Interview with DJ Clovis

DJ Clovis has his Master's in Bass Trombone performance from Long Beach State. During his time at Long Beach State he was a finalist in the Coleman Chamber competition in Both 2009 and 2010. DJ has studied with a number of amazing Los Angeles trombonist and has had the opportunity to play in a wide range of quintets, quartets, bands and orchestras. DJ has been teaching privately since 2003 and has had the opportunity to teach a wide range of trombonist and brass musicians. DJ has been teaching at Fairmont Private schools since 2016. He teaches PK-8th grade general music. He also is an advisor for his schools National Junior Honor Society and SEL team member. DJ started running seriously in the Fall of 2013. He completed his first Half Marathon in March of 2014. Since then DJ has run a handful of Half marathons. He has also run 14 Marathons, 3 50 milers and one 100 mile run since 2014. DJ enjoys running and spending with his wife Katie and their dog Frankie. DJ is an avid fan of podcasts such as, Trail Runner Nation, This American Life, Radio Lab and recently of corpSonore. Show Notes: Bass Trombone Mentor: Steve Trapani 100 mile race in Riverside CA that is a one-mile loop https://wildhorseracing.net/nannygoat/ Other Ultra events mentioned: UTMB https://utmbmontblanc.com/en/UTMB Western States 100 https://www.wser.org Ultra Runners: Ann Trason http://www.trasonrunning.com Rob Krar https://robkrar.com Scott Jurek http://www.scottjurek.com Dean Karnazes http://www.ultramarathonman.com/web/ DJ follows a "run 8, walk 1" formula he picked up from his running group the LA Leggers https://laleggers.org/cs/laleggers/page.detail?page_id=1 Food Discussed: DJ follows a mostly Whole30 Diet and eats Bananas before races and performances (Hannah recommends Mama Chia packs for running snacks) Madeline talked about Generation UCAN nutrition https://www.generationucan.com/shop/?msclkid=01b5a2f6de441d938b60fce417090c85 Podcasts: Trail Runner Nation (and corpSonore) Books: The Inner Game of Golf The Inner Game of Tennis (The Inner Game of Music) The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People Idol/Dream Podcast guest mentioned: Phil Maffettone, the Sock Doc (among many things)