Road Dog Podcast

414: John Waters is Prepping for Leadville

"I'm interested to see how far I can push myself and I love finding that voice in my head that tells me I am not ready." John Waters is an ultra-distance runner. In thi

413: Island View Endurance Run

"Something so hard can be so beautiful and sharing this with everybody is kind of the mission of the race." Erik Koenig, Tim Brasier, and Bridgett Heser are all accompl

412: Jennifer George Has Run Through Breast Cancer

"I think you're thinking about the end of your life, you're thinking, "how do I make every moment, as much of it as I can?" That's where my head went. Jennifer George i

411: Alyx Barnett & Melissa Londry Rejuvenating Southwest Virginia

"Economically they had a lot of hardships in Appalachia, and if we can bring more people to this area to see the beauty of it and really experience what it is like to be

410: Rylan Reynolds Keeps Running

"It was kind of fun being chased and being the front runner but also not fun being chased because I felt like I had to keep moving that the person behind me would keep do

409: Ursula & Micky Are Still Streaking

"I kind of feel like it's just a normal habit like brushing your teeth. It's just something you do every day." Ursula Hall & Micky Cecil are run streakers. In this epis

408: Karna Chana Fox is Finding Joy

"It's a state of mind. I am choosing to live with joy." Dr. Karna Chana Fox is an educator, speaker, and director of an early childhood center. When she's not wrangling

407: Chuck Bruns Has Many Lessons to Teach

"Everybody that goes running knows if your consistent there you're going to get better." Chuck Bruns is a runner, a running coach for over 40 years, and teacher of AP E

406: Kirsty Michealsen is Running Those Trails

"…and then I noticed that the more I ran on trails, the less I got injured. So I just switched over completely to trail running." Kirsty Michealsen is a mother of 4 and

405: Wahl Family Goes the Distance at Born to Run

"It's so wonderful, the community of people that offered to be a part of this in so many different facets." Shaun, Jennifer, and Peter Wahl are an amazing family with a

404: Val Vasquez is a Trail Running Hippie Musician

"I listen to music almost all the time, I have to." Val Vasquez is a musician and runner who lives in Hawaii. In this episode, Val chats with Luis about working for the

403: Jeannie Munoz Ran 200 Miles at the Born to Run Ultramarathon

"Your Born to Run was my first 200 miler I have ever completed." Jeannie Munoz is an ultra-runner. In this episode, Jeannie chats with Luis about placing 2nd at the Bor

402: REPLAY: Dean Karnazes Goes the Distance in Ultra Running

"100 miles is like the new 10k." Luis Escobar talks with Ultramarathonman Dean Karnazes, one of TIME magazine's "Top 100 Most Influential People in the World." Men's Fi

401: REPLAY: Pam Reed has Longevity

"How come there are hardly any 60 year old women in hundreds? Go look at it. There's not a whole lot of them." Pam Reed is a 2022 inductee in the American Ultrarunning

400: REPLAY: Born to Run First Timers

"I am what I call a back of the packer runner. And I felt encouraged by everybody on the course. People that I would be like, why are they going to try and encourage me,

399: Rocky & Lorena Are Running Long

"It was the Angeles Forrest that really got me out there. I looked up at that mountain and said, 'That's what I want to climb. That's what I want to do. That's going to g

398: Miles Victors Running Transformation

"How do I get into a state where I am doing all this endurance running and stuff? It's just one foot in front of the other." Miles Victors is an ultra-runner, health an

397: Garr Russell is Living That RV Life

"You know you have an RV on wheels, and you want to put together an event for your community, you can pretty much do it anywhere." Garr Russell is the founder and Chief

396: Born to Run 20 Year Reunion

"One of the real pleasures for me, I feel that Born to Run has stood up over time." In this special episode of the Road Dog Podcast, Luis chats with Christopher McDouga

395: Santa Maria Valley Open Space Trail Systems

"People want to be outdoors. They need space. It's inate in our being." Recorded live at Main Street Cycles, Luis chats with Scott Clark of Main Street Cycles, James Gr