For The Long Run: Exploring the Why Behind Running

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  Four Days, 200 Miles, and a Very Long Way Around Tahoe 11.09.2026 47min

  What happens when 100 miles is no longer far enough? Ekta Basu joins Jon after finishing the Tahoe 200, a journey that took her more than four days and pushed her further than she had ever gone before. She shares how she went from a self-described “mil...
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  Caroline Gleich on Moral Courage and Using Your Voice 04.09.2026 1t 4min

  Professional skier, mountaineer, endurance athlete, activist, and former U.S. Senate candidate Caroline Gleich joins Jon for a wide-ranging conversation about sport, advocacy, and having the courage to stand for something. Caroline shares how running b...
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  UTMB Champion Ben Dhiman on Winning the Biggest Race in Trail Running 31.08.2026 8min

  Ben Dhiman won UTMB. One of the most competitive ultra trail races in the world, and he won it. This conversation was recorded not long after, when the dust had barely settled and he was still figuring out what it all meant. Ben talks about the race it...
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  Why Loving the Process Matters More Than Winning the Race 28.08.2026 1t 5min

  Joe Corcione returns to talk through his Western States race, why he considers it his best race ever despite missing his time goal, and how he defines success through process and effort rather than placement or pace. He also breaks down the mindset too...
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  What Newer Runners Get Right That Veterans Forget with Daniel Berk 21.08.2026 59min

  Daniel Berk was 32 years old, about 50 pounds overweight, and hadn't sprinted since college when he posted a tweet saying he was going to become a runner. He didn't know what he was doing. His first 5K took 50 minutes. He described himself as a blubber...
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  Des Linden on Building a Media Business After Boston 14.08.2026 1t 19min

  Quick note before you press play. This conversation with Des Linden first aired on Long Run Labs, my podcast about the business of endurance and the outdoor industry. Des is one of the most thoughtful people in running when it comes to how athletes can...
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  The Mental Shift That Took Her From Hating Running to Racing Triathlons 07.08.2026 1t 3min

  Kelsey Walla is a CPA by day and a triathlete, runner, and community builder by everything else. She grew up hating running, never touched a weight until college, and didn't get on a bike until she found one at a garage sale for twenty bucks. Then she ...
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  Molly Seidel on Her Western States Debut & the Ego Death of Being a Rookie 31.07.2026 1t 9min

  Molly Seidel was running well at Western States. In the top ten for the first fifty-ish miles, racing where she knew she belonged. Then by mile sixty-two she was ready to quit, in pain, angry at herself, with thirty-eight miles left and nothing to race...
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  Hildee Weiss on Becoming a Runner at 46 and Embracing the Inner Athlete 24.07.2026 46min

  Hildee Weiss is a wife, mother of five, grandmother, freelance writer, and runner. She started running at age 46 with a hand injury, a trainer named Jeff who believed in her before she believed in herself, and a head full of reasons why she couldn't do...
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  Shad Mika on What Two Decades of Ultras Actually Teaches You 17.07.2026 51min

  Shad Mika has been running ultras for over twenty years. He went from two hundred and forty pounds and a divorce to a duathlon, to Leadville, to Hardrock — and he's still going. He DNF'd his first two hundred mile attempts before he finally figured out...
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  What Elite Athletes Actually Eat — A Live Panel with Charlie Sweeney, Dr. Marc Bubbs, and Jason Fitzgerald 10.07.2026 48min

  This one is a little different. Jon hosted a live panel in Boulder with three people who between them have worked with Olympic athletes, NBA teams, professional runners, and tens of thousands of recreational athletes. The topic was fueling, strength tr...
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  Andy Blow on Fueling Smarter, Building a Brand Athletes Trust, and High Carb Fueling 03.07.2026 58min

  Quick note before you press play. This conversation with Andy Blow first aired on Long Run Labs, Jon's podcast about the business of endurance and the outdoor industry. Andy is the co-founder of Precision Fuel and Hydration and one of the most thoughtf...
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  Lindsey Dwyer: The Runner Who Always Chose Longer (And Never Checks Her Watch) 26.06.2026 42min

  Lindsey Dwyer started running before she could remember choosing it. Her mom ran while pregnant with her, and Lindsey was in a stroller on the course not long after. By seventh grade she'd quietly trained for and finished a half marathon without tellin...
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  Zach Miller on Punching His Golden Ticket, Training Curiosity, and Racing Western States 19.06.2026 1t 2min

  Zach Miller is one of the most recognizable names in trail and ultra running — a nine-year North Face athlete, self-coached competitor, and someone who has lived everywhere from a cruise ship to an off-grid cabin to a bus. He's been competing at the hi...
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  Tommie Runz on Western States, Running as a Black Man on Trail, and Trusting the Long Game 12.06.2026 1t 4min

  Tommie Runz is a runner, a dad, and someone who spent years building one of the most authentic presences in running before he ever needed it to pay the bills. He qualified for Boston, ran the six majors, and has now set his sights on Western States — o...
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  Mark Dowdle on Backyard Ultras, Keeping Promises to Yourself, and What Hour 60 Reveals 05.06.2026 49min

  Mark Dowdle is a backyard ultra competitor who found running after college football and lacrosse, not because he loved the sport, but because he needed somewhere to put everything he was carrying. What started as 3:30 a.m. runs to eliminate excuses has...
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  Maria Chevalier on 48 Marathon States, Running Double Boston, and Doing Hard Things Anyway 29.05.2026 1t 4min

  Maria Chevalier has run a marathon in 48 states, finished the Boston Marathon 17 times, and a few weeks ago ran it twice in the same day, starting at 3 a.m. in reverse from Boston to Hopkinton, resting for a few hours, and then lining up with everyone ...
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  Dan Green Has Run 250 Miles. He Still Just Calls Himself a Guy Who Loves Running. 22.05.2026 43min

  Dan Green is a trail athlete for Salomon who grew up running in West Virginia, spent years working at a running shop, and recently finished Cocodona 250 — a race he'd wanted to do for years before finally deciding to stop waiting. In this conversation,...
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  Dr. Teddy Bross on Future of Athlete Healthcare, Running, and Recovery 15.05.2026 1t 55min

  Dr. Teddy Bross is a practicing family medicine physician at Highpoint Direct Care where he focuses on the treatment of athletes and active adults in Colorado and select surrounding states. He is an avid mountain ultra trail athlete, husband and father...
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  Building a Life Around the Process and Choosing Hard Things with Joe Corcione 08.05.2026 47min

  Joe Corcione is an ultrarunner, coach, and host of the Everyday Ultra Podcast, where he helps runners of all levels improve not just physically, but mentally. His path into the sport didn’t follow a traditional trajectory. He found running during a per...