Gotta Run Podcast

In this double feature, Norman and Jodi take you down memory lane; recapping all of the memories from 10 years of Chase the Coyote Trail Race in Mono, Ontario.

It was the first race they ever directe…

Kathleen Egan's journey into ultrarunning happened by accident; while training for an Ironman, she spent many long training runs surrounded by ultrarunners who convinced her to cross over into the sp…

Adrian MacDonald of Fort Collins, Colorado has taken to trail running like wildfire! Having competed in track and cross country in high school and college, and went to place 53 at the Boston marathon…

New kid on the block, Ihor Verys (Ee-hohr Vair-is), has taken the ultrarunning community by storm with his impressive wins at BC Backyard Ultra, Sinister 7 and most recently Fat Dog 120 in British Co…

Joanna Ford from Alberta recently finished Hardrock 100 for the first time (and hopefully not the last), placing sixth female overall! 

Peak bagger and outdoor enthusiast, Joanna's foray into ultraru…

Jason Koomen, a Canadian living in the US has been on a quest to complete fifty 100 milers in fifty States. He just completed race # 32 in Vermont at the Vermont 100.

He started this journey in 2014 …

I'm Norman, your co-host of the GottaRunRacing podcast, and on this 50th episode we breakdown my 8 year journey and race recap of this year's Western States 100.  Over the past 2 years, Jodi and I ha…

Marianne Hogan's gritty performance at the 2022 Western States 100 earned her a top 3rd female podium spot.

We chatted with her a couple months prior to this year's race about her golden ticket win a…

Ailsa MacDonald may not have been a household name outside of Canada leading into the 2022 Western States 100 but her incredible performance has the ultra world buzzing now!  

We chatted with her aft…

Dean Johnson is a Runner, Coach, and one of the Race Director's of the Lost Soul Ultra -  Canada's only 100K Western States 100 qualifying race. LSU is known as the toughest race on the Prairies (and…

Stephanie Simpson is an ultrarunner hailing from La Belle Province - Quebec.

She is relatively new to the scene but has chalked up an impressive race resume so far with events such as Javelina 100, r…

Jordan Tropf is a resident orthopedic surgeon at Walter Reid hospital in Maryland and one heck of a runner!

He has an incredible set of running achievements in a relatively short period of time getti…

Chelsey's introduction to trail running began when she jumped in with both feet onto a Canadian Death Race relay team.  From there, as she puts it, she fell into the wrong crowd (LOL) and decided to …

Rohan Aurora was a hiker before becoming an ultra runner.  He made the switch when his virtual hiking guru, Andrew Skurka, an American professional backpacker, came in second in the Run Rabbit Run ra…

Caroline Wiebe, was inspired by Marathon Des Sables after reading a book by a previous finisher.

“I just thought I could never do that,” Wiebe said. After she started running ultramarathons eight yea…

Kevin MacKinnon For over 30 years Kevin has been coaching triathletes, runners, cyclists and swimmers, helping both international stars and age group competitors reach their own level of personal exc…

Jazmine Lowther of Nelson, BC fresh off of her Golden Ticket win at The Canyons 100, chats with us about her short yet epic journey as an ultra runner.

With a history deep in endurance sports includi…

Patrick (Paddy) was a high level ultra endurance bike racer competing nationally and internationally before switching gears to ultra running.  

2015 was a turning point for Paddy when on a training r…

Steve started running ultras after he completed an Ironman and realized that triathlons were not for him.  After moving to Vancouver, he had nothing but mountains to explore and that's what he did.  

When we last spoke to Stephanie Maggs in 2021 (episode #7), we chatted about her quest to join the Seven Continents Marathon Club which was delayed by COVID-19.  Stephanie finally made the journey to…