Faster Forward with Troy Busot

Born in Canada, Today's guest - Juan Carlos Obando moved with his family to Ecuador as a youngster where he learned to play soccer - a game that gave him a love of running that would stick with him t…

Today's guest is an ultra runner, a podcaster, and the author of The Way of the Runner, Running with the Kenyans, and my favorite running book of all, The Rise of the Ultra Runners. Adharanand Finn j…

Our guest on the podcast today is Sika Henry - a 2x Marathon champion who turned her talents to the world of triathlon. 

A serious bike crash in 2019 slowed her quest to become the first African Amer…

Instead of asking yourself "how long do I want to live", you should really start asking yourself, "how do I want to live". We all want to live forever, but if you're listening to this show, chances a…

Our guest today is multi-sport athlete, Ultra Runner, Professional Chef, self-described advocate and activist for body politics, and 5' 3" Brooklynite force of nature, Latoya Shauntay Snell - also kn…

A post high school canoe expedition in the heart of the Amazon Basin reconnected Ellen Falterman with her adventurer brother who was five years her senior. The harrowing trip lit a fire for expeditio…

031 - Roderick Sewell

Where does character come from? Is it born or bread? Inherited or built? Perhaps for today's guest, it was nurtured through the selfless and courageous actions of his mother.

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Just one day after finishing her first 50 miler, the Camp Fire began its path of destruction in Northern California, ultimately claiming 153,000 acres, 85 human, and an untold number of animal lives …

A childhood framed by his family's love for running leads a young man on adventures across several continents, stoking his love and optimism for humanity.

Years later, a post-run tea is interrupted b…

FKT - shorthand for “Fastest Known Time” is essentially, a speed record on any given route. Anyone, at any time, on any day, can try to break a record and set a new FKT. After a serious car accident …

If you love what you do for a living, you'll never work a day in your life. Or so the saying goes. From the very first email that I received from today's guest, I could feel her enthusiasm toward her…

Like the tip of an iceberg, what the outside world sees is the shining 2 hour 56 minute and 19 second marathon finish that sticks up above the surface. 

What is not seen is the incredible mass of hou…

Confucius said, Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we do. Our guest today knows a think or two about falling and rising not only to the challenge, but to glory in th…

What is it they say about people who can be identified by only one name? Well if you follow the sport of Ultra Running, you know Jamil.

A talent for running and a youth spent hiking and camping aroun…

Our guest today has quite literally been chasing his passions for all of his adult life.  

Whether it was moving from Atlanta to Boston and later to Los Angeles to become a stand-up comic, or shutter…

How much of your potential are you leaving on the table? How much of your training are you leaving to chance? Are your periodized workouts the right ones for your phenotype? What the heck is a phenot…

A single footstep changes all the future steps that an American Marine on patrol in Afghanistan would ever take. After triggering an EID and losing his right leg below the knee, our guest Eric McElve…

What if there existed one simple solution in our fight against food insecurity, water quality, climate change, global poverty, healthcare & our dependence on pharmaceuticals, and even the survivabili…

Episode 019: Anton Villatoro

With the image of his childhood hero, Davis Phinney perched atop a podium etched clearly in his mind, the "Town Bull", Anton Villatoro embarks on a pro cycling career tha…