Brendan Leonard & Jonathan Ellsworth on Their Running Backgrounds & What Makes Someone a “Runner"?

In our inaugural episode of Off the Couch, Jonathan Ellsworth (founder of BLISTER), and co-host, Brendan Leonard (creator of Semi-Rad.com and producer of How to Run 100 Miles), talk about their running backgrounds; their love / hate relationships with running; and consider Strava as a modern-day spiritual exercise??

TOPICS & TIMES:

• When do you actually get to call yourself a “runner”? (1:30)
• Our running backgrounds — the early years (3:15)
• Brendan’s return to running (7:25)
• Jonathan’s return to running (after breaking his neck) (13:06)
• Exploration, drugs, and stories (21:25)
• Strava as a spiritual exercise?? (34:30)

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