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The Running Public

Episode 46: Ross Wiemer - Couch to Ultra

The Running Public

Kirk Dewindt & Brakken Kraker

Sports:running, Running, Sports, Health & Fitness, Fitness

5691 Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2020

⏱️ 122 minutes

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Summary

Ross's story embodies the everyman: good all around athlete who leaves his athleticism and fitness behind while focusing on his career and family. 10 years and 40 pounds later, he decided to sign up for an Ultra. He started jogging in April, training in August, and toed the start line in December. Today he shares his journey of weight loss, fitness gain, mentality change, and race day performance.

Transcript

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0:00.0

You're listening to the running public.

0:13.2

From marathoners to mud runners, we all have the same goal.

0:16.5

Get to the finish line faster.

0:18.3

That's right.

0:19.0

This podcast is for you guys, the running public.

0:28.8

You know, I've been looking forward to this ever since Bracken brought up the possibility

0:32.8

of interviewing you because we are now almost a year into this thing, Bracken, aren't we? And you are the first

0:40.0

non-endurance background guest we have had on. Wow. And I think that's very exciting because I think

0:47.2

there's a whole listener base that can relate to you that we haven't touched yet. So there's big,

0:51.8

big expectations from you today, Ross. I'm ready to embrace it.

0:56.4

I'm ready to accept the Mustang challenge. You carry the hopes of the every man across the

1:02.0

globe on your shoulders. Well, thank you. Thank you. You know, Bracken mentioned having you as a guest

1:06.9

down here, and I got two messages immediately after that I don't remember what the initial

1:11.8

episode was you mentioned it bracken but um just a random listener said I would really really really

1:16.9

enjoy that as most of us don't have an endurance background and then one of my best friends tj said

1:22.2

is an ex-football player he played in college high level and he's an aspiring he always wants

1:26.8

to be this endurance athlete yet

1:28.2

he's coming from a completely different background said could you please interview ross so the people

1:32.1

have spoken we're in this together tj i do wish they could see your hair

1:36.7

you want to post i haven't seen your hair you haven't seen it like this yeah this is uh

1:42.1

i've only seen running a hat and running here.

1:46.3

I suppose so. Yeah, I've got... We'll do this. We'll help the kids get lunch.

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