The Adventure Jogger

Allison Mercer is the only woman on planet earth who has earned two gold shirts at the iconic Strolling Jim 40 miler. We have a hilarious conversation about how she found ultra running, meeting her husband on Strava, how she went from a clumsy kid to a super fast runner, how it felt to race against Camille Heron and more. Be ready to laugh, this is an episode you don't want to miss!

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Billy Jackson's day job used to be hauling explosive materials up and down steep hills all day, what more perfect job can one have to transition into trail and ultra running?! Billy has a great sense of humor and love for the trails, and an incredible ability of keep succeeding at races even with all the odds staked against him. Get to know an amazing character that is doing great things in New England.

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Jamil Coury is the founder and CEO of Aravaipa Running, he is also an accomplished ultra runner and a man who is pushing the boundaries of live streaming and bringing the sport to more people. His races take place in Arizona, Utah, and Colorado, but a recent partnership with White Mountain Endurance has Aravaipa bringing it's brand across the Mississippi.

We have a great chat about what that partnership means, what he thinks the future holds for the sports, and if he had it his way, and was not limited by technology, how he would love to livestream races in the future.

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John Calabrese is running and racing all the time, he loves exploring the world on his own two feet and loves the camaraderie and community building that racing provides. Running has also brought some incredible people into his life like his buddy Donald who is confined to a wheelchair, but loves racing almost as much as John does.

John's energy and joy for running are contagious, and it's hard not to be inspired by a man who cherishes winning "The Happy Trail Runners Runner Of The Year Award" almost more than anything else.

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Jana Fridrichová was a dancer in childhood, but as an adult would find that running was something she was good at. A college Track and Cross Country Coach saw her at a local road race and encouraged her to train with his team and the lessons she learned during that time helped shape her as a runner, but it was only after she left the structured day to day regiment that she found her real speed.

Armed with a love of hill repeats and a never give up attitude Jana has been crushing it lately, including a recent win at the Georgia Death Race, and a second place at the Barkley Fall Classic. Expect to see big things from Jana as she continues to crush races up and down the East Coast.

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Ryan Clayton and I have a mutual friend and recently had a chance to meet in person at the Grind on the Grid Backyard Ultra. Ryan is an incredible filmmaker and his YouTube channel has some absolutely incredible content that will inspire you.

This episode honestly felt like a nice long run together and we cover a lot of different topics, have some laughs and get to know each other. Ryan also talks about what it's like having Killian and your coach and some of the training lessons he has learned from the G.O.A.T.

I hope you have as much fun listening to this as we did recording it.

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Andrew Glaze is a Firefighter and Paramedic that started running big miles during the pandemic. 1000 mile months were soon "backed down" to weeks of at least 100 miles. Currently he has over 160 consecutive weeks of at least 100 miles.

Andrew recently had the idea to race 350 miles in one week, running both the Canyons 100 and Cocodona 250, creating a little adventure called the Coco Canyons 350.

We share a lot of laughs with Andrew and he shares some great advice about motivation, lube game improvement, and things he does to keep running fun.

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Gwen Sywicke is an ultra runner, Professor at LSU, and the author of the book "Ultrarunning Mysticism: Mind, Body, Spirit and the Sacredness of Overcoming Suffering". We talk about the science behind why we humans need to be outdoors. How our surroundings affect both our mood and our athletic abilities, and how to find that effortless state of flow.

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Sarah Ostaszewski has run the Cocodona 250 each of the three years of the race, and over those years she has gotten faster and stronger. Taking over 24 hours off her finish time from her first running to her most recent Sarah shares the lessons she has learned over the years, from tapering, to training, to nutrition and down time management.

Sarah has some surprise pacers for this race that Adventure Jogger fans will recognize, two of them being near polar opposites, but just what she needed.

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Kim Levinsky was a two sport athlete in college that was only running as a punishment in practice for those sports. Then she would get out into the real world and find running again, but this time running off road for fun. She soon found a community that loved and supported her and she wanted to find a way to bring more people into the community, and Sassquad Trail Running was born.

More "Trail Party Director" and less plain old Race Director, Kim has created events that welcomes all and encourages people to push outside of their perceived limits. She has also found an incredible community who can problem solve and support in ways that she never imagined.

A fan of "homemade 100s" for herself, she is getting ready to take on a new challenge, setting an FKT on the 358 mile Long Path in New York State.

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