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Billy Yang Podcast

Michael Wardian | BYP 073

Billy Yang Podcast

Billy Yang

Billyyangpodcastantonkrupickamotivationinspiration, Sports, Running

4.8903 Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2022

⏱️ 103 minutes

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Summary

My guest today Michael Wardian has long been on my list of athletes I've wanted to converse with because he very well might be the new Most Interesting Man In The World. Beyond his running resume and achievements - of which there are many including running 7 marathons in 7 continents in 7 days (all under 3 hours), being the last man standing at the Quarantine Backyard Ultra during the Covid shutdowns (260+ miles in over 63 hours) and multiple world records...he also manages to carry a full-time job, a wife, 2 sons and multiple different hobbies and passions outside of endurance sports. Today, we attempt to unpack as much of it that we can, find out how he recovers so quick, how to get out of low moments during races, who he enjoys competing against and what's exactly in store for what may be his biggest endurance feat yet: running across America this May 1st from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean in a project called "Running Home". All to raise money for clean water projects to underdeveloped countries. + To Donate: https://bit.ly/3Mqx00W + YouTube Interview: https://youtu.be/aQu__82yDdg

+ Quarantine Backyard Ultra: https://youtu.be/loGR3Rh6fRE

+ Cooper Kupp: https://youtu.be/2I3CHKBcJbw

+ Sean McVay's Photographic Memory: https://youtu.be/IjlfQBQk_kg

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0:00.0

A lot of times you're like, oh, it'll be better soon and then when it's not better for like 10 hours, you're like, well, well crap it's not going to ever get better like

0:13.8

this is going to suck but then at some point I was like I'm going to just let it suck and

0:21.8

just keep moving forward.

0:23.2

And so if you can just get it

0:26.2

so that it doesn't feel terrible all the time,

0:29.5

like eventually it feels a little bit better

0:31.2

and a little bit better and then you're like oh my God I can't even believe I felt like that but like when you're in it it's really really hard to get out of sometimes. interesting athletes and personalities from all over the globe and

0:53.7

endurance community that I'm very proud to be a part of and hopefully

0:57.4

an active contributor in

0:59.8

my name is Billy Yang and I'm a filmmaker and podcaster and today I welcome in a guest that I've long

1:06.1

wanted on the show Michael Wardian. If you're not familiar with this accomplishments, they areast and they are insane with countless marathon and ultra marathon finishes,

1:19.0

world records, Olympic trial bids, national championships,

1:24.0

honestly his running resume would be impressive

1:26.0

if it just spanned several runners,

1:29.0

let alone just his.

1:31.0

And what's even more impressive is he's done this all while juggling a family, a full-time

1:36.6

job, and about a million hobbies which we touch upon in today's conversation. And the crazy thing is, he's still going strong,

1:46.4

ladies and gentlemen, with an upcoming run

1:48.2

across America starting on May 1st,

1:51.4

something that he's long been planning in order to bring awareness to a great

1:55.1

cost, to bring clean water to underdeveloped countries through team world vision.

2:00.9

I really enjoyed this talk.

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