Like a Bigfoot

"That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a little run." - Forrest Gump

I'm extremely excited to welcome Rob Pope, the real life Forrest Gump, to this week's show!

Over the last few years, Rob has taken on the EPIC challenge of recreating Forrest Gump's famous run. Over 15,000 miles across the United States 5 times, he tested the limits of his own endurance and experienced the U.S. to the absolute fullest. Over his year and a half adventure he experienced highs and lows, received major support from strangers along the way, and ran through some of the most iconic places in the country. The human connections he made, along with the places he explored were life changing. Completing the challenge was absolutely unprecedented.

Today's episode is all about this INCREDIBLE ADVENTURE.

Rob shares how one of his last conversations with his mother about "Doing one thing that makes a difference in this world" inspired this challenge. He also chats about the adventures he had along the way, along with the obstacles he had to overcome (including a torn quadricep..yikes!). We also talk a lot about one of my favorite subjects....Tom Hanks!

Please check out Rob's website. He would love your help supporting two excellent charities- Peace Direct and World Wildlife Fund.

Enjoy!!

MORE FROM ROB POPE:

Website: http://www.goingthedistancerun.com/

Support WWF and Peace Direct: https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fundraiser-display/showROFundraiserPage?userUrl=goingthedistancerun&pageUrl=2

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/run.robla.run/?hl=en

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/runroblarun/

BBC Article: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-43517715

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BIGFOOT REPLAY!!!

This week’s guest is the incredible ocean rower Lia Ditton!

Lia is a sailor, rower, adventurer with a lifelong passion for ocean travel. In this week’s episode we chat all about what it was like to spend 87 days alone on a record setting row across the Pacific Ocean from San Francisco to Hawaii.

Lia dives into her mindset, what it was like to spend so much time with herself, how she battled self doubt, fear, and anxiousness as she explored the lowest of lows and the highest of highs! Such a unique and epic adventure has given her amazing insights on life, adventure, and the world at large.

I truly hope you enjoy this episode!! I’m excited to share Lia’s journey with the world. If you are interested in seeing more of this quest, be sure to check out her short film “87 Days: Alone Rowing the Pacific” on Vimeo!!

MORE FROM LIA DITTON:

87 DAYS film: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/87daysalone

Website: https://rowliarow.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rowliarow/

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Clips from Episode 189 and 372 with my friend and wisest man I know Paul Scheuring!!

This week we are celebrating EPISODE 400 with my good friend Phil Pinti!!!!

Topics covered: Wrapping up season 2 and plans for season 3, future projects, Phil's prep for Gila Monster 300, Life of Phil post "A Long Way From Nowhere", Route 66 Ultras, and much more!!

Thank you so much for supporting the show over the last 400 episodes! This whole project has truly been life changing for me!!

Leave a review for the pod!! It'll inspire me over the next few months as I prepare for Season 3!

This week we are chatting with one of the hosts of the EXCELLENT "Bush and Banter" Podcast, Jennifer Mabus!!

Jen was a guest on this show a few years when she backpacked the entire Pacific Crest Trail, an adventure of a lifetime.

Now she's started a family and dives deep every week on her podcast with a wide variety of adventure guests. It truly is one of my favorite adventure podcasts of all time!

Hope you love this episode as much as I enjoyed recording it! Jen rocks!

MORE FROM JEN:

Bush and Banter Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bush-banter/id1639961984

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bushandbanter/

Jen's PCT Journey: https://www.youtube.com/@JenniferMabus

This week we are joined once again with the best leadership coach in the country John Petersen!!!

In this episode John talks about Trust, teaches us what to do after you've identified your core values, shares some tales from adventure - biking from Cali to Chicago, bring back and rowing across the Monterey Bay, and rowing to Antarctica!

This is a fantastic episode that I am going to listen to multiple times for all of the wisdom!!

MORE FROM JOHN PETERSEN:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnrpetersen

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/john.r.petersen/

Website: https://www.thresholdrising.com/

#397: Adam Casey 5 -- Adventure Life and the Connections We Make Along the Way by Chris Ward

#396: Nic Chiri 3 -- The Highest of Highs and Lowest of Lows at Booneville Backroads 100 by Chris Ward

This week we are celebrating our 8th year of the podcast by taking a walk down memory lane with my lovely wife Lindsey Ward!!

In this episode, Lindsey blatantly rips off Brett Goldstein (Roy Kent from Ted Lasso) and his podcast "Films to Be Buried With!" by stealing his format to ask me about some of my favorite adventures.

We talk adventures and I also give a recommendation for a past Like a Bigfoot Podcast for each category!

Hope you all enjoy!!!! This one was tons of fun to record!!

Categories covered:

FIrst Race/Adventure

Which one scared you the most?

Which one made you cry the most?

Most underrated race/adventure

Sickest you felt

Sexiest? (hahahaha)

Laughed the Hardest

Biggest Failure

Re-Adventurable (best to repeat)

Most Awesome

Which race/adventure Means the most to you?

Which race/adventure was Objectively the best?

#394: Cody Taylor 3 -- The Bruce Trail Unsupported FKT, 900Kms Through Ontario by Chris Ward