Video - While recapping adventure day we somehow end up putting ultrarunning culture, social media, corporate race greed, personal growth, walking, relationships, and one extremely questionable waterfall decision on trial. We get into who we used to be, who we’ve worked our asses off to become, why being genuine matters more than collecting approval from strangers on the internet, and how integrity has become suspiciously hard to find once money, attention, and algorithms enter the room. Then we abandon all emotional maturity and go on an adventure involving the Santa Fe Diner, a cheeseburger Jon may now be legally married to, banana pudding powerful enough to resolve international conflict, the Natchez Trace, phosphate mines, hiking, and Becca scrambling up Jackson Falls in decorative sandals before discovering that coming back down was apparently a problem for Future Becca. We also explain why walking is one of the most criminally ignored parts of ultramarathon training, why your “easy ten-mile pace” means absolutely nothing when there are ninety miles left, and why your tendons do not care about your ego, your Strava, or the inspirational reel you made in your driveway. Then we turn our attention to Leadville and UTMB, where we have several thoughts about overcrowding, crew nightmares, branded-athlete privilege, corporate ownership, and what happens when an ultramarathon starts feeling less like a race and more like an airport during a holiday weekend. We have opinions, we have stories, we have side quests, and at several points we probably should have stopped talking. We did not. You’re welcome.

While recapping adventure day we somehow end up putting ultrarunning culture, social media, corporate race greed, personal growth, walking, relationships, and one extremely questionable waterfall decision on trial. We get into who we used to be, who we’ve worked our asses off to become, why being genuine matters more than collecting approval from strangers on the internet, and how integrity has become suspiciously hard to find once money, attention, and algorithms enter the room. Then we abandon all emotional maturity and go on an adventure involving the Santa Fe Diner, a cheeseburger Jon may now be legally married to, banana pudding powerful enough to resolve international conflict, the Natchez Trace, phosphate mines, hiking, and Becca scrambling up Jackson Falls in decorative sandals before discovering that coming back down was apparently a problem for Future Becca. We also explain why walking is one of the most criminally ignored parts of ultramarathon training, why your “easy ten-mile pace” means absolutely nothing when there are ninety miles left, and why your tendons do not care about your ego, your Strava, or the inspirational reel you made in your driveway. Then we turn our attention to Leadville and UTMB, where we have several thoughts about overcrowding, crew nightmares, branded-athlete privilege, corporate ownership, and what happens when an ultramarathon starts feeling less like a race and more like an airport during a holiday weekend. We have opinions, we have stories, we have side quests, and at several points we probably should have stopped talking. We did not. You’re welcome.

Apparently being afraid of the dark does not apply when the dark is inside a cave. We talk Murder Cave, river patrol, five headlamps, Fresca, and the kind of relationship support that involves quietly appearing out of the woods looking like a potential threat.

Then we get into Mark Dowdle winning Last Soul Ultra, Lap 87, competitive running, people losing their minds on the internet, and whether moving rocks off a course is helpful or a felony against race directing. Somewhere in there we also invent the Energy Gargoyle, talk haunted houses, kill a Halloween idea, and land on Deathcamp. Normal stuff.

Apparently being afraid of the dark does not apply when the dark is inside a cave. We talk Murder Cave, river patrol, five headlamps, Fresca, and the kind of relationship support that involves quietly appearing out of the woods looking like a potential threat.

Then we get into Mark Dowdle winning Last Soul Ultra, Lap 87, competitive running, people losing their minds on the internet, and whether moving rocks off a course is helpful or a felony against race directing. Somewhere in there we also invent the Energy Gargoyle, talk haunted houses, kill a Halloween idea, and land on Deathcamp. Normal stuff.

This week, we start with poop chutes, oppressive Tennessee heat, horse flies, and the realization that sometimes your best simply is not good enough. Naturally, this becomes a conversation about running shoes, unsolicited advice, credibility, and why having the loudest opinion on the internet does not magically make you correct.

We recap a monster weekend at Income Last Man Standing, give some love to the people who absolutely showed out there, and then get into Last Soul Ultra and the increasingly blurry line between a race, a brand, a media project, and one very expensive commercial with people running in circles.

We also take a swing at corporate ultra running, UTMB, social media storytelling, brand loyalty, old-school race culture, and the deeply human urge to turn everything into content and then pretend that was never the plan.

Then we talk about The Long Mile, why we wanted to create something where people actually have to show up and do the work, and what we hope people take away from it.

We finish, as all serious ultra running podcasts should, by discovering a disgusting mystery creature in the studio and nearly losing the plot entirely.

Another very professional episode of the Ultra Crewed Podcast.

This week, we start with poop chutes, oppressive Tennessee heat, horse flies, and the realization that sometimes your best simply is not good enough. Naturally, this becomes a conversation about running shoes, unsolicited advice, credibility, and why having the loudest opinion on the internet does not magically make you correct.

We recap a monster weekend at Income Last Man Standing, give some love to the people who absolutely showed out there, and then get into Last Soul Ultra and the increasingly blurry line between a race, a brand, a media project, and one very expensive commercial with people running in circles.

We also take a swing at corporate ultra running, UTMB, social media storytelling, brand loyalty, old-school race culture, and the deeply human urge to turn everything into content and then pretend that was never the plan.

Then we talk about The Long Mile, why we wanted to create something where people actually have to show up and do the work, and what we hope people take away from it.

We finish, as all serious ultra running podcasts should, by discovering a disgusting mystery creature in the studio and nearly losing the plot entirely.

Another very professional episode of the Ultra Crewed Podcast.

Jon did something Becca enjoys, which is usually how perfectly reasonable weekends become questionable decisions. What was sold as a mostly walkable adventure turned into crawling, loose rock, route-finding, a river, a large spider with dependents, and Jon reconsidering the meaning of words like “walking,” “accessible,” and possibly “marriage.”

Underneath all the complaints, though, the episode lands on something that translates directly back to ultrarunning: what do you do when you’re uncomfortable but still capable? When does “I don’t want to” actually mean stop? How much responsibility belongs to the group, and how much belongs to the individual? And what happens when you start deciding what everyone else is thinking instead of letting them think it themselves? Becca thinks underground exploring is fun. Jon would like everyone to know he went, he learned something, and there are perfectly good trails above ground.

Jon did something Becca enjoys, which is usually how perfectly reasonable weekends become questionable decisions. What was sold as a mostly walkable adventure turned into crawling, loose rock, route-finding, a river, a large spider with dependents, and Jon reconsidering the meaning of words like “walking,” “accessible,” and possibly “marriage.”

Underneath all the complaints, though, the episode lands on something that translates directly back to ultrarunning: what do you do when you’re uncomfortable but still capable? When does “I don’t want to” actually mean stop? How much responsibility belongs to the group, and how much belongs to the individual? And what happens when you start deciding what everyone else is thinking instead of letting them think it themselves? Becca thinks underground exploring is fun. Jon would like everyone to know he went, he learned something, and there are perfectly good trails above ground.