The Ultramarathon Mindset: Trail Talk

Running is great for keeping both your body and your mind feeling great. But sometimes you need to take some time to look at how you are really doing inside yourself. And sometimes you will get an "a…

Tara Bianca returns to the podcast for more great information about how breathwork can improve your health. She was my guest back in Ep. 74. In that episode we talked more about breathwork for runner…

Before surgery on his hand a man asked, "Will I be able to play the piano after surgery, doc?"

The doctor assured him he would still be able to play piano after the surgery. To which the man replied, …

John Crum was my very first guest on this podcast. When we last spoke, he was on an impressive run streak. Running at least a mile every day since November of 2015.

He is still on his run streak. But …

What does it mean to have freedom? 

We say we have freedom. But have you ever thought of what it really means to be free?

In this episode I discuss my conclusion about freedom: It is, at its core, the …

New Year used to be celebrated in the spring until the calendar changed in 1582. The New Year celebration lasted from March 25 to April 1.

Some say that those who held to the old system were called fo…

Randy Taylor is back for a second time on the podcast. He's had new running adventures since we last talked and has expanded his coaching services by partnering with other running coaches.

I'm calling…

Option 1: You have to have confidence and belief in yourself in order to run ultramarathons!

Option 2: You start the race full of doubt and know that it's going to be so hard you may not finish.

Which …

The education system conditions us to find the "first right answer." We have to learn the answers so we can repeat them back when we're asked to provide them. So we come out with a framework of "answ…

Ultramarathon running is about taking on the challenge and finding out how far can you go. Barney Riesbeck is looking at life like an ultramarathon. In this episode we talk about the races he's run, …

What are the best days of your life? If you follow the common belief they are somewhere in your past. Things were better "back then." 

But what if you change your mindset and start telling yourself th…

Best-of Episode: 

Cliff Moitt’s Spartan journey started with a TV show in the 80s called ”The Battle of the Network Stars,” and the stars were going through these obstacles. When he saw that he realiz…

There is a phenomenon called the placebo effect.

You can have the benefits of a drug even without taking the drug.

Your belief will create the outcomes.

Drug trials - placebo even creates side effects.

P…

Ila Allen was one of my first guests on this podcast. Many people know her from her posts in the ultramarathon running groups on Facebook. She trains outside in the weather extremes of Chicago, runni…

We tend to believe that we are right in what we think we know. 

But “what we know” isn’t always right.

Some things we used to “know” that aren’t so.

1. The earth is the center of the universe.
2. The earth is …

We ultramarathon runners love to push and test our limits. 

The challenge is what draws us. And it’s easy to get caught up in the excitement of doing more and longer races. 

But there’s a downside too.…

Then there’s the story of the miner in California who gave up his claim after digging for years.

10 years later someone bought the claim and struck one of the richest veins of gold ever found after di…