A lot of people visit Maine for the lobster. On Saturday, July 16, my wife Ruth and I, joined by more than 70 other runners and their friends, traveled in search of lobster all the way to tiny Great Cranberry Island. We found the lobster, but only after we ran the 5th Annual Great Cranberry [...]
On this special episode of Endurance Planet, we get to know America’s Marathon Man, Jerry Dunn. Jerry has some incredible running accomplishments under his belt, including running 200 marathons in the year 2000 and going 60 consecutive miles for his 60th birthday. This year he ran 65 miles for his 65th birthday. Find out how [...]
On this episode, we feature Marathon and Beyond magazine editor’s pick, “One Boston, One New Friend” by Kirk Flatow. Click here to get a full-color PDF file of the story with pictures, free compliments of M&B magazine. And don’t miss out: Marathon & Beyond Monday magazine is offering a special gift to EP listeners who [...]
In this Endurance Films video, Bobby McGee talks about running and triathlon on the Endurance Zone. Part 4 of 4 Bobby McGee talks Running and Triathlon on The Endurance Zone from Endurance Planet on Vimeo. For more video content just like this, check out Endurance Films and use 10% discount code “EPVIP”
In this Endurance Films video, Bobby McGee talks about running and triathlon on the Endurance Zone. Part 3 of 4: Bobby McGee talks Running and Triathlon on The Endurance Zone from Endurance Planet on Vimeo. For more video content just like this, check out Endurance Films and use 10% discount code “EPVIP”
In this Endurance Films video, Bobby McGee talks about running and triathlon on the Endurance Zone. Part 2 of 4: Bobby McGee talks Running and Triathlon on The Endurance Zone from Endurance Planet on Vimeo. For more video content just like this, check out Endurance Films and use 10% discount code “EPVIP”
In this Endurance Films video, Bobby McGee talks about running and triathlon on the Endurance Zone. Part 1 of 4: Bobby McGee talks Running and Triathlon on The Endurance Zone from Endurance Planet on Vimeo. For more video content just like this, check out Endurance Films and use 10% discount code “EPVIP”
On this special episode, we talk with Ray Charbonneau, who is the author of “Chasing the Runner’s High,” which was just released last October and is getting a great response from the running community. We’ll find out more about the personal nature of Ray’s book, and how it’s not another how-to book or a book [...]
What does it take to restart your running regimen after having two babies and still working a full-time job? In this episode of Marathon and Beyond Monday, we’ll learn how one mom puts in the dedication and hard work to get back to her love of long-distance running and racing. To get a free full-color [...]
This week’s Marathon and Beyond Monday edition takes a look into the long New England winters preparing for Patriots’ Day.”We Suffer for You, Boston” was written by Alex M. Sewell. Today’s Endurance Planet is brought to you by Sock Geek.
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 a world champion from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania who also will be looking for another championship on his mantle. We’ll speak with both of these inspirational athletes. Today’s show is brought to you by the Silverman Triathlon, Sock Geek and The Right Stuff.
On this week’s Endurance Planet Hour we hear about the efforts of two men to run the length of the Erie Canal … all 363 miles of it. We also hear about a fictional adventure, excerpted from “The Runner’s Literary Companion.” And we wrap up the hour by looking at scientific research on motivating yourself for physical activity. The Endurance Planet Hour is brought to you by the Nevada Silverman Triathlon and Sock Geek.
Many runners are readers, and often what they read about is running. Which makes this week’s edition especially applicable to all of us. It’s an article that appeared in Marathon and Beyond magazine written by Paul Hubbard titled “25 Books Every Marathoner Should Own.” This week’s edition of Marathon and Beyond Monday is brought to you by Sock Geek.
On this week’s show we’ll introduce you to some people who can help you broaden your knowledge of the psychological and motivational components of training and racing. These are people who have been guests on Endurance Planet and have brought a unique perspective. They range from a world-champion coach to a bar-room brawling miler to a transformed man from Overland Park, Kansas.
This week’s Marathon and Beyond Monday edition was written by Joe Henderson and is titled simply, “This I Believe.” Take this one with you…it’ll make you think and make you appreciate your running.
On this week’s Endurance Planet Hour, we get a recap on the Western States 100 Endurance Run from Bryon Powell of irunfar.com who was at the race where history was made. We’ll also hear an extended audio excerpt from a book about the greatest long-distance runner of all time.
This week’s Endurance Planet Hour is a “best of” edition featuring some of the favorite short stories and audio essays we’ve compiled over the years. Enjoy!
Time again for a Week in Multisport edition of Endurance Planet with Barry Siff of Daily Triathlon. This week Barry discusses the amazing story of a Florida age-group triathlete who ended up fighting with an alligator during an open water swim workout. Barry also shares the story of a pro triathlete who entered an elite 10k track event and posted a blazing time. And, of course, we hear the latest results from multisport events around the country.
This week’s Endurance Planet Hour is a “best of” edition that focuses on what it takes…what it takes to win, what it takes to survive, and what it takes to emerge from trying situations with your character intact. We’ll hear first from three world champions—previous guests on endurance planet. Ironman champion Peter Reid, 70.3 Champion Joanna Zeiger, and Badwater ultra marathon champion Jamie Donaldson. We’ll also hear an extended short story called “The Winning Bug” written by Jackson Scholz which is a fictional account of a young man who want to win too badly.
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 one race Yasso hasn’t completed…yet. The inventor of the Yasso 800s workout joins us today on Endurance Planet to talk about the upcoming race.
This week’s Endurance Planet Hour focuses on 3 unsung heroes of the endurance sports world. Who are these heroes? Well, there’s “Dexter the Punisher” aka Ryan Dexter. There’s “Sam the Unseen” aka Sam Thompson. And there’s “The Amazing Lisa” aka Lisa Smith-Batchen. Superheroes? I’ll leave that up to you to decide. But, without question, they are people who are quietly achieving great things.
This week on the Endurance Planet Hour e hear from two-time defending Badwater Ultramarathon champion Jamie Donaldson about her training, mindset, and goals. Dr. Mark Klion takes your questions about injury prevention and rehabilitation. And Koach Karl gives us a sneak peak at Endurance Planet’s upcoming workshop for would-be 50k runners.
On this week’s Endurance Planet Hour we talk with the director of Bicycle Dreams, The Race Across America, Stephen Auerbach. This is a movie about men and women who push their bodies to the limit on a daunting, 3,000-mile odyssey. We’ll also talk with adventure racer Brian Schmitz who recently returned from the Abu Dhabi [...]
Massachusetts foundation repair contractor . On this week’s Endurance Planet Hour we hear from up-and-coming ultramarathoner Devon Crosby-Helms who has won the Vermont 100, JFK 50, Goretex TransRockies and now has her eyes set on Western States. (As you can tell by the photo, she’s also a Ninja!) We also check in with professional triathlete [...]
This week on The Endurance Planet Hour we hear from the “Endurance King” Marshall Ulrich. who gives us his Ten Commandments of Endurance. Among his many accomplishments, Marshall ran across the United States in 52 days…that’s the equivalent of 117 marathons. We also hear from Runner’s World executive editor Mark Remy about his new book, [...]
how to get pregnant . Today on the Endurance Planet Hour we talk to 24-time Ironman winner Paula Newby-Fraser. And we hear from “The Ultramarathon Man” Dean Karnazes about the possibility of ultramarathoning becoming main-stream. The Endurance Planet Hour—12-15-2009
The theme of this week’s Endurance Planet Hour is goal-setting. longboard wheels . We’ll be hearing from an EP regular who had a goal in 2009 of running a sub-three-hour marathon and is now focused on 2010. We’ll speak with elite endurance athlete Lisa Smith-Batchen of Dreamchasers Outdoor Adventure Club who knows all about keeping [...]
This week we’re opening a new Human Kinetics offering. It’s a book called The Runner’s Edge. Elite runners have long relied on technology to analyze performance, maximize training, and challenge the competitive boundaries of the sport. Serious runners long sought the same advantages only to be confronted with a costly and complicated process. Not any [...]
How do you train for your first ultramarathon? That’s the big question we tackle today on The Endurance Planet Hour. Koach Karl will lay out the basics of the ultramarathon plan for newbies. We also speak with Ironman veteran Steve Rink who recently completed Ironman Arizona with his always-present positive attitude and his catch-phrase “fresh [...]
This week on the Endurance Planet Hour we hear from Charles Kastner, the author of Bunion Derby: The 1928 Footrace Across America. We also share an extended recording of the book itself about the amazing race that history seems to have forgotten. Missouri foundation repair . Later in the hour, Coach Ryan Ross joins us [...]
Our weekly Human Kinetics Corner episode (our members only download) focuses this week on an inspiring book. Second Wind: The Rise of the Ageless Athlete is an inspiring account of a growing subculture of Americans who are challenging the notion of what it means to grow old. These baby boomers can hardly be considered old, [...]
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