Just four weeks after the birth of his first child, Marc Julien's world was turned upside down. He was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer in his neck and tonsils.

This past December, he celebrated two years cancer free and he has a major goal for 2021. He's training to compete in the “Race Across America” (RAAM) ultra-cycling event this June, a 3,000-mile bicycle race from Oceanside, California to Annapolis, Maryland. It is one of the most respected and longest running ultra-endurance events in the world. RAAM is seen as a pinnacle of athletic achievement not only in cycling circles but the greater sporting community as well.

Marc created a RAAM relay team of eight perfect strangers (several teammates are cancer survivors, or impacted by cancer in their own way) who will join him on this journey to prove cancer is a calling to achieve more in life. They plan to complete the cross-country race in just over 5 days, 10 hours!

In addition to training for the race, Marc and his team are on a mission to raise at least $500,000 for childhood cancer research through the non-profit he started, called RAAM21.com. The money will be donated to the National Pediatric Cancer Foundation and Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. They've already raised close to $100,000

Angela Shartel and BJ Haeck, the race directors of the San Diego 100 mile endurance run join us to chat about the challenges of putting on an event in the "Covid era" as well as their passion for being co-race directors for one of the premier ultramarathon events in southern California.

We discuss their thought process on the cancellation of the 2020 event as well as their planning and hopes for having a successfull event in 2021. We also hear some great stories from their experiences as race directors.

In this episode, Dan and Greg discuss their recent beer mile challenge, cheese rolling, the pathology of endurance vs. extreme athletes, and the principles that make a better endurance athlete.

For most people, performance sports in 2020 was a wash. Andy Glaze made the best of his year and pushed himself to new limits. Andy joins us to talk about his 8,000-mile running year, with the final 1,000 miles in December alone.

Wei Sun joins Dan and Greg to talk about Randonneuring. Thats french for cycling a long, long way. He gives us some great cycling history as well and talks about Paris-Brest-Paris, or PBP, a 1200 cycling journey held every 4 years.

Sabrina Houston joins us again to talk about her second swim in the Triple Crown of Marathon Swimming, the 20-Bridges Swim in New York City. 28 miles around Manhattan through the Hudson, East and Harlem Rivers. We discuss the challenges (including COVID-19) leading up to the race, and what it was like to travel to NYC for less than 72-hours to prep and race. Whats next for Sabrina? The English Channel.

After taking vacations, Dan & Greg return to talk about the Army PFT test. How did we do and what challenge did we come up with that everyone can join in on? Because we all know that endurance athletes need a challenge...

Jerry Devon joins us to chat about mountain bike enduro racing, the Trans New Zealand 6-day event, “de-gloved” mandibles, and more!

Talking S*** in episode 6! Sunny joins as guest host. Carla Anderson & Jonathan Bobbitt join us to talk about something that every athlete goes through at some point...poop. Grab some popcorn and have a good laugh with us and maybe learn something for your next run, ride, swim or race.

In Episode 5, Matt Falkner talks about his 2017 RAAM (Race Across America) and how he (and his team) pushed the limits 24 hours a day for 6 days. We also talk about Father's Day, the Ultimage Stage Race from RUN IT FAST, road zombies, and ranger panties.