Everyday Athlete Podcast Network

Brian Reynolds returned to the Leadville Trail 100 for a fourth attempt after three years without a finish. Following the third, he was not even sure another attempt was possible. His crew helped him reconsider.Brian talks with Evan Birch and Jason Bahamundi about the mental weight of racing with prosthetics, the changes that helped his crew work with him, and the 19 people who shared the finish. He also talks about raising three kids and what he hopes they learn from seeing him struggle, adapt, and keep going.What does a finish mean when the years before it gave you a community you would never have met otherwise? That is the heart of this Enduring Minds conversation, from the Everyday Athlete Podcast Network.Keep Connected:Run Tri Bike on ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠Run Tri Bike on ⁠⁠⁠Threads⁠⁠⁠Evan Birch on ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠Brian Reynolds on ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠Enduring Minds on ⁠Instagram⁠Join the ⁠⁠⁠Everyday Athlete Clubhouse⁠⁠⁠Subscribe to the ⁠⁠⁠Run Tri Bike Newsletter⁠

Julie Wolpers started swimming consistently later in life. Then 500 yards became thousands, and thousands became 10 million. Julie joins Jason to talk about aging, consistency, cancer recovery, swimming as sanctuary, and learning that your version of sport doesn't have to look like anybody else's.Keep Connected:Run Tri Bike on ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠Run Tri Bike on ⁠⁠Threads⁠⁠Julie Wolpers on ⁠Instagram⁠Julie Wolpers on ⁠StravaJoin the ⁠⁠Everyday Athlete Clubhouse⁠⁠Subscribe to the ⁠⁠Run Tri Bike Newsletter⁠⁠

Beyoncé. Britney. Rihanna. Mariah. Alicia Keys. Who deserves the crown as a queen of 2000s music? Jason, Joe and Santino start with the Billboard Hot 100 before somehow wandering into Soul Train, house parties, terrible beer, car stereos, cheese and pasta. In other words: a completely normal episode of What’s In Your Earbuds?Keep Connected:Run Tri Bike on ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠Run Tri Bike on ⁠⁠⁠Threads⁠⁠⁠Joe Hardin on ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠Santino Williams on ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠Join the ⁠⁠⁠Everyday Athlete Clubhouse⁠⁠⁠Subscribe to the ⁠⁠⁠Run Tri Bike Newsletter⁠

Big races give runners spectacle. Smaller races can give them something harder to manufacture: personal connection.Race director, pacer and ultrarunner Vanessa Kline joins Jason to talk about creating races where people receive real value, make friends and feel recognized. They also get into pacing, Badwater 135, multi-day races, the difficult transition back to ordinary life—and why doing hard things should still be fun.Plus: homemade race food, Uncrustables, Oreos and enough food opinions to require another episode.Follow Vanessa at @vanessajkline, Beast Coast Productions at @beastcoastpro and Beast Pacing at @beastpacing.Keep Connected:Run Tri Bike on ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠Run Tri Bike on ⁠⁠Threads⁠⁠Vanessa Kline on ⁠Instagram⁠Beast Coast Productions on ⁠Instagram⁠Beast Pacing on ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠Join the ⁠⁠Everyday Athlete Clubhouse⁠⁠Subscribe to the ⁠⁠Run Tri Bike Newsletter⁠⁠

What happens when you stop asking athletes what they accomplished and start asking why it mattered?Jason Bahamundi and Evan Birch open Season 3 of Enduring Minds by looking back at the people, conversations and unexpected relationships that shaped Season 2.Along the way, they return to something Marshall Ulrich told them: “You don't ask the first question. You ask the second question.” That observation became something much bigger than a compliment. It became a description of what Enduring Minds is trying to do.Jason and Evan discuss vulnerability, shame, identity, community, friendship and why the conversations that happen after the obvious questions are often the ones that stick with us.They also explore how podcast guests have become real-life friends, why an accomplishment doesn't define the person who achieved it, and what they're carrying forward into Season 3.World-record holders. Everyday athletes. Extraordinary accomplishments. Ordinary human shit.The accomplishments may get somebody into the chair.Then the real conversation beginsKeep Connected:Run Tri Bike on ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠Run Tri Bike on ⁠⁠⁠Threads⁠⁠⁠Evan Birch on ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠Enduring Minds on ⁠Instagram⁠Join the ⁠⁠⁠Everyday Athlete Clubhouse⁠⁠⁠Subscribe to the ⁠⁠⁠Run Tri Bike Newsletter⁠