Voice Of Runners

MR71: In this week's episode, I talked with Jay Nevans. Jay is the race director for 7 Bridges Marathon as well as many races in and around the city of Chattanooga, TN and beyond. An endurance athletic himself, Jay help to manage/direct/time more than 105 race in a year. With years of experience, Jay works on bringing the first class runners' experience in any given event. Listen to complete podcast and get 20% discount code for the 7 Bridges Marathon events. In this episode, Jay and I talked about: - Jay's race management journey - The Scenic City of the South - Chattanooga , and its passion/growth of the multi-sports - Ins and Outs of 7 Bridges Marathon - How to manage a race More 7 Bridges Marathon: sevenbridgesmarathon.com Jay's Bio: Jay Nevans started timing and scoring results in high school. Cross country and track were his passion before college and then he transitioned to endurance mountain bike events and triathlons. As an eight-time finisher of the Leadville Trail 100, he aspires

MR70: In this week's episode, I talked with Coach Ken Harkless. Coach Ken has been a big part of the early running community building here in and around Birmingham. With years of experience, Coach Ken has a lot of life, running, training, and racing stories/tips to tell us. Even in 60+ years of age, Coach Ken still has a mind set of running, racing, and competing. Through his words, he describes his passion for running. In this episode, Coach Ken Harkless and I talked about: - Coach Ken's running journey - Running the best hope for mankind - Training/racing over 50 years - Evolution of running/racing since early years of running - More Enjoy and Share the episode! Music by: bensound.com

MR68: In this week's episode, I talked with Coach Al DiMicco. If you want to learn more about Coach Al and his running, listen to MRuns' Podcast Episode # 7 (soundcloud.com/marathonruns/mr7). In this episode, we talked about different aspects of Summer training, running, and racing. Coach Al brings years of running experience who is still logging miles during these hot days of summer. It is always fun to catch up with Coach Al and learn more about our sports of running through him. In this episode, Coach Al and I talked about - Coach Al' training/running - Summer training - hill, hot, speed work, & long runs - How to Stay cool and log miles during Summer heat - Birmingham Stage Race - More Enjoy the episode! Previous podcast episode: soundcloud.com/marathonruns/mr7 Music by: bensound.com

MR67: In this week's episode, I talked with Jackie Merritt. In 2017 Western States 100, Jackie was the 7th overall female finisher. During this interview, Jackie talks about training for WS100, differnt parts of WS100 course, racing the WS100, finishing 7th overall, and more. It was fun catching up with Jackie. If you want to learn more about Jackie's running history, please listen to MRuns' podcast episode #37. As I am training for Pinhoti 100, it is great to listen Jackie's training and racing method for the WS100. Fun interview! In this episode, Jackie and I talked about - Racing and training for The Georgia Death Race - Wester States Golden ticket - Western States training – hill/heat/more - Western States course - Running through Ice/mud/hills/heat/more - Racing Western States fast - Finishing WS100 7th overall female -More Enjoy the episode! Previous podcast episode: MRuns.com/podcast/mr37/ Music by: bensound.com Photo by: Paul Nelson

MR66: In this week's episode, I talked with Donna Arrington. Donna was a stay at home mom before she started taking on distance running. She did not start as a trail runner. Once Donna was introduced into trail running, she fell in love with it. Since she started to run trails, Donna has completed multiple ultra marathons including Pinhoti 100. Donna loves everything about trail running/racing/friends/challenges. Fun interview! In this episode, Donna and I talked about - Donna's running journey - Women on trail running - Family & ultra running/racing/training balance - Training/racing/running ultra marathoner - Donna's latest nutrition experiment - Ultra Running distance races - BUTS – Birmingham Ultra Trail Society - Southeastern Trail Series (http://www.southeasterntrailruns.com) -More Enjoy the episode! Music by: bensound.com

MR65: In this week's episode, I talked with Camille Herron who is the female overall winner of the 2017 Comrades Marathon. Camille learned about the Comrades Marathon during her junior high school. It was the only ultramarathon she knew most of her running career. In 2014, she had to pull out of the Comrades due to a medical condition. Camille has a great story about training/running/racing as well after race diet. Fun interview! In this episode, Camille and I talked about - Camille's Running Journey - Training/Racing Comrades Marathon - Running distance races Running road ultras More Website: http://comrades.com Enjoy the episode! Music by: bensound.com photo by: Andre Harmse.

MR64: In this week's episode, I talked with Jason Green who is the founder and the cult leader of Yeti Trail Runners. After running in his young age, Jason gave up running for 30 years until he rediscovered ultra running. Jason's love for trails and passion for trail running brought him back to the ultra running world. Over the years, he successfully built a different type of running community/cult around ultra/trail running. Over the years, Jason not only ran races around the country but also built trails and directed many Yeti Trail Races. Fun interview! In this episode, Jason and I talked about: - Jason's Running Journey - Founding of the “Yeti Trail Runners” community/cult - Running distance races - Training - More Yeti Trail Runners Mission statement: “The Yeti Trail Runners were formed in 2011 with a mission statement to move the trail ultra running community forward by developing strong relationships in our community parks and forests. We maintain existing and new trails in Georgia. We put on r

MR63: In this week's episode, I talked with Mirna Valerio. Mirna has broken stereotypical of running. Even with her big size body, Mirna runs distance races - including ultra marathons. Her love for running started early in her life, but she became distance runner later part of her life. In this episode, we talk about her running journey and beyond. It is a fun interview to listen. Mirna Valerio's Bio: Marina, a native of Brooklyn, New York, is a Spanish teacher, diversity educator, cross-country coach, marathoner, ultrarunner, and blogger. Valerio’s blogs about all things running appear at Fat Girl Running and in Women’s Running Magazine. Her story was featured in the Wall Street Journal, Runner’s World, NBC Nightly News, and CNN. Valerio is a global ambassador for Merrell, an ambassador for Skirt Sports, and an athlete for Swiftkick. She is married to Cito Nikiema, and together they have a basketball-loving teenage son, Rashid. She loves being in nature and frequently runs trails in the North Georgia mo

MR62: In this week's episode, I talked with Matt Clem. Matt is one of the founders and current board president of M.U.T.S. Mississippi Ultra & Trail Society! Matt started as a walker and eventually became an ultramarathoner. He has a great story about the start of MUTS. MUTS is an ultra and trail society from Mississippi. MUTS' mission is to promote, support, and grow trail and ultra-running in and around the state of Mississippi. In this episode, Matt and I talked about: - Matt's Running Journey -Founding of MUTS -What is MUTS? -Trail Systems in Mississippi -How to connect to MUTS? -MUTS races -More MUTS website: http://www.mutsrunning.org/ Enjoy the episode! Music by: bensound.com

MR61: In this week's episode, I talked with Adam Roach who is 4 times winner of BigSur Marathon. He was the second overall winner for the 2017 BigSur Marathon as well as Boston2BigSur Marathon challenge. Adam competed in track, cross country, football and basketball at Port Huron High School with best times of 4:19 in the 1600m run. In college, he ran track and cross country at Saginaw Valley State University from 2002-2006. He Qualified for the NCAA Division II championships as an individual 4 times in 3 different events including the 1 mile run, 5000m and the 3000m steeplechase; he finished his career with personal bests of 14:26 in the 5000m and a SVSU school record of 4:09 in the indoor mile. After college, Adam moved up in distance to focus on Half Marathon and Marathon distances posting personal bests of 1:08 and 2:24 respectfully. Adam's marathon success includes winning the Big Sur Marathon in 4 times including second overall in 2017, as well as a 10th place finish at the 2014 L.A. Marathon. He set

MR60: In this episode, I talked with David Kahn. David is a successful businessman who took on running late in his life. Since he started to take on running, he completed the abbot World Marathon Majors which includes following marathons: Tokyo, Boston, London, Berlin, Chicago and New York City. When he completed the Marathon Majors, he was the 50th from the USA and the first one from the state of Alabama to complete the World Marathon Majors. David has a great story to tell his journey from being non-running to the world marathon majors finisher. In this podcast we talk about: *David's running journey *Talking about each Marathon Major events from Chicago to Tokyo * Running last Boston Marathon mile with Meb Keflezighi in 2012 * More Enjoy the episode! Music by: bensound.com

MR59: In this episode, I talked with Michael Wardian who is the recent winner of BigSur, Boston2BigSur, and the world marathon 7 marathons in 7 days in 7 continents. Michael was not always a runner, but he ran the Boston Marathon as his second marathon. Since he started to run more than 20 years ago, he has not looked back. Michael has travelled the world for running. In this episode, we talk about: -Michael's running journey from lacrosse player to on becoming a runner -pushing his boundaries -running 7 marathons in 7 days in 7 continents -Boston2BigSur experience -More Enjoy the episode!

MR58: In this week's podcast episode, I talked with the founder of Altra Running - Golden Harper. Golden started running as soon as he left crawling and has never looked back. He has a great story about how he started Altra running shoes from kitchen toaster oven to build a worldwide running shoes brand. In this episode, we talked about: *Golden's running journey *Toaster oven shoes *Founding of Altra Running shoes *Running technique *More More on Golden Harper: https://goldenharper.wordpress.com/2014/11/04/about-golden-harper/ Altra Running shoes: https://www.altrarunning.com Enjoy the episode! Music by: bensound.com

MR57: this is a two part episode. The first part of episode, I talked with two Boston Marathon finisher Craig Osborn and Steve Sprieser about our Boston Marathon 2017 experience. 2017 Boston Marathon was 4th for Steve, 3rd for Craig, and 2nd for me. There are a lot of great advice to those running next Boston Marathon. I learned a lot about how to train for Boston Marathon. The second part of interview, I talked Boston marathon runners, first lady of running, vendors, volunteers and more. In this episode, we talked about following: *2017 Boston Marathon *How to Run Boston Marathon *Boston Marathon qualifying *Talking with Scott Jurek *First Women in running marathon *more Enjoy the episode!

MR56: In this episode, I talked with founder of MarathonInvestigation.com and Mr. Marathon Investigator himself - Derek Murphy. It is interesting to listen about all different levels of Marathon and other distance races cheating goes on beyond trying to be a Boston Qualifying. In this episode, we talked about following: *Founding of MarathonInvestigation.com *Boston Marathon qualifying *Bib mules *Different types of marathon cheating *more Enjoy the episode!

#MR55: In this episode, I talked with Dean Karnazes - the Ultramarathon Man himself. Dean is well known runner, author, and more. Dean's running journey started when he ran his first 30 miles run on his 30th birthday. Since that day, Dean has run hundreds of marathons and ultra marathons around the world. Dean is a great story teller, runner, and motivator. Personally, I read/listed to most of his books so far. It was great talking to an ultra distance runner who I look up to. In this episode, we talked about many things including: *Dean's Running Journey * Make living out of your personal passion *His latest book – “The Road to Sparta” *Running advice *Training and living busy lifestyle *more Website: http://www.ultramarathonman.com Enjoy the episode!

MR54: Finally, I was able to catch up with the Birmingham Trail Runners parent, friend, mentor, race director, and more - David Tosch. David is very busy year around to setup trail racing events, planning races, running, training, and more. David and Marye Jo Tosch founded the Southeastern Trail Runs - southeasterntrailruns.com, which has been great asset to the Birmingham Trail running community. David has helped to put the Southeastern trail running on the map with many races including Birmingham Stage race, Lake Martin 100, Blood Rock, and more. Personally, David has been great friend, mentor, and inspiration to me. David did not put me in trail, but he kept me in trail. With the start of 5th Southeastern Trail Series this week, I can say that I also grew as trail runner with series. I cannot thank enough for all love, care, encouragements, and support that I get from David and Marye Jo Tosch. This is a must listen Podcast for those of you want run/ran/running any or all races of Southeastern T

MR53: In this week's episode, I had an opportunity to talk with Diane Bolton who is Marathon Maniac Hall of Fame, World Mega-marathon ranked 350+marathons, 2X50 stater, and Vol State 500K finisher. One year Diane ran more than 70 marathons/ultra. Diane did not start running till late in her life. Once she started, she has not looked back ever since. She is passionate about running, pacing, and enjoying life through running. She loves the journey and challenges running. In this episode, we talked about: Diane's running journey Running 350+marathon/ultra Running Vol state 500k solo Different marathon and ultra Mental and physical strains of running multiple marathons in a week and weekend more Please Subscribe to MRuns' podcast “Voice of Runners” at iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, Pocket Casts, or Google Play Boston2BigSur challenge link: www.mruns.com/b2b/ Enjoy!

52: Voices of Marathons In the House: Talking with Fitz Koehler & Rudy Novotny MR52: In this week's episode, I had an opportunity to talk with Voices of Marathons Fitz Koehler & Rudy Novotny. Rudy and Fitz are voices of many marathons including: BigSur Marathon, LA Marathon, OC Marathon, Disney Marathon and more. Fitz and Rudy provide voices that we hear during marathon mornings and expos. It was fun talking to them. This episode, gives a different side of marathon. In this episode, we talked about: *what is voices of marathon? *BigSur marathon *Looking at announcer side of start and finish line *more Boston2BigSur challenge link: www.mruns.com/b2b/ Enjoy the podcast!

MR51: In this episode, I talked with Dr. Bhrett McCabe – the founder of the MindSide, the host of the MindSide podcast, and author of The MindSide Manifesto. Dr. McCabe is a practicing Sports & Performance Psychologist who works with numerous athletes from the PGA and LPGA Tours, NFL, NBA, MMA, and serves as the sports and performance psychologist for the University of Alabama Athletic Department. It was fun talking with Dr. McCabe and understanding the MindSide of runners. In this episode, we talked about following: *Dr. McCabe founding of the MindSide *The MindSide Manifesto book *MindSide of runners *My Personal struggle with running *How to bring mental toughness *more Please Subscribe to MRuns' podcast “Voice of Runners” at iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, Pocket Casts, or Google Play Boston2BigSur challenge link: www.mruns.com/b2b/ The MindSide Website: www.themindside.com Dr. Bhrett McCabe's bio: Dr. Bhrett McCabe is the founder of The MindSide and a Licensed Clinical Psychologist holding a P