Best 515 Ultraman Podcasts (2024)

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S6E1 -- Review / Preview : Ultraman Australia 2024 Champions & 2024 UltraMX 515 Non Stop 1:23:35

21d ago1:23:35

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Send us a Text Message. Two great races are highlighted in the first episode of the season. UM Australia + UltraMX 515 Non-Stop First, I have a conversation with the two champions of the 2024 UM Australia that recently wrapped in Noosa. Melinda Cockshutt and Anthony Vloedmans share how the race went for them this year and a little about themselves.…

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S6E2 -- Women in Ultra : A Round Table Discussion 58:22

3h ago58:22

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Send us a Text Message. It’s another round table discussion on the state of Ultra. This time I have four female coaches join me to speak specifically about female participation in the sport. Kate Bevilaqua from (S5E10) is back to lend her knowledge as a three time champion at Ultra 520K Canada, UM Australia, and the World Championships. She also br…

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S5E13 -- UM Australia 2024 Race Preview with RD Jeff Morris 58:44

1M ago58:44

58:44

Send us a Text Message. UM Australia is the focus of this episode once again – like it was a year ago in (S4E8) . I caught up with race director, Jeff Morris, to preview the 40 athletes who are toeing the line in Noosa on May 11-13th. With only four previous competitors in this year's field there isn’t an outright favourite, like last year’s, Simon…

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S5E12 -- Ultraman Arizona Champion 2024 : Michelle Vesterby 55:54

2M ago55:54

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Send us a Text Message. In this episode, Danish professional Ironman triathlete, Michelle Vesterby, talks about her recent win at her first 515 distance event – Ultraman Arizona. Michelle has competed nine times at the Ironman World Championships in Kona and now may be looking at a November trip to Hawaii. Michelle’s motto, “Keep Smiling”, was test…

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S5E11 -- La Isla 520K Cozumel with Cesar Gilbert 1:13:55

3M ago1:13:55

1:13:55

Send us a Text Message. Today’s Ohana guest is all heart and one kidney. Race director of Ultra La Isla 520, Cesar Guilbert, is a live kidney donor who was inspired by team Hoyt to take on UltraMX 515 with his friend, Aarón Reza Lozoya, who is a person with quadriplegia. His story is one of living life in peace by recognizing balance and he tries t…

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S5E10 -- Ohana Guest : Kate Bevilaqua -- Ultraman World Champion 2016 1:06:49

3M ago1:06:49

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Send us a Text Message. Kate Bevilaqua has nearly 20 years of professional triathlon experience. She is the winner of three Ironman races, the women's champion of Ultraman World Championships, and the first woman to win an ultra triathlon outright at Ultra 520K Canada in 2016. Kate continues to race the pro circuit along with her husband, Guy Crawf…

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S5E9 -- 515 Round Table Discussion : The State of Ultra Triathlon 1:30:01

4M ago1:30:01

1:30:01

Send us a Text Message. Over 150 years of experience are on the podcast today. A big list of big names in the Ultraman/515 world join me for a round table discussion. All of my guests bring unique experiences and backgrounds as we establish some history of the sport before discussing its current state and where we see it moving in the future. Resou…

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S5E8 -- Ohana Guest : Will Rogers - Ultraman and Ultra-Humanitarian 1:05:19

5M ago1:05:19

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Send us a Text Message. Will Rogers has travelled the world competing in 515 events which include Ultraman Canada, Ultra 520K Canada, Ultraman Hawaii, Ultra MX 515, Ultraman Florida, Ultraman Australia and Ultraman Israel. When not competing himself he is often sharing his experience by crewing for other athletes. In this episode, Will shares stori…

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S5E7 -- Ohana Guest : Ross Welton 520K Canada Champion 2016 1:03:57

6M ago1:03:57

1:03:57

Send us a Text Message. Ross Welton raced the Ultra 520K Canada two times as an athlete – one with greater success than the other. Ross shares how he, and his wife Katie, were both able to stand on top the podium at that race. These days Ross lives half the year in Mallorca and has been living “the lifestyle” of the island. In the past few years Ro…

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S5E6 -- Ultraman Hall of Famer : Suzy Degazon 1:22:23

6M ago1:22:23

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Send us a Text Message. Fifteen time Ultraman Hawaii athlete, Suzy Degazon, joins me to speak about her recent induction into the Ultraman World Championships Hall of Fame that occurred at this year's event. Suzy has a prolific ultra triathlon career of over 450 events. Just as interesting as some of her athletic endeavors are her stories of the ot…

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S5E5 -- UltraCzech 515 Race Directors Jakub & Adam Atarsia 49:55

7M ago49:55

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Send us a Text Message. Returning guests, Jakub and Adam Atarsia share stories of brotherly competition in sports and how triathlon is growing in Northern Africa and the Czech Republic through the Ironman brand and the races that they put on. Together the brothers offer the UltraCzech 515 and a series of races in Algeria – including SaharaMan. Like…

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S5E4 -- Infinitri 515 Race Director : Manu Garcia 54:53

8M ago54:53

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Send us a Text Message. Manu Garcia, the race director of Infinitri 515, is my guest in this episode which was released early to coincide with race days of the 2023 version – October 19 - 21st. Being a triathlete himself, he decided to use his Masters in Event Planning and love of the sport to create his own career. His company, Infinitri Sports, p…

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S5E3 -- The World’s first Ultraman : Kurt Madden 1:10:04

8M ago1:10:04

1:10:04

Send us a Text Message. After walking into Tug’s Tavern Swim, Run, Swim event and finishing 30th out of 400 – a young Kurt Madden thought, ”maybe I can hang with these people”. A few years later he was regularly travelling to Hawaii to compete in Ironman and Ultraman races. In fact, Kurt was the first winner of Ultraman in 1983. He shares some stor…

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S5E2 -- A retrospective look at popular past guests 1:18:45

9M ago1:18:45

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Send us a Text Message. In this episode I do a retrospective look back at some of the most downloaded and most discussed guests that have appeared on 515 : The Ultra Podcast. Featured excerpts include: Manmadh Rebba S4E3 -- Ohana Guest / Moab 240 Finisher : Ferg Hawke S3E10 -- Ultramarathon Man Dede Griesbauer S3E13 (Part A) -- 2022 World Champions…

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S5E1 -- UMUK 515 race directors Ben Peresson and Richard Groome 1:03:48

10M ago1:03:48

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Send us a Text Message. Ben Peresson and Richard Groome from UMUK join me to talk about their ultra races and share their backgrounds in the sport. Ben is a “black shirt” Norseman Xtreme racer and Marathon Des Sables finisher. Richard has taken on The Brutal and rode every stage of the Tour de France with a magazine map as his guide. Together, they…

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S4E13 -- Ohana Athlete Rob Gray : Comrades Finisher 1:04:32

11M ago1:04:32

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Send us a Text Message. Rob Gray is a world traveller who has benefited from the transition to remote work. He describes himself as a Boulder guy from South Africa with a British passport. We caught up during a two week period that he was home packing to move the family to Phuket, Thailand after returning from competing at the Comrades Marathon in …

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S4E12 -- Dee Fuller : Discussing Mental Health 1:08:29

11M ago1:08:29

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Send us a Text Message. We originally thought Dee Fuller overcame the usual body issues when stressing the body in an ultra event on her way to her second women’s win at UM Australia. A few days later she went public on Facebook about struggling with an eating disorder leading up to, and while competing this year. Something I was not aware of when …

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S4E11 -- Special Crossover Episode with the Kevin Heinze and the Fitspeek Podcast 1:11:15

12M ago1:11:15

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Send us a Text Message. This is a special episode crossover between 515 : The Ultra Podcast and Fitspeek, hosted by Kevin Heinze. We recorded this conversation together and are both releasing the same episode to our audiences. We share stories about podcasting and our backgrounds for each other’s audience. Larry shares breaking Ultra news about new…

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S4E10 -- Ohana Guest : Heidi Buttery - Nutritionist and Mental Health Advocate 53:16

12M ago53:16

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Send us a Text Message. Heidi Buttery went from ultra high wealth financial advisor to ultra athlete. After going through a “mental breakthrough” manic episode she has become interested in helping others who struggle with mental health issues. In 2014, she raced Ironman to raise funds and awareness for NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness). Sh…

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S4E9 -- The Architect of El Plan – Armando Armellini 1:17:28

1y ago1:17:28

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Send us a Text Message. This episode features Armando Armellini an athlete who has competed at numerous IM events, Epic 5, and 7 Ultraman events since 2016, including 4 consecutive Ultraman’s in 2022. He is the architect of El Plan (a way to pace 515 distances) and was the first person to attempt to complete all four UM branded races in a single ye…

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515 Special Edition : UM Australia Race Recap 1:04:09

1y ago1:04:09

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Send us a Text Message. In this special release I speak with Steve King who was announcing at the event to get the rundown of what happened over the three days in Noosa this year at UM Australia. I also speak with Shane Duffy to put a final pin in his record breaking six 515 races in a year. Each of the champions, Simon Cochrane and Dee Fuller also…

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S4E8 -- UM Australia 2023 Preview & Profile of Simon Cochrane 1:27:11

1y ago1:27:11

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Send us a Text Message. UM Australia is the focus of this episode. I have a chat with race director, Jeff Morris, to preview a few of the 45 athletes who are toeing the line in Noosa this weekend. Like most 515 races, the line up includes some big names with lofty goals like Richard Thompson and his sub 20 challenge, and some people who are just ch…

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S4E7 -- Three time Ultra Czech 515 finisher : Günter Pilz 51:22

1y ago51:22

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Send us a Text Message. Günter Pilz, aka Ultra Pilz, is a three time UltraCzech 515 finisher and a man who creates his own Ultra “Adventures”. He funds his adventures with his day job as a secondary school teacher in Linz, Austria where he works with a lot of refugee students. He created a running club at his school to keep those students moving an…

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S4E6 -- Ultra Brazil 515 Race Director Alex Luna 1:07:28

1y ago1:07:28

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Send us a Text Message. Alex Luna, one of the many “race directors” of the UB 515 joins me today to speak about the 10 year anniversary of the Ultra 515 race in Ubatuba, Brazil. We discuss the history of the race in Brazil and its connection to the roots in Hawaii with Curtis Tyler. Alex shares his experience with the sport and the lifelong friends…

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515 Special Edition -- UMAZ DAY 3 Race Recap 11:06

1y ago11:06

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Send us a Text Message. From Phoenix, Arizona this is your day three race recap of Ultraman Arizona 2023. Find the Day 1 & 2 Recap here. Unfortunately, Jen McVeay was busy with her duties as race director and was unable to contribute to this recap. What a day three it was. It lived up to the hype, producing a new World Record time for the 33 year o…

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515 Special Edition -- UMAZ Champions and Ultraman Record setter Shane Duffy 45:44

1y ago45:44

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Send us a Text Message. This is the final Special Edition from Ultraman Arizona for 2023. In this episode, I catch up with the two winners at the awards night to speak about how they felt about the race. Cynthia Bartus, age 45, from Pennsylvania, is the 2023 women's winner and Maxsim Kniazev is the NEW WORLD RECORD holder and winner on the men's si…

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515 Special Edition -- Ultraman Arizona 2023 Day 1 & 2 Recap 11:11

1y ago11:11

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Send us a Text Message. Today is a special edition episode for the Ultraman Arizona 2023 race recap of Day 1 and Day 2. Joining me today to bring you the recaps are Assistant Race Director Chris “JB” Holzner and this year’s race announcer Chris Clark. Continue to follow the race and get more information at : Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/ul…

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S4E5 -- UMAZ Athlete in Profile : Shane Duffy 50:56

1+ y ago50:56

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Send us a Text Message. I am joined in this episode by Shane Duffy from Australia as my Athlete in Profile for the 2023 Ultraman Arizona race. This is the second episode released this week, as I also do a Race Preview with UMAZ race director, Jen McVeay and the voice of 515 everywhere, Steve King. Listen to that episode here. As you will hear in th…

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S4E4 -- Ultraman Arizona 2023 Race Preview 1:06:03

1+ y ago1:06:03

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Send us a Text Message. Ultraman Arizona 2023 takes place from March 17 - 19. I have returning to the podcast, race director, Jen McVeay, and the 515 announcer extraordinaire, Steve King to preview the athletes competing in this year's race. It is a smaller field with just 3 women and 19 men, but some great athletes will be vying to set the officia…

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S4E3 -- Ohana Guest / Moab 240 Finisher : Manmadh Rebba 1:08:42

1+ y ago1:08:42

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Send us a Text Message. Today’s Ohana guest, Manmadh Rebba, is a multiple finisher of 515 races and ultramarathons. His ultra journey has taken him from a company 5k to completing the Moab 240. In his day job he works as an architect and project management consultant, and he uses that as a metaphor for his new endurance coaching platform - Re-Desig…

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S4E2 -- Ultraman Florida 2023 Race Preview 1:12:19

1+ y ago1:12:19

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Send us a Text Message. Race director of Ultraman Florida, Jen McVeay, and the voice of Ultraman, Steve King join me to preview the athletes attending the 2023 version of the race on February 9 - 11. We discuss some of the athletes' race resumes and connections to the Ultra family. In the second part of the episode I have a conversation with one of…

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S4E1 -- Ultraman Florida Athlete in Profile : Francesco Magisano 1:02:20

1+ y ago1:02:20

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Send us a Text Message. Francesco Magisano is my Ultraman Florida athlete in profile. At ten months old Francesco was diagnosed with eye cancer and by age 16 things went completely dark with blindness for him. He found his way to sport through Achilles International, a global adaptive sports and advocacy organization serving people with disabilitie…

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515 : The Ultra Podcast (Trailer) 1:00

1+ y ago1:00

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Send us a Text Message. For show notes and past guests, please visit the Podcast Website: https://515theultrapodcast.buzzsprout.com You can download the podcast for free wherever you get your podcasts. If you enjoy the content of this podcast, please consider leaving a 5 star rating as that helps the pod bots to increase the visibility of my show t…

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S3E13 (Part B) -- 2022 World Champions – Dede Griesbauer & Yvonne Timewell 53:10

1+ y ago53:10

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Send us a Text Message. For the final episode of this season 515 is offering you a special double episode. This is Part B. Link to Part A My two Ohana guests today share a number of ideas that have propelled them to the top of the podium in world events in 2022. They are both in their 50’s; they both believe in doing more than just swimming, biking…

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S3E13 (Part A) -- 2022 World Champions – Dede Griesbauer & Yvonne Timewell 1:06:30

1+ y ago1:06:30

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Send us a Text Message. For the final episode of this season 515 is offering you a special double episode. This is Part A. Link to Part B My two Ohana guests today share a number of ideas that have propelled them to the top of the podium in world events in 2022. They are both in their 50’s; they both believe in doing more than just swimming, biking…

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S3E12 -- Epic Deca Finisher : JD Tremblay 1:24:12

1+ y ago1:24:12

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Send us a Text Message. Today’s guest, JD Tremblay, discovered that his body was able to sustain the trials of an Ironman (without any effects) when he did his first race, with no training, to check it off the bucket list. This led JD to push the boundaries to see where he would hit the wall. After competing in two 515 races he jumped at an opportu…

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515 Special Edition : Ultraman World Championships 2022 Post Race Report 11:43

1+ y ago11:43

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Send us a Text Message. In this special edition of the podcast, Steve King files a report on how the events played out for the athletes at the 2022 Ultraman World Championships. Shout outs and mentions in this episode: Steve King (S1E1) (S1E2) (S1E3) Barry Berg (S1E9) Ryan Rinear Dede Griesbauer Rob Gray Leanda Cave (S1E8) Steven Keller (S2E10) Ric…

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S3E11 -- 2022 Ultraman World Championships Race Preview 49:51

1+ y ago49:51

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Send us a Text Message. It has been 3 long years since the Ohana has had the opportunity to have a family reunion on the big island at the Ultraman World Championships. Sheryl and Dave Cobb are happy to be hosting 40 athletes from 15 countries at this race once again. Sheryl gives us the roster of athletes and Steve King joins us to share his insig…

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S3E10 -- Ultramarathon Man : Ferg Hawke 1:30:25

1+ y ago1:30:25

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Send us a Text Message. Few Canadians have the ultra running resume of my Ohana guest, Ferg Hawke. He has raced in Western States, Marathon Des Sables, and Badwater. In triathlon, he represented Canada at the World Triathlon Championships and has competed in Kona for both the Ironman World Championships and the Ultraman World Championships. Ferg ha…

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S3E9 -- UltraMX 515 Race Preview with Van Sanchez 1:26:21

1+ y ago1:26:21

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Send us a Text Message. Some people make it to the 515 distance and still don’t find it to be far enough. Today’s UltraMX 515 Athlete in Profile, Carlos Pena, is one of those athletes. After previously completing the Mexican 515 race, he took on the non-stop 515 – two times. He has also completed triple and quintuple long distance triathlon events.…

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S3E8 -- Conversation with 5 time RAAM finisher Rick Kent 1:19:35

1+ y ago1:19:35

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Send us a Text Message. Not every man can hear that he has Multiple Sclerosis and decide that he has become even more special. My guest in this episode did exactly that. Rick Kent is not only a 4-time 515 finisher and 5-time RAAM finisher, he is also an accomplished sports photographer. Rick shares many tips about racing and what were his favourite…

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S3E7 -- 515 is for Champions and Everyday Athletes that never give up (Christian Isakson & Delia Lujan) 1:16:15

2y ago1:16:15

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Send us a Text Message. My Ohana guest in this episode is the men’s winner of UMC 2022 – Christian Isakson. Christian has competed in six 515 events including the Ultraman World Championships in which he had a near fatal bike accident in 2013. The UltraMX 515 Athlete in Profile is a self professed “regular athlete - mom of four, with a day job” – D…

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S3E6 -- Ultra 520K Canada Race Recap and Memories 1:47:21

2y ago1:47:21

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Send us a Text Message. The 515 Ultra Podcast completes its on the road in Penticton vacay with the Ultra 520K Canada finale recap. In this episode, I speak with the winners – Jeremy Hopwood (27:38:06) and Susan Evans (31:37:40) live from the finish line. Susan has set a record as the first woman in her age group (60-69) to complete an Ultra race. …

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515 Special Edition : Day 3 recap of 520K Canada 2022 5:26

2y ago5:26

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Send us a Text Message. Larry Ryan presents a Day 3 race recap from the final Ultra 520 K Canada with the final results and Champions highlighted -- Jeremy Hopwood & 63 year old Susan Evans. Mentioned: Ultra 355 Canada -- show of interest Show Contributors: Host : Larry Ryan Contributing Raconteur : Steve King Announcer : Mary Jo Dionne Production …

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515 Special Edition : Day 2 recap of 520K Canada 2022 5:30

2y ago5:30

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Send us a Text Message. Larry Ryan presents a Day 2 race recap from the final Ultra 520 K Canada. Show Contributors: Host : Larry Ryan Contributing Raconteur : Steve King Announcer : Mary Jo Dionne Production : 5Five Enterprises Music : Run by 331 For show notes and past guests, please visit the Podcast Website: https://515theultrapodcast.buzzsprou…

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515 Special Edition : Day 1 recap of 520K Canada 6:13

2y ago6:13

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Send us a Text Message. Today's bonus is a recap by Larry Ryan of Day 1 of the final Ultra 520 K Canada. Show Contributors: Host : Larry Ryan Contributing Raconteur : Steve King Announcer : Mary Jo Dionne Production : 5Five Enterprises Music : Run by 331 For show notes and past guests, please visit the Podcast Website: https://515theultrapodcast.bu…

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S3E5 -- Ultra 520K Preview 53:37

2y ago53:37

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Send us a Text Message. The 515 Ultra Podcast is on the road in Penticton for the two weekends of Aloha, Ohana and Kokua that are UMC and Ultra520K Canada. In this episode, I speak with the winners of UMC 2022 – Amy Robitaille (24:47:16) and Christian Isaakson (25:49:51) at the finish line. Also, Steve King and I discuss the resumes of the sixteen …

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S3E4 -- The Unlikely path to Ultra with Gloria Aguilera 1:01:46

2y ago1:01:46

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Send us a Text Message. Not every athlete who challenges the 515 distance has completed 20 Ironmans, or have been winners in their age groups, or are Ultra marathon junkies. Some just work their way up the distances and prepare to take on the 515 distance with a hope of just finishing. My guest today, Gloria Aguilera, did not do any of that. Her fi…

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S3E3 -- Why be average, When you can be Your Best : Shangrila Rendon 57:05

2y ago57:05

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Send us a Text Message. In this episode I speak with Ohana athlete, Shagrila Rendon of Feisty Fox Coaching. She regularly takes on larger and larger ultra feats fuelled by guts and driven by pure determination to leave behind the ghosts of her horrible past. Though seen by the outside world to have it all together (a blossoming career, flourishing …

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S3E2 -- Ultra 520K Canada Athlete in Profile : Ramon Lopez Mendizabal 50:06

2y ago50:06

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Send us a Text Message. In this episode I speak with Ohana athlete, Ramon Lopez Mendizabal, in what was originally set up as an Ultra 520K Canada Athlete in Profile. As happens in the 515 world, plans change at the last minute and I learned, during our conversation, that Ramon will not be attending the race this year after all. Still, Ramon has a w…

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