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
Rebecca Redlines Cancer - Trailer
We're announcing a new series of podcast episodes that are planned coming up over the next couple of months. The series is called “Rebecca Redlines Cancer”, and we’re posting this trail…
Episode 19 - Dan Barger
On October 30th, 2020 Dan Barger started from the Placer High School track, the legendary finish line of the Western States Endurance Run with his second attempt to complete a full out …
Episode 18 - Bruce Nguyen
Bruce Nguyen started his running career in 2013 with a 5k race, and fast forward seven years to 2020 where he completed the Moab 240 trail race in 106 hours! Bruce joined us for this ep…
Episode 17 - Bob Crowley
Bob Crowley, ultrarunning legend and current ITRA (International Trail Running Association) president, joined us in this episode to talk about his start in the sport, his involvement w…
Episode 16 - Chris Nottingham
Chris Nottingham is an ultrarunner, community builder and mental health advocate. He sat down with us to talk about his journey from a stressed out daily existence to finding running an…
Episode 15 - Kristina Folcik
CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains discussion of domestic abuse and suicidal thoughts
Kristina Folcik is a trail runner, race director, coach, multiple FKT (fastest known time) recor…
Episode 14 - Jennifer Hemmen
Jennifer Hemmen is an accomplished ultrarunner who has been running since her childhood. Along the way, she was inspired by her older sister, other runners, athletes and coaches to take…
Episode 13 - Renee Elsdon Jacobs
Renee sat down with us in this episode just two weeks after her successful FKT record on the Sierra High Route, a challenging route covering nearly 200 miles, mostly off-trail and typic…
Episode 12 - Bob Shebest
In this episode, we chatted with Bob Shebest, a pro ultrarunner (sponsored by Salomon, Buff, GU and Squirrel's Nut Butter), coach and middle-school educator. Bob recently relocated to t…
Special Episode - Walker Mine adventure
From time to time, we'd like to bring you additional special episodes like this one! Mike Turner and I have been doing a lot more exploring around the area since the racing season has b…
Episode 11 - Sean Ranney
Sean Ranney is an ultrarunner, adventurer and race director of Northern California's answer to the Barkley Marathons, the Euchre Bar Massacre. We talked to him about how got into runnin…
Special Episode - Tahoe Rim Trail FKTs with Helen Pelster and Adam Kimble
In this special episode, we have collaborated with the Donner Party Mountain Runners to bring you a podcast recorded from their live interview with Helen Pelster and Adam Kimble, two in…
Episode 10 - Helen Pelster
Helen Pelster is an accomplished ultrarunner based in Truckee, CA, and in this episode we spoke with her about her initial discovery as running as a way to get in shape but then things …
Episode 9 - Camille Herron
Camille Herron joined us for an interesting and inspiring talk about her lengthy running career in a wide variety of disciplines of the sport. She is a multiple national and world recor…
Episode 8 - Rob Myers
Episode 8 with Rob Myers is an interesting conversation with him and his friends about the big adventure they had while running the Western States Endurance Run course in reverse!
We he…
Episode 7 - Ray Sanchez
Ray Sanchez is a Badwater 135 veteran who keeps going back to the race year after year and is aiming for 20 finishes there. The difficulty of that task cannot be overstated, but it's cl…
Episode 6 - Meghan Canfield
In episode was 6, we had a great discussion with Meghan Canfield on a wide range of running-related topics including the importance of increasing diversity in our sport and what she is …
Episode 5 - Christopher Thomas
We had an excellent conversation with Chris Thomas about his entry into running in 2015 when he decided to transform his life. Learn about how he made the shift and got on the path to t…
Episode 4 - Kuni Yamagata
Kuni Yamagata recounted some amazing stories about the Hardrock 100, other races and his approaches to training and racing for our fourth episode. This is one tough runner with a wealth…
Episode 3 - Karen Bonnett-Natraj
For our 3rd episode, we had the pleasure of speaking with Karen Bonnett-Natraj, an accomplished and prolific ultrarunner and multi-sport athlete. She has over 100 trail race finishes, i…