From Six Overdoses To Running Across America: The INSANE Story Of Kallup McCoy II

THE RUNNING EFFECT PODCAST

Dominic Schlueter

Running, Sports

4.8 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Returning to the show today is the incomparable and inspirational, Kallup McCoy.

Kallup wears many hats, including running coach, personal trainer, marathoner, Iron Man, and founder of RezHOPE, a nonprofit that supports individuals in recovery. His goal is to help those struggling with mental health and recovery-related issues.

Kallup infamously battled drug addiction from the age of 11, using drugs such as meth and heroin, overdosing six times and spending time in prison. But the comeback is always greater than the setback, and he has since created unmistakable joy and inspiration through his work.

A short documentary, titled ⁠Runner’s High⁠⁠,⁠ debuted in 2024 and documented Kallup’s ⁠14-year struggle and rebound from addiction. ⁠Kallup has jam packed a lifetime’s worth of adventure into his post-addiction years, which was highlighted by his traverse of the Trail of Tears, a 1,200 mile journey in the southeastern part of the US.

Kallup has also run the Boston Marathon twice, multiple 50 milers, a 100 miler, and a last-man-standing ultra race. Currently, Kallup is eyeing his biggest adventure to date–a run across the United States to help raise funds for his nonprofit.

In today’s conversation, Kallup takes me through his plans to run across America, how he's trained for it, the adversity he's faced, the lessons he's learned, and so much more.

I always am so blessed by my conversations with Kallup. Don't miss this one!

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0:10.6	active, obviously the training you do matters, but to maximize that training, you have to
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0:53.5	running flourish as a result
0:54.7	let's get into today's episode everybody's looking at this this run as like if you run the
1:02.6	3,000 miles you're trying to you know run x amount of miles per day but really dom this is
1:07.4	this is a spiritual odyssey disguised as an endurance and endurance. Like, who I'm going to become on this, on this journey is what I'm
1:16.4	leaning in toward and what I'm, what I'm most excited about.
1:21.5	That was Caleb McCoy the second today on the Running Effect podcast.
1:24.8	Back on the podcast, his first episode, as I talk about briefly in
1:28.2	the beginning, was one of, if not my, the, my favorite episode of all time. That vocabulary
1:33.5	definitely did not make sense, but it was a remarkable conversation. And so it was a privilege
1:37.5	to welcome him back on specifically eight days as a recording the conversation before he
1:42.3	tackles his biggest challenge yet running across the
1:44.9	United States of America and for a remarkable cause as he dives into in this story.
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