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Places of Endurance: Palm Springs with Marc Payan
Marc has more than 20 years of experience within the government and corporate domains, as well as the realms of social justice, non-profit, and development work across the globe. A Researcher and Transformation Specialist, Marc's work has allowed him to address...
Places of Endurance: Bend Oregon with Ian Sharman
Ian Sharman has been racing around the world in all styles of event since 2005 and coaching at Sharman Ultra since 2010 with a group of world class athletes as coaches. He's run over 200 ultras and marathons (PR: 2:21) in every type of weather and on all terrains....
Making Peace With Alcohol, featuring Coach Lauren Meers
Lauren Meers is a habit and wellness coach with over 14 years of experience in the health and fitness industry, specifically in sports nutrition and coaching. In addition to her degree in Psychology from Cal Poly, Lauren is a Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP)...
Making Peace With Exercise, featuring coach Rachel Wakley
Rachel Wakley is the owner of bold in San Luis Obispo, California. More than just an online fitness program—bold is a program made for womxn who want to be pushed to get stronger, physically and emotionally, all while being supported by a caring and motivating coach....
Making Peace With Autoimmune, featuring Amira Elkashef
Amira Elkashef is a nonprofit professional, helping organizations fulfill their missions and create long lasting financial stability. Her true life's purpose and passion is helping those who live with Autoimmune Diseases live a life they love. She's a Certified...
Making Peace With Food, featuring coach Polly Mertens
Polly Mertens is an addiction recovery coach and writer that teaches women about personal transformation in the realm of eating disorders. After recovering from 20 years of bulimia, she is on a mission to help women around the world find their roadmap to recovery. ...
Faces of Endurance, featuring Dean Karnazes
⬥ Speaker ⬥ Bestselling Author ⬥ Athlete ⬥ Entrepreneur ⬥ TIME magazine named him one of the “Top 100 Most Influential People in the World.” Men’s Fitness hailed him as one of the fittest men on the planet. Stan Lee, of Marvel Comics fame, called him,...
Faces of Endurance, featuring Tina Wilmott
Presented by RaceSLO Tina Wilmott - Founder and President of Endurance Sportswire Tina Wilmott is a successful entrepreneur and experienced public relations executive, strategist and speaker. In 2011 Wilmott founded Endurance Sportswire, the only press release...
Faces of Endurance, featuring Angela Silverbush
Presented by RaceSLO Meet Captain Angela Silverbush, currently working for Air Force space command at Vandenberg AFB as an instructor for global space operations. She is the squadron physical training program manager and a Legionnaire for the fitness company 1st...
Faces of Endurance, featuring Robert Killian
Presented by SLO ULTRA trail races & games You often hear "The man, the myth, the legend" thrown around... but this episode of the Endurance Town USA podcast features a man who was clearly inspiration behind the phrase! Green Beret & Professional Obstacle...
Faces of Endurance, featuring Ian & Emily Torrence
Presented by SLO ULTRA trail races & games Ian Torrence is well known in the trail and ultrarunning community having now finished more than 200 ultras, 27 of which were 100-mile races. In all, Ian has won 53 ultramarathons. Some of his wins include the Massanutten...
Faces of Endurance, featuring Kyle Robidoux
Presented by SLO ULTRA trail races & games Kyle Robidoux is an avid skier, runner, local beer enthusiast, and non-profit manager who has worked tirelessly to ensure that he is not defined by the boundaries that others place on him and his vision. He has...
Faces of Endurance, featuring Robby McLaughlin
Presented by Race SLO Robby McLaughlin From Robby: I was born and raised in San Luis Obispo, and grew up quite the butter ball. Being overweight was very hard on my confidence, especially since the rest of my family were all stud athletes. I didn’t understand why I...
Faces of Endurance, featuring Matty Gregg
Presented by Race SLO Matty Gregg Matty Gregg is the 2017 Obstacle Course Racing Humanitarian of the Year. In addition to being and ultra runner and owning his own performing arts company, he is a former 13 year Apple Engineering Manager. Matty is currently running...
Faces Behind the Races Mini-Series Recap
Presented by Race Roster Samantha Pruitt and Travis Ford Our first mini-series, "Faces Behind the Races" Presented by Race Roster, is officially a wrap! Samantha & Travis sit down to chat about the first 9 episodes of this fun new podcast series, the incredible...