In S5Ep6 of the PRP, Adam goes to stoke city with electric long distance runner, heart-first honcho of hype, belief bolstering coaching phenom and the undisputed master of the mid-run monologue Chris Sadler, who has been preparing for the Bayshore Marathon on Saturday May 24th, 2025. Kendra Nylen, certified strength queen, dignified Gilmore Girls scholar and Chris’s proud fiancee joins the show to offer her take on all things banana accoutrements, Spartan spirit and of course, what it takes to keep up with a household full of Sadlers.

The trio wades deep into the rhythm of the long run—where love lingers, legacy builds, fingers freeze and weekend miles turn into moving pictures with dope music & motivation. Chris reflects on his coaching journey and shares insight about how this experience has added unmeasurable depth and direction to his own running story. With a mentoring ethos built on joy, character, and contagious hype, tap in to learn how Sadler’s Saddles are empowering one another as teammates through athlete spotlights, cold weather grind reels and a relentless commitment to showing up for each other with authenticity and pulse you can feel through the pavement.

Things get vulnerable when Sadler ruminates about the return to his marathon roots, the deeply meaningful value of having Kendra by his side, and the full-circle feels of racing Bayshore again with new goals, ALL the homies and fresh perspective. From sharing your stoke to protecting your peace, Chris reminds us that the true measure of a running journey isn’t found in finish lines or stats—it’s in the belief you help spark in others as they chase their own unhinged dreams in the vast world of running. 

Who are the OTQ boys & how is the Life in Stride Podcast dishing out so much heat?! Did Bailey the 17 year old labroador just get a bark-out?! Stewards of stoke?! John Wooden drops in from the ethosphere?? Yooo, where the photographer at? Power train control modules? Expedited bromancing??  Bouje drizzlin? Race cruxes, proposal stories and banana saddles oh my!

This and so much more in this joy-forward, mentor-driven, laugh-heavy episode of the PRP.

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Recorded Tuesday May 20th @ 5:00PM EST