: Episode 769 - Amazing ultra athlete Ken Posner joins Vinnie Tortorich this Friday to talk about Vinnie, Serena, and Ken's Ultra Story. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli Green Grocer KEN POSNER Has a background in Finance and spent some time in the Army When he turned 40, he decided he wanted to ultra run Ken was fascinated by the country side courses because he loves the beautiful outdoors! The google pictures made him want to go run Running was his stress and mental health management technique because Finance is such a hard business Ken was fascinated by how far the human body could take someone When he decided he wanted to ultra run, he already had three marathons under his belt VINNIE AND SERENA When Vinnie and Serena started dating, Vinnie was training for Ultras Race across Oregon, 545 miles Serena had just started running She was a nerd in high school, not a jock Now Serena is an amazing athlete, running 100Ks and the like! ULTRA STORY Ken knew very little about the Ultra world when coming into it He had to train himself to be strong enough both physically and mentally Mental is possibly the harder part Ken wanted to push himself and discover what he could really do At age 50, Ken was astounded to find that he could run 100 miles! Check out his book about running 350 miles and setting a record here! Running the Long Path: A 350-mile Journey of Discovery in New York's Hudson Valley He goes light when doing this crazy long runs Can't run with too much on you - only the bare essentials Lean-to's most nights Ken has run Badwater before 135 miles NOTE: Photography by Laura Casner Photography