HappyCast

No Drop Bag, No Service, No Quit with Brianna Mees

After wildfires stopped one 100-mile attempt at mile 60, smoke-related illness kept her from starting another, and a second Oregon Cascades was canceled altogether, Brian

Building a Better Ultra with Wes Plate

Wes Plate returns to HappyCast with plenty to catch up on, starting with a completely different kind of ultrarunning adventure: the 314-mile Vol State Road Race. With no

Finding Your Limits with Josh Sprague

What happens when endurance stops being about the finish line and starts becoming a way to explore what you’re capable of? Stephanie sits down with Josh Sprague, founder

How Tejas Trails Built a Texas Trail Running Legacy with Chris McWatters and David Smithey

Chris McWatters and David Smithey of Tejas Trails join the Happy Cast to talk about the races that have become Texas trail-running institutions—and the stories behind kee

A DNF, a Mountain Lion, and 100 Miles of Redemption with Jenny Arnzen

Stephanie set out for an ambitious summer challenge: take on the brutal Maah Daah Hey 100 in North Dakota and, just one week later, line up for another 100 miles at Lean

Chasing Records Through the Burn Scar with Aaron Kubala

Aaron Kubala returns to the HappyCast after winning the Tahoe 200 and setting a new course record in 48 hours and 9 minutes. Aaron takes Andrew and Stephanie inside his p

A 100-Mile Loop Around New York City

Stephanie is joined by Sam Stiles for a chaotic, funny, and heartfelt recap of the Great New York 100, a grassroots 100-mile loop around New York City. After meeting duri

Building Trails, Building Community: Mindy Coolman and the GOATZ Story

Stephanie sits down with Mindy Coolman, race director of Crown of the Crest and a key member of GOATZ (Greater Omaha Area Trail Runners), to explore what goes into creati

We're Still Here: Life, Running, and the Chaos In Between

After nearly two months apart, Andrew and Stephanie finally sit down behind the microphones again for one of the most personal and unscripted episodes of HappyCast yet. B

Grasslands, Grit,and Women WhoKeep Showing Up with Lindsey Duffield

This week on Happy Endings, Stephanie Stonebraker hosts guest, Lindsey Duffield for an episode full of big feelings, big miles, and a whole lot of women doing badass thin

Running Across Connecticut

This week, Stephanie is holding it down solo and sitting down with Connecticut’s own Evan Titus. Andrew’s working, Dylan’s tied up, but the show rolls on—and honestly, th

Chasing Cutoffs and Finding Yourself in Kentucky

HappyCast is back with a new episode at what can only be described as “the speed of slug”—with a raw, unfiltered catch-up episode full of trail chaos, life updates, and a

Respect the Distance (And the Hip)

The band is back together — and by “band,” we mean three ultra runners in wildly different seasons of life trying to figure out who they are when they’re not toeing a 100

Texas John & the Pennine Way Crusade

The HappyCast is back for its second episode of the season, and what better way to continue the chaos than to have John Farris return for this third episode - this time t

Running It Your Way: Healing Miles, Bandera Chaos, and Burritos

After a month-long hiatus and plenty of concerned messages, HappyCast is officially back — and no, Andrew and Stephanie did not break up. In this Season 5 kickoff, the tw

Why 279 Miles Wasn’t About Winning

In this episode of HappyCast, Andrew and Stephanie sit down with Stephanie Rosebaugh to unpack an extraordinary performance at The Summit Last Person Standing, a Big’s Ba

Inside the Fall Creek 100: Course Creation, Community and Chaos

In this episode of HappyCast, we dive into a full, emotional, hilarious, and raw recap of the Fall Creek 100 in Tennessee — a race filled with waterfalls, scenic ridges,

The Wild Coastline: Katy Barber’s Journey Across PINS

On this episode of the HappyCast, we go in-depth with local Houstonian Katy Barber who just tackled the Padre Island National Seashore (PINS) FKT. Located in Texas, and d

RECAST: What is Happy Endings?

This week we’re taking it back to where it all began. While the crew is busy, we’re dipping into the archives and replaying the very first episode of HappyCast — the one

The Lone Finisher: Madeline Green’s Wild Ride at Cactus Rose

When brutal weather forced Cactus Rose to relocate to the unforgiving hills of Camp Eagle, most runners hesitated—but not Houston’s own Madeline Green. With no aid statio