Dena Lewis is an avid endurance athlete despite not lacing up her running shoes until later in life.

**This episode does talk about assault and may be triggering for some.**

During this episode, sponsored by Barilla Protein + Pasta and Athlete Bouquets, we talk about:

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Michael Douglass has been running for decades. After listening to David Goggins on a podcast, he decided to take his running to an entirely different level and sign up for a 100 mile race.

During this episode, sponsored by Barilla Protein+ Pasta and Athlete Bouquets, we talk about:

- The temptation to address him as "Your Honor" throughout our conversation

- His two-decade journey as a recreational runner, primarily focused on personal fitness rather than races

- The unique lunchtime running community he's formed with fellow legal professionals

- Breaking ground as his immediate family's first college graduate and attorney

- Discovering and building relationships with his biological father's relatives later in life

- Taking on the Philadelphia Marathon in 2024 as his first (and only) 26.2

- Finding inspiration in David Goggins' philosophy, which propelled him to register for a 100-miler

- The dedicated support system that rallied around him

- His determination to push through mile 86, declining medical treatment

- What it felt like to cross the finish line

- A glimpse into his musical past, including opening a show for the Foo Fighters

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Joe Hardin is an ultra-marathoner, writer for RunTriBike, fellow podcast host (Beyond the Finish Line) and lives in Indiana.

During this episode, sponsored by Athlete Bouquets, we talk about:

His sobriety birthday and how his family celebrates it more than his actual birthday 

The impact the pandemic had on him as he was newly sober

His upbringing that was divided between his military father and single mom 

When he tried to join the military and follow in his dad’s footsteps but he couldn’t because he has asthma 

His short stint in college after high school and finding a job in trade 

Cassie, the mother of his kids and woman he’s married twice 

The night he put down his last drink 

How he got into woodworking and started his business, HT Hardwood Designs

His weight-loss journey that started the day after his first sobriety birthday 

The first race he ever did at 38 years old, a Thanksgiving 5K, the Gravy Chase

Finding his way to the Prairie on Fire backyard ultra and running his first ultra marathon (link to the John Kuhn film)

The weirdest thing he’s eaten during an ultra marathon

His IT100 miler DNF (did not finish) and PSA to wear bug spray to help avoid getting Lyme disease  

Hallucinating during an ultra and what he thought he saw (it’s so random)

RunTriBike and Joe’s friendship with the founders, Aum Gandhi (EP12) and Jason Bahamundi

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Betsy Mikel and I have known each other for over a decade because of our shared running hobby. But she is way cooler than I am. During this episode, sponsored by Athlete Bouquets, we talk about:

How we met through a mutual running friend (Kim Bowers) that I met through a running friend (Celina Bourgeois)

Her marathon PR at the Philadelphia Marathon and the fact that I was somehow her good luck charm  

The 2024 Chicago Marathon, her 10th marathon and her first postpartum marathon, and the other Chicago marathons she’s run

How her son, Otto, was born on Chicago Marathon weekend, making it an even more special weekend for her

Her experience working with a sports nutritionist, Lydia Nader

Three Run Two, her Chicago running group 

How interesting of a relationship it is to be running buddies with someone

How she got into running marathons in the first place (her first when she was 18)

Fueling for races and using Gatorade patches to measure sweat rate 

Other race stories - St. Louis, Big Cottonwood, Philadelphia, Twin Cities 

How she has no aspirations to run the New York City Marathon 

How she knew she was going to be writer since she was a little girl 

The fact that she grew up in a historic house built by the same architect who designed Chicago’s first skyscraper

The memoir she’s writing and how similar it feels to running a marathon

Her world travels before and after having her son, Otto

How she loves her Asics 

Podcast episode Betsey mentioned - You're Wrong About with Rosie Ruiz

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Kallie Bonnell has been a friend of mine for a long time. We got closer during a Ragnar Relay adventure in September 2024. Read my recap here.

During this episode, sponsored by Athlete Bouquets, we talk about:

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Matt Ebersole is a staple in the Indianapolis running community and beyond. Thus why I introduce him as THE Matt Ebersole.

During this episode, sponsored by Athlete Bouquets, we talk about:

- How PBT (Personal Best Training) got the color of their singlets

- The fact that he’s from Northern Indiana (Fort Wayne) and wanted to play football but ended up running instead

- His first race, a local 15K on September 1, 1980

- When he was in cross country and the worst on the team

- How his career started with Finish Line in Atlanta

- Meeting Coach Roy Benson in Atlanta and how that changed the trajectory of his life

- Taking the leap and taking PBT full time

- His own PRs (all in the rain) and his high sweat rate

- Dropping out of a race - how he refers to it as a “disease”

- The team dynamic of PBT

- What he does when an athlete is heartbroken at the end of a race

- His thoughts on athletes chasing a Boston Marathon qualifying time

- Celebrating success and firing athletes

- Diversity in the sport of running and coaching Robert Jackson

- The elite athlete recruitment he does for Beyond Monumental (CNO Indianapolis Monumental Marathon)

- His interview with Olympic Champion, Cole Hocker, at the Monumental expo

- Becoming a grandpa for the first time!

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Mike Cole has been in the pizza business for 30+ years, so when he was going to go after a world record, running a sub-marathon with a 14" pizza made sense.

During this episode we talk about:

December - Rocket City, AL

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Amy Shinneman was born with Muscular Dystrophy but wasn't diagnosed until the age of 44. During this episode, we talk about:

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Stephanie Woods is a walking (er, running) example of resilience. She's been through a lot in her life and just keeps moving forward. We met through her husband, Timmy Howard, who was episode 54 of this podcast (listen here).

During this episode, sponsored by Fringe Heals, we talk about:

- Her Tecumseh 50K win “I got up. I ran. I won.”

- How her and her husband, Timmy got married at Tecumseh

- That she went straight from a half marathon to an ultra marathon (50K)

- Normatec compression boots

- How she wasn’t in sports growing up but grew up playing the piano and flute

- How her late dog, Pongo, was the reason she got into running after college to help him lose weight

- Her educational background in music education and classroom education

- The DOGS!! Savo, Atalanta, Leander aka The Herd

- Meeting Timmy through the November Project and Steph’s side of his story

- What it’s like having your husband be a race photographer

- Her dad’s stomach cancer battle

- Getting hit by a car while running and waking up under a dump truck

- Timmy’s Ironman in Lake Placid and the Athletic documentary, Inches to Miles

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Gabby Behr is the President of the Carmel Runners Club (that I accidentally call the Carmel Running Club during this episode, please forgive me, CRC).

During this episode, sponsored by Athlete Bouquets, we talk about:

Medal Wall We Talked About

Pegboard for said medal wall ^^

Hooks for medals to hang on wall ^^

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