energy issues I had been experiencing right from the beginning of my runs. I started with them with a simple at-home blood test that I mailed back. They analyzed 11 metabolites, and my awesome Ixcela certified nutritionist Shelby Burns then recommended supplements and foods I should eat. One of their goals for most clients...
#253 - WE ARE ED BARNETTE SHOWING HOW TO #JUSTSTART TO ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS
April 13, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 63.1 MBToday I bring back into the Hive one of my favorite people from the Leadville 10 Warriors group, Ed Barnette. Ed’s backstory is that he was once a rather hefty guy, a smoker and drinker, too. He probably consumed more Buffalo Wild Wings than any person on the planet. Ed had a random meeting with David and felt compelled to tell him that David would never see him that large again, and David told Ed that he believed him. That conviction led Ed to quit smoking and drinking, go vegan, and beco...
#252 - WE ARE CREIGH KELLEY, THE BUSIEST PERSON IN THE RUNNING BUSINESS, PART 2
April 06, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 62.4 MBHere we have part two of our lively conversation with Creigh Kelley, someone who is synonymous with running in Denver and well beyond. Starting a few years before I arrived in the Mile High City more than 40 years ago, this graduate of Virginia Military Institute, Vietnam War Army veteran (where he was awarded two Bronze Stars), Colorado Running Hall of Famer, and Road Race Management Lifetime Achievement Award recipient has directed more than 1000 races through his company BKB Ltd. Creigh h...
#251 - WE ARE CREIGH KELLEY, THE BUSIEST PERSON IN THE RUNNING BUSINESS, PART 1
March 29, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 54.4 MBCreigh Kelley is synonymous with running in Denver and well beyond. Starting a few years before I arrived in the Mile High City more than 40 years ago, this graduate of Virginia Military Institute, Vietnam War Army veteran (where he was awarded two Bronze Stars), Colorado Running Hall of Famer, and Road Race Management Lifetime Achievement Award recipient has directed more than 1000 races through his company BKB Ltd. Creigh has been the start/finish line voice of hundreds of races, including...
#250 - WE ARE BRACHA GOETZ SHARING HOW TO EXPERIENCE MORE PLEASURE AND JOY IN YOUR LIFE
March 15, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 48.6 MBWe have presented WASP episodes recorded from places like Nepal, Australia, and the U.K., now we’ll add a new one, Israel. This is a very uplifting episode with author Bracha Goetz. Bracha overcame disordered eating as a young woman and used that victorious experience to discover meaning in life. This led her to learn from a rabbi about the Pleasure Ladder, which focuses more on the spiritual pleasures in life where we can find happiness in ways that feeding short-term addictions like throug...
#249 - WE ARE JASON BAHAMUNDI BUILDING SUCCESS BY NOT FEARING FAILURE
March 08, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 71.5 MBJason Bahamundi is a New York-born marketing professor and business owner who is not afraid to tackle audacious challenges. Whether it was moving west to Arizona, getting sober, changing over to eating vegetarian, starting a new business, or diving into the endurance world. A mentor gave him a philosophy to “fail fast.” In other words, trying really hard things and risk falling on your face. He’s learned a lot from those flops, leading to his motto of, “Failure is not terminal, it’s the buil...
#248 - WE ARE SIMONE BRICK FLYING OVER TRAILS ALL OVER THE WORLD
March 01, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 72.9 MBWe have a new visit with a longtime friend of the WASP, Simone Brick. Listeners might recall Simone appearing with David and telling her powerful story of remarkably changing from a teenager with disordered eating, weight issues, and being institutionalized with severe depression, to becoming one of the most dynamic trail runners in Australia with one of the sunniest dispositions you’ll ever encounter. Simone spent much of 2022 competing in the Salomon Golden Trail Series, a traveling road s...
#247 - WE ARE DON REICHELT BATTLING THE BIG, BAD ASSAULT TREADMILL
February 22, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 62.2 MBI hope you enjoyed last week’s chat with Don Reichelt, who has been crushing it in the ultramarathon world. Please go back and check it out if you haven’t caught it yet. We talked about Don’s ups and downs running at the Leadville Trail 100, about his relationship to David and David’s continued influence on him to this day, about learning the process to taking big jumps in his running abilities, the benefits he’s noticed from his vegetarian diet, and challenging himself to run some really ha...
#246 - WE ARE DON REICHELT TAKING ON THE HARDEST ENDURANCE CHALLENGES HE CAN IMAGINE
February 15, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 44.1 MBThis is the first of two parts of a very fun conversation with one of the really impressive relatively-new stars of the ultraendurance world, Don Reichelt. After pretty much his debut doing Leadman in 2015, Don has plunged headlong into running long distances and doing everything he can to embrace finding out how far he can go in the sport. He has moved to a house at 9600-feet elevation near Fairplay, Colo., and has outfitted his place with a workout space, ice plunge barrel, sauna, and more...
#245 POWER PLAY - STRENGTH EXERCISES FOR THE TRULY HIP
February 13, 2023 10:00 - 26 minutes - 17.9 MBYou've heard me before lauding the benefits of hip and glute strengthening to ensure your health and longevity in running. I discuss here a large set of exercises you can easily do with minimal equipment once or twice a week that will help you immensely. I also have a printed handout and a video I can share with you, just drop me a note at one of the addresses below. Bill Stahl [email protected] Facebook Bill Stahl Instagram @stahlor
#244 - WE ARE JOHN LACROIX DIRECTING RACES THAT MAXIMIZE HUMAN POTENTIAL
February 08, 2023 10:00 - 2 hours - 93.8 MBTime to take a deep dive into the world of trail race directing and the state of ultrarunning. This is a really entertaining chat with John Lacroix, owner of Human Potential Race Series, based here in Colorado. I got to visit with John in his business’ very impressive HQ/studio. John first got into ultrarunning himself before later having friends twist his arm into becoming a race director. Less than 10 years after starting HPRS, he is directing one of the largest schedules of trail events i...
#243 - OUT OF AFRICA: A BEAUTIFUL AND CONFLICTED PART OF THE WORLD
February 02, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 68.5 MBHere's a bit of fun recounting my recent three-week trip to South Africa and Namibia, a fancy cruise with my family to celebrate my dad's 90th birthday. I describe the thrilling animals, impressive sights, crazy runs, and the history and culture, including the tragic legacy of apartheid, and the good and the bad of current life there. I discovered there is a ton more to know about this conflicted part of the world, full of beauty, wild nature, poverty, and Third World problems. Please che...
#242 POWER PLAY - COACHING TIPS FROM THE ANTI-RESOLUTIONIST
January 26, 2023 10:00 - 17 minutes - 11.9 MBHere's a quick Power Play episode referencing a recent real-life coaching scenario, discussing ensuring both your body and brain are totally engaged in your training program. Ixcela is offering the WASP family a free 15-minute consultation with one of their nutritionists, and a 10% discount if you decide you’d like to use their services to try to improve your performance and overall health. Go to https://qrco.de/bdZsae to set an appointment, and if ordering, use the code SUPERMAN10 to get...
#241 - WE ARE GLENN LIVINGSTON TEACHING HOW TO NEVER BINGE EAT AGAIN
January 19, 2023 10:00 - 54 minutes - 37.6 MBWhen I heard Glenn Livingston’s story, I was immediately struck by the similarities to those of David and so many others I know from the Warriors group and elsewhere. This native of the same area of Long Island that I grew up in, like so many young people I coach, felt that as an athlete he could eat anything he wanted to because he would burn it off at the next workout. What occurred next was the inevitable massive weight gain and the doctor’s pronouncement that he would not live much longe...
#240 - WE ARE ULTRA STAR ANNIE HUGHES EXPLORING NEW LIMITS AND AIMING FOR ANOTHER BIG YEAR
January 04, 2023 10:00 - 2 hours - 83 MBHappy New Year, everyone! Returning to the Hive is the always fun breakout star of ultrarunning, Annie Hughes. We spoke with her in 2021 after she became, at age 23, the youngest-ever winner of the Leadville Trail 100. And she was a local resident to boot! Annie ramped up her racing and success even more in 2022, capturing four more titles and many course records, all with the guidance of her trusty friend Olga. Included among them was a huge win at the Cocodona 250 in Arizona, which she d...
#239 - WE ARE ERIKA ANGLE, THE SCIENCE BEHIND IXCELA, AND HOW IT CAN IMPROVE YOUR HEALTH AND PERFORMANCE
December 28, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 53.3 MBFollowing my running the LT100 in August, I went through two weeks of extreme fatigue, I was exhausted at times following doing only household chores. I had an ok week after that, and then I was set back for another two weeks after receiving shots I needed for my trip to Africa. Even after that, I have often struggled to feel energy on runs, frequently feeling out of breath either at the very start or later in runs. I’ve had thoughts that maybe I was experiencing so-called long-Covid. Some...
#238 - SOBER F*CKING CHRISTMAS 2022
December 21, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 58.6 MBIt’s our annual holiday tradition: Gary Stotler and I presenting Sober F*cking Christmas. Gary has had quite a journey in 2022, so we chat about both of our career’s twisting roads and what’s coming up for the holidays, including Gary’s own food struggles during the holidays and how he solves them. Of course, we pay tribute to David Clark, who recorded the first Sober F*cking Christmas, with some of the things that he enlightened us with, and carry that forward with our always insightful adv...
#237 - WE ARE RICK TOWNSEND AND THE MEMORIAL THAT FOREVER REMEMBERS COLUMBINE
December 14, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 54.6 MBWe often talk about rebounding on the WASP. It may not be much harder than this since we spoke earlier in 2022 about Holocaust survivor Lili Berliner. Today we talk with Rick Townsend, whose lovely daughter Lauren was one of 12 students murdered at Columbine High School on April 20, 1999. Rick is the president of the Columbine Memorial Foundation, which maintains the beautiful memorial in Clement Park adjacent to the school. It’s a place that allows quiet reflection and healing, and does a f...
#236 - WE ARE DAN HERMAN GIVING US AMAZING INSIGHTFUL TOOLS FOR SUCCESS DURING THE HOLIDAYS AND 2023
December 08, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 54 MBI’m excited to present the second WASP appearance by Dan Herman, who trains and counsels athletes out of Dan Herman Performance in New Jersey. Like we did a year ago, Dan and I have a fun and timely chat to keep you focused on your training and nutrition goals through the holidays and into next year. Dan is an amazingly insightful guy who’s had his own amazing journey. He was 375 pounds with an unhealthy relationship with food and a broken self-image. Add in an inoperable spinal tumor that m...
#235 - WE ARE DRS. VAS AND KHOSHAL EXPLAINING THE KEYS TO OPTIMIZING YOUR MEDICAL CARE
November 30, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 69.8 MBAs most of you know, the typical response in our medical system to your injury is first medication, sometimes physical therapy, then maybe injections, and finally surgery. In the previous episode, Sammie Lewis and I touched on some of the more advanced modalities available should you get injured. The problem can often be that if you need one of these, good luck getting our health insurance system to help you pay for it. Or that your traditional doctor has no idea about these, or worse, dismi...
WASP #234 - WE ARE SAMMIE LEWIS GIVING IT TO US STRAIGHT ABOUT PHYSICAL THERAPY
November 23, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 62.5 MBAs I’ve mentioned, I’m a huge believer that if you want to keep working out without interruption, you must address your muscle imbalances and your overall balance, and in many instances work on your mobility, flexibility, and overall strength. These efforts should be happening year-round, but in particular we often have more opportunity to do so in the winter. So I thought it would be most appropriate to bring into the Hive Sammie Lewis, a prehab, rehab, and strength coach with Golden Endura...
#233 - WE ARE MERILEE MAUPIN, AN INSIDE LOOK WITH THE LEADVILLE LEGEND
November 16, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 64.4 MBWith Thanksgiving around the corner, our focus is on family, so who better to bring onto the WASP than the creator of the Leadville family herself, Merilee Maupin? While Ken Chlouber and his rugged miner face and dressed in classic Western attire appears on the Leadville Race Series Web site and posters, Merilee, as co-founder with Ken, was the force behind creating the Leadville Family that gets runners and bikers returning to Leadville summer after summer. It is deeply heartfelt when she s...
#232 - WE ARE KELLY THRUSH SHOWING HOW A NEW LIVER GAVE HIM A BIGGER HEART
November 09, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 66.8 MBI hope you caught last week Kelly Thrush’s jaw-dropping story of nearly drinking himself to death, how a liver transplant saved his life despite that he hadn’t yet gotten sober, and waking up from that surgery feeling gratitude for the efforts of so many to give him another shot at life. Kelly has grabbed that opportunity by the proverbial horns. He describes in this second part getting sober and losing weight, discovering hiking, running, and ultramarathoning, his Grand Canyon rim-to-rim-to...
#231 - WE ARE KELLY THRUSH WAKES UP WITH A NEW LIVER AND A HEART FULL OF GRATITUDE
November 02, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 50 MBAt this year’s American Heroes Run, Kelly Thrush of Arizona by far had the best cheering section, including a couple of adorable tikes, his niece and nephew, holding up a posterboard sign with the message, “From liver transplant to 100 miles, look at what you can do Kelly.” I had the fantastic opportunity to cover a few laps with Kelly and got to hear his remarkable story. An aspiring professional baseball player, Kelly fell instead into the world of college partying. He later worked in rest...
#230 - WE ARE KATHY DAVIS SHOWING US HOW TO ENJOY EASY PLANT-BASED EATING
October 19, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 50.7 MBI’ve brought back Kathy Davis from VegInspired, who was on episode #217 on July 21, to expand on the benefits of plant-based eating, and more importantly, how to make it easy to do. Specifically, she recommends meal planning so as to avoid, when life gets chaotic, reverting to eating out of a box, i.e., reaching for the nearest junk food. Most importantly, she offers tips about making meal planning fit into your own schedule, making it exciting for you by using ingredients you already like, ...
#229 - WE ARE HANNAH HALVORSEN FULFILLING HER OLYMPIC DREAM AND THEN MOVES ON
October 12, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 66.6 MBTraining most of your life to make the Olympic team and then actually achieving that goal has got to be the crowning achievement of your life, right? For Hannah Halvorsen, it certainly was. It looks so glamorous to march in the Opening Ceremony, competing against the best in the world at the most awesome venues money can build, enjoying an unparalleled experience in the Olympic Village and seeing the sights of the host country with teammates and competitors. We met Hannah back in January, 20...
#228 - STARTING OVER... AGAIN
October 05, 2022 09:00 - 20 minutes - 14.1 MBFirst I had a two-week malaise after running the Leadville Trail 100. Then after receiving yellow fever, typhoid, and polio vaccinations for my upcoming trip to Africa, I went through a host of medical problems including debilitating cramps in my upper trapezius muscle, more fatigue, numbness in my fingers, and double vision. So now I'm pretty much starting over, as I did after each of my surgeries every year of the 2010s, only this time there's no rehab involved. I was in shape enough to...
#227 - AMERICAN HEROES RUN: WET, CHILLY, FAST, AND MEMORABLE
September 15, 2022 09:00 - 25 minutes - 17.6 MBThere were stories galore at the 2022 American Heroes Run, David's tribute to first responders, military service people and veterans, and the lives lost on Sept. 11, 2001. We also had a lot of record performances, perhaps due to a sudden 40-degree drop in temperature plus a steady dose of rain. Please listen to hear some of these impressive and inspirational tales of endurance and perseverance. Bill Stahl [email protected] Facebook Bill Stahl Instagram @stahlor
#226 - WE ARE ROY PIRRUNG RUNNING AROUND THE WORLD FOREVER
September 07, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 48.9 MBI hope you enjoyed part one of the great storytelling with one of running’s legends, Roy Pirrung. Last episode I detailed some of Roy’s many incredible running achievements at a wide array of distances, and he and I talked about some of his many-varied experiences. In part two of this conversation we talk more about how the Italians tried to stop him from finishing a race, getting married in the Vatican, competing in the famous Spartathlon, running across the Gobi Desert with seven broken ri...
#225 - WE ARE ROY PIRRUNG, OUR BEST AMBASSADOR FOR RUNNING LONG, FAST, AND ADVENTUROUSLY
September 01, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 54.2 MBWhen I first began running long distances, I subscribed to this obscure black-and-white magazine called Ultrarunning. It was nothing but race results and a few articles and letters to the editor. The community of ultrarunners was very small in those days, and there were a couple of names I’d always see standing out in the results. One of them was Roy Pirrung, a legend of the sport, now 74 years young, who has run 105,000 lifetime miles, set 99 national records and counting, been named USATF ...
#224 - LEADVILLE DISAPPOINTMENT AND GRATITUDE
August 24, 2022 09:00 - 33 minutes - 23 MBIt’s taken a bit to process everything from my Leadville Trail 100. The race for me ended at Twin Lakes, mile 40. My plan to fuel and hydrate better by going out at a conservative pace was obviously too slow and might have worked better had I not expended so much mental and physical energy dealing with a lighting system that wasn’t bright enough and my dicey depth perception and balance that led me to being too cautious navigating the rockier, uneven trail sections. I was moving ok but with ...
#223 - LEADVILLE PREVIEW... LET'S GOOOO!
August 18, 2022 15:00 - 22 minutes - 15.2 MBIt's here! Time to run the fabled Leadville Trail 100 for 700-800 intrepid runners and for me for the ninth time. Here's a quick preview before heading to beautiful, magical Leadville. Bill Stahl [email protected] Facebook Bill Stahl Instagram @stahlor
#222 - WE ARE MACE AND TRAVIS MACY FIGHTING ALZHEIMER'S A MILE AT A TIME
August 11, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 75 MBGet ready for a super-exciting and motivational episode with legends of ultraendurance racing, Mark Macy, known to many as Mace, and his son Travis. Mace is an adventure athlete extraordinaire, including competing in every one of the Eco-Challenges during its original iteration from 1995 to 2002. I would take up an entire podcast if I were to read off all of Travis’ racing honors. He set the record for the Leadman, which comprises the Leadville Marathon, 10K, 50-mile bike, 50-mile run, 100-m...
#221 POWER PLAY - LEADVILLE CALLING, PLUS RUSSELL, NICHOLS, AND SCULLY
August 08, 2022 09:00 - 37 minutes - 25.7 MBI'm excited to be just two weeks away from running the Leadville Trail 100, one of the toughest running tests on the planet. I'll be toeing the starting line there for the ninth time, and hoping to become one of the very few to finish it in four different 10-year age groups! I talk about how I've been training, my race strategy, nutrition and hydration plan, my crew, where I've been getting tips, and more. Also, I honor the lives of three truly remarkable people who recently passed: Bill Rus...
#220 - WE ARE JAKE CULIG AND CAMDEN LAW RUNNING TWO LAPS TO SUCCESS, PART 2
August 04, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 58.8 MBThis is part two of a really fun episode with two very impressive track athletes, Camden Law of Chatfield H.S. and Jake Culig of Bear Creek H.S., who finished 2nd and 3rd at the Colorado 5A State meet in the 800 meters. As I mentioned before, even if you’re not a high school track fan, I think there is a lot to gain from listening to these insightful young men. In the previous episode #215, we talked about how these young men developed as runners, their training and racing strategies and exp...
#219 - WE ARE TONY HOFMANN USING GRIT TO GO THE DISTANCE FOR VETERANS
July 28, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 47.7 MBIn June, I was volunteering at the Resurrection Aid Station at the Leadville Marathon and Heavy Half, and noticed a couple of groups running together wearing neon green shirts that said Team Leadville and STOP Veteran Suicide, which immediately drew my interest. Never one not to initiate a conversation, I chatted with a few of them – not holding them up from continuing their mission to complete their races – but long enough to learn they were supporting an organization called Warriors Ascent...
#218 POWER PLAY - TUNING UP A MARATHON TRAINING PLAN
July 25, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 62.2 MBThis episode should be helpful to you if you're training for your first marathon or if you have run a few and are looking to tweak your training. I chatted here with Mike English, who I'd coached when he was in high school, then competed for the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. Mike drifted away from running while establishing his career and his family with his wife Tamber and two young kids. Returning to running, Mike is training for the St. George Marathon in Utah under the tute...
#217 - WE ARE KATHY DAVIS VEGINSPIRING US TO EAT MORE PLANTS
July 21, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 71.2 MBFor me, the transition to eating plant-based wasn’t a hard choice. As opposed to some athletes who do it for performance-related reasons, I’ve become increasingly fed up with the food industry, particularly factory farming. We kill billions of living, breathing, intelligent animals, funded to a large extent by the government – through industry promoters who lobby for subsidies like the Beef Council, the Poultry Council, the Pork Council, the Dairy Council, etc. – that has then exacerbated he...
WASP #216 - WE ARE JAKE CULIG AND CAMDEN LAW RUNNING TWO LAPS TO SUCCESS, PART 1
July 13, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 70.9 MBI have a really fun episode for you. I have brought together two very impressive track athletes, Jake Culig of Bear Creek H.S. and Camden Law of Chatfield H.S., who finished 2nd and 3rd at the Colorado 5A State meet in the 800 meters. We had hoped to include Drew Costelow of Valor Christian, who’d won that race, but he had a family medical emergency, yet Jake, Camden, and I had a very spirited conversation anyway. Even if you are not a high school track follower, I think you’ll be interested...
#216 - WE ARE JAKE CULIG AND CAMDEN LAW RUNNING TWO LAPS TO SUCCESS, PART 1
July 13, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 70.9 MBI have a really fun episode for you. I have brought together two very impressive track athletes, Jake Culig of Bear Creek H.S. and Camden Law of Chatfield H.S., who finished 2nd and 3rd at the Colorado 5A State meet in the 800 meters. We had hoped to include Drew Costelow of Valor Christian, who’d won that race, but he had a family medical emergency, yet Jake, Camden, and I had a very spirited conversation anyway. Even if you are not a high school track follower, I think you’ll be interested...
#215 - 4TH OF JULY SPECIAL: LOU GEHRIG'S 'LUCKIEST MAN ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH' SPEECH
July 06, 2022 09:00 - 15 minutes - 10.4 MBOn July 4, 1939, Lou Gehrig, despite having just been diagnosed with ALS, often called Lou Gehrig's Disease, gave one of the most inspiring speeches in sports or almost anywhere else. The 'Iron Horse' had played in 2130 consecutive games, and led the New York Yankees to six World Series championships, but would die of this terrible disease in less than two years. However, the Hall of Famer would give a farewell speech that showed amazing gratitude and humility, calling himself, "The luckie...
#214 - WE ARE RYAN HAEBE GETTING BACK UP AND GETTING AFTER NEW CHALLENGES
June 29, 2022 09:00 - 2 hours - 88.9 MBImagine you are a young, rising star college runner who wins the extremely competitive Division 2 national cross country championship as a redshirt sophomore, helping lead the team to the national title as well. That year you also win the Division 2 national 3000-meter steeplechase title on the track. You then get to run in the Olympic Trials steeplechase. But next an unfortunate accident puts you in a coma, hospitalizes you for months, and erases all of that. That is what happened in 2012 t...
#213 POWER PLAY - COLOMBIA, LEADVILLE, AND PLYOMETRICS
June 22, 2022 09:00 - 37 minutes - 25.8 MBA lot to unpack on this Power Play episode, including my recent trip to Colombia, South America, a beautiful country that has moved well beyond its days overrun by drug cartels. I've added a few interesting stories to my trip description. Plus, a brief recap of the Leadville Marathon and Heavy Half with record-setting performances, and a discussion on plyometrics, which will help your strength and flexibility and make you a more efficient runner. Bill Stahl [email protected] Facebook B...
#212 - WE ARE JOSH KOSACK AND KOZI'S KIDS
June 08, 2022 09:00 - 52 minutes - 36.3 MBMany of you know that I’m a hockey fan and closely follow the University of Denver, which won its ninth national championship in April this year. On the day between the semifinals and finals while I was there in Boston for the Frozen Four, they present awards, most notably for the Hobey Baker, which goes to the best player in college hockey. The hockey Heisman, if you will. Among the other awards is a huge honor for one college player, the Hockey Humanitarian Award. This year’s winner was Jo...
WASP #211 POWER PLAY - ON THE HORSE AGAIN: LESSONS FROM THE TRAIL
June 06, 2022 09:00 - 24 minutes - 16.8 MBI got back in the trail racing saddle this weekend for the first time in what seems like eons, a 50K trail race in the Colorado mountains, and definitely gained and/or re-lived some insights that I want to share with you that can hopefully help your racing, or for that matter, inspire you in many areas of your life. Bill Stahl [email protected] Facebook Bill Stahl Instagram @stahlor
#210 - WE ARE JESSICA GUTIERREZ SHOWING DYSLEXIA WHO'S THE BOSS
June 03, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 46.8 MBJessica Gutierrez grew up in a split family and also suffered from learning issues in school that caused other kids to pick on her. She became withdrawn and started falling well behind in school. Eventually two things pulled her back up. One was an accurate diagnosis of dyslexia, a learning disorder that I think is vastly underestimated. There is no medication, training, or cure for dyslexia. Those afflicted have to learn to live with it for life. The other thing that helped Jessica to feel ...
WASP #209 - WE ARE ADAM POPP, AN UNSTOPPABLE VETERAN
May 26, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 66.7 MBIs it hard to run a marathon on a prosthetic blade? If you listened to the episode this spring with Brian Reynolds, and I encourage you to go back and listen to it if you didn’t, you’d probably agree the answer is yes. Completing a triathlon, a 100-miler, completing the Tunnel Hill 100-miler in less than 19 hours? You’d even more likely say that’s amazing. And you’d say Adam Popp of Golden, CO is amazing. Adam joined the Air Force at 18 years old, and volunteered to become a bomb disposal te...
#208 POWER PLAY - DAVID CLARK, CO STATE TRACK MEET, AND HODGEPODGE
May 24, 2022 09:00 - 29 minutes - 20.3 MBWe've got a hodgepodge of entertainment for you, including on this second anniversary commemoration of his tragic, untimely passing, a reading from his last book, Eat Sh*t and Die, an overview of the amazing performances at the Colorado State H.S. track meet, and more. Bill Stahl [email protected] Facebook Bill Stahl Instagram @stahlor