#234: Podcast with Dean Karnazes, Ultramarathon Man
Another Mother Runner
Feisty Media
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 4 November 2016
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
The dynamic duo of Sarah and Dimity dive into a lively podcast with Dean Karnazes. Befitting the Ultramarathon Man, the podcast is ultra-long, covering a wide range of topics. Dean divulges that part of what drives him to run is to escape the “noisy world,” leaving him feeling rejuvenated not depleted. He reveals the intricacies of stringing together 50 marathons in 50 states in 50 days a decade (!) ago. Learn how Dean composed much of his new book, The Road to Sparta: Reliving the Ancient Battle and Epic Run that Inspired the World’s Greatest Footrace, while putting in miles, as well as how writing this latest book moved him outside his comfort zone. Dean disputes the notion of finding a “balance” in marriage/life/running. Now in his 50s, Dean describes his 4x/day strength-training regimen, saying he “cross trains to be the best animal” he can be. Dean shares a harrowing tale (with a surprise twist!) of nearly being hit by a car on a middle-of-the-night run. Find out what ambitious adventure Dean hopes to...
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| 0:00.0 | You can crush your fingers and all your toes during a data center migration. |
| 0:04.0 | You can knock on wood, pluck a dozen four-leaf clovers, or look to your lucky stars for a successful office expansion. |
| 0:10.0 | You could hold your breath, shut your eyes, and say all the world wishes to help avoid cyber attacks. |
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| 0:25.3 | AT&T Business, the network more businesses are choosing. Welcome to another mother runner. This is Sarah Bowen Shay. I am joined once again by Dimmity McDowell. |
| 0:45.7 | Hello, hello, back again. Yes, back again just two days after recording the last one because |
| 0:51.2 | our guest who will announce later could not join us next week so we hopped |
| 0:55.4 | on the opportunity to talk today. |
| 0:57.4 | Nothing like more than just podcasting all week long. |
| 1:00.7 | I just, you know, I wish I could do it 24 hours a day man. My life I |
| 1:04.8 | R L right in real time. Oh I R T in real time. Or in real life too I guess that |
| 1:10.3 | works too. Nice nice and I have to say that the podcast studio, |
| 1:14.7 | I'll have to vacate it because we actually |
| 1:16.3 | have a guest coming this evening. |
| 1:18.2 | Oh, jeez. |
| 1:19.0 | So the guest bedroom will be used as such. |
| 1:23.0 | My friend Will, that older. |
| 1:25.8 | Yeah, he ran his marathon last year, right? |
| 1:28.0 | He ran his marathon, exactly. |
| 1:29.1 | Yeah, in June on his, on day before his 60th birthday on Father's Day, |
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