Yes, you read that right: that's over 2,555 days!  For many of us, skipping a run is easy to do, but what happens when you have decided to run every day? And what happens when life throws you the worst possible curveball a parent can get? Enjoy our wide-ranging conversation with Tracy Johnson, President and CEO of Commercial Association of Realtors of Wisconsin, philanthropist, radio-show host and mother of two. Also, the boys catch up on their running and discuss some exciting news in the lives of some or our past guests. https://www.creamcitypacers.com/tracy-johnson

Sean Gavigan, the owner of PrimeTime Timing, one of the largest track and field timing companies in the US, joins us to talk about running a race events company during a pandemic. Sean and his team do events from the WIAA Championships to the Drake Relays, SEC Championships and more. We dig into how PrimeTime Timing is changing the way live sports are consumed and what the future of race events may look like. 

Matt Thull, Owner of Thunderdome Running, joins us to talk about living and breathing running as a coach over the past 10 years. After providing us a 16 week training program for the 2020 Lakefront Marathon, we dive deep into his training programs, how different levels of runners handle failure, what you can do to take your running to the next level, and much more.

Ben Schneider, Director of Sales Training & Development and leader of the Diversity and Inclusion Team at Badger Liquor, joins us to talk about a topic that everyone can relate to, mental health. While taking care of yourself is one of the most important things, it’s also one of the easiest to ignore. Ben shares his own mental health journey and gives us his three keys to living a healthy life.

Patrick Bieser, recurring guest of the pod and leader of the Milwaukee Running Group (OMG), joins us to celebrate marathon weekend. We go down memory lane to talk about our past marathons and catch up on other current events like the Fall 50 and OMG reopening their Saturday runs. Also, Patrick shares some much needed advice to Alex as he heads into marathon weekend.

Thunderdome Running Update: Apostoli introduces our running segment one last time, as our training with Matt at Thunderdome running comes to an end.

Apostoli and Alex take over this week's episode to talk about how social media is overtaking their lives! The boys recently watched The Social Dilemma on Netflix and talk about their takeaways and what they are doing to take back their free time. 

Thunderdome Running Update: Alex is coming off a monster weekend with a 20-mile day as he heads into two weeks of tapering before the virtual Lakefront Marathon.

Go pour yourself a cup of coffee and tune into our interview with Matt McClutchy, the owner of Anodyne Coffee Roasters and 4th place finisher at the Cream City Pacers and FEAR MKE #MKERun4Justice. Matt shares with us how he started Anodyne and where it has grown to today, which includes pizza. We also geek out about coffee and learn why running has always been an important part of Matt's life.

Thunderdome Running Update: Alex is officially back to running after crushing an 18 mile run over the weekend. Apostoli tells us how, after our interview with Jill Karofsky, he was inspired to (finally) run his #MKERun4Justice race and what he ended up finding in downtown Milwaukee. 

It was an honor (no pun intended) to host Jill Karofsky, Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice, to talk about #AlwaysRunning during her campaign, what it was like winning the seat, being sworn into office during her first 100 mile race, and finding time for everything. 

Thunderdome Running Update: Apostoli announces he is a 5k guy and Alex details how Christina ran a marathon while they were on vacation at Cuyahoga Valley National Park. Was she inspired by Greg Borowski's marathon story from last week's episode? Did you run an impromptu marathon too after listening to the show? Send us your story!

And as always, we begin our episode with our intro song being remixed with inspiration taken from our guest’s favorite Pump-Up Song. Can you recognize it before hearing the answer by Jill? Listen to the end to find out what it is along with all her other answers to our Rapid-Fire Questions.