Jeff Winchester is an ultrarunner, ultrarunning coach, podcast host, and all around inspirational person with wonderful insights into the sport. He talks with us about his personal experiences with DNFs, his coaching perspective, as well as diving into his recent experience of a cancelled ultramarathon and a last minute shift into a new race.

Jeff has recently started a new podcast called Blueprint to Ultra! Be sure to check out his socials and his website below.

@winchesterjeff

@blueprint_to_ultra

⁠jwultrarunning.com⁠

Richard (Ricky) Urias is an ultrarunner, father, and works for Ultraspire! He is a genuine and kind person who volunteered at the Zion 100 Milestone Challenge and paced several athletes to their goals. He talks about his journey into running and ultras, how he learned to shift his perspectives and learn to enjoy the journey, how he handles hard and challenging moments, and his thoughts on imposter syndrome and belonging in the world of ultras.

Follow Richard on Instagram:

@ragerhino

Although not a DNF story, Regina joins us to talk about her first experience with 100 miles, having only run a 50k as her longest distance prior to it. She never expected to run 100 miles, so she talked us through her challenges, how she overcame and found her way to 100 miles! She also talks over her mindset going into her new scary goal coming up soon!!

Find her on Instagram: @whollyregina

Lauren Jones is not stranger to challenging races in ultrarunning. She has completed the Cocodona 250 along with tons of other challenging races, and often places or gets a podium spot. But she has also had some DNFs along the way, that helped shape her into the ultrarunner she is. Listen to her incredible mindset of diving into things that scare her, and how that helps her get back up to run again even when faced with incredible challenges.

Find her on Instagram:

@lauren.runs.for.grilled.cheese

Organizations to donate to for Hurricane Helene relief:

⁠https://www.ncvoad.org/volunteer/?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaYJCNEbnCIdUnfQo5ktJ6R5P4TWZ3EJh6mgU5pipnk_G6PL-lKNiEnuq00_aem_uXRFWUfecGGX8WRTh_6AJA⁠

⁠https://belovedasheville.com/⁠

⁠https://www.redcross.org/about-us/news-and-events/press-release/2024/red-cross-responds-to-hurricane-helene.html⁠

⁠https://www.redcross.org/donate/donation.html/⁠

⁠http://www.heartswithhands.org/⁠

Mary Namestnik is a seasoned ultrarunner, who often finds herself on the women's or overall podium. She's a running coach, a cross country coach, a mom of three, and an all around incredible person with a mindset that gets her through distances of up to 100 miles. Mary talks about her backyard ultra experiences, an influential DNF moment at the Bloodroot 50 miler, and how she approaches training, racing and life.

Find Mary on Instagram: @maryrunsultras

Albie Day is an experienced ultrarunner who has such an incredible mindset around running and the relationships and bonds formed through it. Although he does run ultramarathons himself, he has found his most profound and formative moments outside of racing, or in another's race as he paces someone. Albie shares his amazing perspectives with us and talks about his love of pacing at ultramarathons.

Find Albie on Instagram:

@snugglyviking

Emily Lyons is an experienced ultrarunner who has completed Badwater 135 twice, and is currently signed up for inaugural Arizona Monster 300. She keeps a full race calendar and has a constant sense of fun and playfulness. This mindset helps carry her through these tough races but also her DNFs. She also educates us on the Devil's Hole Pupfish- so be sure to tune in!!

Find her on Instagram:

@hungry_vegan_runner

Michelle recently experienced her first DNF. Listen to her recap her experience and how she came to the decision to stop and how she moved forward after the race.

Disclaimer: This podcast does not cause DNF's