Orange Mud Adventure Channel

If you listened to some of our other podcast you'll know I'm doing the Leadman series of events this year. So aside of what we hope to provide for our listener interest, I have my own personal agenda that is really digging all the info I'm learning about tackling this 5 part event. It's been extra exciting to have the founders of the Leadville Race Series, nutritionist, sports psychologist, coaches, and today my buddy Don Reichelt, a recent Leadman finisher and endurance coach on the podcast. In this episode we're going to dig into the sport of endurance for those that are looking to get into it or step up their distance a bit. Don has been racing ultras for a couple years now, but tackled Leadman without even being a mountain biker until about 6 months before it, yet still rocked it with style. That sounds crazy, but I'm sure many of you have had a similar entry of diving in head first, then figuring it out in route.

Links

• http://www.runwithdon.com/
• Leadville Race Series

Accomplishments

• Leadman Finisher-2015
• Tunnel Hill 100 – 4th place overall, 2016
• Antelope Canyon 50 Miler – 3rd overall, 2017

Today we're going to dive into the sport and race directing of mountain biking with the legend Todd Sadow of Epic Rides. Todd has been putting on races for 19 years with some of the most high quality events in the country. 24 hours in the Pueblo is like a Woodstock in the desert, the Whiskey 50 is a torture fest followed by an amazingly supporting party town afterwards, and the Tour of the White Mountains will introduce you to some of the most amazing and barely ridden singletrack in Arizona while putting a royal hurting on you. Two new events are the Grand Junction Off Road, and the Carson City Off Road event. Listen in to learn more about his amazing events and the sport of mountain biking.

Links

• Epic Rides

Today we are going to dig into Primal Quest, one of the most prestigious adventure races in the world, and how Maria Burton and her team are working to bring it back to the mainstream. She gives us the breakdown on the course design, challenges, teamwork, and insight into one of the most amazing races in the world.

Links

• Primal Quest Main Site
• Primal Quest on Youtube
• Primal Quest on Twitter
• Primal Quest on Facebook
• Primal Quest on Instagram

Accomplishments

• Primal Quest CEO, Managing Partner, 2013 to Present
• Primal Quest Co-Founder, 2000 to 2005
• Vancouver Olympics Supervisor, 2010
• Team Subaru Member, 2000 to 2005
• Completed key adventure races such as Southern Traverse, Gold Rush, Keplar Challenge, Way to Cool, Quad Dipsea

Today on the show we have someone who I believe is the most well rounded athlete, business person, charity driven, and motivational person on the planet and her name is Robyn Benincasa out of Southern California. I first met Robyn about 10 years ago when I was racing with her brother Jack London in a ton of adventure races. Robyn is the crazy sister that we idolized as she was always a long ways ahead of us in any event that we were in together. She became a world champion adventure racer on team Nike, Merrel, and Earthlink, and has taken top finishes in the Eco Challenge, Primal Quest, and other top adventure races across the globe. In addition she holds world records for endurance paddling via stand up paddle board and kayaking, is a 10x Ironman finisher, twice on the podium, Judo National Champion, award winning motivational speaker, firefighter, and founder of Project Athena.

Social Links

• http://robynbenincasa.com/
• http://projectathena.org/

Accomplishments

• Project Athena founder.
• World champion adventure racer.
• 3x Guinness World Record kayaker.
• 2 podium Ironman finishes.
• Judo National Champion.
• Motivational Speaker.
• San Diego Fire Fighter.

Welcome to another episode on the Orange Mud Endurance Channel! Paul Jesse, Sales Manager at Orange Mud, and myself, Josh Sprague, Founder and CEO of Orange Mud, will be here your host today. We're super excited to have founders, Ken Chlouber and Merilee Maupin of the Leadville Race Series.

For those that don't know, the Leadville Race Series consists of a 100 mile endurance run, 100 mile endurance ride, 10k trail run, heavy half marathon, trail marathon, 50 mile trail run, and a 50 mile bike. The Leadville Trail 100 Run is what started it all, and is an ultramarathon held annually that traverses the trails and dirt roads near Leadville, Colorado. Founded in 1983, runners this ultra climb and descend almost 16k feet in elevations ranging from 9,200 to 12,620 feet. Generally the completion rate is less than 50% within the 30 hour time limit. Needless to say, it's a tough event.

Social Links

• Leadville Race Series
• Leadville Trail 100 Legacy Foundations

We are very excited to have our first nutritionist guest, Angie Asche on the podcast. She is the founder of Eleat Sports Nutrition, has a masters of science degree in nutrition and physical performance, is a registered dietician specializing in sports nutrition, and a clinical exercise physiologist through the American College of Sports Medicine. So basically she knows what she's talking about when it comes to nutrition! In this episode we cover daily nutrition, pre/during/post race nutrition, Taco Bell versus McDonalds and booze. All in relation to endurance training and racing. We could have talked with Angie all day, so check it out!

Accomplishments

• Founder of Eleat Sports Nutrition
• Master of Science Degree in Nutrition and Physical Performance
• Registered Dietician Specializing in Sports Nutrition
• Clinical exercise Physiologist through the American College of Sports Medicine

Links

• http://www.eleatnutrition.com/
• Instagram: @eleatnutrition
• Twitter: @eleatnutrition
• Facebook page: Eleat Sports Nutrition, LLC

We are very excited to have the rock star from Texas, a guy that puts on a ton of trail run events, has his own apparel company, and has an amazing back story that led him on this journey, Rob Goyen, the race director of Trail Racing Over Texas. He has an amazing back story of weight loss and addiction that was transformed into endurance rowing, running, and the creation of one of the strongest trail and ultra running race series in the country.

Link below, but also syndicated on iTunes, Google Play, Libsyn, Stitcher, and Tunein.

Accomplishments

• Founder of the Trail Racing Over Texas series
• NoFinePrint Clothing Co
• Movie producer of the newest Texas Trail Blazer Movie
• Bad ass of all things.
• Wearer of wild suits.
• Houston Trail Runners Founder

Links

• http://www.trailracingovertexas.com/
• http://nofineprint.cc/
• https://www.texastrailblazermovie.com/

Nickademus Hollon started racing in High School. Not just 5k's or track like most of us, he ran 100 miles once in high school too! We dug into training tips, lifting in support of running and activating muscles, Barkley, Badwater, Tor des Geants, Fat Dog, and some other amazing races that he's tackled or will be tackling soon like the Double Brutal.

Accomplishments

• Ran first 100 miles on a track while in high school to raise money for a friend battling Leukemia
• Youngest finisher of Badwater 135
• Youngest and one of 14 people to finish the Barkley Marathons
• First American on the podium at Tor des Geants (205 mile race with over 78,000ft of gain in the Italian Alps)
• Course Record Holder at Fat Dog 120

Many people know of Craig from being the race director of the Western States 100. But many don't know that he is also the co founder of the Waldo 100k, an accomplished rock climber, has an insane one mile speed record, and is running in the WS100 this year as well as racing in it. We had a lot of fun picking his brain about the event history, growth, challenges and more, plus had some fun learning who Mr. Lord Balls is and where in the world that name came from. You might even learn something about bloody nipples in this one.

Accomplishments

• WS100 Race Director
• He has a best time of WS100 best time, 18:25
• Stud rock climber, including the Nose of El Capitan
• Waldo 100k Co Founder and Race Director
• You ran a 4:33 mile back in, well, we'll just say in high school. That's fast!
• Anything else you want us to list?

Links

• Western States 100
• Twitter
• Conduct the Juices Blog

Scott Mills has been ultrarunning for almost 40 years. His experience and passion for the sport exemplifies how to endure for the long haul, not just in a race, but over the years as well. Listen in to learn more about his journey through Western States 100 finishes, Hard Rock finishes, race directing, riding in an evac basket under a helicopter and more.

Learn more about the San Diego 100.