Gotta Run Podcast

Dawn Desarmeau is an athlete who has struggled with her weight for years. When dieting and exercise failed, she elected to have a vertical banded gastroplasty in 1998. Ten years later, due to complic…

Jesse's journey into endurance sports began with obstacle racing, all the way to the world championship. He entered his first 100 miler The Sinister 7 in 2016 with a friend and never looked back.

His…

Vincent's journey into endurance sports began with triathlon, eventually completing an Ironman. He later set his sights on Western States 100 and changed his training to focus on longer trail runs.  

Riccardo's Canadian Trail to Western States started in 2014 with Pinhoti 100.  Along the way, Riccardo ran UTMB and The Canyons 100k 3 times to gain insight on the WS100 course. His final qualifier w…

Elliot Cardin toed the line at Black Canyon 100k in 2020 as a relative unknown.  He had an epic battle against Hayden Hawks and Charlie Ware. 

On this episode, we chat with Elliot about how he was ab…

Fanny Barrette's 7 year journey to Western States 100 was not an easy one.

In this Episoide you will hear about her Western States 100 ticket races like Bromont, UTMB, Cruel Jewel, Fat Dog and others…

This episode features fellow Dufferin County podcaster, Shawn Sobon Host of Trail Tales ARP. 

We will learn how Shawn's love for running led him to start his own podcast and about his new passion, ca…

Stephanie Maggs was on her way to join the Seven Continents Marathon Club if it wasn't for Covid 19.

We also chat about her adventure with triathlons which led her to running marathons for Team Diabe…

Jordan first heard about UTMB while on a hike in Chamonix, France before he was a runner. The thought of being able to run the distance in 30hrs after hiking for days intrigued him.

Several years lat…

We chat with Brian and Heather who completed 16 Half Ironmans and the Big 5 Marathons all in one year.  

How did they pull that off and what motivated them to do it in the first place all on todays p…

We chat with Rachel Sklar about her epic 2019 year when she attempted to complete 12 Ultras in 12 Countries in 12 Months.  

She tells us all about the good, the bad, and the ugly on this journey and …

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Our Podcast series tells the trail and Ultra running stories as told to us by average and not so average athletes. We seek the untold tales of everyday runners. Brought to you…