"Iron Mike" Wardian
Trail Runner Nation
Trail Runner Nation
4.5 ⢠1.3K Ratings
šļø 21 August 2015
ā±ļø 68 minutes
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Summary
Mike WardianĀ loves to run. Ā He loves to race. Ā He loves to compete. Ā He loves to test himself at different differences and types of races. Ā Mike just came off of his first 100-mile victory atĀ Easter States 100. Ā When asked what his favorite distance is, he'll try to give you an answer but really never find one. Ā In 2014, Mike toed the line at 54 races, finishing in the top 10 at 44 of those. Ā He has won the US 50K championship three times and been the fastest at the US 100K championships. Ā In 2012, MikeĀ ran 2:21 at the US Olympic Trials in HoustonĀ and turned around the next morning to runĀ 2:31 at the Houston Marathon.
Join Mike on the virtual trail to discuss his passion for running and love for the community.
Mike is available as a coach and has openings now! Ā If you are interestedĀ EMAILĀ him.
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| 0:00.0 | We're always talking about take the tailwind challenge, Scott, and what is the tailwind challenge |
| 0:10.8 | exactly? |
| 0:11.8 | Well, first of all, they were brilliant from the inception. |
| 0:15.6 | When we first got to no tailwind, they had a tailwind challenge. |
| 0:19.2 | And they still have it, which is a testament that it works. |
| 0:23.8 | The tailwind challenge is very, very simple. |
| 0:26.9 | All you do is you go on to tailwindatrition.com or you can link over from our partners page. |
| 0:33.2 | And you get four of the 50 serving bags. |
| 0:37.8 | 200 servings. |
| 0:38.8 | 200 servings. |
| 0:39.8 | So with four big bags, you can get, they have five flavors. |
| 0:44.6 | So you can pick from the five flavors, you get four big bags. |
| 0:47.7 | Got it. |
| 0:48.7 | You get a 10% discount on that. |
| 0:51.3 | Then you train with it, you race with it, and if you're not completely satisfied, |
| 0:56.8 | with what tailwind was able to do for you, they will refund your race fee for that race. |
| 1:04.4 | Now, there is some fine print, Mr. Freeman. |
| 1:06.8 | Yes, yes, please. |
| 1:07.8 | The fine print is, you can't go run one of Candice Bert's 200 mile races that costs $650 |
| 1:15.8 | and get the $650 back. |
| 1:18.6 | The race fee that they will pay up to $150. |
| 1:22.6 | So it's actually better than money back. |
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