Trail and Ultra running stories as told to us by average and not so average athletes. We seek the untold tales of everyday runners. Brought to you by GottaRunRacing Series. Please join your hosts Norman and Jodi, Directors of GottaRunRacing.com as we discover the ascents and descents of trail running. Website - https://www.gottarunracing.com/ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpIygehlXPgM_AyruXx4Mxw?sub_confirmation=1 Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/gottarunracing Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/gottarunracing/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/gottarun_racing Support us on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/gottarunracing
Every Runner Has A Story
Trail and Ultra running stories as told to us by average and not so average athletes. We seek the untold tales of everyday runners. Brought to you by GottaRunRacing Series.
Please join your hosts Norman and Jodi, Directors of GottaRunRacing.com as we discover the ascents and descents of trail running.
Episodes
Jul 6, 2022
Jul 6, 2022
1hr 1 min
I'm Norman, your co-host of the GottaRunRacing podcast, and on this 50th episode we breakdown my 8 year journey and race recap of this year's Western States 100. Over the past 2 years, Jodi and I have chatted with so many athletes about their trail to Western States, we are thrilled to have finally made it to the big show.
2020 was supposed to be my golden trifecta of running races after successfully qualifying for Boston and gaining lottery entry to both UTMB and WS100 but the pandemic had other plans.
Fresh from the finish line, we chat about the trials and tribulations that we faced getting to the start line, during the race and overall impressions about the entire experience from our viewpoints.
Here are your hosts Norman and Jodi...
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Jul 1, 2022
Jul 1, 2022
56 min
Marianne Hogan's gritty performance at the 2022 Western States 100 earned her a top 3rd female podium spot.
We chatted with her a couple months prior to this year's race about her golden ticket win at Bandera 100K, her long road back from a serious lower limb injury and her goals to perform well at Western States.
Here is our Encore chat with Marianne Hogan...
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Jul 1, 2022
Jul 1, 2022
48 min
Ailsa MacDonald may not have been a household name outside of Canada leading into the 2022 Western States 100 but her incredible performance has the ultra world buzzing now!
We chatted with her after she won her golden ticket at Bandera 100K about her 2018 Western States performance as well as her goal to improve her standings at this year's race.
Here is our Encore chat with Ailsa MacDonald...
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Jun 29, 2022
Jun 29, 2022
51 min
Dean Johnson is a Runner, Coach, and one of the Race Director's of the Lost Soul Ultra - Canada's only 100K Western States 100 qualifying race. LSU is known as the toughest race on the Prairies (and voted “best aid stations in the universe”).
We chat to Dean about the 20+ year history of Lost Soul and how it became a WS100 qualifier. We also chat about his running career, his recent experience at Black Canyons 100k and his coaching platform.
All that and more.
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Jun 14, 2022
Jun 14, 2022
39 min
Stephanie Simpson is an ultrarunner hailing from La Belle Province - Quebec.
She is relatively new to the scene but has chalked up an impressive race resume so far with events such as Javelina 100, representing Canada and winning at Big Dog's Backyard and more recently completing the Cocodona 250.
We chat with her about those events, her dreams to run Badwater and much more!
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May 31, 2022
May 31, 2022
47 min
Jordan Tropf is a resident orthopedic surgeon at Walter Reid hospital in Maryland and one heck of a runner!
He has an incredible set of running achievements in a relatively short period of time getting a personal best at Boston and winning Big Sur in 2 days.
He currently holds the world record for the fastest 3 marathons in 3 days. A short documentary by Believe in the Run tells the tale of that journey -
We chat with Jordan about that epic achievement as well as his recent top 5 finish at Marathon des Sables and his journey to Ironman Kona this year.
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May 24, 2022
May 24, 2022
58 min
Chelsey's introduction to trail running began when she jumped in with both feet onto a Canadian Death Race relay team. From there, as she puts it, she fell into the wrong crowd (LOL) and decided to take on CDR solo in 2015, earning her first Western States 100 ticket.
She was determined to earn her ticket to WS100 by completing races like Lost Soul, Hurt 100, Run Rabbit Run, and Javelina 100.
Chelsey also competed for Team Canada in Laz's Big Dog's Backyard Ultra in 2020, completing 40 loops on a 7K looped course.
Here is our chat with Chelsey...
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May 17, 2022
May 17, 2022
48 min
Rohan Aurora was a hiker before becoming an ultra runner. He made the switch when his virtual hiking guru, Andrew Skurka, an American professional backpacker, came in second in the Run Rabbit Run race. After reading about Andrew's journey in this event, Rohan felt he needed to learn more about the ultra scene.
From there Rohan has never looked back completing races like the Mogollon Monster 100k, Lone Star 100k, and Kodiak Ultra 100 just to name a few.
We chat to Rohan about all this and his two Western States 100 ticket races at The Georgia Death Race and his two Hurt 100 DNFs. All this and more.
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May 10, 2022
May 10, 2022
45 min
Caroline Wiebe, was inspired by Marathon Des Sables after reading a book by a previous finisher.
“I just thought I could never do that,” Wiebe said. After she started running ultramarathons eight years ago, she met a former winner of the event at a presentation, who convinced her that she could finish the MDS.
She wanted to compete at the Marathon des Sables to celebrate turning 50 but COVID threw that plan out the window. She made it happen in 2022, finishing the 250k stage race in 55hrs. We chatted with her about the challenges of training in Manitoba's harsh winters for such a hot, dry race in the desert, her emotions on the start line and her most difficult stage when she ran out of water.
Wiebe says some of her biggest challenges were keeping her feet in good shape (her years of nursing came in handy), staying hydrated, and being active with little rest.
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May 3, 2022
May 3, 2022
52 min
Kevin MacKinnon For over 30 years Kevin has been coaching triathletes, runners, cyclists and swimmers, helping both international stars and age group competitors reach their own level of personal excellence.
Since retiring from a nine-year career as a professional triathlete, Kevin has also become one of triathlon's busiest journalists. He has worked as the Communications Director of Ironman North America, the Editor in Chief of Ironman and is the founding editor of Triathlon Magazine Canada. In addition to his journalism work he is one of Canada's premier race announcers.
Kevin recently covered the 2022 edition of the Marathon Des Sables stage race in Morocco and we were able to get his take on what it was like behind the scenes. We chat with Kevin about what it took just getting to MDS and covering his first Ultra Marathon.
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