Ep 23 / Kyle Orso - Race Director of River to River Relay and Tunnel Hill 10 Miler

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05/17/22 • 59 min

Welcome to the Lace Up and Run Podcast. We believe in a fun and active lifestyle with a primary focus on running and hiking. There is a supply of bourbon in the podcast studio so there is pretty much a guarantee there might be some of Kentucky's finest consumed during the show.
Episode 23:
Our guest on the show is Kyle Orso. Kyle is the Race Director for the 80 Mile River to River Relay across Southern Illinois and the Tunnel Hill 10 Miler. Kyle has been the RD for Tunnel for two years now. The successful 2022 Relay event was year number one as RD.
Kyle talks about what it was like to be the first year RD and the logistics involved in putting together a relay that starts at the Mississippi River in Southern Illinois and finishes 80 miles later at the Ohio River.
Kyle explains the details in working with the various communities involved as the Relay rolls through their towns and cities, the number of volunteers it takes to pull off such an endeavour, and what he learned from his first year.
Find more information out about the River to River Relay at the link below:
Relay website

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Ep 22 / Hiking With Shawn - Shawn Gossman

Welcome to the Lace Up and Run Podcast. We believe in a fun and active lifestyle with a primary focus on running and hiking. There is a supply of bourbon in the podcast studio so there is pretty much a guarantee there might be some of Kentucky's finest consumed during the show.
Episode 22:
Our guest on the show is Shawn Gossman with Hiking With Shawn. Shawn shares the story of what led him to be involved in cycling and hiking the Shawnee National Forest.
Shawn's passion for cycling and hiking eventually evolved into the popular Hiking With Shawn Youtube channel. Shawn provides guiding, does public speaking and writes several blogs. Shawn has provided many guided tours to the well known "Snake Road" area of the forest.
Shawn provides details of many of his favorite trails, but the reality of it is, there are way too many hiking trails throughout the Shawnee that we simply could not cover them all. Maybe a part 2 coming in the future.
Find Shawn at one of the two following links:
Hiking With Shawne Website
Hiking with Shawn YouTube
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Ep 24 / Mike Juergens - Adventure Runner, Wine & Living Life to the Fullest

Welcome to the Lace Up and Run Podcast. We believe in a fun and active lifestyle with a primary focus on running and hiking. There is a supply of bourbon in the podcast studio so there is pretty much a guarantee there might be some of Kentucky's finest consumed during the show.
Episode 24:
Our guest on the show is Adventure runner, author, and guest speaker Mike Juergens. Mike began his running journey at age 22 by running in the LA Marathon. His unexpected journey into running eventually led him to run multiple marathons including on different continents such as Antartica!
After running a marathon in the Himalayas, Mike eventually pioneered the wine industry in Bhutan, a country in south Asia. Mike also founded the multi award winning SoCal Rum Company based out of California.
Mike is into adventure, wine, and living life to the fullest. As Mike prefers to say, he likes to do "Epic Shit with Cool People."
To get Mike's book and/or newsletter, check out the link below:
Drinking and Knowing Things

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