Episodes

Frog cupcakes, prizes, and mud!!! We are talking Way Too Cool 50k, of course. To help you stay on course on race day, we get down to the nitty gritty with Race Director Julie Fingar. Julie is the owner of NorCalUltras and directs many of our iconic and legendary local races in the area including the WTC 50k, American River 25 and 50, and Rio Del Lago 50k and 100. Julie is an active member in our ultra community and recently completed (WON) another Dreadmill race (BURCS Treadmill 50k). She loves ...

Welcome to a new series from The Mile 99 Interview called “Live at the Bar”. At the Bar, you say? Well, not the kind of bar you are thinking but the kind trail runners, hikers, and all the rest of us outdoorsy folks think of. Yes! RIVER GRAVEL BARS! We plan to explore all the beautiful bends, twists, and turns of the American River and couple that with a trail run and interview. Cool, huh? We are starting out this new series interviewing our very own Greg Larkin. Join us as we run down from the...

We are live at The Aid Station, Trails and Ales in Auburn, California to celebrate the end of 2022 with two awesome and inspiring women who Rock This Town, Michelle Hall and Samantha Fontaine. Both of these ladies are masters of balancing families, work, community, volunteering, and fitness. Michelle is an accomplished Ironman and Ultrarunner, Samantha is an accomplished Ultrarunner and organizer of the Roseville and Rocklin Chapter of She Runs This Town. Both are positive and powerful women who...

We sat down with legendary ultrarunner (trail and road), coach and community builder Mo Bartley for a lively conversation with interesting stories, anecdotes, advice and observations from her storied running career. Join us for this episode and hear more about how she started out, her overseas adventures, how she gives back to the community and continues to enjoy running as a lifelong sport! Mo Bartley's Results (ultrasignup.com) Impala Racing Team --- Our sponsors: The Mile 99 Interview | ...

In this episode we chat with Local Legend Ken Crouse. If you know Ken you know him as a quiet and unassuming kind of guy. He is always hanging out at some race in a temporary portable Ham Shack reporting that you have passed through his Aid Station. But you will have a totally different respect for him after you hear his story. Who else has run AR50 22X, WTC 24X and Tamalpa Headlands 50k 17X? He is also a USMC Vietnam Veteran, served in Saigon and is now back there embracing the country, its peo...

Scott Abbott, the Executive Director at Sacramento Running Association and the Race Director for CIM 2022 sat down with us to talk details about his career as a runner through high school and college, his transition to coaching and his eventual role as the race director of the world-renowned California International Marathon, coming up this year on December 4th! 9000 marathoners and 1000 relay teams participated in the 2021 California International Marathon, and they ran a fast Boston qualifyin...

In this episode, we chat with local legend Bill “Billy Goat” Clements. Bill has raced some of the country’s and world’s hardest races from Hard Rock to British Columbia's Fat Dog 120 to UTMB. Bill is also a paddleboard adventurer who paddles among the blue whales and dolphins. He has a wealth of experience and so many great lessons to pass along. Take a listen!! @paddlegoat @billy.goat.running --- Our sponsors: The Mile 99 Interview | Linktree Your Hosts: Jessica Harris / Greg Larkin / Mike Tu...

In Episode 79 we sit down with our favorite stewards Elke Reimer, Chaz Sheya, as well as the U.S. Forest Service's own Matt Brownlee. Matt is the Tahoe National Forest, American River District Trail Manager, volunteer coordinator, and motorized and non-amortized trail advisor. The Mosquito Fire was devastating to many families and our beloved forest. But now that smoke and ash are starting to settle, we are all eager to get out there and help. Get an update on the Mosquito fire, rehab and repair...

We sat down with our dear friend, trail runner, boxer, and long-distance bike rider Taylor Edwards. Hear about his epic 3,400-mile, 31-day bike touring journey from Newcastle, California to Denali National Park, Alaska to honor the passing of his best friend and Father and to spread his ashes in his father’s favorite place. Taylor’s interests in running, backpacking, and cycling especially, were inherited from his father and he always felt the most connected to him when he is out there pushing h...

The Rusty Nails team of Craig Thornley, Joe Steinmetz and Matt Keyes joined us for a live recording at The Auburn Aid Station in Auburn, CA, and we had a great time with them. In addition to learning about their backgrounds, we dove into the team's experience at the UTMB PTL event - a multi-day, 186 mile journey around Mont Blanc with over 80000 ft of climbing. On top of that, our community really showed up with us to raise money for the Placer County SPCA. The SPCA has had a great need for add...

Our community member Katy Gifford is a well-known fixture on the trails and in races all over Northern California. She joined us to talk all about her start in running, first on the road and then to the trails. She has an impressive list of race completions and recently crowned it with a hard fought effort and finish at the Bighorn 100, "a remote rugged test of your endurance"! It certainly delivered on that promise, and we'll hear all about that, her motivation for finding joy in her running a...

Join us as we sit down with our long time friend, accomplished train runner, dog mom to Emmy Lou, long time race volunteer, and volunteer coordinator for Western States Endurance Run, Laura Matz. Learn what drives her to push beyond her limits and how she overcame great odds. Laura will truly inspire you. Run for fun and don't forget, the number swims in the river is more important than the miles. --- Our sponsors: The Mile 99 Interview | Linktree Your Hosts: Jessica Harris / Greg Larkin / Mi...

You are just rolling into Michigan Bluff, mile 55.7, at the Western States Endurance Run. You are hot, sweaty, tired, sore, hungry, and on top of that your feet have been sweaty and wet for miles AND maceration has set in!!! BUT DON'T WORRY Dr. Tonya Olson, is there to save your feet and save your race. Learn about foot care, taping, lubricants, and what to keep in your foot care kit. Be ready for your next race!!! Sports Medicine - Www.centaurrehab.com Tonya K Olson - Facebook Tonya Olson - Li...

We are hanging out with Sierra Trailblazers Club President Rose Asquith along with Alex Danner and Anne King. Learn how they got started as the Sierra Slow Pokes and transformed into the Sierra Trailblazers, the oldest running club in the west, since 1977. Also, did you know they have hosted the Michigan Bluff Aid Station at Western States for 21 years and Auburn Lake Trails before that? Tons of Trail Running History!!! Join us to hear about all of the fun stuff they have going on. Sierra Trail...

The Tahoe Rim Endurance Runs are finally here and we are talking to George Ruiz and Angela Sullivan about the 50 Mile and 55 K race distances. There are a number of things that you need to know before you step foot on the course. We are going to get into the course, bib pick-ups, cut-off times, aid stations, but most importantly how we will be tracking you this year with the new RaceJoy app. Let’s get into it. Tahoe Rim Trail Endurance Runs | A glimpse of heaven … a taste of hell. (trter.com) T...

Your co-host Greg worked at the Duncan Canyon aid station at the 2022 Western States Endurance Run and wandered around before the runners arrived and talked to crew members and spectators to hear their expectations for the weekend. After getting all of the runners in and out of the aid station and helping to break it down, he headed down to Foresthill to meet more people, hear from them and enjoy the community atmosphere. We hope you enjoy this special episode and that it brings back great memo...

The 49th Western States Endurance Run is in the books and what an event it was. This episode is a special tribute to all the runners, crew, pacers, volunteers, family and friends who made this magical weekend so special. We share their stories as well as our own. Hear from Dave Hope, Beth Lang, Tina Sinetos, and Randy Van Dusen. Let’s jump in! Western States web site: https://www.wser.org/ --- Your hosts: Jessica Harris / Greg Larkin / Mike Turner Intro/outro music: Joseph McDade - Elevation: ...

Craig, Diana and Topher were gracious enough to take time from their busy pre-race schedules with only 9 days before the start of the 2022 Western States Endurance Run. They joined us for an hour to give us all of the updates about what's been going on behind the scenes in the past year. We covered a wide variety of topics include the new WSER mission statement, major trail realignment projects in the high country, an update on the critical Cal Street trail section in Foresthill, medical resear...

Our good friend and Foresthill trail runner Dave Hope joined us to talk about his start as a Stockton area speedster on the track and cross-country racing scene, to a missed opportunity in the Marine Corps, travels from Belize to Minnesota and eventually finding his way back to California! Now he has the opportunity along with a few hundred others to toe the line at the 2022 Western States Endurance Run. Dave runs with a smile on his face and a positive outlook and has dialed in his training fo...

My Cocodona Redemption was an experience in planning, preparation, and prevention. But it was also a net sum energy equation and using the energy in the system as efficiently as possible. That meant eating, drinking, moving, resting, and sleeping on a regular rigid schedule to get the energy in and moving efficiently during the days and nights. One of the quickest ways to loose energy during the day is from solar rays. Many of you asked, why is he wearing a hoodie and what is with the umbrella? ...

After his first ever DNF at the inaugural Cocadona 250 in 2021, Mike Turner, co-host of The Mile 99 Interview podcast and "Regular Guy Ultrarunner" stormed back into his training with a burning desire to fix what went wrong. He reinvented his entire plan, hired trainers, researched the "Ultra Lean", spoke to doctors, hit mega vert, cross-trained, dramatically changed his diet and most importantly relentlessly studied how to tackle this new distance. With trusty Sun-brella in hand, he assembled ...