“We developed an entirely new system. New to me in blind running, in blind guidance. It turned out to be much more easy, efficient, and better for me running altogether.”

Aaron Hale is a former EOD technician in the Army who lost his eyesight and a portion of his hearing from an IED explosion in 2011. Join Luis and his co-host Lisa Smith-Batchen as Aaron details his experience running Badwater 135, running with guides, running three separate 100 milers to qualify, his breakdown moment during the run, and his reflective moments after the race.

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IG: https://www.instagram.com/coachlisasmithbatchen/

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“I’ve had problems in multiple ultras outside of this one. Just heading out to fast you know. You just burn the candle too quick and then you’re just surviving.”

Luis is at the Western States 100 and has conversations with Scott Gaiser, Pamela Reed, Nancy Readinger, and Andrew Readinger. Hear all about their running exploits, advice, stories and thoughts. This is a special episode where Luis was at the 2023 Western States 100 with his microphone and chats it up with legends in the sport.

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“I had a long career in the military, so I had pretty good baseline fitness, plus I consider myself not an elite athlete by any stretch but very athletic.”

Tyler Schmoker is retired from the army, a mountain climber, cross country skier, and a runner. This episode features guest host Natasha Swartley. Tyler talks about his time in the Army, running, how he got into alpine climbing, Mt. Whitney, and inspiring others.

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tyler-schmoker-mpa-76997756/

IG: https://instagram.com/cover_ground_close_distance?igshid=MzNlNGNkZWQ4Mg==

Natasha Swartley Contact Info:

Strava: Natasha Swartley

Twitter: @ NatashaSwartley

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“I like what I’m doing now. I like it to be heard. It’s good dance music but it’s not just meant for background music. There’s a lot of stories involved and there’s a lot of things to talk about that come out in the songs.”

Adam Lopez is a musician, music teacher, and runner. Clint Welch joins Luis as a co-host and chat with Adam about guitars, music influences, styles of music and what performing live is like.

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www.adamlopezmusic.com

IG: @adamlopezmusic

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Clint Welch Contact Info:

IG: https://www.instagram.com/beerontherunpod/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/clintlikesbeer/

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“You are meant to be here. You are worthy and you have a whole line of ancestors and family that fought and died for you to be here today.”

This is a Road Dog Podcast classic from the early days.

Jordan Marie Bring Three White Horses Daniel is a citizen of the Kul Wicasa Oyate (Lower Brule Sioux Tribe) as well as a passionate advocate for Indian Country and all people. She is nationally known for her advocacy and grassroots organization for anti-pipelines/climate justice efforts, change the name/not your mascot, the epidemic and crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women (MMIW), and Native youth initiatives. Her experience in grants and project management, policy, blogging, and organizing has been leveraged by organizations working in environmental sustainability, access to quality healthcare, MMIW, the Violence Against Women Act, and a variety of other worthy causes. She is the founder of Rising Hearts, the cofounder of DC ReInvest Coalition, is on the Board of Directors with the PowerShift Network and Lab29, and is an Outreach and Project Manager with UCLA, in Los Angeles, homelands to the Tongva people. Jordan was awarded the NCAIED Native American 40 Under 40 in 2018. She’s using her running platform of 21 years to help raise awareness and bring justice to missing and murdered Indigenous relatives and their families. Jordan is consulting on documentaries as an Indigenous advocate and Impact Producer, and is consulting to develop social media to protect sacred lands and support Indigenous folx.

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[email protected] (email)

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“In the early days there’re weren’t any trail races, everything is road or track and most of the people there were there to run fast and hurt. It was competitive.”

Bob Dion is a long-time distance runner and the founder of Dion Snowshoes. In this episode, Bobreflects on his running career with Luis. Bob chats about Western States 100, Lyme disease, how running in his 60s is different from his 30s, how he won his first trail race, his first 100 miler and how it was a complete failure, how he got into snowshoeing, the difference between snowshoeing and running, and the different sizes of snowshoes.

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DionNeviTrek Snowshoes

2205 US Route 7

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Phone: 802-753-1174

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Bob Dion Contact Info:

[email protected] Website: dionnevitrek.com

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“We have schools that hate each other. We have schools that are big rivals, stuff like that but when it comes to cross country and track, there’s no rivals, there’s no separate schools. One big family.”

Becky and Logan Gomes chat with Luis about Logan’s fundraiser he created where he ran through 3 different counties between 6 different schools over 6 days for a total of 62 miles. Logan discusses his experience in Cross Country and Track at Calaveras High School, his biggest obstacles on the fundraiser run, and what the fundraiser is for.

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GUEST Contact Info:

Logan Gomes

Instagram – @logangomes3

Email – [email protected]

Becky Gomes

Email – [email protected]

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“If somebody came up and dared us or said, ‘You’re life depends on running 26 miles today.’ That either one of us or both of us could do it and we’d probably do it together.”

Recorded live at Claimstake Brewing in Rancho Cordova, California during Global Running Day. Luis wanders around and has running and beer conversations with Clint Welch, Javier Macias-Salazar, Francis Macias-Salazar, Dalia Robles Ramirez, Abel Rodriguez, Robert Cathey, Derrick Booth, Mike Ryan, Philip Crimmins, Brian Park, Brian Palmer, and more.

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Corremos Sacramento Run Club

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Founders/Leaders Javier Macias-Salazar 916-387-5572

Francis Macias-Salazar 559-908-9031 Dalia Robles Ramirez 559-741-6781 Abel Rodriguez

Black Men Run Club

Robert Cathey 916-768-4261 [email protected]

Derrick Booth 530-680-9291

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Claimstake Owner and CIM Streak Runner 

Mike Ryan [email protected] Philip Crimmins is at [email protected]

Brian Park / photographer [email protected]

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“It’s sort of this like balance of risk vs reward of how hard can I push myself to beat the speed record without falling off a mountain. That’d be the worst thing to happen.”

Drew Francis is a firefighter, paramedic, climber and runner near Denver. In this episode, Drew chats with Luis about van life, advice on how to build out your own van, his goal of breaking the speed record in Colorado for the Fourteeners, all the logistics that goes into planning a feat like this, sponsorship, how weather can throw him a curveball, and the documentary that is being filmed about the attempt.

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Drew Francis Contact Info:

Website: www.drewfrancisfit.com

IG: https://www.instagram.com/drewfrancis.fit/

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“Yeah, I was just kind of moving up, moving up past people all day and then it was, I mean once you’re in third you’re, third is really good at Western States.”

Andrew Miller is a running coach and winner 16 ultramarathons including the 2016 Western States 100, in this episode, Andrew chats with Luis about how he got into long distance running, who he looks up to, how he discovered Western States 100, how he qualified for Western States, his 2016 Western States experience, the support of his family, when he realized he was in first place, and what has changed in his life after winning Western States.

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Email: [email protected]

Website: www.andrewmillercoaching.com

IG: @andrewmillercoaching

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