Faster Forward with Troy Busot

008 - Brian Hoover

Bonafide Van-lifer, Pacific Crest Trail hiker,  Mississippi River paddler, and - if his past performance is any indication of future success - soon to be Baja Trail Mountain Biker. On the podcast today, we swap river stories with Brian Hoover and relive moments of his 111 day journey kayaking the Mighty Mississippi. He tells us how he structured his ChronoTrack timing business around his ongoing, 3 year old journey into adventure living, escaping perceived death in a bayou sugarcane field, and how a boisterous boy from Oklahoma can own a life of purpose, adventure, and happiness.

007 - Anthony Famiglietti

When logic and reasoning fails, begging and pleading gives way to an act of defiance against coach's wishes that placed a live-wire runner into his very first Steeplechase, kickstarting a career highlighted by 2 Olympic games. 

On the podcast today, we take a long, slow run through the mind of Anthony "Fam" Famiglietti. Olympic steeplechaser, founder of Reckless Running, and sub-4-minute treadmill miler. 

Excuse the audio at times. We caught up with Anthony in his car with a rainstorm overhead, but its well-worth the listen. 

Some of you may know Anthony from a video that we posted back on December 5 of last year where armed only with a pair of sketchers and a Zwift powered treadmill Anthony broke four minutes for the mile.

Sub 4 Treadmill Run

Bailey Rose - thank god for no squirrels!

006 - Nick Symmonds

Naivety and a hunger for respect drives a brash, stocky runner from Boise, Idaho with a Hollywood smile to 7 NCAA titles in the 800 and 1500 meters, and back-to-back Olympic games in Beijing and London. 

On the podcast today, we are joined by Nick Symmonds - Olympian, Social Media supernova, and entrepreneur. Nick walks us through some of his racing memories, his thoughts on the suppression of athlete rights and the need to pay amateur athletes, and his journey with Run Gum - a company that he started with his coach, Sam Lapray - on how they've navigated the business through the treacherous waters of COVID. 

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They say that the best camera is the one that's already in your hand. And when you're running as fast as @BoulderRunner, Todd Straka, you use every advantage to stay in the moment - and beauty of Colorado's Front Range - as you capture it all through your cell phone's lens.

Join Todd and I as we kick around confluence Park in downtown Denver to talk about the upcoming Athlinks Podcast (now Faster Foward) launch, the Bolder Boulder - which Todd now calls home - and how he has managed some ridiculous times after 50.

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Ep 004 - Ted Kennedy 

What happens when a Canadian executive, next in line for the top spot in a multi-billion dollar consumer packaged goods company ditches his suit and tie and takes a leap of faith to help build one of the most iconic race brands in all of endurance sports - Ironman North America. On today's podcast, I spoke with Ted Kennedy about his role in the early days of Ironman, the creation of CEO Challenges and, now, AchieveRacing - through which he has brought hundreds of executives together to cross epic finish lines around the world. 

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Ep 003 - Mike Milici

Mike Milici is the President of ChronoTrack - one of the top race timing hardware and software companies in the world. We talk about ChronoTrack's place in the market and the affects of COVID as well as Mike's experience in 2018 at the Leadville 100 MTB Stage Race.

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Ep 002 - Frankie Ruiz

How much of a difference can one person make on one of America's largest, most diverse, and least healthy cities? Fueled by a passion for running, love for his home town of Miami, Florida, and a noticable void in the U.S. Marathon market, Frankie Ruiz co-founded the Miami Marathon in 2003 leveraging family and friends, his emerging political connections, and his mantra of "Don't stop".

Join me as I talk with Frankie on the recent decision to take the 2021 edition of Miami Marathon virtual, leading one of the largest weekly run clubs in the country, and Frankie's life as a professional bandit-catcher and local High School cross-country coach. 

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Sam Hustler runs a 13.1 mile run on his balcony

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Introducing the Athlinks Podcast, hosted by founder & President Troy Busot. 

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The goal of Athlinks has always been to make racing and event participation more accessible to everyone, regardless of  background - athletic or otherwise. "More people, racing more often, having more fun in the process" is our stated mission and we've put our efforts into collecting over 340 Million race results from nearly 1.5 million races over the years, so that athletes could have "all of their results in one place". We've wanted to do our small part to make it easier for more people to call themselves endurance athletes.

Each show will be a 60 to 90 minute interview with some of the millions of athletes who cross a finish line around the world every year - telling the stories behind the steps, the pedals, and the swim strokes. The blood sweat and tears, the successes and failures of finishing.

From time to time, we will dive into the deep science like VO2 Max and Lactate thresholds and every once in a while we will talk to the world's most elite-level professional endurance athletes, but for the most part, we're going to be talking with everyday age groupers like you and me - people balancing work and life while training and racing. We're also going to be talking with event organizers and other folks who make the products and services that we, as endurance athletes, love and rely on to accomplish our goals.