a point to point ultra marathon beginning in the town of Naples, NY at Ontario County Park. Its finish can be found on the shores of Keuka Lake in Hammondsport, NY.

This preview episode is about the people, the dedication, the atmosphere of Twisted Branch. People intimately familiar with the race, volunteers, racers and the Race Director discuss their appreciation, experience and love for the race.

There is also information about the course and some for this year's event. But all of those details are probably better delivered by the course website, Twisted Branch Trail.

Listen to this episode if you want to hear about the heart of Twisted Branch. How people become a community, how a dream can become an experience, how goals become reality. 
 

Twisted Swag

2015 Finisher's Mug

Episode 001: Scott talks about the origin of Twisted Branch (starts 33:40)

Episode 009: 2015 Twisted Branch preview Epsiode

Episode 012: Chris Talks (indepth) about his 2015 Twisted Branch experience

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Special Guests: Dan Ostrander, Laura Howard, and Scott Magee.

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Jeffrey McBeth has completed two 50Ks in 2016. One intentional and the other not so much. From the National Parks and the great outdoors, to computers and the great indoors to 380lbs and triathlon training, Jeff takes on a journey that required a strong heart and a strong support network.
Along the way we learn about his appreciation for data and computers, his deep love of familyand service as well as the trail running community. Being the serial amateur that he is, he also teaches us a bit about some other stuff too.

• Veloviewer
• stravistix

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• Rochester kids triathlon
• 0 SPF
• How to Interact with an Introvert
• trailsroc
• Palmer's pond 50k
• 031: I'm Not Paying For That - with Colin Bailey
• University of Utah Joins Arpanet
• Utah Teapot
• Guide to Introducing Yourself
• Jeffrey's written thoughts on Palmer's Pond
• "The Medved Talk"

Rogaine - an orienteering sport of long distance cross-country navigation, involving both route planning and navigation between checkpoints using a variety of map types. In a rogaine, teams of 2–5 people choose which checkpoints to visit within a time limit with the intent of maximizing their score.

• Pandemic
• pandemic legacy
• risk legacy
• Machi koro

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Special Guest: Jeffrey McBeth.

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Matt Flaherty is a former lawyer who has been running all his life. He left law to focus on running once he started to see some potential. He loves loves running fast 50 milers, Rocks an awesome mustache and has a pretty good set of songs. He is now a personal coach, is sponsored by Salomon and runs all over the world.

In this episode, we talk about mustaches, Cayuga Trails 50, the power of community, what draws elites to races, why some races are huge while others remain small. We also talk about developing character, writing music and some other miscellaneous fun.

• Matt on Ultrasignup
• UltraVasan 90
• Ice Age Trail 50
• Jim Walmsley on Ultrarunnerpodcast
• Red Newt Racing
• Cayuga Trails 50
• Mountain Peak Fitness
• Lovely New Paltz, New York
• Neuromuscular Adaptation

Matt's Music on Sound Cloud

Special Guest: Matt Flaherty.

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Dan Lopata has been chasing Massanutten Mountain 100 in some form or another for 14 years. He finally got what he wanted, but it took a lot of introspection and team work with an awesome crew member to get it. Just like Dan's MMT 100 finish, it takes them a little while to get there but, in this episode, Dan and Amy Lopata share their adventures running and the thrilling tales of some serious stupidity in the mountains of Virginia. 

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Kevin Sayers
John Prohira
Monica Schultz
Hans-Dieter Weisshaar
Katra Corbitt
Amber Rowe
Jeff Green
Ben Murphy
Daven Oskvig
Mike Welden
Scotie Jacobs
Torrey Jacobs

Special Guests: Amy Lopata and Dan Lopata.

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From traveling thousands of miles for a 1000 beers to traveling thousands of miles for races, Colin Bailey covers a lot of ground. We talk about his "Year of a 1000 beers" that lead to  his motivation to get running. We cover some of his race history and then try to figure out what lead him to put on his own 50k race. Even having never run an ultra himself!

The History of the FatAss

Colin's Palmer's Pond Race Page

Ultra thing at Medved

Jeffrey McBeth leaving to finish his first 50k

Mike Mertsock's Palmer's Pond Report - READ THIS

Oh the humidity!

Randonneuring

Wakely Dam Ultra

Pliny(s) the Elder(s)

Crooked Creek

Twisted Branch

Cayuga Trails 50

Sarah Smith-Hardy shaking the PP to finish her loop.

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• Prem Kumar
• Doug DeWeaver
• Steve Chafee
• Tim Chichester
• Michael Valone
• Dan Lopata
• Sarah Hardy
• Jeffrey McBeth
• Beth Savoy
• Mike Meynadasy
• Eric Eagan

Special Guest: Colin Bailey.

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Scotie Jacobs shares his story of going from an accidental downhill runner to an on-purpose mountain runner upper. Scotie now runs with Mountain Peak Fitness with teammates such as Natalie Thompson, Laura Rekkerth who have also been guests on the podcast. So yeah... group of fasties who run all over the Northeast. In our discussion we cover the beginning and the end of Scotie's running in Vermont. We also cover the triumphant rebirth of his running once he moved to Ithaca. As well as some other dude's resurrection... or part of another dude at least. We learn a little something about Virgil Crest Ultras and give a little love to Race Directors.

• Finger Lakes Runners Club
• Hammond Hill
• Ben Nephew
  • Jason Mintz episode

• Mount Mansfield's Forehead
• Virgil Crest Ultras
  • Sheila Eagan's episode about her 2015 Virgil 50 experience
• Mountain Peak Fitness (MPF)

• Ben Nephew
• Natalie Thompson
• Ryan Welts
• Ian Golden
• Jason Mintz
• David Hedges

• Patreon
• The Support Page
• The Strava Run Club

Special Guest: Scotie Jacobs.

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We get competitive right from the start with Chris Patterson. Well, not really competitive. But we make an honest effort to do our absolute best. Chris is a marathon runner with a penchant for perfect pace. As you'll hear, his pacing was off a bit in his first race, but he worked at it and now wanders around the Northeast helping marathoners reach their goal times.

• "Gliders versus Gazelles"
• Presque Isle Marathon
• Beast Pacing
• Comrades Marathon
• Comrades Awards

• FL50s
• Sehgahunda Marathon

"Heartbreak Hill"

• Bloomberg cancels NYC 2012
• Episode 026: Straight to the Solid Gameplan with Jason Mintz
• RiO Birthday celebration!

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• Jamie Hobbs
• Mike Welden
• Jason Mintz

Special Guest: Chris Patterson.

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Jeff having previously been on the podcast as part of a roundtable to talk about Rothrock and as a guest interviewer after I finished Twisted Branch, is well-versed in the art of the running conversation. After an initial revisiting of Jeff's previous appearance, we discuss running on baby heads, what initially got Jeff onto the trails, the beauty of a high school coach's advice, finding the type of runner you want to be, and generally making yourself better.

• 002 - Because Mort Told Me To
  • Jeff's Rothrock report
• Cannibal Corpse
• Breakneck Point

• Wegmans Marathon (Jeff's Blog)
• High Peaks Trail Map (one of many, but a favorite of mine due to the "trail guide" aspect)
• ADK Unsupported Traverse
• High Peaks FKT (Fastest Known Time)

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• Natalie Thompson
• Tom Rossborough
• Dave Justice
• Chris Patterson
• Nate Huckle
• Laura Rekkerth

Special Guest: Jeff Green.

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Natalie Thompson rips into my smoothie habits, tears apart a burrito and teaches us a bit about the miraculous microbiome. Oh yeah, and shares a bit about her running. Find out about the nutritional habits that helped her to a 2015 which included 1st at Cat's Tail Marathon, 2nd at Virgil Crest 50, 2nd at Escarpment, 3rd at North Face Bear Mountain 50k, 1st at Breakneck Point Marathon.

• MedVed Panel
  • Kendra Chamberlain
• Abundance Co-op
• Happy Belly Nutrition
• Core Life Eatery
• Trader Joe's Super Burrito
• The magnificent microbiome (Gut Flora)
• Small World Foods
  • Ruby Sauerkraut

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• Mike Welden
• Kendra Chamberlain

Special Guest: Natalie Thompson.

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