Our last episode before Bob runs the Tunnel Hill 100. We cover Bob’s last two races, how he’s feeling about Tunnel Hill and talk some about why he’s embarking on all this.

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Sixteen days from Tunnel Hill, Bob recaps a 40-minutes-faster Chicago Marathon, an unplanned 50 miles at Last Dot Standing, an overnight aid-station shift fueled by a half-cup of Malort and a Wisconsin fish fry, and the lonely last lap where he sang Hamilton to himself to stay sane. Sass has questions, foam-rolling confessions, and a healthy fear of the icy weeks ahead.

Bob and Sass discuss Bob’s recent diagnosis and the impact it will have on his training and performance with the Chicago Marathon imminent and Tunnel Hill not too long after.

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Two weeks out from the Chicago Marathon, Bob's body has been screaming for weeks and he finally finds out why: a routine physical, an unexpected anti-TPO blood test, and a fresh subclinical hypothyroidism diagnosis with hormone replacement starting today. He and Sass talk through what it means for Tunnel Hill, why a tired Adderall-fueled summer might've masked it, Sass's plantar fasciitis revenge plot, and the dream of running a half marathon through Italy with a baguette.

Sass is back! We discuss Bob’s 24hr race. Sass glazes over when Bob explains dew points. We’re doing RAGBRAI?

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Bob and Sass reconvene after the Christmas in July sufferfest to unpack a 21-hour, 100K death march through 86-degree heat and a dew point that refused to drop. Burger King at midnight, a near heat-stroke timeout, a lightning-chased final lap, and three big lessons about shoes, legs, and pacing. Plus: a full survey of the world's stupidest winter ultras, ending in talk of running across the frozen Bering Sea.

Bob gives a short rundown of the Christmas in July race.

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Sass is out, so Bob flies solo for a quick technical breakdown of Christmas in July: blisters by mile 30, a shoe-walk mismatch nobody warned him about, mid-90s heat with a dew point that wouldn't quit, and a final lap chased by lightning to clinch the 100K. A short, nerdy field report on what worked, what failed, and what's coming back to Tunnel Hill.

We discuss Bob’s upcoming 24 hour race, the preparations for it, and how Bob plans to use it to prep for Tunnel Hill.

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A 24-hour race called Christmas in July is three days out, the forecast is a brutal 90 degrees with possible rain, and Bob is packing four pairs of shoes and a copy of Fixing Your Feet. He and Sass dig into loop-course logistics, real-food fueling, the unexpectedly chill ultra crowd, and the bigger question pushing him to a hundred miles: how do you find the line between actually failing and just quitting?