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Do Big Things
by Adam McRoberts
Interviews and conversations with ultramarathon runners, authors, artists or anyone implementing changes to improve their Life for the positive. I'd like to help you get outside your comfort zone and embrace this thing we call Life. We want you to Do Big Things!
Episodes
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#151 Colorado Coed 14er Record Holders Andrew Hamilton and Andrea Sansone
They're back! The power couple of the Colorado 14ers have done it again. Andrew Hamilton and Andrea Sansone have been on the podcast a few times before and it was an honor to have them back to talk about their latest adventure. They completed all 58 of the Colorado 14ers in 12 days 6 hours and 43...
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#150 Nolan's 14 FKT Holder David Hedges
David Hedges spent the last 5 weeks camping and training beneath the Nolan's 14 line. When he had a weather window, he executed. He was able to bring the supported record down to 39:06. Listen to this inspiring conversation! Life is short, DO BIG THINGS! big-things-crewing.com
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#149 Active Fueling with Jennifer Sommer-Dirks
Summer is (almost) here! Who's as exited as we are? With summer and adventures on the horizon, you're going to have to put some thought into your nutrition at some point. Would you put cheap, dirty fuel into a Ferrari? Of course not. Join me for a conversation with Jen from Active Fueling. She…
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#148 HURT 100 Female Winner Alyssa Clark
Alyssa Clark is on a tear! In January, she won the HURT 100, following wins at the Moab 240 and about a half dozen other races. She is an ultrarunning coach at Uphill Athlete, a podcast contributor and a Van Dweller. She has been chasing her dream of being a professional athlete for a while now…
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#147 A Long Way From Nowhere with Chris Ward
Chris Ward is an interesting cat and I've wanted to have him on the podcast for a long time. Not only does he host a podcast but he teaches middle school science, runs ultramarathons--and most recently, produced and co-directed the beautifuly crafted ultrarunning documentary, A Long Way From...
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#146 The Dude from the Midwest that Owns the Colorado 14er Record / Daniel Hobbs
Daniel Hobbs is the current Colorado 14er self supported speed record holder. He climbed fifty-eight 14,000 foot peaks in 14 days. That would be a large order for any Colorado athlete but Daniel hails from Minnesota! How does a guy from the Midwest beat depression and climb fifty-eight mountains...
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#145 NEW Nolan's 14 Record / Andrea Sansone and Andrew Hamilton
Andrea Sansone is on quite a tear this year! She just set the women's supported FKT on the Nolan's 14 route. Her and her partner, Andrew Hamilton come back on the show to share their journey. Andrew holds several FKT's and records and Andrea is quickly catching up to him. I hope you enjoy this...
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#144 Just Finish the Line / Keith Hayes and Laura Kaplan
Keith Hayes and Laura Kaplan just completed the Nolan's 14 line. They've been obsessed with these 14 peaks all summer long and they put a lot of time and effort into scouting and completing the project. It took them 85 hours to complete the line which means they were out there (and awake) for the...
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#143 WURL Out and Back FKT with Chris Fisher
Chris Fisher is a monster! I had him on once before, episode #110 where he set a World Record by logging over 400,000 vert feet in one month for the Max Vert Challenge. Well, he's back! He just set the FKT for the WURL out and back and I wanted to hear about it! WARNING: This guys stoke and...
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#142 Sierra Peaks FKT with Travis Soares
Travis Soares just climbed all 247 peaks of the Sierra Peaks Section. He set the FKT by climbing them all in 117 days. Until recently, no one had done all of them in one season. This was a major accomplishment and a monster effort on Travis's part. He also picked up some crazy stories along the...
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#141 New 24-Hour CO 14er Record / Andrea Sansone and Andrew Hamilton
Andrea Sansone recently smashed the men's 24-hour 14er record. With the help of her partner, the Godfather of Nolan's 14 Andrew Hamilton, she tagged twelve14,000 foot peaks in 24 hours. I was lucky enough to sit down and have a conversation with both of them. You're not going to want to miss this...
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#140 Vagabonding with Fisher Monahan
Please forgive the sound quality of this interview. Fisher was out in the middle of the forest when recording and this was the best we could do at this time. 18 year old Fisher is walking from Canada to California and journaling and sketching about his adventures as he goes. You can find him...
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#139 3,600 MILE TRIATHLON! with Justin True
Can you imagine doing a triathlon that lasts for two months? Justin True recently completed the World's Longest Continuous Triathlon. That's roughly a 32 mile swim, 3,000 mile bike ride, capped off with a 600 mile run! Holy buckets! It doesn't even seem possible. Justin did just what he set out…
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#138 Chasing Nolan's 14 / Robert Barlow
Robert Barlow has been chasing down Nolan's 14 for six years now. He has made four prior attempts and summited those 14 peaks one hundred and fifty eight times. This summer, he finally made it from Blanks Cabin to Fish Hatchery in 59 hours and 29 minutes. He is the 41st person to call himself a...
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#137 KING OF THE MOUNTAIN / Jason Howell
Jason Howell has an incredible story of absolute grit and determination. On May 21st 2022, he stood on the summit of Mount Everest, something only about 4,000 people have ever done. Jason stood on top of Everest feeling like a failure because he hadn't accomplished the goal he had set out to do....
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#136 Saying YES to Mount Everest with Morgan Hawes
Thank you for joining me for another episode of the DO BIG THINGS podcast! Morgan Hawes is a YES man. He said YES to a few a few different adventures and before long, he was on Mount Everest without ever really planning on climbing it. Please listen to his story and find out what saying YES to...
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#135 Wife of a Team Guy / Michelle Howell (Giuffre)
Thanks for joining me for another episode of the DO BIG THINGS podcast! Michelle Howell is the Wife of a Team Guy, that is, the wife of a Green Beret who most recently climbed Mount Everest! I wanted to hear the perspective of someone who is supporting the guy out doing the BIG THINGS in life....
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#134 REDEMPTION at Cruel Jewel 100 / Liz Canty
Liz Canty DNF'd Cruel Jewel 100 last year. This year, she won and set a 45 minute female CR. I had to hear this story. Liz has about 63 ultras under her belt with a lot of wisdom and experience to share. Don't miss this one! SPONSORS: biggerthanthetrail.com athleticbrewing.com 20% off PROMO is...
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#133 Running for a Cause / Aum Gandhi
Aum Gandhi is running for a much bigger cause than his own goals or his own ego. I had a engaged conversation with him, we talked about his journey from overweight and out of shape to ultrarunner! He is now running for Richstone Family Center, a non profit dedicated to preventing and treating…
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#132 Will Run Cocodona 250 for Grilled Cheese! / F2 / Lauren Jones
Lauren Jones is fresh off a second place at the Cocodona 250! What more needs to be said?! Trust me, you don't want to miss this conversation! big-things-crewing.com patreon.com/dobigthings SPONSORS: biggerthanthetrail.com alteregorunning.com PROMO code is DOBIGTHINGS xoskin.us PROMO code is BTC...
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#131 WE RUN THIS STATE / Joe Kern
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the DO BIG THINGS podcast! Joe Kern is an Indiana native who once relied on the Hancock County Food Pantry to feed his young kids. Fast forward through Life a bit and he ended up running across the state of Indiana in 2021 to raise awareness for the...
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#130 Born To Stand Out / Zach Bates
"Why fit in when you were born to stand out?" Dr. Seuss My guest on this weeks episode may have autism but that didn't stop him from jumping into the world of ultramarathons. He recently ran the Coldwater Rumble 100 and Canyons 100k. He has inspired many, many people through features on CNN and...
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#129 Elevate Your Endurance with Karla Bensen
Welcome back to another episode of the DO BIG THINGS podcast! This week, I sit down with Karla Bensen, an endurance athlete and coach who owns a company called Elevated Endurance. We discuss her business, coaching philosophies as well as her latest accomplishment, running the Grand Canyon rim to...
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#128 FKTam 300 with Michael Li
Michael Li is a California ultrarunner that just completed 40 laps up and down Mount Tam, equaling 320 miles and 102,880 vertical feet! It took him 13 days and it's a story you're not going to want to miss. Get ready to have your wig pushed back! big-things-crewing.com patreon.com/dobigthings...
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#127 Recovery Through Running with Brian Passenti
This episode is a banger! Brian Passenti is an accomplished ultrarunner and running coach. We catch up about our upcoming races and we do a deep dive on Brian’s recovery from Alcoholism. Most importantly, we talk about how to get your miles in and uploaded to Strava while you’re in jail. Don’t…
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#126 Running Across Iowa with Paul Noble
Paul Noble is a University of Northern Iowa student that took his spring break to a whole new level. He ran 278 miles across the state of Iowa in 94 hours and 49 minutes, setting a new FKT in the process. He beat the old record by about 15 hours. You’re not going to want to miss this episode!...
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#125 From Addict to Ultrarunner / Bam Garcia
Get to know Bam Garcia on your run this week! Bam’s journey is not an uncommon one. From addict to runner to ultrarunner, in other words, my kind of people :) Bam lives in Texas and runs all the local ultras every year, including Bandera and Rocky Raccoon, hoping to make it to Western States one…
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#124 Loses 200, Runs 200s with Callie Vinson
Callie Vinson has come a long way. After weighing an unhealthy 377 pounds and realizing she couldn’t walk a mile to brunch with her friends, she decided to make a change. She set up small goals for herself to begin to build momentum and started exercising and before long, she lost 200 pounds!…
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#123 WORLD'S LARGEST TRIATHLON with Justin True
My man, Justin True, has become the hero of his own story, in a very real way. After a traumatic and sometimes violent childhood, including a suicide attempt, he carved himself into a successful MMA fighter turned hybrid endurance athlete. He raises money for different charities and organizations...
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#122 That Which Does Not Kill Me with Marc Jacksina
Marc Jacksina and I had some good laughs at our own expenses throughout this conversation. We’re both aging white men with faded tattoos that somehow managed to find sobriety and peace around the same time we found trail running and ultramarathons. It seems to be a common theme. However, Marc…
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#121 Overweight to Ultrarunner // Caleb Sherrill
Caleb Sherrill wasn’t always an ultrarunner. In fact, he used to be about twice the size he is now. Struggling with weight, anxiety and depression, Caleb decided it was time to take matters into his own hands. He is now an athlete for RODS (Racing for Orphans with Down Syndrome) and has a big…
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#120 Be. That. Person. with Collette Schoenegge
I’m excited, this is a really cool episode I think everyone is going to love. My friend Collette just wrote a book called Be. That. Person. It’s not where you live, but how much confetti you throw along the way. Well, Collette is That Person! I was so excited to catch up with her and hear all…
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#119 Two Time Leadman Champ / Larry DeWitt
Welcome back to the DO BIG THINGS podcast! I am here to inspire you, week after week with heroic tails from the trails. I’ve got a banger here for you this week, this one got me right in the feels. Larry DeWitt has too many races and accomplishments to list here but a couple of them include Tour...
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#118 Be Brave, Be Strong with Jill Homer
Jill Homer not only has fifty some odd ultramarathons under her belt, she has completed some of the biggest and baddest bike races, including the Iditarod Invitational 1,000 mile bike race across Alaska. This race encounters temperatures from -50F to 35F, gale force winds, rain, blizzards,...
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#117 CHASING 400 with Justin Kinner
Casper ultra runner, ski coach, and Complete Physical Therapy trainer Justin Kinner completed the Grand Slam of ultra running in summer 2021. This entails completing four 100-mile races over the summer. There will be a documentary coming out later this year, following his Grand Slam. Check this…
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#116 MOUNT EVEREST 2022 with Jason Howell
When talking with my friend Jason Howell, it seemed like he had packed a few different lives into his 38 years. From the Marine’s to the Green Berets to the Moab 240, it’s safe to say that Jason’s Life Resume is packed full of adventure. He’s about to take on his biggest project yet, Mount…
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#115 Trails of Recovery with William "Boxcar" Curry
My guest this week, William “Boxcar” Curry takes one step at a time towards progress and recovery. After a hard life of following around the Grateful Dead and hopping trains all over the country, Boxcar eventually gave up the hard drinking and hard drugs for simply putting one foot in front of…
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#114 From Thru-Hiker to Blood Rock 100 WINNER / Tara Dower
I’ve got another outstanding up and comer on this week’s show. Tara Dower aka Candy Mama has been thru-hiking some of the bigger trails for years now, including the AT as well as the Mountains-to-Sea Trail. Eventually that led to some FKT’s and now she’s transitioning into ultramarathons. With a...
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#113 Guinness World Record Holder / Alyssa Clark
Alyssa Clark is fresh off of a supported FKT on the Pinhoti Trail. That’s a 335-mile trail through Alabama and Georgia with about 50,000 vertical feet. Her new record is 5 days, 14 hours and 43 minutes. Alyssa also holds a Guinness World Record for running the most consecutive marathons, 95 days…
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#112 The Hiking Veteran / Erik Schlimmer
This is the DO BIG THINGS podcast, episode 112. My guest this week, Erik Schlimmer, has climbed almost 2,500 mountains. He’s spent over a thousand nights camping in the wilderness. He’s written a bunch of books. This was just a super fascinating conversation for me. He’s been on the show before…
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#111 XOSKIN's Kroy Taughinbaugh
This podcast is brought to you by Xoskin, one of the newest and best running apparel brands on the market. They were voted the highest rated base layer for all seasons and all sports. They use 3D seamless knitting. They use RapidriCopper Technology. What does that mean? Kroy Taughinbaugh breaks…
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#110 MAX VERT CHALLENGE WINNER // Chris Fisher
My guest this week, Chris Fisher, set a World Record by logging over 400,000 vertical feet during the month of October, winning the Max Vert Challenge of 2021. Chris is 26 years old and is fairly new to running and ultrarunning. He lives in Breckenridge Colorado and we chat about all the trials,...
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#109 Rio Del Lago 100 Finisher // Travis Liles
My guest this week, Travis Liles, was an early influencer on me in my ultrarunning career. As well as an ultrarunner, he is a husband, a dad, has a full time job and does gear review for irunfar.com. He just finished Rio Del Lago and I wanted to hear all about it as well as catch up with him. I...
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#108 First Mile Sucks with Ron Maver
My guest this week is Coach Ron Maver. He is the founder of First Mile Sucks running which is a really cool apparel company you should all check out. You can find them at FMSRunning.com. You better believe we talk about his latest ultramarathons, running a business and how running helped Ron to...
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#107 HEART TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT AND LONG DISTANCE CYCLIST // Mike Cohen
Mike Cohen is a 36-year-old cancer survivor, as well as a survivor of two heart failures, a heart transplant recipient and long distance cyclist. Mike cycled across the US to meet his heart donor’s family and to pay his respects. If that’s not inspiring, I don’t know what is. I hope you enjoy…
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#106 Finding Balance with Vic Aguilar
Alright, this is a conversation between me and my buddy Vic Aguilar. We talk about all things ultrarunning, coaching, running a business and meditation. Vic is a great guy and you can find him and his services at runningwithvic.com and you can find us and our services at big-things-crewing.com...
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#105 TWO SECONDS TO SPARE with Natalie Bickers
With two seconds to spare, Natalie Bickers was the last person standing at the Moab 240 this year. She finished the race just in the nick of time to be considered a finisher of the 240-mile ultramarathon, among the other 127 finishers. She hadn’t planned on cutting it so close. Imagine the...
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#104 with MOAB 240 finisher Emily Keddie
I’ve got another dope podcast right here for you guys. Emily Keddie is someone I’ve wanted to have on the show for a while. I think I hit her up once and it fell through but I’m one of those guys that doesn’t stress when something falls through because maybe it just wasn’t meant to happen at that...
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#103 TRIPLE CROWN RECAP with Hector Rodriguez
How lucky am I? I get to chat with some of the baddest, most skilled, most talented adventurers on the planet. Well, I’ve got a bonus episode for you guys this week. It’s so good, I just wanted to get it out! Hector Rodriguez just completed what is affectionately known as the Triple Crown of…
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#102 JOURNEY TO 100 with the KING of the FKT's // Jason Hardrath
Hello and welcome back to another fabulous episode of the DO BIG THINGS podcast! My guest this week is the KING of the FKT's. He has more Fastest Known Times than anyone else in the world and when he was approaching his 100th FKT, he decided to go big! He climbed the state of Washington's Highest...
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Interviews and conversations with ultramarathon runners, authors, artists or anyone implementing changes to improve their Life for the positive. I'd like to help you get outside your comfort zone and embrace this thing we call Life. We want you to Do Big Things!
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Adam McRoberts
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