27: Art of Trail Running Shoes Making: Talking with Eron Osterhaus

01/18/17 • 24 min

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It was fun talking with Eron Osterhaus – Product Line Manager for Columbia Montrail and learning about an art of trail shoes making. As much shoes as we put on to run roads and/or trail, it is fun to learn about how shoes goes from a thought – design – product – eventually land to our feet. Note: I have been trying few different styles of Montrail trail shoes last few months. During Birmingham 3 days Stage race, I exclusively used Montrail shoes. It is a great option for trail running shoes. Here are locations you can find Montrail in our region: Fleet Feet Birmingham, Fleet Feet Huntsville and 1st Place Athletics in Huntsville. In this podcast we talk about: Eron’s running jounry Montrail shoes Process of making shoes and more Please subscribe/rate/review. Also you can send your comments to [email protected] Enjoy! MRuns.com @MarathonRuns Music by www.bensound.com

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26: Talking with “Mayor of Running” – Bart Yasso

It was great catching up with Bart Yasso. He has many stories to tell about running. His life revolves around running for 40+years. If you are headed Chicago Marathon, you can run with Bart before marathon. Visit his Facebook page or Twitter for more info. Enjoy! Please subscribe/rate/review. Website: www.bartyasso.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Bart-Yasso-118295040323/ Twitter: @bartyasso Bart Yasso Bio: Bart Yasso joined Runner’s World in 1987 to develop the groundbreaking Runner’s World Race Sponsorship Program, creating a vehicle for Runner’s World to work with over 7,000 races representing 4 million runners per year. Inducted into the Running USA Hall of Champions. Yasso also invented the Yasso 800s, a marathon-training schedule used by thousands around the world. He is one of the few people to have completed races on all seven continents from the Antarctica marathon to the Mt. Kilimanjaro marathon. In 1987, Yasso won the U.S. National Biathlon Long Course Championship and won the Smoky Mountain Marathon in 1998. He has also completed the Ironman five times and the Badwater 146 through Death Valley. He has also cycled, unsupported and by himself, across the country twice. iTune: https://itunes.apple.com/mr/podcast/voice-of-runners/id1110561350 Enjoy! MRuns.com @MarathonRuns Music by www.bensound.com

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28: Cloudsplitter 100 in Review: Talking with Sunny Workman, Jesse Jamison, and Bob Watters

It was fun talking with Sunny Workman, Jesse Jamison, and Bob Watters. They just completed Cloudsplitter 100. With added challenge with course markings, this race sounds very challenging. If you are looking for challenging 100, this will be a great option. In this episode, we talked about: Jesse’s first 100 miles finish Getting lost on trail due to wrong course marking more Enjoy! MRuns.com @MarathonRuns Music by www.bensound.com Music by http://www.bensound.com Race website: http://www.cloudsplitter100.com/