From Depressed to Strava Killer: Zach Pogrob on Share Aura, Taking Strava's Crown, and Building the Greatest App the Running World Has Ever Seen

THE RUNNING EFFECT PODCAST · May 11, 2026 · 54m

He ran 63 miles on a broken stomach, launched a product the same week, and called it a good weekend.

Zach Pogrob is back—and this time, the conversation goes deeper than any race result.

A month before the BPN G1M Ultra, he posted a photo at 220 pounds and admitted he had no business toeing the line. He showed up anyway, ran until his GI system shut down at mile 50, kept going on fumes, and walked away with a finish that looked like a DNF: but felt, to him, like proof.

That's the through-line of this entire episode: what it means to show up when the conditions aren't right, whether…