Ep 220 - The legend of the Death Race with Tony Matesi

Bad Boy Running

Jody Raynsford & David Hellard

Runner, Sports, Leisure, Fitness, Ultramarathon, Marathon, Health & Fitness, Running Injuries, Running, Hobbies, Ultrarunning

4.7 • 539 Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2020

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Send us Fan Mail Jody speaks with Tony Matesi, former director of Spartan Endurance and author of The Legend Of The Death Race, an account of his three years trying to conquer the event. Tony has a really interesting story from a family of circus performers who became a competitive cheerleader and then moved into obstacle course racing, and eventually ultras. In this episode, he explains what attracted him about his first Death Race, how he prepared, what the race is like and why he came back...

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0:00.0	They're bad, they're boys, and occasionally they talk about running.
0:06.0	Yes, it's the Bad Boy Running podcast with your host, Jody Rainesford and David Heller.
0:13.0	Come back, baby, come back.
0:17.0	But I'm bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye.
0:20.0	I must admit I was a clown to be messing around, but that doesn't mean that you
0:26.6	have to leave.
0:27.6	Bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye.
0:31.6	Hey.
0:32.6	Hey.
0:33.6	Hey.
0:34.6	How you doing, Jenny Rainspitz?
0:35.6	I'm all right, David Hallard.
0:36.6	We said that we didn't record early in the morning after the last one,
0:41.4	and then we've done exactly the same thing as well.
0:43.4	Although it's not on Monday morning.
0:45.9	We're running out of time each week. That's the issue.
0:49.8	Busy people and all.
0:51.6	But how are you this fine, this fine day? Fine, fine. I, I don't really want to
1:00.0	talk about triathlon training. Ever. I mean, you never did. I just don't want to have to deal with it.
1:10.5	Well, interestingly enough, and what we probably do best on this podcast is promise,
1:15.7	promise a guess that we never, we never deliver.
1:21.9	Interesting enough.
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