The Computer Tutor

One of the most dangerous things you can do with your computer is to click on a link when you don’t know where that link will take you. It doesn’t matter if it’s a Facebook link from someone you barely know, or a loving email from your dear sweet mother – don’t click on a [...] Read more »

Jon Tofts lives in Taunton, UK. On March 5, 2016 he finished the Green Man Ultra 30 miler as his first ultramarathon. Congratulations Jon!

Fun fact: For running fuel, Jon loves something that sounds amazing - chocolate covered flapjacks.

Jon's favorite book on running is Everything Will Work Out in the Long Run by Dave Urwin (Amazon here).

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I still don’t recommend Windows 10. I’ll be staying with Windows 7 for as long as possible (at least until January of 2020, when Microsoft will no longer offer security updates for it). But I know there are some people that are concerned that someday they might HAVE to upgrade, and the deadline for getting [...] Read more »

Taylor Maltz lives in Washington, DC. On March 12, 2016 he finished the Thomas Jefferson 100k ultramarathon as his FIRST 100k race. Congratulations Taylor!

Fun fact: A few days before the race, Taylor experienced a problem he had never had before - allergies. This plagued him even through the race but he got through it anyway.

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Everyone uses Google all the time to find something online. It’s still by far the best and most comprehensive search engine available, which is why it’s also the most popular (Bing doesn’t even come close, in spite of Microsoft’s marketing machine telling you it’s so great). But did you know that Google does a lot [...] Read more »

This week's episode of the podcast is an encore presentation (details about this are in the opening moments of the show). Tony Hanneken did the Guana Back to Nature 50k in Jacksonville, Florida as his first ultramarathon, and this interview was the very first episode of the Ultrafinishers podcast. It was originally broadcast January 9, 2015.

Every drive on your Windows computer has a letter of the alphabet assigned to it. The hard drive is probably drive C, and the CD/DVD drive (if you have one) is probably drive D. If you plug in a flash drive, it would most likely be drive E, since a new drive will take the [...] Read more »

Yusuf Abdul Hamid lives in San Diego, California. On February 6, 2016 he finished the Sean O'Brien 50k in Malibu, California and became an ultramarathon finisher. Congratulations Yusuf!

Fun fact: In this episode we talked about rhabdomyolysis, why it sent Yusuf to the hospital straight from the finish line (he's okay now) and how you can prevent this from happening in your next ultra.

The Ultrafinishers podcast is completely listener-supported. You can become a patron of the show at ultrafinishers.com/support.

I love Netflix. And so do millions of other people. There are so many choices of what to watch, it’s almost overwhelming. But the “standard” Netflix content categories that you normally see on the screen are often too broad to really make a specific selection. However, when you know this little trick and the proper [...] Read more »

Rhonda-Marie Avery lives in Ontario, Canada. On April 2, 2016 she became the first blind runner to attempt the Barkley Marathons 100+ mile ultramarathon. Congratulations Rhonda-Marie!

Fun fact: Rhonda-Marie's guide for the race was Christian Griffith, and the first time they met in person was at Frozen Head State Park, just hours before the race began.

Rhonda-Marie's favorite running-related book is a children's book called Ultra by David Carroll (available here on Amazon).

Rhonda-Marie is a disability sports advocate, and she does this through the Envisions Project, a non-profit organization aimed at empowering "other"-abled athletes to achieve their own adventures. You can get in touch with her through that website (envisionsproject.com), on Twitter (@ramavery), on Instagram (@batgirl78), and on Facebook (link).

The Ultrafinishers podcast is 100% listener-supported. You are invited to help support the podcast at http://Ultrafinishers.com/support.