The Duluth Rundown

Check in as Tony and Mike interview local Duluth runner Dayeton Tolle as she offers inspirational insights on working through a serious injury. She also talks about her entrance to running as a junior high and high school track runner in Eau Claire, and a few years on the running teams at UMD. Dayeton shares several stories from mainly marathon and trail ultra races, and how she transitioned from collegiate running to longer and longer distances up to 50 miles!

With just a couple races left in the year, as events start dwindling down, plenty of race results are reported from Whistlestop, Wild Duluth, Grand Traverse, Breaking the Bank 50 Miler, Superior Nightmare 5k, Kara Goucher 5k, and a couple NMTC Fall Trail Race series races. Trail conditions are reported as “good”, and Coach’s Corner is about the end of the season for many local runners.  The boys talk about a new Route of the Week, and Tony explains his disdain for elevation charts for this month’s Thoughts on the Run segment. Do you have a good idea for a TDR segment? Want to shout anybody or yourself out? What races do you have coming up? We’d love to hear from you via email – [email protected] is our address!

In a second TDR Podcast with Adam (after 7 years!), Tony and Mike catch up on some new material. Adam had the unique opportunity to pace and crew gold medal Olympian Jessie Diggins at the 2026 Superior Fall Trail Race, so naturally many questions came up from that experience. Adam also talks about his own thoughts on trail ultramarathons, nutrition, injury prevention, skiing and more. Listen in for some excellent words of wisdom and exciting stories, whether you are interested in 100-mile trail races or not!

The September 2026 Rundown is full of recent race results from the Fall NMTC series, and other races from trail to road, 1 to 100 miles. There are many, many upcoming races to choose from as the season winds down, so listen in for a listing of all types of events coming up. Do you have a race in mind that’s coming up or with results to share? Let us know by emailing [email protected]! Tony and Mike discuss trail conditions, Tony’s Coach’s Corner segment includes a lively discussion about dropping out of races and where to go from there if it happens to you, and Mike talks about his Route of the Week. The guys answer questions from podcast listeners and have a few shout-outs to round out the episode.  

In this month’s TDR Interview, Tony and Mike sit down with recent 2026 Duluth East graduates Taylor and Will to talk about their budding running careers, their thoughts and feelings on moving onto collegiate running, and a bit of a unique twist on the standard Duluth Rundown interview process. Listen in to hear about Taylor and Will’s favorite memories running in Duluth for East cross country and track, how they got started with running, and what they’re most looking forward to as they get into college running and beyond!