All right, this is going to be a long run episode of me.

And Maria Barton, Maria is someone that I've known for a while.

She's a great example, a person that's been around the sport for a very long time.

She's been running 40 years, she's been an ultra runner for 20 years.

I've met her at Minnesota races, she's a crew person, she's a pacer, she's volunteers

at eight stations, she's done everything from 200 all the way down, she's had a great

running career, still running with the assistance of her great husband, Doug Barton, who she

shares a birthday with, which I think is kind of interesting.

But anyway, the Bartons are cool and I've always wanted to get Maria's story.

She just did Western States and didn't quite make it, which is another good story that

I wanted to get.

And we've sat a really cool conversation.

So put on some running shoes, get ready, take a nice long run, and enjoy me and Maria

Barton.

Hello, that worked out well, right at the last minute, I know I'm finally sitting down

and I'm like, looking at you know, I'm like, oh crap, I'm in her first spot.

Well, I always like to make sure, just because there's been so many times where, I mean,

you would not imagine there's been, I think maybe two of them that took over a year just

of rescheduling, just things come on.

Are you serious?

Yeah.

It does.

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