Welcome to On The Run With Beards and Dun. Since 1978 we have been best friends and love to share stories of our many adventures. Our podcast will give anyone who wants to be inspired, motivated and entertained, the opportunity to connect with legendary 2:08 marathoner and storyteller Dick Beardsley and his buddy, 2:18 marathoner Mike Dunlap.
Beards and Dun sit down this week with Scott Keenan, who for 37 years starting in 1977 was the race director for the Grandma's Marathon in Duluth Minnesota. Both Beards and Dun are past competitors o…
Beards and Dun get together again to continue their training series, this week they discuss interval training. Interval training has been a proven training method to increase cardiovascular endurance…
Beards and Dun are back after a short summer hiatus. This week Beards and Dun kick off a multi-part series of training advice. Starting the series off with the long run. They get to the heart of the …
With Beards heading to the Grandma's Marathon this week to provide commentary for the race he and Dun review Beards' rise from the 1980 Olympic Trials, New York, Houston, Beppu, and London Marathons …
On this week's episode Beards and Dun sit down with the one and only Patti Catalano Dillon. She once held the American records for the 8K, 15K, 10 mile, 20k, 30K 1/2 marathon and marathon (first Amer…
This week Beards and Dun get the privilege to sit down and talk with the great Greg Meyer. Greg once held every American Road Racing record for the 8K, 10K, 15K, 10 mile, 20K, 25K, 30K and held the w…
This week on the podcast Beards and Dun revisit Dun's transition from running to cycling in the early 90's. From 24hr race events to endurance events such as RAAM (Race Across America), RAW (Race Acr…
On this episode of the podcast Beards and Dun sit down with the one and only Rod Dixon. From his start in running as a 4 year old, to initially making an "enemy" of Steve Prefontaine, helping to insp…
This week Beards and Dun sit down to reflect on the training principles discussed with previous guest Joe Henderson. Dun breaks down Long Slow Distance (LSD), or Zone 2 training, and gets to the hear…
This week on the podcast Beards and Dun have the pleasure to get together for a conversation with Joe Henderson. Joe is the most prolific running writer of all time. From being the first full time em…
This week Beards and Dun get a chance to sit down with author Lori Sheldon and her husband Kevin. Kevin was a cross-country and track team-mate of Beards and Dun from their SDSU days who seemingly ov…
This week on the podcast Beards and Dun get together to have a conversation with the one and only Doug Kurtis. Doug has over 200 sub-3 marathons under his belt, he holds the world record for most mar…
"The most interesting man in the world". One is fictional, one is real. On this weeks episode of the podcast, Beards and Dun sit down to speak with William "Doc" Wenmark. Bill has 104 marathons under…
On this special edition episode of the podcast Beards and Dun sit down with author Marc Pollina to discuss his book "The Boston Marathon Handbook", personal histories with the race, and all things Bo…
This week on the podcast Beards and Dun get a chance to speak with the one and only Richard Benyo who joins us via phone call to discuss his amazing history with the sport of running. Rich Benyo was …
This week on the podcast Beards and Dun sit down to catch up on what they've been up to and discuss some current events. From Dun's recent trip to Tucson, AZ, memories shared with Bob Bartling, the 2…
This week on the podcast Beards and Dun had a chance to sit down with author Brad Fawley to talk about his upcoming book The Frontrunner. Brad was a two-time NCAA All-American at 5000 meters and cros…
On this episode of the podcast Beards and Dun visit with the legendary Bob Bartling. Bob is a very fit and sharp 97 years young!! His story is amazing! He was an outstanding high school athlete, a WW…
This week Beards and Dun sit down with and get to know Ben Olson. We had a chance to visit with him about his running career so far, which includes his Olympic Qualifying race (2:16:04) and his Olymp…
On this special early release episode of the podcast, Beards and Dun get together to discuss the Olympic Marathon Trials. The 2024 Olympic Marathon Trials take place this weekend (February 3rd) in Or…