It's a common site these days. Runners tying "The Chip" into their shoelaces so electronic sensors on a race course can capture their split and finish times. But in April of 1996, The Chip was set to be used at the Boston Marathon for the first time---and it nearly found itself locked out. Read More

Each week we check in with Barry Siff of Daily Triathlon in Boulder, Colorado to find out what's new in the world of multisport. This week Barry tells us about USA Triathlon's Elite Development Race, he shares the outcome from Ironman New Zealand, and he looks ahead to Ironman China and a big-money Read More

After a battle with cancer---beginning at the age of 23---Steve Gaul found comfort "at the bottom of a whiskey bottle." But then he traded one addiction for another. Today on Endurance Planet, the Canadian ultrarunner tells us about how his outlook has changed since he became addicted running. Read More

Ever heard an introduction to a talk that was longer than the talk itself? It usually happens when the the emcee can’t quite come up with the right adjectives to sufficiently explain the speaker’s accomplishments. That could easily happen with today’s podcast. But suffice it to say our guest has run across Read More

On this week's Endurance Planet Hour we go in search of answers to the questions, "Why do we do this? Will it help us live longer? Is it good for us?" Guests include: 24-year-old Nick Budzyn---who is running for seventeen consecutive hours on a treadmill today, and Coach Ryan Ross---who has Read More

You may know her as Jody Kelly from the Amazing Race. Others know her as Jody Kelly the local triathlete. But neither description would have fit just four years ago. That's when the 72-year-old from Texas made a commitment to herself to get off the couch and get in shape. And Read More

Marathon & Beyond Monday is our weekly opportunity to hear an editor’s choice from Marathon & Beyond Magazine. This week is Eileen P. Duggan’s story “The Marathon from Hell.” The 1904 St. Louis Olympics were scabbed onto the World's Fair, a recipe for disaster that only the hot August marathon could top. Read More

Today on Endurance Planet we're launching a new segment, "The Week in Multisport" with Barry Siff of Daily Triathlon. Among the items we'll discuss today: The creation of a competitor to Triathlete Magazine called "Lava", the reason Ironman Malaysia isn't paying pro triathlete Hillary Biscay, and why elite triathlete Tim O'Donnell couldn't care Read More

When your goal is to complete a series of 135-mile races, things can and do go wrong. Veteran ultrarunner Jarom Thurston knows this. But he also believes that DNF stands for "did nothing fatal" as opposed to "did not finish." Today on Endurance Planet Thurston tells us he's not close to being Read More

Every sport has a particular story that gets told and told again because what happened was so remarkable that no one wants to leave it in the past. It’s so good it becomes a fabric of the sport itself. In ultramarathoning, it's the 1995 Western States 100 which produced the closest 1-2-3 finish Read More