Hey friends.  This is starting to feel a little self-serving and cheesy.  I will probably not do another episode until I can line up an awesome guest to give some tips on dealing with the issues I have been facing.  I'm gonna try and line up Tonya to discuss aches and pains and weakness identification, Amy for mindset, and hopefully a veteran at 100 mile training for overall experience lessons.

Mount to Coast | For runners who transcend distance.

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Join me for a chat with Race Directors, runners, awesome humans, and ambassadors of the TedX event in Vero Beach with a who's who list of ultrarunning royalty in addition to some other really smart people all discussing "Breaking Barriers: Systems that challenge the status quo."  They give all the info you need to get excited and to rush out and get yo tickets!

TEDxVeroBeach 2025 Tickets, Sun, Nov 2, 2025 at 2:00 PM | Eventbrite

My Journey to Festivus is moving along better now.  More than double the miles, strength training, and work success.  Feeling much better even though I had some low points.  

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Mount to Coast | For runners who transcend distance.

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September is recovery month and who better to chat with about that than Russ Hartzell and Emily Quintanilla.  They are Race Directors and ambassadors for Sombrero Running Events and they (as well as the orgabization founded by Mike Martinez) are shining examples of what long term recovery should look like... love, service, and community.  Enjoy and go support their races!

sombrerorunning.com/events

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Mount to Coast | For runners who transcend distance.

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Join me for a personal journal of the highs and lows of 100 miler training with someone who is 60 years old and not in 100 miler shape.  Who am I kidding, I'm not even in half marathon shape, but I am mentally strong, believe in commitment and hard work, and relentless forward progress, so let's see what happens.  Regular interviews will still be coming.  I was considering doing a video blog of my journey, but let's face it.  I have a face for audio.  Peace and love my friends!

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Brian Passenti is an excellent ultra running and cross country coach, badass ultrarunner, very popular podcaster, and all around nice guy.  I'm lucky to call him a friend and super happy to share his story with you as he is coming off his 10th finish at Leadville.  Enjoy!

@ultracoachbrian

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Mount to Coast | For runners who transcend distance.

Festivus 100/50 Miler Trail Run - December 6, 2025

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Shea Frederick is friend, a young whippersnapper in the Florida ultra running scene and he is making some noise already in his running career.  This year alone, Shea won Just Survive 125 and set the course record and Skunk Ape 100 a few months later, same results.  Dude can go!  He's a humble guy, he's funny, and a natural storyteller.  Enjoy!

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S.O.S. - September 6, 2025

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Festivus 100/50 Miler Trail Run - December 6, 2025

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Trident Immolation is a difficult, summer race down in south Florida.  It's set on the beautiful, soft, white sand dunes at Jupiter Ridge Natural area.  Imagine this, late July, south Florida, 1,000,000 % humidity, real feel 110+, heat coming off the sand, even higher, noon start, 80 miles in 3.33 mile chunks every hour for 24 hours.  The race director, Mikey Bee is a beloved fellow in the Florida Ultra running scene.  His "claim to fame" is coming up with these ridiculously difficult challenges that ultra runners tend to love.  it really tests you physically and mentally.  The community down there is second to none.  5 total badasses join me to recap their experience in a roundtable format.  Luis Cocco, Marc Burget, Cole Bataille, Nick Urena, and Mike Musso.  Really fun chat.  Enjoy!

The Trident - July 26, 2025

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Jenny Hoffman - Current Transcon female FKT holder joins me for a very entertaining chat.  This was a real treat for me because she is a great storyteller.  She's coming off a recent win at Vermont 100 and headed to Alaska for a new adventure and FKT attempt.  Hear about it here first.  It starts in on 8/10 if logistics hold up.  Jenny is also on the USA 24 hour World Championship team headed to France in the Fall.  Enjoy!

@runjennyrunusa

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Addison Hendricks is a funny, confident, and interesting young man.  Coming off a win at Vol State 2025, he's at the top of his game and hasn't really peaked yet.  Still many lessons to learn and races to win.  His enthusiasm for the rapidly growing sport of journey runs is infectious.  Enjoy!

@a.p_runsultras

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