Andrew, Adam and Steve zoom off to rural Pennsylvania for a chat with Chris McDougall and his donkey, Sherman. He's well-known as the author of the best-selling Born to Run but little is known about his first book - we get the scoop! Also find out about Mexican sex cults, donkey dongs, shoes and what the Copper Canyons have in common with Invercargill. Also getting a mention is Anna Frost, Jenn Shelton and Caballo Blanco.Unfortunately we lose connection before getting to find out much about running with Donkeys... so no spoilers here. Read the book!https://www.chrismcdougall.com/running-with-sherman/Also check out Luna Sandals.

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Chris McDougall - Born to Run

Andrew and Steve catch up for a casual chat with Josh Smythe; fire spinner, yoga teacher, psychology graduate, student politician, new dad and Dunedin Jesus. We chat about life for Josh growing up as a missionary kid in Cambodia, the seismic shift of returning to NZ, how whisky pong didn't help, top down gating for pain, and altered perception through yoga and trail running. We also get to discuss a bit of politics and consider some great hopes for humanity.Andrew's chafing also gets a mention which leads into a great advert for Aerodaks. 

Josh Smythe aka The Dunedin Jesus

We caught up with Christchurch runner and musician Barrett Hocking. Wild banter ensued. Topics included Barrett’s experiences playing trumpet for The Black Seeds, life on the road, running on the pipe, coming down from the pipe, a hill in Christchurch, Andrew’s Hagley Park success, Andy McDowall, Crush the Cargill and Mt Difficulty.http://www.theblackseeds.com/

Barrett Hocking - Blowing his own Trumpet

Crush the Cargill is a fundraiser for the Valley Project and so this week Steve zooms in for a chat with Tess Trotter, the leader of the Valley Project. Tess talks about some informative experiences, running away from men across India in third class trains, arranged marriages and slabs of porridge. She also shares about what the Valley Project does, why she does what she does and how much she appreciates the Crush the Cargill - for both the koha and the funniest memes in the galaxy. 

Tess Trotter and the Valley Project

Steve, Adam, and eventually Andrew zoom over to Montana for a chat with Jeff Browning, aka Bronco Billy. As one of the most successful ultra runners in history (22 miler wins in 39 starts) Jeff shares his wealth of knowledge in mindset, nutrition, and how to keep motivated over the years and keep winning as an old man (advice for Steve). Other topics included camping with Grant Guise, facing down mountain lions, porcupines, bra fences and gin.Don’t miss this wild ride!Yeehaw!And for those interested here's a list of Jeff's races...https://ultrasignup.com/results_participant.aspx?fname=Jeff&lname=BrowningAnd here's a couple of strength training videos...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-kUa5VQ5Wwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSM4vgIBdU4&feature=youtu.be

Jeff Browning - Broncobilly and the Mountain Lion

Sick of hearing about running? Here’s  a podcast about archaeology!Steve talks to Prof Tom Higham from Oxford University about lockdown in Greece and Tom's work with carbon dating religious relics and Neanderthals. Topics also cover Greek food, who would win in a race between a Neanderthal and a Human and whether archaeology really is as sexy as Indiana Jones. Harrison Ford and Tom Hanks (Da Vinci Code) both get a mention.Further reading...http://www.ox.ac.uk/news-and-events/find-an-expert/professor-tom-highamhttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/how-the-da-vinci-code-unit-is-exposing-the-truth-about-the-authenticity-of-religious-relics-a6742611.htmlhttps://www.livescience.com/47460-neanderthal-extinction-revealed.html

Tom Higham - On Neanderthals and Religious Relics

Andrew and Steve get to chat with Dave McLean, a true legend, who in spite of a few close calls is still living. Dave shares a few great yarns about spending nights knee deep in Fiordland winter, days in jail in Guatemala, his first foray into multi-sports with a a 22 day event with the help of a set of crutches, reluctantly getting rescued from Otago harbour twice, the best way to absorb Voltaren, and why not to climb Mt Cook as a training run for Kepler. This is an episode about living life to the full... and beyond.https://www.aerodaks.com/https://www.aerobicedge.com/

Dave McLean - A Living Legend

For his own pure self-interest Steve zooms in for a chat with Shaun Collins aka the Runningbeast; ultra-runner, event organiser and recent finisher of the Revenant. Shaun tells what he gets up to during the day as a bean counter and director of Lactic Turkey Events and the joys and challenges of running events. Steve gets tips on how to grow facial hair, how to deal with hallucinations and how to crush the Revenant (for a friend). Now to unleash the beast!https://www.lacticturkey.co.nz/#professionalisminjandals

Shaun Collins - Unleashing the Beast

Steve and Andrew zoom in for a chat with Dwight Grieve, Te Anau cop, and the fastest runner in Fiordland. Topics include policing during the lockdown, moose in Fiordland, running and resting from running, trout of all races, how to stay positive when surrounded by shit, and how humans are mostly really nice people. Warning! This episode sways from ridiculous to philosophical without a seconds notice! Special thanks to Emerson's Brewery, Kereru and Matt Hamblett

Dwight Grieve - Locking up in the Lockdown

Andrew and Steve get to sit down and chat with Graham Bland, the Crush the Cargill Lockdown Beer Mile 2020 Champion. An ordered interview doesn't happen. Topics include Behemoth brews, Crush the Cargill, Franco and Frankl, Jonah the cat, hills like Mt Cargill, living in Auckland, marathons on honeymoon, Naseby, Crush the Cargill, hanging and the best way to put down an elephant. There's also a tribute to The Goodies, some MacGyver references and a bit of name-dropping.

Graham Bland and a Well Hung Elephant

Adam, Steve and Andrew invite Ruud, the 'communist' Edendale tulip grower, along for a chat. We discuss lots of shit... and in the midst of it we touch on a bit of tulip growing and exporting info, firefighting technology, endurance running with lots of endurance but not so much running and a bit of politics. Tigers get a mention and we still aren't sure what the icepick was doing there...

Tulips, Tahoe and Trotsky

Adam, NZs premier strength training coach for runners, joins Steve to host an interview with Tom Spencer, adventure racer, winner of Mt Difficulty Ascent (or not), and self-isolation poster boy. Andrew joins in after doing battle with the supermarket, Tom leaves then returns, facial hair is compared, Ron Jeremy gets a mention. Laughter happens. Listening to this podcast in public will improve social distancing.

Tom Spencer and Ron Jeremy

In part one of the lockdown diaries Andrew and Steve learn to use Zoom and catch up with Jaime Stevenson, runner and coach. Topics range from grizzly beers, poutine and even running. The challenge of doing Everest in one's backyard gets mentioned and Steve is now wishing he didn't mention it... You can get in touch with Jaime here... https://runningnz.co.nz/

The Lockdown Diaries - Interview with Jaime Stevenson

In which Steve and Andrew discuss all they know about pandemics, hoarding and alternatives to loo paper. Running gets a mention...

Coronavirus Special

Steve and Andrew offer beer and chips to bribe Matt into an interview. Matt shares all his secrets about running the Kepler and Barkley Marathons. Topics also cover genetics of obesity, the difference between sugar and heroin, brain tumours, running on drugs, and more about drugs and having a degree in chemistry. Not only does this look like an episode of Breaking Bad we also get lots of stories about quitting, not quitting, passing Mr Muir although not mentioning getting passed by Ms Muir singing 'Bodys Hit the Floor', running for fun and lots of other numbers.

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