Conversations with busy 40+ year-old professionals who compete in endurance athletics, fitness, and extreme sports at a high level - this includes long-distance running, ultramarathons, marathons, trail running, road running, and more topics like:
Athletics, hiking, outdoors, recreation, biking and cycling, being over 40, etc.
FROM HEROIN TO HERO: David Gillen's 250-Mile Race Across Switzerland
David Gillen’s success in completing this year’s Crossing Switzerland 400 K – a continuous 248-mile race across the entire country from Liechtenstein to Lake Lucerne, with more than 84,000’ feet of vertical ascent – is a testament to his relentless good humor, and his disciplined training in the rugged Highlands and Uplands of his native Scotland. Yet it is also the story of a once-broken man who started binge-drinking at age 12, quit school at 14, and was hooked on heroin by 21. Battling addiction while working on commercial fishing boats and offshore oil platforms, the shadows grew ever darker. In this special episode of CHASING THE CUTOFF – celebrating David Gillen’s 54th birthday. He recalls the fateful day in 2008 when walked out of an Edinburgh homeless shelter and willed himself to climb Arthur’s Seat. Looking toward the Firth of Forth from the summit of that spectacular mountain craig, which dominates the city’s skyline, he vowed sobriety, and this time it stuck. A successful career with the National Health Service followed, along with extreme mountain- and ice-climbing and, starting in 2018, technical trail- and ultra-running. David’s journey is as Scottish as they come: Pure grit, determination, and seemingly endless good cheer and compassion and respect for others. Already on his calendar for 2027: The Race Across Scotland 215-Mile Ultramarathon. Links:Crossing Switzerland 400 K Ultramarathon: https://www.crossingswitzerland.com/ (https://www.crossingswitzerland.com/)National Health Service-Scotland: https://www.scot.nhs.uk/ (https://www.scot.nhs.uk/) The Race Across Scotland, directed by GBUltras: https://www.gbultras.com/ultra-great-britain/ (https://www.gbultras.com/ultra-great-britain/)You can learn more about Troy Eid here:
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6 Jul 2026
Successfully Fueling 200-Mile Ultramarathons
Famed coach Lauren Callahan – sports nutritionist, wellness guru, and Reiki Master – explores practical fueling and hydration strategies to help guide your next 200-mile-plus ultramarathon. One of the country’s most respected experts on improving “gut health,” Lauren draws inspiration from her own ultramarathoning and Ironman experiences. She uses the Crossing Switzerland 400 K – the next race on Troy Eid’s ultramarathon racing calendar, with 84,000’ of vertical ascent and corresponding descent from Lichtenstein to Lake Lucerne – to build a Fueling Plan that can be used for any long-distance endurance adventure.
LINKS:
Coach Lauren Callahan: https://www.laurenbcallahan.com/ (https://www.laurenbcallahan.com/)
Crossing Switzerland 400 K Ultramarathon: https://www.crossingswitzerland.com/ (https://www.crossingswitzerland.com/)
“Lauren Callahan: Overcoming Challenges and Embracing Gut Health,” Run the Riot Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwJ6spSFZJg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwJ6spSFZJg)
“Why You’re Always Tired (It’s Not Discipline): Lauren Callahan,” The Plus One Theory Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ajlqJsxScE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ajlqJsxScE)
“Lauren Callahan, Goddess Health,” The Run Radio Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtD-02Gh3ik (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtD-02Gh3ik)
“Optimal Wellness: Gut Health Expert Lauren Callahan,” Health Declassified Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5DIb5tdVEw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5DIb5tdVEw)
“Your Gut Hijacked Your Life: Here’s the Step-By-Step Reset That Works,” Hindsight the Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mI-P7-bz8Bc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mI-P7-bz8Bc)
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8 Jun 2026
THE MOST ‘TRIPLE CROWN’ 200-MILE RACES EVER: Phil Lowry
Colonel Phil Lowry (Montana Army National Guard) – Director and Counsel for Cybersecurity & Privacy at Western Union – has raced 20 officially sanctioned 200-mile-plus ultramarathons, along with nearly a hundred 100-mile trail races. He’s the only person in history to finish all three races in the Destination Trail annual “Triple Crown” series of 200-mile ultras – the Tahoe 200, Bigfoot 200, and Moab 240 – four separate times. One of the best-known 200-milers on earth, Colonel Lowry and wife Dr. Jill – a renowned colorectal surgeon and veteran trail-racer extraordinaire – and the six Lowry children combine outdoor adventure with professional and personal excellence. Careening toward his 60th birthday this August, The Colonel of Ultramarathoning opines on the evolution of ultra as a sport and a lifestyle – from the good old days of Fat Ass informality to the phenomena of Cocodona 250 live-streaming – and explains exactly what to do when a rattlesnake bites one of your ankles.
Links:
Destination Trail: Ultramarathons, But Longer:
https://www.destinationtrailrun.com/ (https://www.destinationtrailrun.com/)
The Most Extreme Moab 240 Yet with Phil Lowry (Distance to Empty podcast, Dec. 10, 2025):
https://open.spotify.com/episode/61QTe9F0wXpuTBVpVMqWCB (https://open.spotify.com/episode/61QTe9F0wXpuTBVpVMqWCB)
Phil Lowry: Bigfoot 200/Episode No. 105 (PodBean podcast, Nov. 28, 2017):
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/phil-lowry-the-triple-triple-crown/id1722571117?i=1000650372106 (https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/phil-lowry-the-triple-triple-crown/id1722571117?i=1000650372106)
Phil Lowry: The Triple Triple Crown (Distance to Empty podcast, March 22, 2024):
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/phil-lowry-the-triple-triple-crown/id1722571117?i=1000650372106 (https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/phil-lowry-the-triple-triple-crown/id1722571117?i=1000650372106)
Phil Lowry (Miles & Mountains podcast, Dec. 6, 2022):
https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/1f954723-fd68-4179-aad8-928a2250c70e/episodes/c1dbc8a0-d4fa-4410-ac29-53cb426e8371/miles-mountains-phil-lowry (https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/1f954723-fd68-4179-aad8-928a2250c70e/episodes/c1dbc8a0-d4fa-4410-ac29-53cb426e8371/miles-mountains-phil-lowry)
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