The Mile 99 Interview
The Mile 99 Interview podcast is here to support runners and athletes in Northern CA and is a place to keep the community in touch and share stories.
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 53 minutes
- Episodes
- 182
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Episode 45 - Reggie White and Rob Myers - Bear 100
Bear 100 Mile Endurance Run runners download this episode today! Reggie White and Robert Myers walked us through their training leading up to the Bear 100 Mile Endurance Run, gear picks…
Episode 44 - Christine Vincent
This episode was all about a patient & grateful runner lining up to the 2021 Western States Endurance Run 100. Christine Vincent fought cutoffs, blisters and unusual heat to finally ge…
Episode 43 - EJ Maldonado
Episode 43 with EJ Maldonado is not one to miss. EJ gives us so many reasons why the trail community is one of the most supportive and kind communities to be a part of. We discussed hug…
Episode 42 - Tim Stahler - Inside Trail Racing
For this episode we sit down with the guy behind many of our favorite local and Bay Area trail races like the Woodside Ramble, Knickerbocker Canyon, Marin Ultra Challenge, and the Ordna…
Episode 41 - George Ruiz - Tahoe Rim Trail Endurance Runs
We are super excited to talk to the guy behind the Tahoe Rim Trail Endurance Runs. He is not only a well-loved and happy-go-lucky race director, but he is also a well-accomplished endur…
Episode 40 - Julie Fingar - NorCal Ultras
We are super excited to talk to the woman who has brought us Way too Cool 50K, American River 50, Rio Del Lago 100 Mile Endurance Race, She Rocks the Trails, and numerous other amazing …
Episode 39 - Western States Week - Live at the Aid Station
The town of Auburn is vibrating with excitement! The 2021 Western States Endurance Run is in the final countdown for race day. The Mile 99 Crew sits down at the Auburn Aid Station to ce…
Episode 38 - Ben Mitchell
This episode is packed with epic adventures and race details for some of our Bucket List races. Ben R.E. Mitchell has created and set FKTs, traveled far and raced long. Tune in to hear …
Episode 37 - Craig Thornley, Diana Fitzpatrick and Dr. Andy Pasternak
The Western States 100 Endurance Run crew joined us again for the latest updates, talked us through new policies and what this 2021 race year will look like. Download this episode with …
Episode 36 - Paulo Medina - Single Track Running
Paulo Medina is a race director for SingleTrack Running and owner of The Aid Station in Auburn, CA. We spent the episode learning how he became a runner, business owner, and a pillar to…
Episode 35 - Danny Murphy
Hot off an 8 hour finish at the American River 50 race, Danny Murphy, the creator of UltraPacer, sat down with us to walk us through his ultrarunning career.
As a dad to two young child…
Episode 34 - Maria Steinhauser
Grand theft auto? Podium finishes? Master’s degree? Episode 34 featured Maria Steinhauser and her journey through single parenting, grad school, full-time teaching, and podium finishes.…
Episode 33 - Jamil Coury
Jamil Coury joined us for Episode 33. We dove right in and discussed the good, bad and ugly that came from a year of pandemic race directing. We touched on the 2021 Barkley marathons an…
Episode 32 - E3 Epic Endurance Events
Calling all Canyons 100k runners!
Our 32nd episode features Chaz Sheya, Abigail Drake, and Sean Flanagan race directors for Canyons 100k. Get to know all three and how they became direct…
Episode 31 - Michael Li
For our 31st episode, we sat down with Bay Area Ultrarunner, Race Director, Running Coach, and now JamOnTam200 FKT holder, Michael Li.
Michael just completed a record-setting 21 ascents…
Episode 30 - Sarah Estrella
During 2020, we saw the rise of FKT attempts while so many races had been cancelled and postponed due to the pandemic.
The 2021 FKT season is off to a blistering start with the Death Val…
First 99 Gear Review - Hey Bruce, What Are You Packing?
In this episode, we sit down again with Bruce Nguyen. We spoke to Bruce last November in episode 18 after his amazing Moab 240 finish. We asked him to come back to discuss his gear. Spe…
Episode 29 - Karen and Kjell Frames
For our 29th episode, we sat down with two fixtures of our trail running community, Karen and Kjell Framnes!
You can count on seeing Karen, Kjell and their daughter Olivia at pretty much…
First 99 Gear Review - Tales from Dusty Corners
On the First 99 Gear Review we usually talk about gear attached to your body; shoes, clothing, watches, stuff like that. But today, we are sitting down with Auburn’s very own Doug Whit…
Episode 28 - Jenny Maier
In this episode, Jenny Maier joined us to talk about her unique approach to combining personal training, strength and mobility work and yoga to help build balanced runners with longevit…