Episodes

Renee sat down with us in this episode just two weeks after her successful FKT record on the Sierra High Route, a challenging route covering nearly 200 miles, mostly off-trail and typically above 9000’ elevation! Renee is a rock climber, mountaineer and runner and had to bring all of those skills to bear in order to complete her record under her target time. Executing an effort like this takes an incredible amount of planning, training and support. Renee gave us insights into all of those facet...

In this episode, we chatted with Bob Shebest, a pro ultrarunner (sponsored by Salomon, Buff, GU and Squirrel's Nut Butter), coach and middle-school educator. Bob recently relocated to the foothills from Sonoma County and is back on the roads around the area on his bike and seeking adventure on the trails here and in the mountains of the Tahoe region. He recently paced Adam Kimble, a Tahoe area runner, on his successful quest to break the Tahoe Rim Trail FKT record! We had entertaining discussio...

From time to time, we'd like to bring you additional special episodes like this one! Mike Turner and I have been doing a lot more exploring around the area since the racing season has been effectively cancelled. We've gone on several trips out to the North Fork of the American River canyon. Many of the trails are lightly-used, fairly remote and sometimes obscure. It makes for a good time out there discovering new places, coming across old mining history and artifacts and putting in some serious...

Sean Ranney is an ultrarunner, adventurer and race director of Northern California's answer to the Barkley Marathons, the Euchre Bar Massacre. We talked to him about how got into running after coming from a multi-sport background and how he created this incredibly tough race that travels all throughout the historic North Fork of the American River canyon. The North Fork is steeped in mining history, savage climbs and descents and maybe even some ghosts! Joining Sean were several Euchre Bar Mass...

In this special episode, we have collaborated with the Donner Party Mountain Runners to bring you a podcast recorded from their live interview with Helen Pelster and Adam Kimble, two incredible ultrarunners who both set fastest known time (FKT) records on the Tahoe Rim Trail, a 171 mile loop around Lake Tahoe in California and Nevada. Thanks very much to DPMR board member Jack Macy for allowing us to rebroadcast this special interview and to founding member Chris Cloyd for moderating the intervi...

Helen Pelster is an accomplished ultrarunner based in Truckee, CA, and in this episode we spoke with her about her initial discovery as running as a way to get in shape but then things really took off from there, culminating in successful completions of fastest known times (FKTs) on the Tahoe Rim Trail in 2019 and 2020. We hear all about those huge achievements and how she approaches running and techniques she uses to stay centered while doing something that could be outside of your comfort zon...

Camille Herron joined us for an interesting and inspiring talk about her lengthy running career in a wide variety of disciplines of the sport. She is a multiple national and world record holder, has dozens of victories at the marathon distance and is looking forward to more trail racing in her future. We got her insights into her science-based approach to training and racing, challenges she has overcome in her life to get the positive mental attitude she has and how she's dealing with the COVID...

Episode 8 with Rob Myers is an interesting conversation with him and his friends about the big adventure they had while running the Western States Endurance Run course in reverse! We hear from Rob, his crew and pacers and unravel all of the ins and outs and ups and downs of that epic journey while exploring other topics along the way. Tune in and get inspired for your own personal adventure! Intro music: Joseph McDade - Elevation: https://josephmcdade.com/music/elevation Support the show (http...

Ray Sanchez is a Badwater 135 veteran who keeps going back to the race year after year and is aiming for 20 finishes there. The difficulty of that task cannot be overstated, but it's clear he has the drive to get it done! Tune in for another inspirational episode if you are looking to get some valuable insights into what makes ultrarunners tick and keep moving forward no matter what! Intro music: Joseph McDade - Elevation: https://josephmcdade.com/music/elevation Support the show (https://www....

In episode was 6, we had a great discussion with Meghan Canfield on a wide range of running-related topics including the importance of increasing diversity in our sport and what she is doing to help with that effort. The audience Q&A was lively, and we all got some great tips from Meghan, too! You can find out more information about her and her coaching services here: Coaching web site: http://coachmeghan.com/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/meghan.canfield IG: https://www.instagram.com/runningme...

We had an excellent conversation with Chris Thomas about his entry into running in 2015 when he decided to transform his life. Learn about how he made the shift and got on the path to the hardened ultrarunner that he is today. Since then, Chris has progressed quickly into taking on some of the most challenging races in the world including a sub-40 hour finish at UTMB and recent completion of the Hammond Challenge where you run the number of miles equivalent to the day of the month for a complet...

Kuni Yamagata recounted some amazing stories about the Hardrock 100, other races and his approaches to training and racing for our fourth episode. This is one tough runner with a wealth of information for all of us! Tune in to this episode and you won’t be sorry! Intro music: Joseph McDade - Elevation: https://josephmcdade.com/music/elevation Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/themile99interview)

For our 3rd episode, we had the pleasure of speaking with Karen Bonnett-Natraj, an accomplished and prolific ultrarunner and multi-sport athlete. She has over 100 trail race finishes, including multiple 100 mile finishes per year, and shared her knowledge of racing, training and mental attitude with us. Intro music: Joseph McDade - Elevation: https://josephmcdade.com/music/elevation Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/themile99interview)

In episode 2, we chatted with Kelly Barber, a Northern California ultrarunner with a large number of impressive running achievements! We learned a lot about his start in running, his first time pacing at Western States and his huge accomplishments at the Grand Slam of Ultrarunning and the Tahoe 200 race. Don't miss this one! Intro music: Joseph McDade - Elevation: https://josephmcdade.com/music/elevation Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/themile99interview)

In our first episode of the interview series, we sat down with Craig Thornley, race director of the Western States Endurance Run. We covered all kinds of topics from Craig's early life, his running career, his first time learning about the Western States race and his eventual hiring as the race director. And we got some great audience questions on top of that - enjoy! Intro music: Joseph McDade - Elevation: https://josephmcdade.com/music/elevation Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/themi...