161 - Three Runners, One Desert, Zero Excuses: Canyonlands 50K

Getting After It · Oct 27, 2025 · 46m · transcript

This episode is a little different. It’s a raw, on-the-road conversation with my wife Ally and my brother Drew — recorded before and after we ran the Canyonlands 50K.

We talk about training. We talk about nerves. We talk about pain. And we talk about why anyone would willingly sign up to suffer for 31 miles across the desert.

You’ll hear real stories about what it feels like to hit a wall — and push through it anyway. From cramping legs to surprise hills, stomach issues to sand-covered trails, this race tested us. But it also taught us. That the work matters. That pain passes. And that you…