On Your Lead

About On Your Lead

On Your Lead is a podcast about the miles that make you better at life, leadership, and everything in between. Hosted by Thad David — Marine Recon Scout Sniper veteran, speaker, and endurance athlete — the show explores what it really takes to lead when things get hard. Through conversations with elite athletes, military leaders, entrepreneurs, and high performers, On Your Lead digs into discipline, decision-making, ownership, and the long work of becoming someone better. This isn’t about quick wins. It’s about earned confidence, taking the long road, and learning from people who’ve carried the weight before you. And learning from people who’ve carried the weight before you. Whether you’re leading a team, building a business, training for a big goal, or navigating a hard season — these are the miles that shape who you become.

Publisher

Thad David

Category

education · health & fitness · sports

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

3 Aug 2022

Latest episode

28 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

16 of 112 episodes have a transcript.

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   28 Jul 2026

   The Process Is the Prize | w/ Kilian Korth

   Send us Fan Mail Elite ultrarunner Kilian Korth is known for winning the Triple Crown Series, finishing as the first male at Cocodona 250, and pushing the limits of what humans can endure over 200-mile races. But this conversation isn't really about ultrarunning. It's about how to think. We explore why achievement never satisfies the way we expect it to, the discipline of falling in love with the process instead of the outcome, and how intentional routines shape the way we perform under press...

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   18 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Western States 100, Explained with AJW

   Host Alex Hutchinson interviews AJW, a 10-time Western States finisher, about the ultramarathon's enduring mystique and sacred ground appeal.

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   5 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Steady Leadership Under Pressure - Christine O’Hara

   Host [Host Name] interviews Christine O’Hara, who shares how ultra-endurance racing lessons inform steady leadership and team growth under pressure.

Inside a recent episode

Western States 100, Explained with AJW

Published 18 Jun 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] You know, and you just don't want to get caught up in the exuberance of the morning. So mistake number one. Mistake number two is hammering the downhills through the canyons and trashing your quads. There have been so many runners who have come into Michigan Bluff absolutely, like practically walking backwards because their quads are so trashed because, hey, I'm still feeling pretty good and I can run this downhill and the trail's kind of smooth and they just get caught up in it. Or maybe they're with a couple other runners and they're chatting. And they just trashed their quads, you know, on the, on the downhills, especially through, uh, through Deadwood and Eldorado. […]

Who has been a guest on On Your Lead

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• AJW
• Christine O’Hara
• Christine O'Hara
• Dean Karnazes
• Mike Abrashoff

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

133 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

41 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 6 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

1

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

27

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Books guests

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