The Caroline Gleich Show

How can we use our privilege as outdoors people to protect the environmenta and elevate Indgienous voices?

Today, I talk to Natives Outdoors ambassador Connor Ryan, a Lakota skier, cyclist and outdoors person abut his background as a skier, his upcoming ride across the West coast, and how we can call in the outdoor industry to do better as environmental and social justice activists.

Follow Connor on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sacredstoke/

Support Break the BI(CYCLE): https://www.gofundme.com/f/breaktheBIcycle

Learn more about Natives Outdoors: https://natives-outdoors.com/

Thank you to Rising Appalachia for allowing me to use their music in the opening and closing for the podcast: https://www.risingappalachia.com/

If you’re like me, you’re always emailing and contacted my elected officials. But what are the best practices for creating the changes we want to see in government? On this episode, I talk to Andy Beerman, mayor of Park City, UT about his background as a climber, how he got into policy, how trails are built, models of land conservation, best practices for every day citizens can influence their elected officials, climate change, renewable energy goals, Mountain Towns 2030 and how we can further the goals of BLM. 

You won't want to miss this one. 

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Buster Skrine is a NFL football cornerback for the Chicago Bears. Originally from Atlanta, Buster is a father, an athlete, and entrepreneur. In addition to playing in the NFL, Buster runs Versatile NYC, a marketing firm and talent agency that represents athletes, models and entertainers.

On this episode, we talk about his his children, his desire to become a dad, his siblings growing up, how he balances sport and family and business, his tips for recovery, his advice for new parents or people thinking about becoming parents, his skincare and haircare tips, his musical tastes and some of his favorite jams, how he discovered On, training for the Miami marathon, his sock preferences and wishing that everyone would do their own research and have their own opinions on issues going on instead of following others.

This is episode three of Running Remixed on the Caroline Gleich Show, a special four-part series to showcase how a diverse group of athletes uses running to maximize their training and practice. We’ll hear from Buster for about 30 minutes which is designed to accompany you while you run. Then, we’ll turn it over to trainer Don Saladino, one of the most respected trainers in the business. He’s trained celebrities such as Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Jake Gyllenhaal, John Krasinski, Emily Blunt, and Hugh Jackman. He's created a workout inspired by Buster.

This series is brought to you in collaboration with On to celebrate the launch of the new Cloud X shoe. Lightweight and ultra-reactive, the Cloud X is designed to be your secret weapon for short, high-tempo runs (up to 10km) and mixed movement workouts. It features CloudTec, Swiss-engineered technology that turns impact into acceleration, expanding as you lift off for impact protection, increased propulsion, and explosive takeoffs. On was born in the Swiss mountains and is committed to sustainability and responsibility, for people and the planet.

Learn more: https://www.on-running.com/en-us/

After the interview, we get into our body weight and banded workout inspired by Buster. If you’d like to see videos of these workouts, go to www.on-running.com/remixed.

This workout is designed to help improve strength, speed, and quickness

Set a timer for 40 seconds of work and 20 seconds of rest.  40/20

A1) Hip airplane 40/20.  Perform this for each leg.

A2) See saw lunge 40/20. Perform this for each leg.

A3) Banded pushup 40/20

A4) matrix jump 40/20

A5) Lateral bounds 40/20

A6)bear crawls 40/20 continuous back and forth.

3 rounds totaling at 24 minutes of work

Pauline Ado is a pro surfer based in France. She’s was the ISA world Champion in 2017, and is the seven time World Surf League European Champion. Now, she is training to get back on the World Championship Tour and represent France during surfing’s first Olympic appearance in Tokyo 2020.

This is episode three of Running Remixed on the Caroline Gleich Show, a special four-part series to showcase how a diverse group of athletes uses running to maximize their training and practice. We’ll hear from Pauline for about 30 minutes which is designed to accompany you while you run. Then, we’ll turn it over to trainer Don Saladino, one of the most respected trainers in the business. He’s trained celebrities such as Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Jake Gyllenhaal, John Krasinski, Emily Blunt, and Hugh Jackman. He's created a workout inspired by Pauline.

This series is brought to you in collaboration with On to celebrate the launch of the new Cloud X shoe. Lightweight and ultra-reactive, the Cloud X is designed to be your secret weapon for short, high-tempo runs (up to 10km) and mixed movement workouts. It features CloudTec, Swiss-engineered technology that turns impact into acceleration, expanding as you lift off for impact protection, increased propulsion, and explosive takeoffs. On was born in the Swiss mountains and is committed to sustainability and responsibility, for people and the planet.

Learn more: https://www.on-running.com/en-us/

On this episode, we talk about Pauline’s career, her favorite parts of surfing, having a growth mindset, her first time paragliding, her greatest accomplishments with surfing, what it’s like being on the world surf tour, her failures or setbacks, how running remixed fits into her training, how she discovered on, how she likes the Cloud X shoes, her tips for recovery, how she maintains a healthy diet while traveling, injuries, her tips for injury prevention, her activism and her upcoming goals including the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.

After the interview, we get into our body weight and banded workout inspired by Pauline. If you’d like to see videos of these workouts, go to www.on-running.com/remixed.

This workout is intended to work on posture and stability while implementing explosiveness and core strength.

Set a timer for 30 seconds of work and 30 seconds of rest. We want to cut the work down to make sure that the explosive work is tighter. The increase in rest time will allow in more recovery as well.  Total workout time is 18 minutes.

A1) Handcuffs to reach 30/30 lying flat in face down position

A2) Banded Matrix step 30/30

A3) Shoulder taps 30/30

A4) Alt split jumps 30/30

A5) Explosive pushup

A6) Chair against a wall with a band 30/30

Repeat this circuit for 3 total rounds totaling 18 minutes

This episode's guest is Viet Dang, an internationally known Hip Hop dancer, dance teacher and choreographer. Ethnically Vietnamese and raised in Switzerland, Viet has danced at the Grammy's and for artists such as Rihanna, Christina Aguilera, Nelly Furtado, Justin Timberlake, among others. He's worked with many artists as a movement coach and has taught professional dancers, artists, actors, and fitness instructors all facets of movement development and principles. 

This is episode 2 of Running Remixed on the Caroline Gleich Show, a special four-part series to showcase how a diverse group of athletes uses running to maximize their training and practice. We'll hear from Viet for about 30 minutes, which is designed to accompany you while you run. Then, we'll turn it over to Don Saladino, one of the most respected trainers in the business. He's trained celebrities such as Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Jake Gyllenhaal, John Krasinski, Emily Blunt, and Hugh Jackman. He's created a short workout inspired by Viet.

This series is brought to you in collaboration with On to celebrate the launch of the new Cloud X shoe. Lightweight and ultra-reactive, the Cloud X is designed to be your secret weapon for short, high-tempo runs (up to 10km) and mixed movement workouts. It features CloudTec, Swiss-engineered technology that turns impact into acceleratoin, expanding as you lift off for impact protection, increased propulsion, and explosive takeoffs. On was born in the Swiss mountains and is committed to sustainability and responsibility, for people and the planet.

Learn more: https://www.on-running.com/en-us/

On this episode, we discuss Viet's career teaching dance classes from his start in Switzerland and his move to Los Angeles, CA, his favorite part of being a dancer and choreographer, his affinity for languages (he speaks seven), how dance can contribute to social change, how dance brings people together, what accomplishments he's most proud of, what failures he's made, what he's learn from them, his tips for injury prevention and recovery, a typical day of training, his latest Wushu training, how he maintains freedom of movement, his favorite types of food, how he discovered On, what projects he's working on currently, how he's adapting to the uncertainty of the pandemic, and what he hopes his legacy will be.

After the interview, we get into our body weight and banded workout inspired by Viet. If you'd like to see videos of these workouts, go to www.on-running.com/remixed

This workout is intended to improve overall mobility and core strenght.

Set a timer for 50 seconds of work and 20 seconds of rest for each movement. 6 total movements performed in a circuit of 3 rounds total.

1) Thoracic bridges 40/20 reps.

2) Banded monster walks 40/20. 3-5 reps in each direction continuously for 40 seconds.

3) RFESS (rear foot elevated split squats) 40 seconds on 1 leg, 20 seconds off, and then repeat another 40 seconds on the opposite leg with 20 seconds of rest. You will need to elevate your back leg on a chair or step.

4) Band splits 40/20

5) Wall hand stands 40/20. Hold this position at your comfort level. Do not expect to get all 40 seconds. If need be, walk or kick yourself down to reset and catch your breath.

6) Banded hamstring stretch. 40/20 on each leg.

Repeat this workout for a total of 3 rounds. This workout will take 24 minutes.

Follow Viet: https://www.instagram.com/dandangviet/

Follow Don: https://www.donsaladino.com/

Welcome to Running Remixed on the Caroline Gleich Show, a special four-part series to showcase how a diverse group of athletes uses running to maximize their training and practice. We’ll hear how they live, work, train and incorporate running for about 30 minutes which is designed to accompany you while you run. Then, we’ll hear from trainer Don Saladino, one of the most respected trainers in the business. He’s trained celebrities such as Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively and Hugh Jackman. He’s created a 15 minute workout inspired by each athlete to celebrate how running remixed helps them stay fit, active and healthy to finish the show.

This series is brought to you in collaboration with On to celebrate the launch of the new Cloud X shoe. Lightweight and ultra-reactive, the Cloud X is designed to be your secret weapon for short, high-tempo runs (up to 10km) and mixed movement workouts. It features CloudTec, Swiss-engineered technology that turns impact into acceleration, expanding as you lift off for impact protection, increased propulsion, and explosive takeoffs. On was born in the Swiss mountains and is committed to sustainability and responsibility, for people and the planet.

If you order the Cloud X now, On will include a free resistance band (made in Germany by Blackroll) to maximize your running remixed workout (while stocks last).

Learn more: https://www.on-running.com/en-us/

On this episode, Caroline’s partner and husband, Rob Lea, is taking over host duties to interview Caroline Gleich. Caroline is a professional ski mountaineer, activist and endurance athlete. She’s climbed some of the highest peaks in the world including Everest, and Cho Oyu (the sixth highest peak in the world), finished ultramarathons and was the 2018 female team skimo national champion. She’s been on the covers of ski magazines and in award winning films and has testified to Congress about how climate change is impacting mountaineering, snowsports and public health.

We discuss what Caroline does as a ski mountaineer, the training and skills involved, how she makes a living as an athlete, the inspiration for her activism, some of her favorite adventure locations, what’s next on her adventure list, how mountaineering works with ADHD, how she got into running, how recovery runs unlocked her potential for longer distance running, her marathon and ultramarathon experience, how she discovered On, how the Cloud X supports her ACL recovery, her vision for her future in mountaineering, how running remixed fits into her training, how running helped her find healing from a challenging situation with a cyber stalker, progressing from running and exercising from a place of body shame to a place of running from self-love, her favorite places to run,

After the interview, we get into our body weight and banded workout with inspired by adventure athlete Caroline Gleich. If you’d like to see videos of these workouts, go to www.on-running.com/remixed.

This workout is intended to improve overall athleticism, strength, and resiliency. Repeat this circuit for 3 total rounds totaling 15 min of work.

1) Alternating lunge to upper body banded rotation 40/20

2) Lateral walks with bands 40/20

3) Body weight squats with optional bands 40/20

4) Plank walkouts 40/20

5) Banded prone pulldowns 40/20

Follow Don: https://www.donsaladino.com/

Follow Caroline: https://www.instagram.com/carolinegleich

“Assume best intentions.”–Sarah Herron

I first met Sarah Herron during a speaker event at the National Ability Center in Park City, UT. We instantly clicked. Sarah is the founder of SheLift, an organization dedicated to empowering women with physical differences through outdoor recreation and mentorship. For her first official SheLift event, Sarah took seven young women skiing in Colorado which had a profound impact on each person, including herself.

A fun fact about Sarah: she has been on three seasons of The Bachelor! After her first appearance on Season 17 in 2013, Sarah was flooded by hundreds of messages from people around the globe who live with physical differences. Since then, Sarah has used her platform to empower young women and people everywhere.

In this episode, Sarah and I talk about how to lift up other women, how to thrive on reality TV, how to take what she learned on reality TV to her success on Kilimanjaro, the inspiration and origins of her organization, best practices for talking about people with differing abilities, how to balance femininity and being outdoors, how to find power through vulnerability, what it’s like to feel like you don’t belong, and why we should all trust our intuition without hesitation.

Follow Sarah on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahherron/

Follow SheLifts on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sheliftgrams/

Join the SheLifts Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/284145912001274

Donate to SheLift: https://shelift.org/donate

Check out the SheLift Website: https://shelift.org/

Read The Alchemist Here: https://www.amazon.com/Alchemist-Paulo-Coelho/dp/0062315005/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=the+alchemist&qid=1595396145&sr=8-2

This show is brought to you by Fat Tire: https://www.instagram.com/fattire/

“Good leaders really center the person and the relationship before the business. So often our leadership can be oriented around earnings, around vanity metrics, how many likes you have, and these are things that at the end of the day don’t really matter to your true sense of well being and impact. Those are key values: really centering people and the needs of individuals and relationships as key components to successful leadership across any domain.”

That's a quote from Rue Mapp -the Founder and CEO of Outdoor Afro, the nation’s leading, cutting edge network that celebrates and inspires African American connections and leadership in nature. With 80 leaders in 30 states, they connect over 35,000 people to the outdoors.

Rue is an awarded inspirational leader, writer, speaker, public lands champion and a self-proclaimed good cook!

From its grassroots beginning, Outdoor Afro is recognized by major organizations for its role in addressing the ongoing need for greater diversity in the outdoors. Rue’s work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Backpacker, Seattle Times, Los Angeles Times, on Oprah!, NPR and many others. Rue has a smile that lights up the room and I always look forward to seeing her, whether it’s in Washington DC, on the trails or in the halls of the outdoor retailer tradeshow.

On this episode, we talk about leadership in the outdoors, the power of connection and relationships, learning to trust your intuition, how to find your nature swagger, climbing and being outdoors while Black, and the role that outdoor adventurers can play in activism.

Here's one of my favorite quotes from the show:

"We are nature. You don’t have to get into your car and drive someplace to be connected to nature. That connection to nature starts with the awareness of your heartbeat and the awareness of the water that makes up most of your body. And how governed we are in the same way tides are by the moon. Being aware of who you are as nature and the representation of nature that is in the houseplant you can take some time to get to know a little better right now or the birds that are still doing their mating thing this time of year right outside your window. There’s so much juiciness about nature that I really want people to know is absolutely at hand and not remote from who you already are.”

Check out Rue and Oprah hiking: https://www.ruemapp.com/media/oprah

Support Rue's work at Outdoor Afro: https://outdoorafro.com/

Thanks to Avery Sandack for his help editing and to Rising Appalachia for graciously providing the music for today's episode:

https://www.risingappalachia.com/

How do male athletes balance parenthood and sport? When did they know they wanted to become fathers? 

I don't often interview male athletes, but I wanted to branch out to add more male voices to the podcast. When I had the opportunity to chat with professional climber Tommy Caldwell, I was really interested in how he is able to balance his professional sport and career with his responsibility as a parent. We discuss his projects, his training, how he's been able to avoid the "dad bod," and his evolution as a climber through parenthood.

I was also very curious about his hair and skincare routine and how he's able to maintain his youthful looks while spending so much time in the sun and on big walls. Then we talk about activism! (In all seriousness, we need to normalize asking men about their hair and skincare routines). 

Tommy has made first ascents of some of the hardest climbing routes in the US and the world. He is a fellow Patagonia ambassador and climate activist. This episode has some great nuggets of wisdom that are applicable to any athletes trying to balance all the aspects of life. 

Huge thanks to Tommy for taking the time and for sharing his activism and adventures with us! 

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Recorded 5/28/20.

With everything going on today – protests against police brutality, an awakening of the persistence of racial injustice – a global pandemic – it’s more important than ever that we find places to celebrate joy and specifically Black joy from Black people’s stories. I know that seems counter intuitive, but joy will fuel us through these difficulties.

Mirna Valerio is an ultradistance runner whose passion for the outdoors, inclusivity, diversity, and inspiring others is palpable. Mirna started a blog called Fat Girl Running to talk through her experiences as a “larger woman in a world of thinner athletes.” Her blog has since propelled her into the spotlight. Mirna now travels around the country and the world to speak, teach, and encourage others to live large.

In this podcast, we talk about Mirna’s upbringing and how she got her start in ultrarunning. As a Brooklyn native, Mirna didn’t have access to trails as a child, but excursions through her middle and high school helped develop her love for the outdoors, while her drive for team sports encouraged her athleticism. After a health scare in 2008, Mirna started running again and hasn’t looked back since. She’s now a cross-country coach (she helped train Will Smith for a half-marathon!), an acclaimed author of her recent memoir A Beautiful Work in Progress, and a participant in races both nationally and abroad.

I’m so inspired by Mirna’s infectious positivity and her drive to keep pushing herself. I so enjoyed speaking with her about racism, the connection between COVID and ultrarunning, and how to manage imposter syndrome.

“Find a way.”––Diana Nyad

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Check out her current favorite book Big Summer by Jennifer Weiner

Today’s episode is brought to you by Fat Tire. Born on a bike, Fat Tire strives to be a role model for other businesses in their impact on the communities they serve and the planet itself. Fat Tire is a certified B-Corp and gives 1% of profits to environmental non-profits. They supported my 2019 Everest #ClimbForEquality and continue to be supporters and champions for a variety of causes including Protect Our Winters and the High Fives Foundation.