Send us a text

Please Join Chris and Dan as they welcome on Yassine Diboun! Yassine is a runner who currently resides in the Pacific Northwest but has ran all over the world. He finished Hardrock in 2023 and is hype about the San Juans. We cover everything from aid station food to equality in sport during this fun and invigorating conversation about this wonderful event.  

Send us a text

Join Chris and Dan as they sit down with Barbara and Scott Olmer! Lots of finishes and love for Hardrock between these two wonderful people. We talk about everything from how do you train for Hardrock with such busy schedules through the quality of bathrooms at the Sherman aid station. 

Send us a text

Please join Chris and Dan as they welcome on the wonderful Stephanie Case for a discussion about her new position on the Hardrock 100 Board of Directors. Stephanie is a United Nations human rights lawyer who also dabbles in some of the hardest ultras in the world. We talk about everything from her experience at the Hardrock 100 all the way to initiatives she is excited about on the Board of Directors. Please welcome, Stephanie Case. 

Send us a text

Please join Chris and Dan as they welcome on Meghan Hicks. While not only is Meghan an incredibly accomplished Ultra Runner and Co-Founder of iRunFar she is also on the Board of Directors for the Hardrock 100 Endurance Run. Please join us as we talk about all things Hardrock with the always wonderful, Meghan Hicks. 

Send us a text

Please join us this week as Chris and Dan welcome on Maggie Guterl and Zach Miller. Maggie, originally from the suburbs of Philadelphia PA area and now transplanted to Durango, CO. Maggie has been the last person standing at Bigs Backyard Ultra, has taken a crack at the venerable Barkley Marathons on multiple occassions and was the winner of the Cocodona 250 in 2021.  Zach, a native of the Lancaster PA who now lives in a self-renovated bus has won the JFK 50, Lake Sonoma 50, The North Face 50, Madeira Island Ultra Trail and most recently was second place at UTMB. Please listen as we talk to them both about the Hardrock Course, their racing careers, their moves across the country and the friends that they have in common. 

Send us a text

Hey everybody! Join Chris and Dan as they sit down with the one and only Tara Dower. Tara is running this years Hardrock and is SO excited as a first timer. Tara currently lives in Virginia Beach but is not stranger to hard mountain courses, she won the Run Rabbit Run 100 this year as well as the Hellbender 100.  We talk about everything from soft sand running to her FKT on the Colorado Trail. 

Send us a text

Hardtalk hosts Dan and Chris (who don't have nicknames) sit down with two absolute legends in Hardrock lore. Please welcome on Karl "Speedgoat" Meltzer who is a 5 time winner of the Hardrock 100 Endurance Run as well as well as countless other hundreds and we also welcome back on the show Jeff "Bronco Billy" Browning to the show. These two are old friends that have a lot of chemistry and tell us about all the great times they have had out on the course. 

Send us a text

Please join us as we talk with the Hardrock founder, Gordon Hardman. Gordon had the crazy idea of putting together a loop in the San Juan mountains before he got the merry group of founders together. Please join Chris and Dan as they talk with Gordon about the founding of Hardrock and what it has turned into today!

Send us a text

oin us as Hardtalk Hosts Chris and Dan bring on the run directors of two of the most iconic races in the United States, Craig Thornley and Dale Garland. Craig is the run director for the iconic Western States Endurance Run  and Dale is the run director of the one and only Hardrock 100 Endurance Run. We sit down with Craig and Dale to discuss the intricacies of conducting the lotteries, the influence both of these events have on the sport, the future of diversity and inclusion in the sport as well as the elite field of their respective runs. 

Send us a text

On this Pre-Lottery Episode please join us as we welcome on Cal, Abby and Craig. All three of them are hoping to get their first chance at the Hardrock 100 course. All three are qualified, have a wide range of tickets and have put in the lottery for the 2024 running. Chris and Dan sit down and talk about what this race means to them, and what they are excited about going into the lottery.