Brian Bondy wanted to know what running for over 48 hours felt like! So the ultrarunner, who also represented Team Canada at the 2022 Big Dog's Backyard Ultra National Championships, tested himself at the 2023 Cocodona 250 mile run in Arizona. He's here on the Trillium Running Podcast to tell us his tale!

Connect with Brian online at: https://brianbondy.com/

Check out FAwR (First Annual weUltra Run): https://www.facebook.com/groups/654060825099521/

Register to be an Athletics Ontario member: https://athleticsontario.ca/2022-ao-membership-registration/

All around the world, Kevin MacKinnon is the voice of endurance sports, in digital media, in coaches' corner and in the announcer's booth. What makes the man behind the microphone, whose 30 year career has included being the Editor in Chief of Ironman, the founding editor of Triathlon Magazine Canada and the VOICE of the TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon? We find out this week on the Trillium Running Podcast.

Find out all about Kevin on his website: http://www.mackatak.net/

Register to be an Athletics Ontario member: https://athleticsontario.ca/2022-ao-membership-registration/

What can we learn from one of the most impressive first years in the world of 100 milers? We find out from Marianne Hogan, ultrarunner and coach, who made the podium at both the 2022 Western States Endurance Run and Ultra-Trail Mont Blanc. She smiled, she learned, she grew, and she is gearing up for an impassioned future in the sport.

Find out what Marianne is up to on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mariannehogan_/?hl=en

Register to be an Athletics Ontario member (for amazing race discounts!): https://athleticsontario.ca/2022-ao-membership-registration/

Register for the Sulphur Springs Trail Race: https://raceroster.com/events/2023/60629/sulphur-springs-trail-race-2023

His full title is Event Supervisor for Happy Trails Racing, but informally, Byron Guptill is THE supporter of the sport of running and the people in it. On this episode of the Trillium Running Podcast, he shares his over ten year ultrarunning journey, crewing and pacing experiences (including for 200 milers) and quite a few laughs.

Connect with Byron on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/byronguptill/?hl=en

Volunteer for Happy Trails Racing at: https://www.happytrailsracing.com/volunteers

Register to be an Athletics Ontario member: https://athleticsontario.ca/2022-ao-membership-registration/

Bart Yasso, the Mayor of Running, the retired Runner's World Chief Running Officer and the creator of the "Yasso 800's," was an absolute treasure to have on the Trillium Running Podcast. He joins us this week to chat about the runs he's taken and the paths he's crossed, reflecting on the people and places he loves in the world of running.

Find Bart Yasso online at: https://www.bartyasso.com/

Connect with Bart on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/bartyasso/?hl=en

From racing in the legendary streets of Boston to the frozen and chilly Antarctic, Matt West of DMSE Sports has given runners all over the globe the opportunity to fulfill their running dreams. On this week's episode of the Trillium Running Podcast, we learn from his experiences, his passions and his desire to see the running industry thrive.

Find out more about Matt West and DMSE Sports at: https://www.dmsesports.com/

In Part Two of our discussion with Sabrina Pace-Humphries, co-founder of UK's Black Trail Runners, we learn about the reasons behind the Black Trail Runners movement, the positive impact they are having on the UK trail racing scene, and what we in Ontario can learn about championing diversity and inclusion in our wonderful sport.

Find Sabrina on IG: https://www.instagram.com/sabrunsmiles/?hl=en

Find out more about Black Trail Runners: https://www.instagram.com/blacktrailrunners/?hl=en

Link to her book, Black Sheep: A Story of Rural Racism, Identity and Hope: https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/1529418569/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A3DWYIK6Y9EEQB&psc=1

Get ready for a great one. Sabrina Pace-Humphries is an ultrarunner, a force for diversity and inclusion, author, and co-founder of UK's Black Trail Runners. Listen to her inspiring story of life, recovery and running in some of the world's toughest ultramarathons in part one of our interview on this week's edition of the Trillium Running Podcast.

Find Sabrina on IG: https://www.instagram.com/sabrunsmiles/?hl=en

Find out more about Black Trail Runners: https://www.instagram.com/blacktrailrunners/?hl=en

Link to her book, Black Sheep: A Story of Rural Racism, Identity and Hope: https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/1529418569/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A3DWYIK6Y9EEQB&psc=1

Kevin Coffey is inspiration and perseverence personified. This week on the Trillium Running Podcast, host John Shep speaks with professional coach and runner, survivor of a brutal Traumatic Brain Injury, who became 2022 Male Winner of the Around the Bay 30k.

Find out all about Kevin on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/coffeyrunner/

Rising costs, construction, post-pandemic recovery - all of these are impacting the landscape of local marathons in Ontario. Kerry Gillespie is a sports reporter for the Toronto Star, who wrote an extremely insightful article on this exact topic and she is here on this week's episode of the Trillium Running Podcast to discuss!

Link to the article: https://www.thestar.com/sports/2023/01/14/how-the-landscape-of-local-marathons-is-changing-as-organizers-run-out-of-options.html