This week Clint and Dawson sit down with Chris and Sara who are a husband and wife traveling duo who share their adventures through YouTube, podcasting, blogging and Instagram helping others pursue a life outside of the normal 9-5 hustle. Currently they are preparing their 1988 Toyota LandCruiser to ship to Argentina to begin overlanding in South America. We talk about travel tips, share adventures and learn about their new upcoming adventure.

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This week Clint and Dawson sit down with Meg Landymore. Meg is an ultrarunner, wife, mom of two, military veteran, small business owner, physician assistant and ultrarunning coach. She has been a runner for twenty years and has been running ultra marathons for eleven of them. Meg has set course records and podiumed at a number of races of distances ranging from 50K up to a FKT of the 144 mile Double S.C.A.R. and recently on the Appalachian High Route ~345 miles. Finally, she has run the 2,194.1 miles of the Northbound Appalachian Trail in long weekend sections. We tracked her down to talk about her recent FKT on the Appalachian High Route.

Meg has a special interest in mobility, functionality and anti-aging/ longevity. Meg believes that the human body was made to move, and that through exploration and adaptation, we can all learn to move well.

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This week Clint and Dawson sit down with Laura Killingbeck. Since age 18, Laura has traveled tens of thousands of miles by bike, foot, thumb, and boat; listening to peoples’ stories, moving through landscapes, and seeking to understand patterns of human nature.

In between journeys, she lived and worked for 13 years in experimental communities in the U.S. and Central America. For most of that time she lived in tiny houses, usually off-grid or low-grid, without WiFi or running water.

She now works as a writer and visual storyteller. She often writes while hiking or biking long distances around the world. We zoom in on her recent 5,000 plus mile journey riding to the start of the tour divide in NM and riding north up into Canada. But this conversation is about life, tips on the bike, funny stories and Laura who is an amazing person and wonderful soul.

Laura is the creator of Laura’s Stories https://www.laurasstories.live , a unique, thoughtful newsletter to spark your spirit of adventure. You can also follow her adventures on Instagram or Facebook @laurakillingbeck.

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This week Clint and Dawson sit down with Katie Thornton. Katie is an avid angler and fly fishing guide based in Chattanooga, Tennessee. As a former Fishing Manager for Orvis, she began On the Fly Outings to share the art of fly fishing through excursions and guided instruction. There is nothing she has found more enriching than sharing the soulful art of fly fishing. She began fly fishing as a kid with her dad in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. It was something special they could share and make memories on the water. There is nothing like the joy that bubbles up with a fish out in the middle of a beautiful trout stream. Katie returned home for years learning the waters of Tennessee from the smaller enchanting mountain streams to tailwaters like the South Holston, the Hiwassee, and the Clinch river. Katie's favorite fish is the native mountain brook trout that resides in the high elevation blue line streams. It’s usually a good hike to get to their waters far removed from people and roads. Katie states, "we live in a very busy world, and for me, fly fishing settles me back into my own being and reconnects me with the beauty around me. I come alive on the water. It’s everything out there— wading the currents, casting into rhythms, focusing all your energy watching that fly drift the water, and the excitement that comes with the bite of a trout and the tightening of a line. My goal is to share this joy through my trips and lessons".

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This week Clint and Dawson have Tara Dower back on the podcast. Tara's list of FKT's and ultra runs podiums is becoming very long. Some of Tara's 2023 results; Run Rabbit Run, 100 mile hares 1st female; Hellbender 100 1st female; Ohio's Backyard Ultra overall 6th; Devil Dog 100 Ultra Dec 2022 1st overall. We talked with her about her July 2023 fkt on the Colorado Trail. Her supported results were 8d 21h 59m. Her journey is amazing and started with a partner Liz Derstine but shifted after 3 days to a solo attempt. This was a huge effort that required switching gears by Tara with Liz taking on a new role of support and rallying a few local runners to help crew and pace. You can follow Tara on instagram @ tata.dower.

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This week Clint and Dawson sit down with Mary Cates. From track and field and cross country trails to 100 mile mountain races with a little television producing career sandwiched in between, Mary Cates has been a part of the running community most of her life.

Most recently, she won the Yeti 100 Endurance run as first female and second place overall with a time of 17 hours.

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Clint and Dawson this week sit down with Heather Kelly. Heather was born and raised in Alaska, where she still calls home today.A two-time NCAA National Champion in women’s rowing and voted CRCA/Pocock All-American her senior year, she still considers herself an athlete and loves everything from CrossFit to weight training to long walks in the woods.While studying at Western Washington University she earned a degree in Evolutionary Nutrition and went on to study at the Institute for the Psychology of Eating to become a certified eating psychology coach. Heather believes we all have a relationship with food, and that it’s important to cultivate a healthy, satisfying relationship with our diet for long-term health. She is the founder and CEO of Heather’s Choice® which produces healthy, lightweight, packable meals and snacks for adventurers worldwide. Every product is handmade in their dedicated gluten-free kitchen in Anchorage, Alaska. The Heather’s Choice mission is to put good food in everyone’s pack, no matter where their adventures may take them. One fun fact about Heather is she has rafted the Grand Canyon six times since 2011 and won't say no to a river trip.

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Clint and Dawson sit down with Shannon Keizer. Shannon had planned to hike the AT in 2020 with her daughter then Covid and her father in law passed away from cancer that May so the trip was put on hold. Shannon decided the best year to hike the trail was this year 2023 and even though her daughter could not join her she left in mid March and hiked the trail in under 170 days. Shannon lives just outside the Smoky Mountains National Park and whenever possible you can find her hiking in her "homewoods". Shannon has been happily married for 29 years, has three adult children and two grandsons. Shannon shares her AT story with us and also how her husband and family supported her on her AT journey. Shannon is an avid hiker who has hiked several long distance trails such as the John Muir and Benton MacKaye trails.

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This week Clint and Dawson sit down with Lea Mulligan. Lea' s trail running results read like a highly successful 40 year old runner except she is 25 years old. Lea was born and raised in Chattanooga and has enjoyed exploring the woods since she was a little kid. She ran cross country since she was 8 years old and got introduced to the Ultra-Running world when she was in high school. Since she was young, Lea was inspired by her mom's running career and loved sweeping events with her as a teenager. Lea completed her first 50K, Run Amok, her senior year in highschool, and she has been hooked on trail running since then. After running cross country at Maryville College and exploring the Smokies for 4 years, She decided she wanted to be more competitive with trail running. Lea signed up for Pinhoti 100 in 2021 and loved every piece of the 100 distance ranging from the snacks to the wonderful community. Working as an elementary school teacher has allowed her to explore trails all over the US in the summertime, and she spent this last summer living out of a minivan in Colorado training for CCC 100K in France. Lea says; "it was an absolute dream getting to explore the alps before and during CCC, and I am even more excited to keep chasing my running dreams with my friends."

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