Episode 127: Mike Heard - Getting Passed by a Hamburger 🍔

Mike Heard and I met when I joined the Board of Directors for Beyond Monumental, the organization behind the CNO Indianapolis Monumental Marathon.During this episode, sponsored by Foot Levelers and Previnex, we talk about:How Mike ended up on the Board of Directors for Beyond Monumental and is now set to be the next President of the Board come January Spending time in the midwest (Michigan, Ohio and Indiana) and on the East CoastWhat it means to have an Air Force scholarship Working at the Pentagon in Washington D.C. Sporting growing upHow he did some road races in college but didn’t run his first full marathon until he was 43Meeting his wife, Cheryl, on a blind date while at Purdue Qualifying for and running the Boston Marathon (and getting passed by a hamburger)Doing all of the World Major Marathons: Boston, New York, Berlin, Chicago, Tokyo, London Running with the Michael J. Fox Foundation at New York since his wife, Cheryl, has Parkinson’s Running the Monumental Marathon after running the Chicago Marathon in the same year - and only with a 30 second time difference Using Marathon Tours for the logistics of some of his races How he was supposed to get his sixth star at Tokyo in 2020… when it was canceled, and then canceled again in 2021 and 2022The story behind his Purdue running singlet Sponsor Details:Foot Levelers: Visit the website to find a provider near youPrevinex: Use code ALLY15 for 15% off your first order