Leah Lange joins us from her home in Bozeman, Montana to discuss her career as a professional nordic skier with the BSF Pro Team. What she liked, why she ultimately left, and what she's up to now. We also discuss our race together at the TransAlpine Run and what comes next for Leah.

Alayna is a nordic skier for the SMS T2 Elite team and joins us on an afternoon off of summer training. Originally from Minnesota, she skied for the university of Vermont and earned her degree while doing so. We talk about her development as a nordic skier, traditional training for cross country athletes, role models in sport, balancing competition with school and other passions, staying healthy, rebounding from things we may perceive as falling short and much, much more.

Jake is the Director of Programs at Protect Our Winters. He first joined the Athlete Alliance in 2012 while pursing a career as a professional snowboarder. He then worked as a writer and photographer on the subject of sustainability and climate in the snow industry. Now as the Program Manager at POW, Jake engages the community of CEO’s, athletes, ski resorts, and international chapters in systemic political solutions to the climate crisis.

Hannah Allgood is a Sports Medicine PT from Colorado Springs, Colorado. This Spring, she won the Gorge Waterfalls 100k in a very competitive field. She has recently signed on as a Dynafit athlete with big goals at races like CCC in August of 2022. We talk about her evolution as a runner, the process of partnering with a sponsor after her win at Gorge Waterfalls and her evolving relationship with food and her body. We also discuss the takeaways from her work as a Physical Therapist and how she approaches her own training, coached by Megan Roche.

TJ David is a Colorado-based endurance athlete, professional skier and owner/coach at Microcosm Coaching. His relationship to the brand marketing and content creation side of being a professional athlete has evolved over time, as has his athletic identity.

Abby was a D1 distance runner at Princeton and CU Boulder, turned pro triathlete, turned pro runner for adidas, turned free agent. She also works for Gaia GPS and Outside Inc, is Co-Host of the Outspoken Podcast and is the picture of integrating creative lives and careers with running and sport.We talk about collegiate running culture, the competitive mindset, what it means to make running your profession and the existential questions that seem fairly universal.

Mike Ambrose is the Product Line Manager for Salomon and has worked on projects like the recent Ultra Glide trail shoe. For the past three years, he has been living in Annecy to work at Salomon HQ and just recently relocated back to Utah. Mike himself is also a runner, competing in races like the Leadville Trail 100, Marathon du Mont Blanc, Black Canyon 100k and more. While living in France he summited Mont Blanc and did the TMB, among many other adventures. Mike and I discuss innovations in trail running gear/apparel/footwear, the process of designing a shoe from the conception of an idea to the marketing of the product, the direction the market is heading, how to become a global brand and much more. I'm thrilled with how much insight Mike offered into his job, the direction our sport may be taking and the joys of running in gear that simply works well.

Lindsay is arguably the best female OCR racer out there. She’s won the Spartan World Championships 3 times, and is the only one to have been able to do so. She has an incredible number of podium finishes in OCR and has also been competitive as a runner, mountain biker and nordic skier. This year, she’s decided to shift her focus away from solely OCR and will also be doing sky races and gravel events like Unbound. Her performances are impressive but so are her laid back attitude, passion for sport and balance in life and training.

Dakota is a professional ultrarunner, with wins at notable races like Transvulcania, Pikes Peak Marathon, San Juan Solstice 50 Miler, Broken Arrow Skyrace and the Lake Sonoma 50 to name a few. He's also placed 2nd at the Hardrock 100 and will be returning in 2022. While his results are impressive, so is his commitment to using his platform to spur positive environmental change. Dakota started the Footprints Running Camp to develop leaders in climate action and is partnering with organizations like Protect Our Winters and the Kilian Journet Foundation to do just that. Dakota and I discuss his career as a professional runner, his passion for environmental advocacy, his current path to become a mechanical engineer and much more.