Endurance Nerd Podcast
Summary: Endurance Nerd is a long form chat show meant to motivate endurance athletes of every blush. We'll have on top notch elite runners, cyclists, and triathletes as well as other remarkable men and women that live, breathe, and work at every fringe of endurance sport. Amateur racers, custom bike fabricators, cycling-addicted theoretical physicists....basically anyone that's really interesting, accomplished, and loves "going long." Discussions will include.....well, whatever comes up. Expect to hear some great stories from the pros -- how they made it to where they are? what mistakes nearly robbed them of their We may hit on a lot of philosophical "why drives us to do this?" one moment and swerve into "what's your favorite Bill Murray movie?" the next. The long and uncut form is meant to be listened to during your workout be it in the gym or on the trail. Enjoy.
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- Artist: John Weirath
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Podcasts:
Ultra running legend Kirk Apt joins me on the podcast this time. If you don't know Kirk, and you fancy yourself an endurance sportsman/sportswoman, then you probably ought to give a listen. Kirk is an extraordinary person and he just so happens to have finished forty-four 100-mile footraces (yes, 44!, as in almost 4 dozen -- you read that right). And to add one more element to make yourself feel just a touch lazy: 1. Eighteen of those finishes have been at the HardRock -- clearly one of the toughest races on the planet with a top-out elevation of 14,042 ft and a total gain/loss of just a titch under 68,000 feet of climbing. 2. Another eighteen finishes have come at Leadville, and, 3. He's not done yet! Kirk is gonna race and finish for the foreseeable future. In this podcast we discuss training and racing (of course), but Kirk is also a PhD-level student of the mental and spiritual aspects of ultra-sport, so he has some great insights in how any runner can approach their training, and keep themselves fresh. He has such a great attitude that you can't help but look differently at your "boring" weekday runs and rides. Kirk is a practicing massage therapist and "Rolf-er", and he brings the same amount of attention and focus to his work as he does his running -- after talking with him about his approach to body-work it made me want to go out and start getting massages regularly again! Hope you enjoy, and, as always, leave me some feedback here or on whichever portal you downloaded this podcast from.
Multiple Ironman winner and all-around good chap, triathlete Ben Hoffman, sits down to chat. This was recorded in January of 2013 and it's fun to listen to again, knowing what Ben was set to accomplish in the next two years -- more Ironman wins and second at the World Championships in 2014. We talk about where he started with triathlon, including an amazing first outing as a pro. Ben excels at tough courses and we talk about their increasing scarcity. Other topics include the Kona Points Series, how he prepares mentally for big races, and of course we go through all the great things he's doing with his sponsors: Specialized Bikes (Ben even talks about his 29er, along with his "work" bikes) Volkswagen Zoot Tri-Bike Transport Fuel Belt I missed The Infinite Monkey Theorem during the chat, and was kicking myself afterward....awesome wines, even if you don't know a thing about grapes you'll still enjoy their offerings. Enjoy; I know I had a good time chatting with Ben. Up next on the podcast, an ultra running legend (which should really apply to anyone who's completed 44 [yes forty four!] 100 mile foot races, even without the big results this athlete and seeker has had. More later.....
This is an introduction of sorts....just to give an idea of where I see the podcast right now. We'll see how it goes....I'm certain the focus and soul of it will change in the future, but where I see it right now is a long form podcast chat show that explores the deeper, the funnier, the more interesting aspects of endurance sport. My guests have been great so far, so any shortcomings in the content is my doing entirely. Enjoy and let me know what you think
