Toe The Line Podcast

Gary Cantrell AKA Lazarus Lake is best known as the race director for the Barkley Marathons. But he has been a runner for decades and he ran his first ultra in 1979. On this episode we chat about his history with the sport, Big Dogs Backyard Ultra, the Barkley Marathons and more.  

Maria is 29, sponsored by La Sportiva and lives in Bellingham, WA and is a USATF National Trail Champion. She enjoys competing in the shorter distance trail races such as 25K – 30K but has competed a few times at the Marathon distance and in 2017 she ran the Chuckanut 50K. She is a registered Dietitian/Nutritionist.   You can follow Maria on her blog: http://www.mariadalzotrd.com   Twitter: https://twitter.com/mariadalzotRD?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mariadalzot/  

Janessa Taylor is an athlete, coach, race director and mother of 3 children. She has won races such as Antelope Canyon 100 miler and the Badger Mountain 100 miler in 16:55.   You can follow Janessa via these links: https://www.janessataylor.com https://www.facebook.com/cruxridgerunning/ https://twitter.com/CruxRidge https://www.elkhorncrest.com https://www.ochocotrailruns.com   Follow Toe the Line Podcast on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ToeTheLinePodcast/   And on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Toe_the_Line

Guillaume was recently the last person standing after 59 hours at Big Dog Backyard Ultra with a total 245.835 miles.  Guillaume is sponsored Salomon Running, Julbo Sunglasses and VFuel Endurance.  You can follow Guillaume at: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/guillaume.calmettes.39 Twitter:  https://twitter.com/gcalmettes

On this episode I share my experience participating in the Baker Lake 25K trail race.

Matthew Maday recently won a 333km race in the Himalayan Mountains of India called La Ultra.  Extreme heat and low oxygen levels were the big challenges for this race.  

Alicia Jenkins joins me for this episode and we talk about the Bellingham Bay Marathon.

On this episode I share my experience of completing my 1st 100k.  The Hamster Endurance 12 hour race.

Jason Kinsella is from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He won the Bigfoot 200 and broke the course record by finishing in 55:49:01.

Ali lives in Bellingham Washington and she recently ran the Bigfoot 100K finishing 1st female and 4th place overall.  We chat about her origins with running including Pine to Palm 100 mile race which she will be attempting real soon in 2017.  You can flow Ali on her website https://verticalstruggles.wordpress.com 

Hillary Allen is a Biology Professor in Boulder Colorado. She spends her summer break competing in Europe and taking the podium at races such as Ultra Sky Marathon Madeira and Transvulcania.

In this quick episode I share my race recaps for the Chuckanut 50K, Orcas Island 50 miler and the Chuckanut Mountain 1/2 Marathon. Check it out.    

Lucy was the 1st female to cross the finish line at the Ultra Trail Australia 100km race and did it on her 21st birthday. She was also 2nd female at Marathon du Mont Blanc 80km race in Chamonix this year.

My guest on this episode is Ferg Hawke.  We talk about his origins with competing in triathlons and ultra marathons from the Chuckanut 50K to running the Badwater 135 three years in a row.

In this episode I share my story of how and why I started running.

Robert Rhodes lives in Woodside, California. He is a trail runner, race director, trail ambassador and he also hosts film festivals.  You can follow Robert on Facebook, Twitter, Bay Trail Runners and The Dirtbagger Film Syndicate.      

A short introductory episode regarding what this podcast is about, what type of content you can expect and who am I.