Episode 40 takes you on the wild ride that was my Pirate King of the Suburbs Marathon. I ran 13.1 trail miles and 13.1 road miles from my front door, in a fasted state, without taking any food or water on the run with me as a way to proclaim my arrival in Suburbia.

I go into where this challenge came from, how it materialized in my mind in January '25 when we moved to the North Shore suburbs of Chicago from rural Ontario, how I trained to take this down, and how the run itself unfolded on May 12, 2025.

I share this story to inspire you to dream big, imagine a challenge for yourself, and find the bravery and courage to go after it hard and with intimate care.

Runs like this are big time for my spiritual confidence and physical capability and probing deep inside these efforts reveals to true beauty of sports in teaching us all the truth about ourselves and our place in the world.

Episode 39 goes hard on Team Tribal's epic race weekend at IronMan Chattanooga 70.3 where 19 Tribal athletes, 2 coaches, and an army of family supporters showed up ready to pour our their hearts on race day.

This is the definitive guide to my own experiences, how our team does race day differently than any other sporting organization in the world, and what I saw in each athlete over the course of our weekend together.

Get a real behind the scenes and behind the mind insight into these team race experiences which I view as the truest manifestations of my philosophy on sports lived in action. You get a sense of how I treat these events as primary research and evidence of the sporting philosophy I love developing and living to its fullest.

Thank you team for giving me the space to tell these stories, they come from my heart!

You're in for a treat with this discussion between myself and ultra running superhero Barefoot Ken. On the day after I completed a fasted, no water, no fuel marathon I sat down with only other person I've met who didn't think it was insane and has done it himself as well.

We dive into why we enjoy running in a spiritual way that harness adversity and eschews comfort so we can learn deep lessons about ourselves. We bring up philosophers and poets who inspire us to enter nature, challenge ourselves through running, and offer our deep experiences as evidence you should at least consider taking on big challenges.

Follow Ken's writing on Running at his website (https://thelongbrownpath.com/) and keep an eye out for a new book on running he's releasing in the fall, at which point I'll invite him back on to discuss it. Thanks Ken! Happy Running team.