Episode 11 - Tara Dower

WE ARE BACK and boy do we have a lot on the schedule for you this year. With this first episode of "Season 2" we are hitting the ground running and recapping the 2024 running of the Hardrock 100 Endurance Run. Chris, Dan and Dale sit around and talk about the highs (and some of the lows) of this year's Hardrock and what we are looking forward to heading into the year. Join us for an episode that is lacking in the pointless ups and downs. 

We felt like Hardrock week should get kicked off with a little bit entertainment for the journey either digitally or physically down to the ole San Juan Mountains.  Our next guest on the podcast doesn't need much of an introduction, a legend in the sport and a great member of the ultrarunning community. Everyone, please join Chris and Dan as they welcome on the always lovely, Courtney Dauwalter!Episode 19 will mark the end of Season 1 of the Hardtalk Podcast. We will be back in August with more riveting tales and hopefully some good ones from this year as well. Enjoy!

Please join Chris and Dan as they welcome on author and runner Emily Halnon. Our hosts sit down with Emily and discuss her time running the Pacific Crest Trail, getting "the call" 19 hours before the run, her book Into the Gorge and of course, the Hardrock 100 Endurance Run. 

Please join Chris and Dan as they welcome on Howie Stern. Howie is a 10 time Hardrock finisher, Silvertonian and an absolutely phenomenal photographer.  We discuss everything from the Blues Brothers to the Sierra Mountains. Please welcome, Howie Stern!

Please Join Chris and Dan as they welcome on Yassine Diboun! Yassine is a runner who currently resides in the Pacific Northwest but has ran all over the world. He finished Hardrock in 2023 and is hype about the San Juans. We cover everything from aid station food to equality in sport during this fun and invigorating conversation about this wonderful event.  

Join Chris and Dan as they sit down with Barbara and Scott Olmer! Lots of finishes and love for Hardrock between these two wonderful people. We talk about everything from how do you train for Hardrock with such busy schedules through the quality of bathrooms at the Sherman aid station. 

Please join Chris and Dan as they welcome on the wonderful Stephanie Case for a discussion about her new position on the Hardrock 100 Board of Directors. Stephanie is a United Nations human rights lawyer who also dabbles in some of the hardest ultras in the world. We talk about everything from her experience at the Hardrock 100 all the way to initiatives she is excited about on the Board of Directors. Please welcome, Stephanie Case. 

Please join Chris and Dan as they welcome on Meghan Hicks. While not only is Meghan an incredibly accomplished Ultra Runner and Co-Founder of iRunFar she is also on the Board of Directors for the Hardrock 100 Endurance Run. Please join us as we talk about all things Hardrock with the always wonderful, Meghan Hicks. 

Please join us this week as Chris and Dan welcome on Maggie Guterl and Zach Miller. Maggie, originally from the suburbs of Philadelphia PA area and now transplanted to Durango, CO. Maggie has been the last person standing at Bigs Backyard Ultra, has taken a crack at the venerable Barkley Marathons on multiple occassions and was the winner of the Cocodona 250 in 2021.  Zach, a native of the Lancaster PA who now lives in a self-renovated bus has won the JFK 50, Lake Sonoma 50, The North Face 50, Madeira Island Ultra Trail and most recently was second place at UTMB. Please listen as we talk to them both about the Hardrock Course, their racing careers, their moves across the country and the friends that they have in common. 

Hey everybody! Join Chris and Dan as they sit down with the one and only Tara Dower. Tara is running this years Hardrock and is SO excited as a first timer. Tara currently lives in Virginia Beach but is not stranger to hard mountain courses, she won the Run Rabbit Run 100 this year as well as the Hellbender 100.  We talk about everything from soft sand running to her FKT on the Colorado Trail.