What's up Trainiacs? This is Triathlon Taryn. This is no triathlon Kim, also known as NTK.

In my 20s, I was 215 pounds and I was unhappy working the desk job I was at. Now I'm a 941 Ironman athlete who, with your much appreciated attention, gets to make a living in the sport that I love.

Through this podcast and our ever popular YouTube channel, we bring you triathlon stories, science,

and training from amazing people around the world to help you get to your start lines confident

and your finish lines strong.

And as the resident non-triathlete, I try to keep

this show fun and accessible for everybody. Let's do it. Today's podcast guest is Michael Kragick,

who is the founder and CEO of Atreu running shoes. Now, I've got to say ahead of time,

this is going to sound like maybe it's a paid podcast.

It certainly isn't.

I have no affiliation with Atreu besides they'll send out a couple shoes here and there as like prototypes to get my feedback.

And I just like the story of the company.

If you follow Atreu on Instagram, you'll see that they are one of the most open companies out there,

following their journey about developing their first shoe, getting the shipping of their first

shoe, shipping their first shoe out to customers. I was living essentially the launch of this

company virtually with them online. And it makes me feel kind of interested in seeing the success of the company.

And I've talked with Michael on Instagram, a fair bit, who, by the way, is a trainiac and has

done an Ironman and some triathlons.

I wanted to talk to him and just kind of chat more than 140 characters

in Instagram DM. So we got him on really just out of interest. Right. And he is a super

fascinating guy. He is not just like an athlete who made shoes. He's got quite a backstory and we get

into little bits of that here and there. I'm sure we could

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