Join me as I learn the ins and outs of doing my first Spartan Race from registering for the event to mastering the spear throw, to learning about the Spartan Kids Foundation and that there are many different ways to be a Spartan racer! I'll introduce you to fellow first time racers, a 4 time trifecta athlete, a few elite racers, as well as a couple of special guests. If you've been thinking about doing a spartan race for a while- I hope this episode will help push you over the edge, and get you psyched to sign up.

The big take away from this episode commit to something, and let it pull you forward!

To learn more about the Spartan Kids Foundation click here!

Race for others, Volunteer with Oscar Mike

Commit to Something-Let it Pull you Forward! Find your Spartan Race and Register Here!

Order some Spartan Tea Here

Want to learn More about Spartan Racing, MindSet and Resiliency- check out The Spartan Up Podcast!

Want to learn more about Fitness, Racing, Ancestral Living and Longevity tune into Ben Greenfield's Fitness Podcast

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Episode Guide:

00:00-6:00 Episode and Spartan Intro

06:00-Bobby Bonia Trainer and Avid Spartan Racer

15:30-Miguel and Armani First Time Spartan Racers

20:00- Belinda a four time Trifecta Finisher and Ultra Finisher

24:30- Ryan and Bracken Elite Spartan Racers

30:20- Orla Walsh- Stadium Series First Place Elite Women's Athlete

34:20- Oscar Mike Foundation

38:10- Joe DeSana Introduction

42:40- Joe Desana Interview

53:30- Dr. Johnny Waite- Spartan Up Podcast Host

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To learn more about Christopher's Haven click the link below

Christopher's Haven

To donate something from their Amazon Wishlist click the link below:

Amazon Wish List

If you would like to support my fundraising efforts for Christopher's Haven, here's a link to my Crowdrise Page

Bryan's Fundraising Page

Thank's for coming along with me and 23 other paddlers as we cover 22 miles on stand-up paddle boards from Scusset Beach to Duxbury Beach to raise money for Christopher's Haven. We'll talk about what to expect as a first time paddler, training, why veteran paddlers come back year after year, and what it's like to call Christopher's Haven home for a little while. It's an awesome episode full of positive STOKE!

Here's some links to things we talk about in the episode:

Cape Cod Bay Challenge Face Book Page

Ned's Tasty Brewed Beverages

Banh Pho Paddle and Surf Boards

Yukon 1000 Mile Paddle Race

Elevate Fitness

The Chattajack

Burr Proton Lab at Mass. General Hospital

Thanks For Listening... if you like what you hear and want to support the show, then check out Audible, to get a FREE one-month trial and download a free audiobook. Just enter your information and download your free audiobook today. A bit of money comes back to this show to help me continue to support the work of these non-profits. Thank-you for supporting the show!

Subscribe to the podcast in iTunes , Google Play Music, Stictcher Radio, and I Heart Radio

Please when you have a minute could you leave me a rating and review in iTunes. It helps me keep this thing going and it also helps other people find this show!

Find out more about the Podcast and see what events are coming up at the Team F40 Facebook Page

A huge Thank-You goes to Cheryl B. Engelhardt for the use of her music for my intro and outro. The Track is called “Fresh Start”  and was written and performed by her.

Go get the song and hear more at www.cbemusic.com

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Come on up to Sugarloaf with me for The Sugarloaf Charity Summit, and Its mission is to raise a mountain of money to fight cancer! This year the event benefited three organizations that are working to improve the lives of Mainers fighting cancer, The Dempsey Center, The Maine Cancer Foundation, and The Martha B. Webber Breast Care Center at Franklin Memorial Hospital. 

The Sugarloaf Charity Summit brings together patients, survivors, family and friends that have lost someone close to them to cancer, health care providers, policy makers, and a few Maine made celebrities to raise money to fight cancer.

Connect directly with the Organizations to learn more about the work they are doing or register for upcoming events by clicking the titles below:

The Dempsey Center

The Maine Cancer Foundation

The Martha B. Webber Breast Care Center

Click Here for more Information on the Sugarloaf Charity Summit

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Find out more about the Podcast and see what events are coming up at the Team F40 Facebook Page

Products or events mentioned in this episode:

Sugarloaf Ski Resort

Darlings Honda Pilot

Winterstick Snowboards and West Mountain Skis

Made in Maine with Steve Minich

The Jay Moody Memorial Golf Tournament

Swix Ski Waxing Supplies

Carrabassett Valley Academy

New England Cancer Specialists

Keep the conversation going by leaving a comment. I always love to hearing from folks! 

Episode Index

6:00min Patrick Dempsey Interview at the base of Wiffletree

10:40 Taylor Jordon Sugarloaf Conference Sales Manager

13:14 Steve Minich WMTW and Charity Summit MC

18:00 Jill Gray- Franklin Memorial Hospital

21:40 Abbie- Franklin Memorial Hospital Nurse 

23:40 Memorial Run / Betty Masseur Intro

29:20 Steve and Jim- Ski Patrolers / Jay Moody Memorial

33:20 Jerry Murphy- Swix Ski Tuning Technician

36:30 Slalom with the Stars / Ray Ruby Maine Cancer Foundation

44:50 Doug Stewart Intro

50:40 Meredith and Laura- Maine Cancer Foundation 

58:26 Victoria Foley- New England Cancer Specialists

1:02 Senator Angus King- Honorary Summit Chairman

A huge Thank-You goes to Cheryl B. Engelhardt for the use of her music for my intro and outro. The Track is called “Fresh Start”  and was written and performed by her.

Go get the song and hear more at www.cbemusic.com

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Come with me as I try to shave two minutes off my 5K time at the Thomaston Trek to benefit Trekkers, an organization that builds kids through adventure, travel, and mentorship. I try to chase down a super casual high school freshman, meet students, alumni, staff, and an ambitious 7-year-old lobsterman and am there to offer a helping hand to a fellow runner. Come for a run around Thomaston, grab a stack of pancakes at the slipway restaurant, and have some fun all to benefit Trekkers students and the organization.

Thank-You to all of the Runners and Walkers that showed up to support the Trekkers as well as to Shari, Elias, James, Brandon, Harriot, Bryson, Erin, Lindsay, and Aimee for being awesome podcast guests!

Click Here To Connect with TREKKERS

Looking for an event in September? Check out the Ragged Mountain Scuttle

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A huge Thank-You goes to Cheryl B. Engelhardt for the use of her music for my intro and outro. The Track is called “Fresh Start”  and was written and performed by her.

Go get the song and hear more at www.cbemusic.com

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Join me as I tackle 5 miles on the newly open rail trail in Belfast, Maine. This scenic flat gravel trail follows the passagassawakeag river, crosses wooden bridges and ends at the historic Belfast Railroad Depot. The day started out cold and overcast, but by race time the sun was out in full effect and the temperatures soared in the sunshine of the trail. I meet a family of trail runners, a 1/2 Ironman triathlete completing the last shakedown run before competing in Maryland the following weekend, an ultra-marathoner bound for Leadville, Colorado, a blast from my sea kayak guiding past, and folks from the Coastal Mountains Land Trust. It was a really great day for a run on a great new trail that benefited the Coastal Mountains Land Trust, an organization that preserves and protects some of my most favorite spots here in the Mid-Coast Maine area.

Thank-You to all of the Runners and Walkers that showed up to support the Land trust, and to Emily, Evan, Doug, Glen, Kathy, and Courtney for being willing and exceptional podcast guests!

Click Here To Connect with the Coastal Mountains Land Trust 

For more info on the upcoming Pancake 1mile, 5k, 10K triple stack Run on October 7th check out runbelfast.org 

Looking for a Tri or 5k in September? Check out the Megunticook Race Festival Weekend here Megunticook Race Weekend Registration 

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A huge Thank-You goes to Cheryl B. Engelhardt for the use of her music for my intro and outro. The Track is called “Fresh Start”  and was written and performed by her.

Go get the song and hear more at www.cbemusic.com

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This week I finally was able to sit down with Mark Walter the founder of Sun Multisport events. Mark organizes triathlons of various lengths, a Farm based trail running series and the Race Mania Summit and Expo for endurance athletes and that happens annually in March. 

When Mark isn’t coordinating events he’s putting in miles getting ready for a full Ironman triathlon in the fall.  To learn more about the races and events that we will be discussing in this episode you can go to  www.sunmultisportevents.com

A huge Thank- you to Mark for taking time out of his day in the middle of a very busy racing schedule to talk about what goes into making these events happen. It’s all in the details-Also the clock is ticking to get in on some of these events this summer! So you owe it to yourself to check out Mark’s events. If you see one that catches your eye, register today. Put it on the calendar and start training!

For me, it was the Whaling City Tri at the end of the month. It’s a great distance to ease into the sport of triathlon and seeing how I have an Olympic distance coming up the first week of September, this will give me an idea of what I need to work on over the month of August. 

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Find out more about the Podcast and See what events are coming up at the Team F40 Facebook Page

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A huge Thank-You goes to Cheryl B. Engelhardt for the use of her music for my intro and outro. The Track is called “Fresh Start”  and was written and performed by her.

Go get the song and hear more at www.cbemusic.com

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In this episode we head to the Camden SnowBowl for five nights of ski racing under the lights with my team of mostly first time ski racers. I'll introduce you to my team, and we'll meet the coaches, the competition director, as well as a few of our fellow racers. We'll talk gear, the secret to success on the slopes, and how having a take no prisoners attitude may be easier said than done. Join us for this look into the world of alpine ski racing at a local community mountain. This event benefited the Ragged Mountain Ski Club, that strives to make skiing accessible for youth and their families in Mid-Coast Maine.

Click the links below for more information on the:

Ragged Mountain Ski Club

The Camden Snow Bowl

The Bagel Cafe

Special Thanks FlatBread Company for giving us a great place to recover after racing and stuff ourselves with the best, organic, brick oven pizza in the midcoast and for supporting so many area non-profits through your Tuesday fundraiser nights. Click Here to learn more about Flatbread Company Wood Fired Pizza.

To connect with Rich at The Natural History Center on MDI and learn more about their programs in Maine and around the globe click here- The Natural History Center

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A huge Thank-You goes to Cheryl B. Engelhardt for the use of her music for my intro and outro. The Track is called “Fresh Start”  and was written and performed by her.

Go get the song and hear more at www.cbemusic.com

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Just a quick update on what's been happening between the shows. It's been a while since the last episode so I just wanted to catch you up with what I've been working on and what is in the works for the summer racing / event schedule. It's going to be a very busy four months- and well the fall is going to be busy too- it's all just getting started with the Fit 40 challenge.

I caught up with Theo Berez- the Penobscot Bay YMCA's Wellness director to discuss her role in helping people find lifelong fitness. We discuss designing programs for young skiers to helping a 92 year old rehab after knee surgery, and just about everything in between.  Theo shares her philosophy on training the athlete first, then train for the sport, and finally the position in order to build total body balance and your body awareness in space. She also discussed the the importance of movement IQ and how we can improve it and subsequently our coordination. Learn how to avoid the all to common post New Years gym burnout by avoiding injury, by properly preparing witht a foam roller and changing things up.

Connect with Theo at the Pen Bay YMCA by clicking here

Get your own foam roller here!

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A huge Thank-You goes to Cheryl B. Engelhardt for the use of her music for my intro and outro. The Track is called “Fresh Start”  and was written and performed by her.

Go get the song and hear more at www.cbemusic.com

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This was one of those events that if you like to ski, and you believe kids and their families need to have access to recreational opportunities in the winter then this event needs to be on your calendar for next year!

The Winterkids Downhill 24- That’s 24 consecutive hours of Skiing at Sugarloaf. Now, Sugarloaf doesn’t have any night skiing- so to do this safely winterkids through a very creative partnership with United Rentals and Sugarloaf , light one trail for the event with road crew consruction lights that provide a rare once a year opportunity to be on the mountain at Night, all night if you choose!

Thank-you to everyone that took the time to talk with me during this event.  Tom, Ben, Laura, Meg, Dave, Lucy, Lisa, Heather, Will, Matteo, and Jay. I'm Looking forward to skiing with you all again next year! 

Connect with WinterKids, to learn more about their programs or help push the total raised over $300,000 to combat childhood obesity.

Special Thanks to all of the Event Sponsors that helped make the event possible:

Darling's Auto Group

Sugarloaf Mountain Ski Resort

United Rentals

Acadia Insurance

Family Chiropractic

Java Joes

Wex

Kittery Trading Post

Shipyard Brewing and Brew Haus

Pike Industries

Portland Pie Company

Three Rivers

Hanaford

L.L.Bean

Irving

Media Coverage Provided by:

The super talented, style centric, photographers and writers of the BEST, Maine-based publication EVER to be produced! (a thousand, heartfelt apologies for the smack talking!)

Maine, The Magazine

WMTW Channel 8

AV and Production Support by:

B.A.S.S DJ Entertainment

Down Hill 24 Results are available at ALL Sports Timing!

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A huge Thank-You goes to Cheryl B. Engelhardt for the use of her music for my intro and outro. The Track is called “Fresh Start”  and was written and performed by her.

Go get the song and hear more at www.cbemusic.com

Fit 40 Radio is a proud participant in the Audible Affiliate program.