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After a loooong break we get back together and talk Barry's Colorado race among other things.

We are back after a 4 month lay off.  We interview Joe Moore.  He talks about his track season, winning his 7th straight Bill Snyder Highway Half, riding the Unbound 100 gravel race and his upcoming marathon. 

Today we chat with Austin about his running story and progression to a 2:16 marathon and making a US team in the 50k.

We chat with the President of ChronoTrack, Mike Milici.  ChronoTrack provides race management solutions for the endurance sports industry.  ChronoTrack provides these services on 6 continents and over 50 countries.  We talk with Mike about the state of the race industry, how Covid-19 affected them in 2020 and what he sees coming in 2021 and beyond.

Barry and I discuss upcoming events.

Do you run with your dog or would you like to get a dog that you can run with?  Michelle has been running with dogs for years.  She talks about gear and helpful things to think about if you are going to do so.  

Barry and I talk about new equipment/studio, current events and what is coming up!

Aaron Yoder is a World Champion backwards runner.  He also holds various Guinness Book of World Records for backwards running.  Aaron is the head track and field and cross country coach at Bethany College in Lindsborg, KS.  

We chat with Barry's friend, Tyler Wooldridge, about his first 100 miler.  

Matt Daniels is a sub 4 minute miler turned ultra runner. His wild story includes going to run in college, dropping out to join the Navy where he drank and smoked too much and then back to college running again.  Along with his running he also does personal coaching.  Check it out.

Barry and I talk summer heat and a Take 5 fastest land animals. We also talk FKT's and Ben rants about Konza and dogs!

We talk with Pat Melgares about his book that is coming out, Chasing Excellence, The Remarkable Life and Inspiring Vigilosophy of Coach Joe I. Vigil. Pat is a former athlete of Coach Vigil.  Pat and his family have lived in the Manhattan area for a while now.  His wife Susan is a teacher and cross country coach at Manhattan High.  All three of his kids have gone on to run at the NCAA Division 1 level.  Chris and Michael at KU and Cara at KSU.