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Long Run 250 - Mike Malinin - Running for Dtstonia

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Hiking, Ultramarathon, Ultrarunning, Mountaineering, Crosscountry, Running, Marathon, Sports, Track, Improv, Comedy, Trailrunning

51.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2025

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Join Scotty and Mike Malinin for a long run in which they discuss his running history and discovery of ultrarunning in the 90's, his drumming including being the drummer for the Goo Goo Dolls and Tanya Tucker, his path to ultrarunning, training while touring, and his battle with Dystonia.  We are looking forward to cheering Mike on at the Hennepin 100!!

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Transcript

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0:00.0

all right you guys is going to be a long run episode of me and mike malinin who is a ultra runner doing the hennepin 100

0:06.5

coming up next month and he also is a the former drummer of the goo-googood dolls and just a

0:13.1

really interesting guy just moved to chicago noticed him you know i've seen him on social media

0:17.2

really wanted to get to know him better so i booked him and uh he also suffered from a

0:21.4

condition called dystonia which we talk about and uh he's doing a fundraiser for henipin for

0:26.7

dystonia so if you guys want to you know pitch in a little bit it would be really you know a nice

0:31.7

gesture for the ten chuck miles world to go to his uh fundraiser page which is a link to in

0:36.3

the show notes and kick in a couple bucks uh for his fundraiser page, which is a link to in the show notes, and kick in a couple

0:38.0

bucks for his fundraiser.

0:39.9

It's all to find a cure for this disease, this terrible disease that he and I talk about.

0:47.1

The last outstanding is still open for registration.

0:51.2

You have about three days or four days still to sign up.

0:56.2

We have about 40-some people in the last person standing. The prize purse is over two grand. The last dot standing is going to get

1:00.8

19 something right now. So it's going to be the biggest pot we've ever had. Also personal note,

1:07.0

I am one week away from getting the okay from the surgeon to put weight on my leg again,

1:11.5

which means driving again and doing some things for myself and being independent

1:15.0

and not having to do podcasts from my kitchen where you will hear me struggle with trying to mute

1:20.2

to keep the dog from howling and barking.

1:22.5

And we had a whole skirmish in the middle of this thing.

1:25.3

We had to take a break even.

1:26.8

So we're looking forward to that. And just being able to be independent. You know, I've been kind of bottled up with this cast on and can't put my foot down for a long time. So we're turning the corner. We're at our next milestone. Let's just say that. Okay. And then this episode is brought to you by our friends at dry seats. You know what they are. They're seat covers in case you've got to give somebody a ride. And they're stinky and they're smelly and they're dirty. They won't funk up your car or screw up your seat. They're very, very easy to use. You just slip them over the headrest and it takes seconds to put them on. you can take them back off and wash them anytime you want. I fold them up, put them in that little pocket behind my seat. They're durable, waterproof, sweatproof, quick drying. Very, very good for whatever it is that you get into. They are not that expensive, like $35, $45, $45,000 for one, but I recommend you get two.

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