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"That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a little run." - Forrest Gump
I'm extremely excited to welcome Rob Pope, the real life Forrest Gump, to this week's show!
Over the last few years, Rob has taken on the EPIC challenge of recreating Forrest Gump's famous run. Over 15,000 miles across the United States 5 times, he tested the limits of his own endurance and experienced the U.S. to the absolute fullest. Over his year and a half adventure he experienced highs and lows, received major support from strangers along the way, and ran through some of the most iconic places in the country. The human connections he made, along with the places he explored were life changing. Completing the challenge was absolutely unprecedented.
Today's episode is all about this INCREDIBLE ADVENTURE.
Rob shares how one of his last conversations with his mother about "Doing one thing that makes a difference in this world" inspired this challenge. He also chats about the adventures he had along the way, along with the obstacles he had to overcome (including a torn quadricep..yikes!). We also talk a lot about one of my favorite subjects....Tom Hanks!
Please check out Rob's website. He would love your help supporting two excellent charities- Peace Direct and World Wildlife Fund.
Enjoy!!
MORE FROM ROB POPE:
Website: http://www.goingthedistancerun.com/
Support WWF and Peace Direct: https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fundraiser-display/showROFundraiserPage?userUrl=goingthedistancerun&pageUrl=2
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/run.robla.run/?hl=en
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/runroblarun/
BBC Article: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-43517715
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This week’s guest is the incredible ocean rower Lia Ditton!
Lia is a sailor, rower, adventurer with a lifelong passion for ocean travel. In this week’s episode we chat all about what it was like to spend 87 days alone on a record setting row across the Pacific Ocean from San Francisco to Hawaii.
Lia dives into her mindset, what it was like to spend so much time with herself, how she battled self doubt, fear, and anxiousness as she explored the lowest of lows and the highest of highs! Such a unique and epic adventure has given her amazing insights on life, adventure, and the world at large.
I truly hope you enjoy this episode!! I’m excited to share Lia’s journey with the world. If you are interested in seeing more of this quest, be sure to check out her short film “87 Days: Alone Rowing the Pacific” on Vimeo!!
MORE FROM LIA DITTON:
87 DAYS film: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/87daysalone
Website: https://rowliarow.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rowliarow/
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Clips from Episode 189 and 372 with my friend and wisest man I know Paul Scheuring!!
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This week we are celebrating EPISODE 400 with my good friend Phil Pinti!!!!
Topics covered: Wrapping up season 2 and plans for season 3, future projects, Phil's prep for Gila Monster 300, Life of Phil post "A Long Way From Nowhere", Route 66 Ultras, and much more!!
Thank you so much for supporting the show over the last 400 episodes! This whole project has truly been life changing for me!!
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This week we are chatting with one of the hosts of the EXCELLENT "Bush and Banter" Podcast, Jennifer Mabus!!
Jen was a guest on this show a few years when she backpacked the entire Pacific Crest Trail, an adventure of a lifetime.
Now she's started a family and dives deep every week on her podcast with a wide variety of adventure guests. It truly is one of my favorite adventure podcasts of all time!
Hope you love this episode as much as I enjoyed recording it! Jen rocks!
MORE FROM JEN:
Bush and Banter Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bush-banter/id1639961984
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bushandbanter/
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This week we are joined once again with the best leadership coach in the country John Petersen!!!
In this episode John talks about Trust, teaches us what to do after you've identified your core values, shares some tales from adventure - biking from Cali to Chicago, bring back and rowing across the Monterey Bay, and rowing to Antarctica!
This is a fantastic episode that I am going to listen to multiple times for all of the wisdom!!
MORE FROM JOHN PETERSEN:
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnrpetersen
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/john.r.petersen/
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#397: Adam Casey 5 -- Adventure Life and the Connections We Make Along the Way by Chris Ward
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This week we are celebrating our 8th year of the podcast by taking a walk down memory lane with my lovely wife Lindsey Ward!!
In this episode, Lindsey blatantly rips off Brett Goldstein (Roy Kent from Ted Lasso) and his podcast "Films to Be Buried With!" by stealing his format to ask me about some of my favorite adventures.
We talk adventures and I also give a recommendation for a past Like a Bigfoot Podcast for each category!
Hope you all enjoy!!!! This one was tons of fun to record!!
Categories covered:
FIrst Race/Adventure
Which one scared you the most?
Which one made you cry the most?
Most underrated race/adventure
Sickest you felt
Sexiest? (hahahaha)
Laughed the Hardest
Biggest Failure
Re-Adventurable (best to repeat)
Most Awesome
Which race/adventure Means the most to you?
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#394: Cody Taylor 3 -- The Bruce Trail Unsupported FKT, 900Kms Through Ontario by Chris Ward
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This week we are chatting with Alan Tenta from Season 10 of "Alone"!!
MORE FROM ALAN:
"Tenta Outdoors" Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@alantenta9825
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MORE FROM JASON:
Website: https://jasonromero.net/
"Running into the Dark": https://jasonromero.net/running-into-the-dark
"Success Cycle": https://jasonromero.net/the-success-cycle-book -
This week we are chatting with spearfished and free diver Skye Bailey about her journey into the sport!
MORE FROM SKYE BAILEY:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skye_dive_/
"Bombardier" Short Film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0iij5H4m9g&t=1s -
This week we are chatting with competitive cyclist Hannah Otto about her film "Kokopelli Strong" documenting her quest to set the FKT on the Kokopelli Trail!!
Hannah has been an elite athlete since she was 9 years old, has competed in major cycling races all over the world, and recently stepped up to the challenge of riding the Kokopelli Trail as fast as possible.
The film is a wonderful story, documenting the ups and downs, successes and failures of a very driven person trying to do something incredibly difficult. It's a beautiful example of failure being the foundation from which you succeed.
The Kokopelli Trail is my favorite place on earth and has changed me at a deeply personal level so I was very excited to geek out about this place with someone who understands the power this place holds!
I truly hope you enjoy the episode and encourage you to check out Hannah's Film "Kokopelli Strong"!!
Photo credit: Marcus Gracia
MORE FROM HANNAH:
"Kokopelli Strong": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sq-kcxMBrVA
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thehannahotto/ -
#389: Ray Zahab 5 -- His Recent Crossing of Death Valley by Chris Ward
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Lien James has ran 136 marathons since becoming a runner at age 50.
In this episode Lien shares stories from her adventures, what it was like to run her very first mile at age 49, we talk about the time she took on the JFK 50 miler, and her recent knee surgery.
We also chat about resilience and what it takes to be an athlete in your 60s and 70s.
Lien is AWESOME!!! Hope you all enjoy the episode and draw endless amounts of inspiration from her!
MORE FROM LIEN:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lien.james
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lienjames51
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This week we are chatting once again with "the Canadian Berserker" Noel Thomson!!
In this episode we dive deep into how mental health, ultra running and fitness all interweave.
Noel is very open and vulnerable with some of the struggles he has faced in his life and how "controlling what he can control" with exercise and ultra running has helped him climb out of a hole of depression and drug abuse. We also chat about the importance of talking to someone when we find ourselves in those deep dark places and why it's hard for men to do that sometimes.
This was a really important episode and a conversation that will stick with me for a long time!
If you need help or are struggling, please understand that there are people out there to help. Reach out.
MORE FROM NOEL:
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This week we are chatting with author, filmmaker, artist, adventurer, ultra runner, and a guy who is "semi rad" Brendan Leonard!!!
Brendan has one of the most unique, creative, and oftentimes hilarious voices in the adventure community.
He's the author of many GREAT books (which we do a quick recap of towards the end of the episode) including his newest release "Ultra-Something". This book is the story of what he's found through taking on ultra running, told in a way that only Brendan could tell- through lots of tangents on history, pop culture, psychology, viral videos, and much more.
Brendan also is the artist behind "Semi-Rad" (one of my favorite websites) where he writes, draws, and creates. He is able to capture the essence of "why" people do big adventures- simultaneously for life affirming reasons and also for the simplicity of "cause it's fun and pointless and it's what makes me happy."
In this episode we talk all about his books, his films "7 Summits of My Neighborhood" & "A Shed of One's Own" (which so beautifully captured the passing of life that it made me cry), making a quesadilla out of Jack's Frozen Pizzas, creativity, dadhood, his 15 second recipe book, and a lot more!!
This was one of my favorite episodes! Huge thanks to Brendan for coming back on!! I highly recommend checking out his book and signing up for his weekly newsletter!
MORE FROM BRENDAN:
Semi-Rad: https://semi-rad.com
Buy Ultra-Something: https://store.dftba.com/collections/semi-rad
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This week we are once again chatting with ultra runner Cody Taylor!!
Cody is currently training to attempt the unsupported FKT of the 900km (550 mile) Bruce Trail through his home province of Ontario!!
In this episode we talk all about his training and motivation for taking on this challenge, his plan for the summer leading into the attempt, and how his transition from musician to athlete has been.
Hope you all enjoy!!
MORE FROM CODY TAYLOR:
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@livethenewnormal
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All the way from Stockholm, Sweden we are chatting with Marcus Krindvall!!
Marcus is a former cheerleader who represented his country on the national level, faced career ending injuries, battled depression, and is now building himself back up through physical health.
He runs the instagram account one.meter.man where he dedicated himself to running "one meter per follower" every single day for a year. Through sickness, travel days, and the ups and downs of busy life as a parent, Marcus has stuck with this consistent action.
Please follow his account so we an make him run farther!!
This is an awesome episode and I hope you enjoy the conversation!
MORE FROM MARCUS:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/one.meter.man/ - Se mer
