Day Fire Podcast

This week Clint and Dawson sat down with Mary Cates. Mary has been a runner for most of her life but now she devotes much of her time to helping others fall in love with the sport. As a collegiate track athlete, turned 100 mile mountain runner, she’s run fast, slow, dirt, roads and everything in between but honestly her biggest goal is to help people find joy in the things they train and compete for. After battles with brain cancer and other health complications, Mary’s learned that some of the biggest lessons in life don’t come from your performance on the trail, but from the simple courage it takes to start and be surrounded by a community of people who love you. Mary is the coach and owner of UnRunning and she’s also pursuing her PhD in sports psychology. POWERED BY MOUNTAIN VIEW AUTO GROUP! This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

This week Clint and Dawson sit down with Tom Rowland. Tom has spent three decades chasing fish across the Florida Keys and beyond — as a tournament angler, TV host, and now podcaster. The Tom Rowland Podcast started as a way to sit down with the guides, athletes, and builders he admires most, and it's grown into 1,000+ episodes on fishing, fitness, and the outdoor life. We catch up with Tom for the second time to discuss business, lessons and insight from 1000 episodes and we had many fish questions we wanted to ask. Sponsored by Mountain Viewview Auto group. This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

This week Clint and Dawson sit down with Clay Watson. Clay grew up fishing with his family on the streams of Tennessee. It was family time in the mountains that later produced a mastery of fishing that lead to a passion. As a young man Clay was a fishing guide in Wy where he returns year after year to enjoy the rivers and share his love with family and friends. Clay has also fished the world over for some of the biggest fly fishing prizes out there. Every cast is on a fly rod and every fish is released. Clay Watson is a special man who is a skilled outdoorsmen. We talk first casts, family, bucket lists and favorite gear. Sponsored by Mountain Viewview Auto group. This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

This week Clint and Dawson sit down with Beth Thomas. Beth grew up in Brownstown, a small town in southern Indiana. She went to IU undergrad, and IU school of Dentistry. She practiced dentistry for 14 years, during which time, her main hobby was training for long-distance triathlons. Not anticipating the dissolution of her business partnership, Beth opted for early retirement instead of starting a new dental practice. She sold everything she owned, invested it, and headed out on the road taking advantage of this unexpected freedom. One adventure simply led to the next. Beth's list of adventures are long and worldwide. This show we discuss her bikepacking trip through Patagonia down the famous The famous 700-mile gravel tour in South America referred to as the Carretera Austral (Route 7) in Chilean Patagonia. This legendary stretch of highway starts in Puerto Monttand winds south to Villa O'Higgins, taking cyclists through one of the most rugged, windswept, and pristine landscapes on earth. Sponsored by Mountain Viewview Auto group. Powered by: Mountain View Auto Dealers This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

This week we sat down with Meaghan Hackinen, the women's winner of this year's Tour Divide. Meaghan is a bikepacker and writer whose two-wheeled adventures have taken her from Haida Gwaii to Mexico’s high plateaus, across Canada and the United States, and from North Cape to Tarifa along some of Europe’s highest paved roads. She is a two time ultra-cycling world champion and with wins in some of the hardest bikepacking races on the planet, including the Tour Divide (2024 and 2026) and Silk Road Mountain Race (2025), regularly finishing in the top ten overall. Meaghan's debut travel memoir, South Away: The Pacific Coast on Two Wheels (NeWest Press, 2019) was a finalist for two Canadian book awards; her follow up, Shifting Gears: Coast to Coast on the Trans Am Bike Race, charts her entry into self-supported ultra-racing. You can find her exploring back roads in British Columbia’s beautiful Okanagan Valley or on Instagram at @meaghanhackinen. Thanks for listening! Find all our episodes at dayfirepodcast.com Powered by: Mountain View Auto Dealers This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

This week Clint and Dawson interviewed Matt Schweiker. Matt is a regular on our show because he is always pushing the extreme in the worlds hardest mountain races for cyclists. Matt has traveled the world racing his bike in multi day events. This time Matt shares with us his experience from the Highlands 550 in Scotland. The race is 550 miles which is broken into 50% Singletrack, 52,500 feet climbing, 80% rideable. That is 20% hike a bike in the high country of Scotland; that's just hard. First edition was in 2013 (400 miles) in 2014 Northern Loop added (550 miles).The Crux Sections: Fisherfied & Coffin Road, Ledmore Traverse, Devil's Staircase, Timing Resupply for the remote Northern Loop: Bealach. It was unseasonably cold, the race director called it the “worst conditions of any year” which is saying a lot considering we are talking about Scotland. 64 people at the start, 33 DNF. These are the races that Matt is drawn to. Small, hard multi day races with lots of remote single track riding. This time Matt made the decision to ride a single speed. Matt was one of two who raced on a single speed. Sponsored by Mountain Viewview Auto group. Thanks for listening! Find all our episodes at dayfirepodcast.com This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

This week Clint and Dawson sat down with Shannon Burke. Shannon is the Race Director for the New Sequatchie 24 Ultra cycle race. The race was June 13-14 and was a huge success. We wanted to get an update from the event and also a sneak peak at what is going to happen next year. Thanks for listening! Find all our episodes at dayfirepodcast.com Powered by: Mountain View Auto Dealers This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

This week Clint and I sat down with Jessica Jollie. Jessica is the owner of Yoga Landing in Signal Mountain Tennessee. Jessica by all accounts and reports is one of the best in the region. Take a class from her and you will know her skill. Over thirty years ago Jessica found her way to Yoga due to a snowboarding injury in the high mountains of Ca. Her recovery and practice went from student to teacher to studio owner. Jessica shares her journey with us today and also how yoga has a place for everyone. I have been blessed to practice with Jessica for several years and like many I came to heal my body from injury. What I found was a better balance for my daily living and a fitter healthier body. Jessica calls herself a Yoga Universalist. This means that any form or perspective that awakens clarity, strengthens and heals the body, and energizes the spirit, she supports wholeheartedly. Personally, she connects most with Vinyasa Yoga, Ashtanga Yoga, Hot Elemental, and Yin Yoga. She is also a Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapist and holds a Master's degree in Counseling. Thanks for listening! Find all our episodes at dayfirepodcast.com Powered by: Mountain View Auto Dealers This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

This week Clint and Dawson sit down with Lauren Beihoffer. Lauren is a biochemist, ultrarunner, adventurer, endurance coach, guide and mom to three boys. Lauren is deeply passionate about helping athletes midlife and beyond conquer their health, wellness and performance goals. In adulthood, Lauren found that her passion was trail and ultra running. She has conquered distances from 5K to 100 miles and everything in between. She especially loves self-supported adventure running and other outdoor endurance pursuits. When not running or coaching, you can find Lauren backpacking, mountaineering, adventure racing and tackling wilderness survival challenges. Catch her on season 16 of Discovery Channel’s Naked and Afraid. Sponsored by Mountain View Auto group. Been serving Chattanooga and supporting the great outdoors for over 40 years. Thanks for listening! Find all our episodes at dayfirepodcast.com This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

This week we sat down with Liz Derstine and talked about her new short film Ridgeline. The short film is about Liz's PCT thru hike is now available to watch at mountainhardwear.com/ridgeline.html (you can also find it on Mountain Hardwear's YouTube channel @MountainHardwear).To describe Liz in a few sentences is impossible. Her achievements are many. She is an elite ultra athlete who has set many FKT's; fastest known times. Liz is a professional pianist, composer, and trail athlete for Mountain Hardwear. She's set Fastest Known Times on the Appalachian Trail northbound, Vermont’s Long Trail, the Pinhoti Trail in Georgia and Alabama, Kungsleden in Sweden, the Swiss Via Alpina, and more. In 2025 she thru-hiked the 2,655 mile Pacific Crest Trail from Mexico to Canada, self-supported, in 69 days, 13 hours, 53 minutes–this made her the third fastest woman in history and eighth-fastest person in the self-supported style to complete the PCT. This series is Sponsored by Mtn View Auto group. Serving southeast Tn and North Ga for 45 years. Mtn View Auto group has been supporting the great outdoors for all 45 years. Thanks for listening! Find all our episodes at dayfirepodcast.com Sponsored by: Mountain View Auto Dealers This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm