SmithFest Events and Upshaw Apologies

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Updates from Boston, Nick Hollon-Barkleys Marathon Winner

Live from Boston, we have been able to get a hold of Shaun Provost, Andi Hardy, and Ang Reynolds. They were able to tell us what they saw and are continuing to see and hear up in Boston. Here is what we planned on airing and will still air time permitting. ___________________________________________ Nickademus (Nick) Hollon was the youngest finisher ever at the 135 mile Badwater. Now he is also the youngest Barkley winner ever. If you don't know what The Barkley Ultramarathon is, please look into so you can be amazed at this man's feats. We got to talk to Nick just a few days after his historic run where he became on the 13th ever finisher of this near impossible race.

SmithFest Events and Upshaw Apologies

First you are going to hear from Fred Smith of SmithFest Events. They put on obstacle races, scavenger hunts, and other cool things that  adults to run around like big children. The folks up north had nothing but great things to say about their events so far so I thought you'd want to learn about them. Ray Upshaw is not shy about voicing his opinion. Some of those opinions are not so nice. When he recently told me he wanted to make some apologies, you can bet I made time to see him. In this interview, Ray compares himself to The Grinch, amongst other things. I will also talk a little about today's turbulent activities with Extreme Nation.

Spartan Athlete Director Robert Coble and Sophie from GORUCK

Episode 44 I spoke with Spartan Athlete Director Robert Coble when he was here in Georgia in early March. We talked about what an Athlete Director does and how Spartan is improving the points system for 2013.  He also told me what he could about Spartan athlete contracts. Before Sophie Pollitt-Cohen became the Director at GORUCK, she was an intern for TV shows, was published in a bunch of cool magazines, wrote a book, and worked at Tough Mudder. I thought it would be cool to have her on the show and talk about her interesting past, along with the future of GORUCK.

Start Line Sean, See Dane Run and the Return of the Run Bum

First up, I welcome Sean "Run Bum" Blanton back to the show. Sean is an ultra runner who puts on races with what I like to call "OCR Spirit". He is back to talk about two races he just race directed:The Georgia Death Race and The Yeti Nightmare, and talk about how they went. Next, I will play my interview with "Start Line" Sean Corvelle. He is the man who leads everyone through the hype andTough Mudder Pledge before every heat. You will hear what he did during my first Tough Mudder that turned me into a Sean Corvelle fan. Finally, I will play an interview I did a few months ago with Dane Rauschenberg. Dane has run a ton of marathons, written two books,  and has done very well on the speaking at marathon expo circuit. Along the way he has had a lot of distractors. One even went as far as to create a website disparaging his efforts.  I was really curious to find out more about him.