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On The Run With Beards And Dun - Podcast

On The Run With Beards And Dun

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.

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Update frequency
every 8 days
Average duration
46 minutes
Episodes
72
Years Active
2023 - 2025
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The History of Grandma's

The History of Grandma's

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…

00:47:38  |   Sun 04 Aug 2024
Interval Training - A Love/Hate Relationship

Interval Training - A Love/Hate Relationship

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…

00:32:57  |   Mon 29 Jul 2024
Training 101: The Long Run

Training 101: The Long Run

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 …

00:35:49  |   Sun 21 Jul 2024
On A Roll

On A Roll

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 …

00:49:23  |   Sun 23 Jun 2024
Queen Of The Road

Queen Of The Road

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…

00:50:17  |   Sun 16 Jun 2024
Record Breaker

Record Breaker

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…

00:49:27  |   Sun 09 Jun 2024
Broken Down Runner's Bicycle Club

Broken Down Runner's Bicycle Club

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…

00:49:34  |   Sun 02 Jun 2024
Miles To Marathons

Miles To Marathons

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…

00:55:07  |   Sun 26 May 2024
Principles Of Training

Principles Of Training

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…

00:54:05  |   Sun 19 May 2024
Long Slow Distance

Long Slow Distance

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…

00:50:41  |   Sun 12 May 2024
Change Of Heart

Change Of Heart

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…

00:52:36  |   Sun 05 May 2024
Marathon Man

Marathon Man

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…

00:47:26  |   Sun 28 Apr 2024
The Most Interesting Man In The World

The Most Interesting Man In The World

"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…

00:56:12  |   Sun 21 Apr 2024
The Boston Marathon Handbook

The Boston Marathon Handbook

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…

00:53:21  |   Sat 13 Apr 2024
Double Or Nothing

Double Or Nothing

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 …

00:47:11  |   Sun 17 Mar 2024
Taking The Bypass

Taking The Bypass

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…

00:42:57  |   Sun 10 Mar 2024
The Frontrunner

The Frontrunner

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…

00:43:42  |   Sun 25 Feb 2024
Prairie Strider

Prairie Strider

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…

00:53:14  |   Sun 18 Feb 2024
Full Of Potential

Full Of Potential

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…

00:47:58  |   Sun 11 Feb 2024
The Olympic Marathon Trials

The Olympic Marathon Trials

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…

00:47:08  |   Fri 02 Feb 2024
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