Miles Ahead: An Ultrarunning Podcast

In this episode, Heath and Olivia discuss their picks for Cocodona, their experience crewing and pacing at Falling Water 100k and Heath's last leg of the Pittsburgh Marathon Relay!

In this episode Heath and Olivia discuss their run at Orchard Hollow Backyard Endurance Run! Other topics include an update on Heath's foot, predictions for Canyons 100k, our adult Easter egg hunt, and pacing at Falling Water 100k this weekend!

In this episode, Heath and Olivia discuss what lead to Heath's DNF at the Georgia Death Race this past weekend, along with our thoughts on the race and how our long weekend in Georgia was.

In this episode, Heath and Olivia discuss Heath's upcoming race, Georgia Death Race.

In this episode, Heath and Olivia discuss how they've been sick the entire month of February and how they've trained through it (kinda).

In this episode, Olivia and Heath discuss Olivia and Jamie's attempt at the Butler County Donut Trail FKT. 12 donuts, 50 miles.

In this episode, Heath discusses his choice to end his 7+ year long run streak. Later, they discuss Olivia's win at Dirty Snowflake.

In this episode, Heath and Olivia talk about their running highs and lows from the previous year. Then, they discuss what they are looking forward to in 2026!

In this episode, Heath and Olivia discuss how training has been going recently, what's coming next, some thoughts before Thanksgiving and the Turkey Trot, and some hot takes!

In this episode, Heath and Olivia talk about their experience running the Veteran's Trail Festival 20 miler and 50k!

In this episode, Heath and Olivia discuss Olivia's day at Rim to River 100 this past weekend!

In this episode, Heath recaps his third place finish at Canal Corridor 100 last weekend!

In this episode, Heath and Olivia talk about Olivia's recent race at the Red Barn Challenge and Heath's pre-race thoughts going into Canal Corridor 100 this weekend!

In this episode, Heath and Olivia talk about a sudden change of plans where they were originally signed up for a 50k in PA, but last minute drive to VA to pace a friend to their first 100 mile finish!

In this episode, Heath and Olivia cover the rest of their honeymoon, why their honeymoon got extended a day, a recent injury, and what happened to their house. 0:00- Rest of honeymoon including parks and hikes reviews26:20- Seattle flight delay chaos50:07- Olivia's injury57:38- What happened to our house?

Heath and Olivia chat about their wedding day group run, the wedding itself, and the first half of their honeymoon exploring Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks!

This episode is more of a keepsake for Heath and Olivia. Feel free to listen as they talk about all things pre-wedding and what they're looking forward to!

In this episode, Heath and Olivia discuss their experiences at the Burning River 50 miler!

In this episode, Heath and Olivia discuss their thoughts going into Burning River, being only a month out from their wedding, and a quick recap on WSER and Hardrock!

We ran a 50k yesterday! Plus, we discuss where we've been lately, heat training, and our Wester States predictions!

In this episode, Heath and Olivia talk about injuries, setbacks, changing your goals, accepting where you're at and Heath's 50 miler he ran this weekend!

In this episode, Heath and I do a pre-race interview and post-race interview about our first backyard ultra!

In this episode, Heath and Olivia go through some rapid fire ultra-running hot takes. Leave your thoughts in the comments!

In this episode, Heath and Olivia discuss Olivia's "DNF" at Vernal Equinox 24 Hour Race, along with how mentally taxing 100 milers are, and the importance of finding happiness outside of race results.

In this episode, Heath and Olivia discuss Heath's DNF at Rabid Raccoon 100 last weekend,

In this episode, Heath and Olivia have a special guest, Olivia's crew chief, Maitland! They go through the story of Olivia's first DNF at Rim to River 100 last October, and then dive into her first place redemption race at Devil Dog 100 just 6 weeks later. Maitland has crewed Olivia at every 100 she's done (100k's included) and talks about the experiences she's seen and the joys (and stressors) that come with crewing and pacing.

In this episode, Heath and Olivia discuss their engagement, along with shorter ultra-marathon distances like the 50k.

The training is done, you're at the start line...now what? Heath and Olivia break down the 100 mile distance and the places that our minds go to help make 100 miles not seem so daunting.

In this episode, Heath and Olivia talk about how they balance training, working and still making time for one another.

On this episode we have Heath's mom and brother to talk about Heath's running career and what it's like to crew ultramarathons.

In this episode we break down Heath's most recent race, the Vertical Mile at Mohican State Park. Then we go into our nutrition plans, training for ultras, and questions from viewers!

In this episode Heath and I discuss his win at the Burning River 100 this past July. We go through the different perspectives of the day from Heath as the runner, and Olivia as the crew chief.

In our second episode, Heath and I discuss all the races we did in 2024 and answer listener questions!

In our pilot episode, Heath and I discuss how running lead to us meeting, our running resume, and much more!