Thought For Food Podcast

Ultrarunning is one of those sports that, from the outside, seems completely insane. Only a year ago I would have totally agreed. Why would anyone elect to run a marathon, let alone 30, 50, or 100 miles?! But once you realize just how much this niche sport is growing, how much it tests the human potential, and the incredible community it builds, it all starts to make sense. Professional ultrarunning takes an immense amount of grit, passion, and physical and mental strength. The demands put on the entire body over the course of hundreds of miles of training and racing is up there with the toughest endurance challenges in the world. Clearly you must consume meat and eggs and tons of protein right? That's what we love about this week's guest, Sage Canaday. If you're familiar with the running world, you've probably heard of this extraordinary athlete. Sage ran D1 for Cornell University where he won the 2007 10k Ivy League Conference title on the track and qualified for the 2008 Olympic Trials his junior year. He