Many of you may not know about Chad Lasater, but you should. He’s the current champion of the Grand Slam of Ultrarunning (having finished the GS in both 2021 and 2022) and after a breakthrough performance at Desert Solstice (his first real 24-hour race) he is currently in position for a spot on the US team for the World Championships this fall. We recorded this in late 2022, shortly after Chad’s awesome run at DS, where he narrowly missed Bob Hearn’s 50+ American Record, but I’ve been too busy to release the show until now—which is great, since Chad has an insanely busy year about to start up. In this episode, we reminisce about the good old days in the late 2010s, when Phil and I were still able to kind of keep up with Chad, and we try to figure out The Secret behind his incredible progress in the sport and how he is able to be running huge PRs into his 50s. Then, it’s time for a very entertaining 20 Questions; Chad has raced 25 100s all over the world and has a million stories to share.
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Beer for this episode: Wicked Weed Pernicious
Intro music: "Fine Line" by the Bloodletters
Outro music: "When I Was Still Young" by Yard Sale
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Episode 92 - This Month in Ultrarunning Megapod (with Paul Kentor!)
Episode 91 - Vol State Extravaganza with Bob Hearn and Beverley Anderson-Abbs
Episode 90 - WS100 Recap/TMIU with Phil Vondra
Episode 89 - Western States Preview with Phil Vondra
Episode 88 - Saving the Boundary Waters, Talking WS100, and Twenty Questions with Clare Gallagher and Kyle Pietari
Episode 87 - Twenty Questions with Max King
Episode 86 - UTMB Fallout, WS100 Preview, and Twenty Questions with Andy Jones-Wilkins
Episode 85 - Twenty Questions with Beth Pascall
Episode 84 - This Month in Ultrarunning with Phil Vondra
Episode 83 - Twenty Questions with Hillary Allen
Episode 82 - Emergency Des Linden Pod with Phil Vondra and Paul Kentor
Episode 81 - This Month in Ultrarunning with Phil Vondra
Episode 80 - Twenty Questions with Cole Crosby
Episode 79 - The Shoe Draft with Bryon Powell and Ian Golden
Episode 78 - Twenty Questions with Kaytlyn Gerbin
Episode 77 - Getting to Know Taggart VanEtten
Episode 76 - Year in Review with Dylan Bowman
Episode 75 - Twenty Questions with Patrick Reagan
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