For The Long Run: Exploring the Why Behind Running

Episode

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  Des Linden on Building a Media Business After Boston 14.08.2026 1j 19mnt

  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 1j 3mnt

  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 1j 9mnt

  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 46mnt

  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 51mnt

  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 48mnt

  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 58mnt

  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 42mnt

  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 1j 2mnt

  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 1j 4mnt

  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 49mnt

  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 1j 4mnt

  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 43mnt

  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 1j 55mnt

  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 47mnt

  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...
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  What Happens When You Choose the Hard Thing with Brendan Morgan 01.05.2026 46mnt

  Brendan Morgan is an ultrarunner who found running in 2023 by doing something most people avoid. He started because he hated it. Since then, he’s gone all in. From completing a 4x4x48 just months after starting to running across Pennsylvania, Brendan h...
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  The Truth About Fueling for Runners with Stevie Lyn Smith 24.04.2026 1j 8mnt

  Stevie Lyn Smith is a registered dietitian, board certified in sports nutrition, endurance athlete, and one of the most trusted voices when it comes to practical, realistic fueling advice for runners. As a Board Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics...
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  The Long Game: From the 2012 Olympics to LA 2028 While Working Full-Time with Ruben Sança 17.04.2026 1j 4mnt

  From immigrating to the U.S. at 12 years old to representing Cape Verde at the Olympics, Ruben Sança’s story is one of consistency, patience, and staying in it long after most people step away. Ruben Sança is a Cape Verdean Olympian and elite distance ...
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  Outrun the Darkness: Running, Recovery, and Doing Something Bigger Than Yourself with John Shep 10.04.2026 58mnt

  From hitting rock bottom to building a life of recovery through running: Meet John Shep. John is a Canadian ultrarunner, teacher, and host of the Athletics Ontario Running Podcast. He’s also the creator of “Outrun the Darkness,” a project centered arou...
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  Getting Sponsored While Pregnant: What’s Changing in Pro Running with Grayson Murphy 03.04.2026 44mnt

  From questioning what’s considered “normal” in professional sport to speaking up about what actually needs to change: Meet Grayson Murphy, a professional runner bringing clarity to conversations around pregnancy, contracts, and what real support for at...