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GRR #30 MIKE JOLIE (His Three Year Journey to Western States 100) GottaRunRacing

Mike Jolie's journey to Western States 100 is different than most Canadians. He started running when his company transferred him to New Zealand, a mecca for trail running and endurance sports.  

After crewing a friend at Tarawera Ultra in 2018, he decided to start earning his own tickets to WS100.

We chat with Mike about his three ticket races earned in three different countries.

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GRR #29 LEO FUNG (His Seven Year Journey to Western States 100) GottaRunRacing

Welcome to GRR Podcast Season 2

We start off Season 2 with our Canadian Trail to Western States Series with Leo Fung.

Leo Fung started his Western States 100 journey without even knowing it.  

He entered The Canadian Death race back in 2014 when his company signed him up to just do a leg.  Then when his co-workers backed out he decided to take on The Death Race solo, earning him his first ticket to WS100. 

From there he took on other big ticket races like UTMB, Fat Dog, Javelina just to name a few.  

After 7 years of tickets, plus the pandemic lockdown, his name was finally pulled from the lottery in 2021.

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GRR #28 GottaRunRacing (Year End Review 2021)

Welcome to our channel!

Our Podcast series tells the trail and ultra running stories as told to us by average and not so average athletes....

This was the description of our very first Podcast a year ago.  We can't believe a year has already gone by.

We started this Podcast back in Dec 2020.  It has been a challenge figuring it all out but our guests have made it fun for us.  

Thanks so much for listening and please subscribe wherever you download your podcasts as it really helps us out.

We can't wait for season 2 starting in January.  Drop us a line if you know someone who would be a great guest!

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GRR #27 SÉBASTIEN ROULIER (Canada‘s Own World Record Holder) GottaRunRacing

Ultramarathoner Sébastien Roulier is constantly looking for new challenges; if he is not representing Canada in world championship races then he is breaking world records on his own. 

He held the Guinness Records in the half marathon and marathon in the Shared event (pushing someone in a wheelchair) and currently holds the records in the 100 km and the 24hr timed event 185.5 km in the duo distance.

He also raised money for the food bank in his home town of Sherbrooke, Quebec by running 430 km in less than 4 days.

All this and more,

Here is Sébastien Roulier...

 

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GRR #26 ANNIE HUGHES (Winner of Leadville 100 & Moab 240) GottaRunRacing

Annie Hughes is an up and coming ultra runner that had an incredible year in 2021 with an outright win at the Collegiate Peaks Trail Run 50 miler.  She followed that up with with wins at Leadville 100, becoming the youngest female champion ever, and another epic win at the Moab 240 just six weeks later..  

We had the chance to chat with Annie about her incredible feats and what will be coming up for her next year at Cocodona 250 and hopefully UTMB.  

Here is Annie...

 

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GRR #25 MANDY WALLACE (Dreams Come True at UTMB) GottaRunRacing

Mandy Wallace competed in the Ultra-Trail du Mont Blanc (UTMB). 

UTMB is regarded as one of the most difficult foot races in the world.  It is often considered the Olympics of the Ultra world community.

Mandy had her sights on this race since she was a kid, and thought she would never be able to compete in it after suffering severe knee injuries in university.

With her determination and driving force, she started to train in 2018, with marathons in New Zealand, the Chase The Coyote 50k in Ontario, (which she won), Bromont Ultra 160k in Quebec and Oman Ultra in the middle east.

Even while she suffered through stomach issues, knee pain, and of course was sleep deprived she still managed to get it done in over 45hrs.  

This is Mandy's story... 

 

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GRR #24 RYAN VAN DUZER (Get Out There / Duzer TV) GottaRunRacing

_{Ryan Van Duzer (DuzerTV) host/content creator/motivational speaker is all about inspiring people to get off the couch and explore this beautiful planet. He has appeared on the Travel Channel, Discovery Channel, Men's Journal, National Geographic and many other national outlets.}

_{It all started when he rode his bike 4000 miles from Honduras to Boulder, Colorado after a volunteer mission.  That ride kicked off an incredible quest to explore the world on two wheels. He also loves to run and has completed the Javelina 100 3xs and more recently,  Leadville 100. He is one of the OG YouTuber's and has documented his adventures on his channel @DuzerTV}

_{Here is Ryan Van Duzer!}

 

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GRR #23 BEV ANDERSON-ABBS (Last Woman Standing At The Barkley Marathons) GottaRunRacing

Where do we begin with Beverley Anderson-Abbs?

Her 198 trophies on UltraSignup gives you an indication of what type of athlete she is but during our chat we narrowed it down to some specific races that really put her name out there.

We discuss how her knee injuries almost kept her off many a start line, about her early days as an adventure racer and experiences at Eco-Challenge and Primal Quest and her 4 top place finishes at Western States 100. Not to mention her grand slam attempt, and of course The Barkley Marathons, and her latest win at The Last Annual Heart of the South Road Race in 2020; a race that is 326 miles in length.    

Here is Beverley Anderson-Abbs.  

 

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GRR #22 NORMA ROBERTS (New Course Record at Badwater 135) GottaRunRacing

When Norma toed the line at this year's Badwater 135 she had no idea that not only she would place 2nd female but also earn herself a new course record for her age group. 

We chat with Norma about how she started her ultra running career, her win at Lost Souls Ultra in 2006, what made her choose Badwater and what other records she will be trying to break in the future and her charity. 

 

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GRR #21 / Carlotta James (THE MONARCH ULTRA) GottaRunRacing

Carlotta James, Project Director / Co-founder of The Monarch Ultra

The dream of runners and monarch butterflies on a journey together came to Carlotta while running along forest trails in Peterborough, Ontario in 2016. Since then, Carlotta has been working tirelessly with the Monarch Ultra team to create an ultra marathon as a call to action towards environmental protection and monarch conservation. She is passionate about running, exploring wild spaces around the world, and connecting with the natural world. 

In this podcast, we chat with Carlotta about the 2019 relay run where a team of ultra runners, filmmakers and pollinator advocates followed the flight of the monarch butterfly by running the same distance of 4,300km (2,671 miles) from southern Ontario to central Mexico and what the 1,800km relay run for 2021 will look like.

 

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