The Drop

We wish we knew her in our wilder days, but we know her now. Morgan Wade is a country music artist who also happens to love weightlifting, running, and ultrarunning. We talk about what it's like to be the Travis Barker lookalike of country music (she has a solid collection of tattoos), a woman in the industry, growing up in a small town, running trails, and more. This was a really fun conversation about running and life.

Download or stream her newest album "Psychopath," on August 25.

Listen to her debut album "Reckless," featuring her hit song "Wilder Days," wherever you get your music.

Follow Morgan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/morganwademusic/

Blink and it's 182. I guess this is growing up, but we're still kids at heart when it comes to discussing airplane etiquette, STD billboards in Baltimore, waterbeds for the rich and poor, and the all-new Brooks Ghost Max.

Shoes and running apparel are cool, but they're a lot cooler when Greg Itahara gets his hands on them. Greg is a visual storyteller, an artist who has excelled at creating beautiful and unique designs that oftentimes find themselves on one-off shoes, including the hand-painted Asics Gel-Kayano 30 that he presented to Kayano-San himself at our office here in Baltimore.

Things go sideways real quick this week as we try to test the limits of our listeners' attention spans. Thomas and Robbe discuss toothpaste squeezing methods, Thomas gets Robbe to try a drunken cookie recipe, Meg is handed a get out of jail free coin, and we also respond to the torrent of comments on our Dr. Phil Maffetone episode.

We probably should have had him on a long time ago, but better late than never. Dr. Phil Maffetone is a coach, author, innovator, and founder of the 180 Formula and the MAF test for heart rate training. He's basically the godfather of the field, which has seen a huge surge in followers over the last decade. He's also been an advisor to music legends like Rick Rubin, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Johnny Cash, and James Taylor.

In this episode, we talk about heart rate training and its benefits, as well as his new research into music and its affect on the mind and training. This is a long one, but it was a lot of fun and super interesting!

Learn more about Dr. Maffetone's work: https://philmaffetone.com/

Meg forgets what week/month it is, Thomas may turn any day now (we're keeping him in a cage to be safe), Robbe catches crabs in a good way. We also recap Summer GRIT and Meg's time in Nashville, and take a quick look at the all-new collab between Puma and Ciele.
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Look, we had to know what they were all about, so we went straight to the source. Brett Fraser is the Chief Athletes Officer for the Enhanced Games, a sporting event without drug testing, billed as "an alternative to the corrupt Olympic Games."
This is an open conversation about the persistence of drugs in sport, the idea of "scientifically-enhanced" athletes, and whether or not that's a good thing or a bad thing for sport overall. There are definitely two sides to this issue and both have certain merits, whether you agree or not. Either way, we're interested to see how it plays out over the next year and a half.
Learn more about the Enhanced Games: https://enhanced.org/

This week, Thomas and Meg survive an animal attack (barely), Robbe narrowly avoids an animal attack, oh and also we had an amazing time at the Summer GRIT Party and Asics/Skratch Summer Hydration Tour stop #4. All that and a whole lot more in this episode, including an overview of the Salomon DRX Bliss.

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7/29 - Nashville - Summer Hydration Tour Stop #5
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8/10 - Atlanta - Summer Hydration Tour Stop #6
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8/19 - Boston - Summer Hydration Tour Stop #7
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We didn't know this before we started, but apparently we just talked to the only person to podium at Marathon de Sables, UTMB, and Western States, where he just won a few weeks ago with the 4th-fastest time ever. And to think that it all started with a bet.
Tom Evans is an Adidas Terrex athlete and no doubt, one of the best ultrarunners in the world right now, throwing down incredible performances on some of the toughest courses in the game. We talk about how he got into running, why he drinks Red Bull before, during, and after his races, and how he's loving the new carbon-plated trail racing shoe coming from Adidas.
Follow Tom on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tomevansultra/
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Meg's really living up to the tour vibes as we find out when she recaps this weekend's Summer Hydration Tour visits in Austin and Miami. Robbe finds out what happens one week after you have a tick in your arm. Thomas has his own medical anomalies. And we talk about the Nike Ultrafly, which is probably one of the best Nike road shoes... but maybe not at $250.

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