Episode 74: "Once I run 100 miles I can rest easy"

Will Siman is early into his running journey but not wasting any time. During this conversation, sponsored by Athlete Bouquets, we talk about: How we met through Will’s dad, Mike, and Miami of Ohio, but neither Will nor his dad went to school there How he achieved his dream of working for the Ohio State football program but then hated it The Indy 500 and Will’s family tradition of going to the race every year and me trying to talk Will into coming to Indy for the Indy Mini Going from a “large football player” to “psycho runner” That the FIRST running challenge Will conquered was David Goggins’ 4 X 48 challenge (running 4 miles every 4 hours for 48 hours for 48 miles) he did it with his younger twin brothers His first marathon in Myrtle Beach, his first ever organized race Marathon number two and qualifying for the Boston Marathon and what that experience was like Going from marathons to ultra marathons… 50K (31 miles) then 50 miler and next 100K (62 miles) Winning a Vegas 50K and only getting a bottle of water His “holy cow” moment of finding out that he couldn’t use his headphones 2 weeks before his 50 miler The mental side of running Podcasts he listens to while running: Oops The Podcast, Rich Roll Working as a civilian for the Air Force and traveling to Vietnam His next finish line in two weeks at the Firetower 100K in Minnesota where they are warning runners of black bears