The BibRave Podcast

We’ve got a GREAT episode of The BibRave Podcast for you this week! Tim and Jess talk with Cassidy Nasello, founder of FELT: a coaching and organization-focused consultancy. 

Cassidy is certified in the KonMari Method™ of decluttering (as discussed on Episode 120 of The BibRave Podcast) and shares her perspective on leveraging various tools and frameworks to improve our (running, personal, professional) lives. As runners, we’re all motivated to get better and healthier, and Cassidy’s insight is super helpful in framing how we can make small adjustments to unlock significant gains. 

For a deeper podcast dive, check out this week’s show notes 📝! And if you enjoyed this episode, we would love it if you could leave us a review on iTunes!

Want to join the podcast conversation? Message us on social - Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook - and don’t forget to use the hashtags #BibChat & #BRPodcast! 

Show Notes:

• Cassidy Nasello
• • Instagram, LinkedIn
  • Cassidy’s Workshops
• Episode 120 of The BibRave Podcast
• Who is Marie Kondo?
• • Netflix show, "Tidying Up With Marie Kondo”
  • Her #1 New York Times bestselling book, "The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing"
• Follow Team BibRave on social!
• • Tim: TW, IG
  • Jess: TW, IG

For those digging the sweet ukulele intro music, 🎶 that comes to us from the talented musician and running coach, Matt Flaherty. Check out his site for more audio goodness!   

If you like what you hear and want to get more, please subscribe in iTunes and leave a review. That pleases our overlords at iTunes... 😉

If you want more from the BibRave running community, check out our race review page at BibRave.com or follow us on Twitter @BibRave.

This week’s episode is an awesome conversation between Tim, Jess, and Calum Neff - an incredible runner in his own right and one of the two pacers who ran Sara Hall to her victory at The Marathon Project! 

Calum talks with Tim and Jess about his experience in the lead-up to and on race day. They discuss the selection process to become a pacer, what his training looked like before race day, and how much experience he’s had running a 2:20-ish pace (which blew Tim and Jess away!). They also talk about Calum’s running background, including his multiple Guinness World Records for the fastest time pushing a stroller in a 10K, Half Marathon, and Marathon (each record set with one of his three daughters!).

For a deeper podcast dive, check out this week’s show notes 📝! And if you enjoyed this episode, we would love it if you could leave us a review on iTunes!

Want to join the podcast conversation? Message us on social - Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook - and don’t forget to use the hashtags #BibChat & #BRPodcast! 

Show Notes:

• Calum Neff 
• • IG, TW
  • Hard Loop Coaching
• Gatorade Endurance
• Mighty Muffins
• Rungum
• • Nick Symmonds on The BibRave Podcast
• Mike Wardian on The BibRave Podcast
• Ian Sharman on The BibRave Podcast
• Ryan Hall on The BibRave Podcast
• Comrades Marathon
• Mission Tejas Race
• The Marathon Project 
• USA Track and Field
• Follow Team BibRave on social!
• • Tim: TW, IG
  • Jess: TW, IG 

For those digging the sweet ukulele intro music, 🎶 that comes to us from the talented musician and running coach, Matt Flaherty. Check out his site for more audio goodness!   

If you like what you hear and want to get more, please subscribe in iTunes and leave a review. That pleases our overlords at iTunes... 😉

If you want more from the BibRave running community, check out our race review page at BibRave.com or follow us on Twitter @BibRave.

This week on The BibRave Podcast, Tim, Jess, and Andy share their Roses, Buds, and Thorns of 2020. It’s been quite a year and they talk about the good, the bad, and the blooming! 

For the uninitiated, Rose, Bud, Thorn is a conversational game where each participant names one thing that’s a thorn in their life (a real pain), a bud (something that is starting to emerge as a positive thing but not quite there yet), and a rose (a fully realized and absolute good thing in their life). 2020 has had a ton of negatives, but this episode is definitely not just about COVID and it actually shows how many silver linings the year had. We hope you enjoy, see you all in the New Year!

For a deeper podcast dive, check out this week’s show notes 📝! And if you enjoyed this episode, we would love it if you could leave us a review on iTunes!

Want to join the podcast conversation? Message us on social - Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook - and don’t forget to use the hashtags #BibChat & #BRPodcast! 

Show Notes:

• Tim’s new favorite note-taking app - Roam Research
• • Roam tutorial series 
• Uncle Frank
• The Prom
• Tim’s Cooler Backpack for Park Hangs! 
• Follow Team BibRave on social!
• • Tim: TW, IG
  • Jess: TW, IG 
  • Andy: TW, IG 

For those digging the sweet ukulele intro music, 🎶 that comes to us from the talented musician and running coach, Matt Flaherty. Check out his site for more audio goodness!   

If you like what you hear and want to get more, please subscribe in iTunes and leave a review. That pleases our overlords at iTunes... 😉

If you want more from the BibRave running community, check out our race review page at BibRave.com or follow us on Twitter @BibRave.

We’re taking you behind the scenes of BibRave’s company culture, sharing details around our Documentary Club on this week’s episode of The BibRave Podcast! 

Tim, Jess, and Julia discuss some of the documentaries that the group has watched and reviewed over the past year, sharing their lowlights and highlights. There’s a great mix of running-related movies, non-running related movies, and some great convos around what everyone liked about each movie. 

If you’re looking for more content or movies to watch - something we’re ALL in the market for in 2020 - this episode offers a curated list along with reviews and commentary!

Want to join the podcast conversation? Message us on social - Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook - and don’t forget to use the hashtags #BibChat & #BRPodcast! 

Show Notes:

• All the Rage 
• Cartel Land 
• The Last Breathe 
• Amy (Winehouse)
• Icarus 
• The Game Changers 
• The Biggest Little Farm 
• Unbreakable (Western States) 
• Losing Sight of Shore 
• American Factory 
• I Am Bolt 
• Athlete A 
• Tell Me Who I Am
• Follow Team BibRave on social!
• • Tim: TW, IG
  • Jess: TW, IG
  • Julia: TW, IG

For those digging the sweet ukulele intro music, 🎶 that comes to us from the talented musician and running coach, Matt Flaherty. Check out his site for more audio goodness!   

If you like what you hear and want to get more, please subscribe in iTunes and leave a review. That pleases our overlords at iTunes... 😉

If you want more from the BibRave running community, check out our race review page at BibRave.com or follow us on Twitter @BibRave.

This week on The BibRave Podcast, Tim and Jess welcome writer and coach Matt Fitzgerald back to the show! We last talked to Matt on Episode 96 and so much has changed in Matt’s life since then. 

Starting in early spring, Matt developed COVID-19-like symptoms and has struggled to regain his normal fitness and running ability since then. As he noted on Twitter, “Some people die of COVID-19. Others recover. Still others neither die nor recover fully. It seems I may belong to this last group, and the experience is challenging me to practice what I preach about mental fitness like nothing else ever has.”

Tim and Jess talk to Matt about his struggle through this seemingly endless ordeal, his physical conditions and how those have affected his running, and the mental toll it’s taken on him. Matt’s story is deeply unfortunate but also very eye-opening. 

Lastly and on a brighter note, they also talk about Matt’s new book The Comeback Quotient, an extremely timely and valuable book for all of us in 2020.

For a deeper podcast dive, check out this week’s show notes 📝! And if you enjoyed this episode, we would love it if you could leave us a review on iTunes!

Want to join the podcast conversation? Message us on social - Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook - and don’t forget to use the hashtags #BibChat & #BRPodcast! 

Show Notes:

• Matt Fitzgerald on social
• • TW, IG
• Running writer Matt Fitzgerald details months-long struggle with PACS-like symptoms - Canadian Running
• PACS
• Follow Team BibRave on social!
• • Tim: TW, IG
  • Jess: TW, IG

For those digging the sweet ukulele intro music, 🎶 that comes to us from the talented musician and running coach, Matt Flaherty. Check out his site for more audio goodness!   

If you like what you hear and want to get more, please subscribe in iTunes and leave a review. That pleases our overlords at iTunes... 😉

If you want more from the BibRave running community, check out our race review page at BibRave.com or follow us on Twitter @BibRave.

This week on The BibRave Podcast, we’re talking about The Best Races of the Decade, as recently revealed on the 2020 list of The BibRave 100! 

In light of all the cancellations related to the pandemic, the 2020 list is a “A Decade in Review,” highlighting the best races of the last 10 years and giving events some much-needed good news to highlight and promote. This year’s list included the Top 20 Marathons, the Top 20 Half Marathons, the Top 20 Races of 10 Miles or Less, and other non-distance categories such as Best Virtual Race Experience and Best Race-cation. Tim, Andy, and Jess walk through the list, highlighting the different winners across categories and sharing their own personal stories with (or goals to run!) each race. 

For a deeper podcast dive, check out this week’s show notes 📝! And if you enjoyed this episode, we would love it if you could leave us a review on iTunes!

Want to join the podcast conversation? Message us on social - Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook - and don’t forget to use the hashtags #BibChat & #BRPodcast! 

Show Notes:

• The BibRave 100 - 2020 
• • The Top 20 Marathons
  • The Top 20 Half Marathons
  • The Top 20 Races of 10 Miles or Less
  • Best Bites and Bevvies
  • Best Medals & SWAG
  • Best Race-cations
  • Best Relay Experience
  • Best Themed Races
  • Best Virtual Race Experience
  • Toughest Races
  • The Green Lion Award: Innovators in Sustainability 

• Follow Team BibRave on social!
• • Tim: TW, IG
  • Jess: TW, IG 
  • Andy: TW, IG 

For those digging the sweet ukulele intro music, 🎶 that comes to us from the talented musician and running coach, Matt Flaherty. Check out his site for more audio goodness!   

If you like what you hear and want to get more, please subscribe in iTunes and leave a review. That pleases our overlords at iTunes... 😉

If you want more from the BibRave running community, check out our race review page at BibRave.com or follow us on Twitter @BibRave.

This week on The BibRave Podcast we welcome back Jeff Dengate from Runner’s World! 

It’s that time of year again, and everyone’s starting to think about shopping and gifts (for better or worse!). Tim and Jess were excited to talk with Jeff about running-related gear, and especially to get his thoughts about Runner’s World’s newly-released Best Gear of the Year list. This is an amazingly well-researched and tested list of all the best running gear from 2020, and there are some really killer items on there for every budget. 

If you’re looking to “Treat Yo’self” or the runner in your life, definitely check out their list of the best runner gear! 

This week’s episode is brought to you by BUFF® whose new gear just got cooler (but warm at the same time ❄️🔥)! Check out their new DryFlx® which is a headband, balaclava, neckwarmer, and hat… all in one! It’s on our holiday shipping list for all the runners and outdoor enthusiasts in our lives. Sign up for their newsletter here and get 15% off your next order. 

For a deeper podcast dive, check out this week’s show notes 📝! And if you enjoyed this episode, we would love it if you could leave us a review on iTunes!

Want to join the podcast conversation? Message us on social - Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook - and don’t forget to use the hashtags #BibChat & #BRPodcast! 

Show Notes:

• Jeff Dengate 
• • IG, TW
• BUFF®
• • DryFlx®
  • 15% off by signing up for the BUFF® newsletter
• Runner’s World 
• NordicTrack Commercial 1750
• Polar Grit X
• So many other items discussed from Runner’s World’s Best Gear of the Year list!
• Follow Team BibRave on social!
• • Tim: TW, IG
  • Jess: TW, IG

For those digging the sweet ukulele intro music, 🎶 that comes to us from the talented musician and running coach, Matt Flaherty. Check out his site for more audio goodness!   

If you like what you hear and want to get more, please subscribe in iTunes and leave a review. That pleases our overlords at iTunes... 😉

If you want more from the BibRave running community, check out our race review page at BibRave.com or follow us on Twitter @BibRave.

This week on The BibRave Podcast, Tim and Jess welcome back OG co-host, Julia Montag! This one is all about the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday, and there are some great takeaways for you (if you care about food, that is…).

This week’s episode is brought to you by AfterShokz and they’ve got some BIG (but also mini 😉) news! The much loved Aeropex open-ear headphones are now available in two sizes, Standard and Mini! Check out the difference between the two, see which size would be best for you, and purchase here. Happy listening and shopping! 

Tim, Jess, and Julia share their favorite Thanksgiving recipes, and discuss why they don’t spend a ton of energy trying to make their favs overly “healthy” (except Julia’s pumpkin pie, which she says is just as tasty but with way less sugar!).

They also discuss their upcoming Turkey Trot and why doing a virtual race is awesome because, if you want, you get to make it into a trail run. There’s lots of running, racing, and food talk in this episode, so hopefully, you enjoy it!

For a deeper podcast dive, check out this week’s show notes 📝! And if you enjoyed this episode, we would love it if you could leave us a review on iTunes!

Want to join the podcast conversation? Message us on social - Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook - and don’t forget to use the hashtags #BibChat & #BRPodcast! 

Show Notes:

• AfterShokz 
• • Shop the Aeropex in the Standard or new Mini size here
• Episode 120 of The BibRave Podcast
• Gobbler’s Revenge Turkey Trot
• Jessica’s childhood Thanksgiving tradition - Hot Pot!
• Spatchcock or butterflying a turkey
• Vermont Creamery 
• Follow Team BibRave on social!
• • Tim: TW, IG
  • Jess: TW, IG
  • Julia: TW, IG

For those digging the sweet ukulele intro music, 🎶 that comes to us from the talented musician and running coach, Matt Flaherty. Check out his site for more audio goodness!   

If you like what you hear and want to get more, please subscribe in iTunes and leave a review. That pleases our overlords at iTunes... 😉

If you want more from the BibRave running community, check out our race review page at BibRave.com or follow us on Twitter @BibRave.

Please join us in welcoming California Director for the National Wildlife Federation, Beth Pratt, to The BibRave Podcast this week! Tim and Jess talk with Beth about changing our perceptions of where wildlife “should” be, in addition to how we can stay safe around wildlife - especially on the run. Beth has worked in conservation for almost 30 years, and has done some amazing things to help runners and other recreationists coexist with some pretty impressive carnivores (her TEDx Talk How a Lonely Cougar in Los Angeles Inspired the World is a must watch)!

This week’s episode is sponsored by the Illinois Marathon Criss Cross Challenge! Are you ready to make some Illi-NOISE? Sign up to virtually walk or run the state of Illinois! You can pick from West to East (224 Miles) or North to South (435 Miles) or if you’re like us, both! You’ll score a beanie, face mask, t-shirt, challenge coin, and more swag! Use code “BRP5OFF” for $5 off when you register! 

Tim, Jess, and Beth talk about how runners can stay safe when encountering wild animals (of all sizes), how we can balance being cautious with overreacting, how integrated living situations are better than relying on separate, protected places for animals only or people only, and a lot of other useful tips for how to educate ourselves about nature and our furry companions (who are often there even when we don’t know they are... 👀). 

For a deeper podcast dive, check out this week’s show notes 📝! And if you enjoyed this episode, we would love it if you could leave us a review on iTunes!

Want to join the podcast conversation? Message us on social - Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook - and don’t forget to use the hashtags #BibChat & #BRPodcast! 

Show Notes:

• Beth Pratt
• • TW, IG, LinkedIn 
• Illinois Marathon Criss Cross Challenge
• • Use code “BRP5OFF” for $5 off when you register
• National Park Service
• I Heart Wildlife (Beth’s latest book)
• When Mountain Lions Are Neighbors - Another of Beth’s books
• Coyote America - Book recommended by Tim and Beth!
• Raccoon Nation PBS
• Mountain Lion Foundation
• Follow Team BibRave on social!
• • Tim: TW, IG
  • Jess: TW, IG 

For those digging the sweet ukulele intro music, 🎶 that comes to us from the talented musician and running coach, Matt Flaherty. Check out his site for more audio goodness!   

If you like what you hear and want to get more, please subscribe in iTunes and leave a review. That pleases our overlords at iTunes... 😉

If you want more from the BibRave running community, check out our race review page at BibRave.com or follow us on Twitter @BibRave.

This week’s episode is a conversation between Tim and Ryan Day. Ryan is the man behind the Instagram and YouTube account, I Run on Beer, and he’s also a BibRave Pro. Ryan does a great job curating running and beer-related content on his channels. It’s been super fun to watch his video and editing skills grow. 

For this episode, Ryan and Tim used a simultaneous beer tasting as the backdrop for their convo. They talked about various seasonal beers and what makes different varietals stand out. Of course, they also discussed running, racing, and how lockdown has affected Ryan’s endurance activities (and choices)! 

For a deeper podcast dive, check out this week’s show notes 📝! And if you enjoyed this episode, we would love it if you could leave us a review on iTunes!

Want to join the podcast conversation? Message us on social - Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook - and don’t forget to use the hashtags #BibChat & #BRPodcast! 

Show Notes:

• Ryan Day - I Run On Beer
  • IG, YouTube 
• The Tasting Menu:
  • Dogfish Head 60 Min IPA
  • Sierra Nevada Fresh Hop Celebration IPA 
  • Stone Xocoveza - Imperial Stout inspired by Hot Chocolate 
• Founders Brewing Ale
• Kentucky Bourbon Stout
• Treehouse Brewery
• Bandera 50K
• Michelob Ultra
• Lagunitas alcohol-free beer
• Follow Team BibRave on social!
  • Tim: TW, IG

For those digging the sweet ukulele intro music, 🎶 that comes to us from the talented musician and running coach, Matt Flaherty. Check out his site for more audio goodness!   

If you like what you hear and want to get more, please subscribe in iTunes and leave a review. That pleases our overlords at iTunes... 😉

If you want more from the BibRave running community, check out our race review page at BibRave.com or follow us on Twitter @BibRave.