Fritz Howard is the man behind the brand Melanzana. From humble beginings in 1994 living in a Teepee and a small shop off main street with a few sewing machines and a vision to create, Fritz founded Eggplant Mountain Gear. To his surprise in those first years people came in a bought his hand made products. Fast forward 24 years later and Melanzana has become one of the most popular brands for through hikers and mountain enthusiasts world wide.

https://melanzana.com

Instagram @melanzana_leadville

How does a guy go from running the 400m/800m in college to finishing 25th at the Super Bowl of Ultra Running The Western States 100? Meet Coree Woltering he's a speedster from Ottawa, Illinois with a 2:26 marathon PR, he's also a 2 time qualifier at the 70.3 World Championships, he runs for Inov-8, Darn Tough Socks, Down to Run, Rabbit Clothing, Saftey Skin, Sword Performance, Vicia Energy Bars and Squirrels Nut Butter. In this episode we discuss moving up in distances, taking up triathlons, moving to the marathon then to ultra's, running WS100 and the benefits of racing in a speedo.

You can find more about Coree over at his blog https://coreewoltering.com and you can find in on social media @coreewoltering

Episode 18 of Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze w. Brody Longo owner of Slinging' Ink Tattoo in Pt Pleasant, New Jersey. Back in 1994 when I got my second tattoo, I walked into Slingin' Ink Tattoo terrified of the two hulking gentlemen at the front of the shop and as it turns out Brody was in the process of going through his apprenticeship. A year into tattooing Brody was met with the opportunity to take over Slingin' Ink. 24 years later and 1,000's of tattoo's Brody and his crew at Singin' Ink are still holding it down on Arnold Ave. In Point Pleasant Beach. In this episode we discuss geting into tattooing, what it's like being and apprentice, being a business owner, what makes a good tattoo v. a bad one and of course we get into a little fitness/crossfit talk. Enjoy my friends!!!!

I met Jeffirs in the fall of 2016 at the lululemon Elevation Run Camp, where we ran to the highest points of Alabama, Georgia, & North Carolina. We instantly connected through Ultra's, tattoos, beards and trucker hats. He's a super rad dude livin' that ultra life on the trails and the river, down in the Bayous of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He's a Veteran and currently the manager of Fresh Junkie. Check him out on Instagram @ runnyink

Marty and I go way back to our days as counslers at the Running Works Cross Country Camp. As it turns out Marty and I have more in common than coaching and racing as masters athletes, we both deal with depression from time to time. After 15 years at the helm of the Susquehanna University Men's and Women's Cross Country and Track & Field teams Marty decided to step away and take some time to work on himself. In this episode we discuss coaching, life, self improvement and what's in store for the future. Marty has his own Triathlon coaching business (http://triduath40.wixsite.com/triitcoachingservice) and has been very open on his blog discussing dealing with dipression (https://tiredofracingslow-needmotivation.blogspot.com/?m=1)

Heading into this week's NCAA Division I Track & Field Championships I had the opportunity to chat with Monmouth University's 800m standouts Dylan Capwell and Allie Wilson. For Dylan this will be his 6th trip to the Big Dance and for Allie it will be her first trip to Eugene with one more year of elegibity remaining in her collegiate carreer. The NCAA's kick off on Tuesday in Eugene best of luck to Allie, Dylan, Coach Tarello and Coach Joe! #FlyHawksFly

Joe Compagni is the Head Cross Country and Track & Field Coach at Monmouth University. Over the last 23 years Joe's teams have one 52 conference title in the NEC & MAAC conferences. Monmouth has won 19 conference titles, 1 ECAC Championship and 1 IC4A Championship in the last five years. Joe has coached 218 men's and women's individual track titles in NEC competition, 259 All-East honorees at the IC4A/ECAC Championships, and 104 NCAA East Regional Track and Field Championship Qualifiers, 88 MAAC individual champions, while seven athletes have earned a total of nine All-American citations. For this Joe has won NEC, MAAC, and NCAA Regional Coach of the Year 53 times. Compagni also been honored as a USTFCCCA NCAA Division I Mid-Atlantic Region Coach of the Year seven times. He's had a tremendous impact on my running and coaching over the years and I'm grateful to have had the opportunity to catch up with Joe before he heads down to Florida next week for the NCAA East Regioanl Championships.

Brock Stoltz is the owner of BA Athletics Inc. based in Lancaster, PA. Brock is a wealth of knowledge when it comes to sports performance and health and wellness. As an athlete Brock is a life long wrestler, BJJ prationer and as I come to find out a golfer as well. We talk being a business owner, coaching, training, education, and even dive into a little about life philosophy as aging athletes. Enjoy!

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Bringing you some feminine energy in this episode of Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze! Step is an amazing Yogi based in NYC as she works on her masters at the Sprituality Mind Body Institute at Teacher College, Columbia University. I recenlty attended one of Steph's workshops in Denver on Yoga for Anxiety & Stress Reduction and it was an amazing experience that allowed me clear some of the stress and gave me some new tools help with the day to day noise that rumbles between my ears. I apologize for some of the sound issues early on but we got through it and I hope you do as well. Enjoy!!!

Had the opportunity to chat with my brother from another mother, Monmouth University Middle Distance Coach Chris Tarello. Chris and I met way back in the day when he was an athlete running for Rider University and was running for Monmouth University. Chris has been turning heads at MU since his arrival 10 years ago and his passion and intensity is second to none and it shows in his athletes on and off the track. In this episode we discuss life, coaching, recurting, and getting athletes to buy in and believe in the proces