Relentless Forward Progress with Mike Ubaldini

This may have been the first time we recorded a session on a Friday night. May be wrong but it was a fun show and maybe you’ll get a nugget or two out of it. We talked about some insecurities and areas we should all be working on and be aware of, compassion, kindness, and perspective. We discussed “the dash,” and it has nothing to do with running, more who we are becoming. We spent some good time on a favorite book and documentary of ours.

The book is Cross Country: A 3,700 Mile Run to Explore Unseen America!

The YouTube Documentary: Transamericana with Ricky Gates running 3700 miles across America!

If you need some perspective, a runner not, maybe something to read and/or watch?

Of course, we talked about weather, new baby Shane, Isabella becoming an adult turning 18, and – how the stores are still not listening to us by keeping the Christmas holiday decorations out of site until Thanksgiving. Which leads us too…….

Little switch from last week with Mike having the sparking water but Bryan going big with Troegs’ Mad Elf – just in time for Halloween!!!

The RFP Ultra Dad’s Podcast is sponsored by Time on the Trails – delivering you a customized experience out on the trails in Arizona and beyond. Please visit us at www.tottaz.com and on social media via IG, FB, TW & LI.

Keep an eye on the Ultra Dad’s Instagram account @ #ultra_dads.

You can view the live recording of today’s episode on our YouTube Channel Here!

How’d we get here?

The Ultra Dad’s Podcast came from an idea Cindy Shane created. Well, she planted the idea in our head after listening to the first time Bryan was on the RFP Podcast in May 2020. There have many times over the years when we speak on the phone or in person the “we should be recording this” line comes out. Well, here we are jumping in with both feet, like we tend to do, sharing with you our perspectives on life. Let’s be candid – we are not perfect, and we fail often. Our favorite term to use is “it’s not ideal” and there have been countless times we’ve uttered, “a plan is great until you are punched in the face;” – but we do laugh a lot, at ourselves and/or each other mostly 😊. All that said, there are those brief moments where things tend to fall into place and we, somehow, make it to that finish line – as ultrarunners yes, but most importantly has husbands, fathers, friends, and human beings. We wanted to share those imperfections and those incredible moments that we’ve been fortunate enough to experience together over the last 30+ years. So, sit back, grab a cold one, and hopefully this will be another time where things fall into place.

Bryan & Mike

Two weeks in a row; we are on a roll!! We hit on a number of topics leading off with a story of a 47-year-old man playing a kickball game thinking he is 27 😊. We also learn what not to do with Himalayan sea-salt and sparking water and take you on a geography lesson of NEPA and the wonderfully named towns that we grew up around!! But yes, we feel there are a couple of nuggets to capture from today’s show and we are grateful to you all that continue to spend time with us.

No beers today for Bryan as he works to change things up a bit (watch the ginger sparkling water and sea-salt). Mike was sort of on the same boat hitting up PBR! 😊

The RFP Ultra Dad’s Podcast is sponsored by Time on the Trails – delivering you a customized experience out on the trails in Arizona and beyond. Please visit us at www.tottaz.com and on social media via IG, FB, TW & LI.

Keep an eye on the Ultra Dad’s Instagram account @ #ultra_dads.

You can view the live recording of today’s episode on our YouTube Channel Here!

How’d we get here?

The Ultra Dad’s Podcast came from an idea Cindy Shane created. Well, she planted the idea in our head after listening to the first time Bryan was on the RFP Podcast in May 2020. There have many times over the years when we speak on the phone or in person the “we should be recording this” line comes out. Well, here we are jumping in with both feet, like we tend to do, sharing with you our perspectives on life. Let’s be candid – we are not perfect, and we fail often. Our favorite term to use is “it’s not ideal” and there have been countless times we’ve uttered, “a plan is great until you are punched in the face;” – but we do laugh a lot, at ourselves and/or each other mostly 😊. All that said, there are those brief moments where things tend to fall into place and we, somehow, make it to that finish line – as ultrarunners yes, but most importantly has husbands, fathers, friends, and human beings. We wanted to share those imperfections and those incredible moments that we’ve been fortunate enough to experience together over the last 30+ years. So, sit back, grab a cold one, and hopefully this will be another time where things fall into place.

Bryan & Mike

It has been a few weeks and we are happy to be back at it, looking at each other’s mugs via video podcast, and sharing some nuggets. Absence makes the heart grow fonder and hopefully you are all waiting in anticipation for each of these long awaiting episodes to come out. We kid, maybe not 😊, but we are grateful for all you out there and apologize for the delays – as the title says, and as we do experience, sometimes we are “stuck in a tub of butter.” We do get things started on our roles, and our wives’ being reversed over the last few years, touch on feelings of guilt and progressing patiently, and of course, a little trip down memory lane with some Abington Heights Wrestling talk.

No beers today for Mike since he is coming of a wedding weekend for Frank & Kelsey (Congratulations again you two 😊!) Bryan went back to college days with some Yuengling Black & Tan.

The RFP Ultra Dad’s Podcast is sponsored by Time on the Trails – delivering you a customized experience out on the trails in Arizona and beyond. Please visit us at www.tottaz.com and on social media via IG, FB, TW & LI.

Keep an eye on the Ultra Dad’s Instagram account @ #ultra_dads.

You can view the live recording of today’s episode on our YouTube Channel Here!

How’d we get here?

The Ultra Dad’s Podcast came from an idea Cindy Shane created. Well, she planted the idea in our head after listening to the first time Bryan was on the RFP Podcast in May 2020. There have many times over the years when we speak on the phone or in person the “we should be recording this” line comes out. Well, here we are jumping in with both feet, like we tend to do, sharing with you our perspectives on life. Let’s be candid – we are not perfect, and we fail often. Our favorite term to use is “it’s not ideal” and there have been countless times we’ve uttered, “a plan is great until you are punched in the face;” – but we do laugh a lot, at ourselves and/or each other mostly 😊. All that said, there are those brief moments where things tend to fall into place and we, somehow, make it to that finish line – as ultrarunners yes, but most importantly has husbands, fathers, friends, and human beings. We wanted to share those imperfections and those incredible moments that we’ve been fortunate enough to experience together over the last 30+ years. So, sit back, grab a cold one, and hopefully this will be another time where things fall into place.

Bryan & Mike

Solo go at it today, like back in the beginning but missed my partner. We will get to it and we are thankful for your forgiveness and understanding. Just some thoughts, reflections, heading into the weekend. Keep moving forward folks.

No beers today because the recording was before 8am and it is a school day 😊!

The RFP Ultra Dad’s Podcast is sponsored by Time on the Trails – delivering you a customized experience out on the trails in Arizona and beyond. Please visit us at www.tottaz.com and on social media via IG, FB, TW & LI.

Keep an eye on the Ultra Dad’s Instagram account @ #ultra_dads.

You can view the live recording of today’s episode on our YouTube Channel Here!

How’d we get here?

The Ultra Dad’s Podcast came from an idea Cindy Shane created. Well, she planted the idea in our head after listening to the first time Bryan was on the RFP Podcast in May 2020. There have many times over the years when we speak on the phone or in person the “we should be recording this” line comes out. Well, here we are jumping in with both feet, like we tend to do, sharing with you our perspectives on life. Let’s be candid – we are not perfect, and we fail often. Our favorite term to use is “it’s not ideal” and there have been countless times we’ve uttered, “a plan is great until you are punched in the face;” – but we do laugh a lot, at ourselves and/or each other mostly 😊. All that said, there are those brief moments where things tend to fall into place and we, somehow, make it to that finish line – as ultrarunners yes, but most importantly has husbands, fathers, friends, and human beings. We wanted to share those imperfections and those incredible moments that we’ve been fortunate enough to experience together over the last 30+ years. So, sit back, grab a cold one, and hopefully this will be another time where things fall into place.

Bryan & Mike

#ultradads #LFRF #.0001%Progress #keepmovingforward #DFQ

We were able to get back to video on this episode and are excited for everyone to seeing our lovely faces 😊. This is the 2nd recording in a row we actually discuss a topic, rather than just catching up. However, we did do some of that as well, discussing the weather, Yellowstone coming back in November, Penn State football, wrestling, and of course………beer!

The topic, highlighted a bit up top, goes into what we are born with vs. what we can develop through, hard work. What can we create and master by investing time and effort into our crafts. It also gets deep with a discussion around being born with inspiration and motivation? All this was driven by a deep quote by Nietzsche, ”Craftsmen do not talk about giftedness, inborn talents. They allow themselves times for the journey, taking more pleasure in making the little, secondary things well than in the effect of a dazzling while.”

Speaking of beer, Bryan went an easier route with some Coors Banquet Beer, that’s right, good all Yellow Jackets! Mike stayed simple as well with an Athletic Brewing Run Wild IPA.

The RFP Ultra Dad’s Podcast is sponsored by Time on the Trails – delivering you a customized experience out on the trails in Arizona and beyond. Please visit us at www.tottaz.com and on social media via IG, FB, TW & LI.

Keep an eye out for the Ultra Dad’s Instagram account @ #ultra_dads.

You can view the live recording of today’s episode on our YouTube Channel Here!

How’d we get here?

The Ultra Dad’s Podcast came from an idea Cindy Shane created. Well, she planted the idea in our head after listening to the first time Bryan was on the RFP Podcast in May 2020. There have many times over the years when we speak on the phone or in person the “we should be recording this” line comes out. Well, here we are jumping in with both feet, like we tend to do, sharing with you our perspectives on life. Let’s be candid – we are not perfect, and we fail often. Our favorite term to use is “it’s not ideal” and there have been countless times we’ve uttered, “a plan is great until you are punched in the face;” – but we do laugh a lot, at ourselves and/or each other mostly 😊. All that said, there are those brief moments where things tend to fall into place and we, somehow, make it to that finish line – as ultrarunners yes, but most importantly has husbands, fathers, friends, and human beings. We wanted to share those imperfections and those incredible moments that we’ve been fortunate enough to experience together over the last 30+ years. So, sit back, grab a cold one, and hopefully this will be another time where things fall into place.

Bryan & Mike

Once again technology got the best of us and we were not able to shot video. Back to the audio which may provide a nice break again from our mugs 😊. We did spend some time catching up on a big week with birthdays, 1st day of school, 1st soccer games, carpet installs, a fender bender and a metric ton of Manning’s Ice Cream. All that said though, we did have a topic to discuss, and it was around heroes and how we all have the ability to be one!

Can we be a hero and not be inspiring? Tough question and we dig into it.

Unfortunately Mike’s day got sideways and needed to finish up some work after recording so he stuck with good old water. Bryan was fortunate and took advantage with some tasty Hop Valley Mango & Stash out of Eugene, OR.

The RFP Ultra Dad’s Podcast is sponsored by Time on the Trails – delivering you a customized experience out on the trails in Arizona and beyond. Please visit us at www.tottaz.com and on social media via IG, FB, TW & LI.

Keep an eye out for the Ultra Dad’s Instagram account @ #ultra_dads.

As mentioned, no video this week due to technical (operator error) difficulties. You can view the live recording of today’s episode on our YouTube Channel Here!

How’d we get here?

The Ultra Dad’s Podcast came from an idea Cindy Shane created. Well, she planted the idea in our head after listening to the first time Bryan was on the RFP Podcast in May 2020. There have many times over the years when we speak on the phone or in person the “we should be recording this” line comes out. Well, here we are jumping in with both feet, like we tend to do, sharing with you our perspectives on life. Let’s be candid – we are not perfect, and we fail often. Our favorite term to use is “it’s not ideal” and there have been countless times we’ve uttered, “a plan is great until you are punched in the face;” – but we do laugh a lot, at ourselves and/or each other mostly 😊. All that said, there are those brief moments where things tend to fall into place and we, somehow, make it to that finish line – as ultrarunners yes, but most importantly has husbands, fathers, friends, and human beings. We wanted to share those imperfections and those incredible moments that we’ve been fortunate enough to experience together over the last 30+ years. So, sit back, grab a cold one, and hopefully this will be another time where things fall into place.

Bryan & Mike

We went back to the earlier days of the RFP Ultra Dad podcast and skipped the video today. Truth be told, we had some trouble getting the recording to play nice and during the audio recording aliens attacked the Phoenix headquarters. No worries, we made it through with the help of Sigourney Weaver, a children’s movie reference to WALL-E, and two moments of reliving Saturday morning cartoons with Wile E. Coyote and Foghorn Leghorn. Like I said, we went a bit sideways catching up on life, discussing business, and ultrarunning and how both sport, and businesses over the last 18 months have had to pivot and adapt. We dug into technology a bit and how, although it may help in making our lives easier, is it also helping to create a society that is softer? We dipped into concerts, rock and roll, some good bands, and poison ivy. We shared some beverage and some laughs and as always, hope we can provide a smile or two to all of you!

This week we both got back at it with Bryan tipping back some Samuel Adams Wicky Hazy Juicy IPA. Mike finished up the last of his east coast beers, sadly enjoying the remnants of Troegs Perpetual IPA.

The RFP Ultra Dad’s Podcast is sponsored by Time on the Trails – delivering you a customized experience out on the trails in Arizona and beyond. Please visit us at www.tottaz.com and on social media via IG, FB, TW & LI.

Keep an eye out for the Ultra Dad’s Instagram account @ #ultra_dads.

As mentioned, no video this week due to technical (operator error) difficulties. You can view the live recording of today’s episode on our YouTube Channel Here!

How’d we get here?

The Ultra Dad’s Podcast came from an idea Cindy Shane created. Well, she planted the idea in our head after listening to the first time Bryan was on the RFP Podcast in May 2020. There have many times over the years when we speak on the phone or in person the “we should be recording this” line comes out. Well, here we are jumping in with both feet, like we tend to do, sharing with you our perspectives on life. Let’s be candid – we are not perfect, and we fail often. Our favorite term to use is “it’s not ideal” and there have been countless times we’ve uttered, “a plan is great until you are punched in the face;” – but we do laugh a lot, at ourselves and/or each other mostly 😊. All that said, there are those brief moments where things tend to fall into place and we, somehow, make it to that finish line – as ultrarunners yes, but most importantly has husbands, fathers, friends, and human beings. We wanted to share those imperfections and those incredible moments that we’ve been fortunate enough to experience together over the last 30+ years. So, sit back, grab a cold one, and hopefully this will be another time where things fall into place.

Bryan & Mike

We have been fortunate to have some wonderful partners in our lives to be on this journey with. Bryan, and his wife Cindy, just celebrated their 15-year anniversary this past weekend, so we figured maybe a good topic would be to share what Cindy has meant to him, and Robin to me. These two ladies have certainly made us better throughout the years and it would be an interesting rabbit hole to go down talking about what if? I don’t either one of us would know where we would be without them so a big thank you to our better halves – you both make us want to be better each day.

Bryan treated his taste buds to a Williamsport, PA beer from New Trail Brewing Company’s Hazy IPA. Mike, coming off a weekend celebrating his nephew’s bachelor party, was hydrating with some water and a Mango Bubly 😊

The RFP Ultra Dad’s Podcast is sponsored by Time on the Trails – delivering you a customized experience out on the trails in Arizona and beyond. Please visit us at www.tottaz.com and on social media via IG, FB, TW & LI.

Keep an eye out for the Ultra Dad’s Instagram account @ #ultra_dads.

You can view the live recording of today’s episode on our YouTube Channel Here!

How’d we get here?

The Ultra Dad’s Podcast came from an idea Cindy Shane created. Well, she planted the idea in our head after listening to the first time Bryan was on the RFP Podcast in May 2020. There have many times over the years when we speak on the phone or in person the “we should be recording this” line comes out. Well, here we are jumping in with both feet, like we tend to do, sharing with you our perspectives on life. Let’s be candid – we are not perfect, and we fail often. Our favorite term to use is “it’s not ideal” and there have been countless times we’ve uttered, “a plan is great until you are punched in the face;” – but we do laugh a lot, at ourselves and/or each other mostly 😊. All that said, there are those brief moments where things tend to fall into place and we, somehow, make it to that finish line – as ultrarunners yes, but most importantly has husbands, fathers, friends, and human beings. We wanted to share those imperfections and those incredible moments that we’ve been fortunate enough to experience together over the last 30+ years. So, sit back, grab a cold one, and hopefully this will be another time where things fall into place.

Bryan & Mike

We ask for forgiveness again. It has been a couple of weeks since our last episode, so we appreciate the patience. As you know, we are just like y’all and navigating this crazy, wild, wacky ride call life and sometimes it gets hectic. Fortunately we have a Monday pick me up show for you and we hope to bring out some laughs. Nothing too profound in here but a few, simple messages to hopefully help you keep moving forward through another Monday.

You know it has been hectic, or maybe it was just because we both had fun weekends, but neither Bryan nor Mike was sipping on some tasty suds this week. We will get back to our beer recommendations next show 😊.

The RFP Ultra Dad’s Podcast is sponsored by Time on the Trails – delivering you a customized experience out on the trails in Arizona and beyond. Please visit us at www.tottaz.com and on social media via IG, FB, TW & LI.

Keep an eye out for the Ultra Dad’s Instagram account @ #ultra_dads.

You can view the live recording of today’s episode on our YouTube Channel Here!

How’d we get here?

The Ultra Dad’s Podcast came from an idea Cindy Shane created. Well, she planted the idea in our head after listening to the first time Bryan was on the RFP Podcast in May 2020. There have many times over the years when we speak on the phone or in person the “we should be recording this” line comes out. Well, here we are jumping in with both feet, like we tend to do, sharing with you our perspectives on life. Let’s be candid – we are not perfect, and we fail often. Our favorite term to use is “it’s not ideal” and there have been countless times we’ve uttered, “a plan is great until you are punched in the face;” – but we do laugh a lot, at ourselves and/or each other mostly 😊. All that said, there are those brief moments where things tend to fall into place and we, somehow, make it to that finish line – as ultrarunners yes, but most importantly has husbands, fathers, friends, and human beings. We wanted to share those imperfections and those incredible moments that we’ve been fortunate enough to experience together over the last 30+ years. So, sit back, grab a cold one, and hopefully this will be another time where things fall into place.

Bryan & Mike

There have been numerous events happening that have created inconsistencies and situations that have not been ideal through the first half of this year. When we look at the big picture of where we are headed, or where we may be stuck, it can be overwhelming. This may even lead to feelings of inadequacies and insufficiencies. Things we’ve been experiencing and am sure many of you can relate. This episode covers many of these items, starting with not having a main topic to discuss. We first caught up on things over the last week, took another verbal tour through the Abington’s of NEPA, and gave a shout out to a few hot dog stands in PA & IA 😊. Of course we had laughs but also dug deep into the topic at hand, shared some vulnerabilities, shared some of the benefits of delayed gratification, being outside in nature, getting moving first thing in the AM, and value of making progress and “crossing that bridge when we come to it.”

During today’s podcast, Bryan enjoyed some Long Trail Green Blaze IPA. Mike, after a great birthday weekend, felt the need to take a break from beer and chose an Athletic Brewing non-alcoholic Run Wild IPA.

The RFP Ultra Dad’s Podcast is sponsored by Time on the Trails – delivering you a customized experience out on the trails in Arizona and beyond. Please visit us at www.tottaz.com and on social media via IG, FB, TW & LI.

Keep an eye out for the Ultra Dad’s Instagram account @ #ultra_dads.

You can view the live recording of today’s episode on our YouTube Channel Here!

How’d we get here?

The Ultra Dad’s Podcast came from an idea Cindy Shane created. Well, she planted the idea in our head after listening to the first time Bryan was on the RFP Podcast in May 2020. There have many times over the years when we speak on the phone or in person the “we should be recording this” line comes out. Well, here we are jumping in with both feet, like we tend to do, sharing with you our perspectives on life. Let’s be candid – we are not perfect, and we fail often. Our favorite term to use is “it’s not ideal” and there have been countless times we’ve uttered, “a plan is great until you are punched in the face;” – but we do laugh a lot, at ourselves and/or each other mostly 😊. All that said, there are those brief moments where things tend to fall into place and we, somehow, make it to that finish line – as ultrarunners yes, but most importantly has husbands, fathers, friends, and human beings. We wanted to share those imperfections and those incredible moments that we’ve been fortunate enough to experience together over the last 30+ years. So, sit back, grab a cold one, and hopefully this will be another time where things fall into place.

Bryan & Mike