Warning (Explicit) do not listen with your kids. Brian Roccapriore, one of the original Cultra members joins us to share the experience of putting on the latest Traprock 50K and 17K with co-RD's Stacey Clark, Ron Lacandro, and a great group of volunteers.

He is a great person, race director and friend. 

Traprock 2022 Results

Ross Bielak Western CUT112

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Don't listen to Episode 184 with your kids. Butt, if you are a big Stevie Nicks fan, and are looking for an exciting new adventure that could change your life this may give you a new outlook on life. Actually if you have any self respect at all, don't listen because this may scar you for life. We do talk about The Squatch Apple 50 mile win by Jamie Miller, Nipmuck North run, #CUT112, Umstead 100, Badger 100, and the Hoppin Hodges 5K. 

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Oak Miller and Kevin "Law Dawg" Jordan are in fact, not dead to Cultra. They are very much alive and well and we cherish them. I mean, imagine being the kind of person that cares what podcasts people listen to? As far as Umstead is concerned- Fred is like "yeah whatever, I only ran 87.5 miles, so please don't talk to me about it" but dude that is stout AF. At any rate, two members of the Cultra Fam got together and ran Umstead 100 in under 24 hours. Each helped the other to make sure they stayed on track, and the results were rad but the subsequent podcast was even radder. The Fam is alive and well, so consider being like them and throwing a dollar in the Patreon bucket...

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Info on the #CUT112

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Jimmy Mac tells his story of qualifying for Boston with the most non specific training ever. AFB and Evil Becky battle it out for 6 hours on the trails of New York during the 6 Hour Spring on the Trails run put on by our friends at CTW Conquer The World Endurance. 

You should go check them out! 

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Jason Hardrath is once again back with us and I gotta say my dude is one of the best guests we have had on- from getting real and raw while recounting his journey to 100 FKTs to his honest and vulnerable takes on what this sport means to him, we take a deep dive into the soul of one of ultrarunning's best humans. 

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We talk Simon C Edgett, Vertical Madness, Ellie Pell, Jake Koteen, LOTR, Katniss, Law Dawg, Oak Miller, Gelato, Umstead 100 Mile Endurance Run and even a little CUT112. We talk trail running, Road Running, Marathons, and FKT's.

We also get into some books, and authors.

Perhaps Kurt was an ultra runner...

“I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center.” ― Kurt Vonnegut

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We answer many questions like, "what was the first album you ever bought" and "what happens when a sub 60 minute half double half marathoner sets his sights on a 50k" and "where is the best place in New England to view paintings from the Hudson River School". We also mention that Barkleys is going on but it will be over when this drops. But mostly we try to focus, but fail miserably on the upcoming Highlights Train Festival, so at least we provided a link and included it in the episode title with the usual click bait stuff.

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New Britain Art Museum The Poetry of Nature Hudson River School

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Tony Bonanno and Simon C. Edgett (What does the "C" stand for ?) join the full Crew as we relive what has become Cultra's favorite Double Half Marathon. We also consider Ross Bielak's silent humble crushing of this event as he ran solo all night before the rest of us showed up to paddle.  A good time was had by all!

Tune in to the end of the episode for an in depth look at Fred's Cat's ass!

Colchester Half Results 2022

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The whole Crew is together for some new Hampshire-based shenanigans as we sit down with the Queen of The White Mountains, Kristina Folcik. She talks about her company Rockhopper Races and brings in her partner Rem Stone to talk logistics and what it takes to not only race in the Whites but what the scaffolding looks like behind the scenes. In addtion to putting on rerally cool and challenging runs they also give a ton to charity and Kristina may have spread her dead cat's ashes in someone's lunch on top of Mount Chocorua... stay tuned for some epic stories and chcek out Rockhopper's list of races and events: Rockhopper Races

Special Bonus Jackass Material at the end of the episode

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Nils Van Der Poel, olympic gold medalist and ultrarunner kicks off the show for us, ja! Then we take a good look at the TARC Frozen Yeti and Satan's Sidewalk. Then we jackass heavily, Tarzan Brown and Johnny Kelley get some love and then we talk Colchester triple half or double and half half wtf? Yeah it's fun for all and then finally we are regaled with a story that frankly if it does not win a Pulitzer I will burn that building down. I mean the building that gives out the awards. Yep, because we are a groundbreaking original idea podcast that has never ever been done before. #DuckWillShakespeare 

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