Coffee and a Mike

Camille Herron is a world-class ultrarunner. She comes on the podcast to discuss some of her past races that includes Comrades Marathon, Western States 100 mile endurance run, IAU 24 Hour World Championship where she was the top ranked American 24 Hour runner and set a new 24 Hour Record in 2019 running over 167 miles. For all of your coaching needs please visit her website runcamille.com.

Santa Claus comes on the podcast to talk about final preparations for the big day coming up.  

Albert Blaise Cattafi is a well known director, dancer, and choreographer. His resume includes work from Broadway shows to music videos to several stints on Saturday Night Live. Albert Blaise Cattafi is currently a faculty member with Los Angeles based dance convention, L.A. Dance Magic, choreographer for Cirque Du Soleil, and the Resident Choreographer with the Phoenix Ballet.

Alice Wright is a Professional Runner who runs with NAZ Elite for Hoka. She comes on the podcast to discuss coming back from her recent injury, 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, tv shows, movies, and the Arizona food scene.

Zach and Nicole Bitter come on the podcast to discuss running this upcoming weekend at Desert Solstice, some of the other races they ran in 2019 which include Western States, San Diego 100, Spartathlon, and JFK 50 and what it was like setting both 100 mile and 12-hour World Record at the Petit Center this past summer. 

John Nores is a California native. Beginning in 1992, he was hired as a warden for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and retired in December of 2018 as a special operations lieutenant working directly at the state level, co-developing and leading his agency’s elite tactical unit the Marijuana Enforcement Team (MET) and developed the CDFW’s first sniper unit aimed at combatting the most environmentally damaging criminals working within California and impacting the nation.  

Caleb Schiff, the owner of Pizzicletta, a wood-fired pizzeria in Flagstaff, AZ. He returns to the podcast to discuss his newest location inside Dark Sky Brewing also in Flagstaff, finding the time to run trails, and different ways he can give back to the community.

Hayley Pollack is an ultra runner and the President of Aravaipa Running, which is the largest Trail and Ultra Running event production company in the Southwest United States. Some of their races include the Crown King Scramble, Javelina Jundred, Desert Solstice, and Across the Years.

Caleb Schiff is the owner of Pizzicletta, a wood-fired pizzeria in Flagstaff, AZ, an aspiring ultra-trail runner and a lover of science, design and his dog. He values belief in one’s self and hopes his work inspires others to pursue their dreams.

Ashley Taylor is a Canadian track and field athlete. She ran for Northern Arizona University and is now a professional runner with the goal of competing in the 800 meter for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She currently trains in Flagstaff, AZ as part of Under Armour and is coached by Stephen Haas and Shayla Houlihan.

Chefs Juan Zamora of Chula Seafood, Keri Frazier owner of Urban Phoenix Cafe and Bryon Freeze come on to the podcast to discuss Culinary Love, a company born out of love to support their fellow Chefs. Proceeds of all products sold thru the website will give financial support to programs designed to help Chefs battling depression and mental health issues.

With today being Veterans Day I wanted to share this podcast recorded last year. Constance Bradley, PhD, LAc, is a Nationally Board Certified Acupuncturist and owner of Scottsdale Integrative Acupuncture in Scottsdale, Arizona. She specializes in advanced cosmetic facial rejuvenation and sports medicine. Constance is a graduate of the US Air Force Academy, the University of Colorado-Boulder, and the University of Utah. She is an Air Force veteran and former Professor of Philosophy at the Air Force Academy.

Nick Coury is an ultra runner and just returned from competing as an alternate for the U.S. national team in the World 24 Hour in Albi, France.  Prior to that he had run 140 miles in one week and broke the 18 year old course record in Man VS. Horse 2019 by 19 minutes.

Matt was an Executive Producer and Showrunner of THE MINDY PROJECT for Hulu and just wrapped up working on the Hulu show FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL as an Executive Producer. Prior to this, Matt was a Consulting Producer on COMMUNITY after having worked on THE SIMPSONS for 11 seasons. Matt has won an Emmy for his work on the show, He is a graduate of Harvard and was president of The Lampoon.

Kevin Long was the 2009, 2015 and now 2019 World Series coach and current hitting coach for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball. Kevin has coached Alex Rodriguez, Derek Jeter, David Wright, Yoenis Cespedis along with many other great players while with the New York Yankees and Mets.