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In 2011 the voice of Endurance Planet will stay the same but the ownership and additional content is new. Today we’ll talk just a little about that with the new man behind Endurance Planet, Ben Greenfield, but more importantly we’ll talk with Ben about how you can make this a successful year as an endurance Read More

This week’s edition is all about Kona. It’s an Ironman Championship wrap-up. And what a race it was. It was among the most exciting -- if not the most exciting -- men’s finishes we’ve ever seen and there was plenty of intrigue on the women’s side as well. This will also be the last regularly Read More

On this week's Endurance Planet Hour we're doing a special My Story edition in conjunction with USA Triathlon by profiling two of the competitors in this weekend's USA Triathlon Age-Group Nationals in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Jennifer Walz is a 19-year-old from Savannah, Georgia who will be defending her age-group title. Meantime, 76-year-old Roger Brockenbrough is Read More

Today's Marathon & Beyond Monday edition is a tale written by ultra-marathon pioneer Gordy Ainsleigh. Gordy is the man who -- in 1974 -- took part in the Western States 100-Mile One-Day Ride ... without a horse. Since then, the story has been told and re-told, but only one person knows the full truth. Read More

Veteran mountain runner Anita Ortiz picked the 2009 Western States 100 for her first 100-miler. And she won. Today on Endurance Planet---a Road to Western States 2010 edition---we hear from Ortiz about some new challenges she'll be facing this year. And we hear how she balances her life as a wife and Read More

In the sport of ultra marathoning there are few bigger names than Nikki Kimball. Among numerous accomplishments, she's won the Western States 100 Endurance Run three times. In a matter of weeks she'll also be competing in the Comrades Marathon and raising money for Starfish---an international organization focused on assisting children orphaned by Read More

He’s been dubbed the Mayor of Running. A member of the Running USA Hall of Champions, he has completed races on all seven continents from the Antarctica marathon to the Mt. Kilimanjaro Marathon. He has also completed the Ironman 5 times and cycled, unsupported by himself, across the country twice. But there’s Read More

He's the two-time defending champion and he'll be looking for the three-peat at this year's Western States 100 Endurance Run. He's Hal Koerner of Ashland, Oregon. Today on Endurance Planet---a Road to Western States 2010 edition---Koerner talks about the mindset he takes into races and the kind of training he's doing in the Read More

If you’re a fan of the hit television show The Biggest Loser, then you already know the story of Matt Hoover…or at least part of it. Hoover was a two-time state wrestling champion in high school that went on to wrestle at the University of Iowa. But his dreams of a successful college Read More