Larra Overton has run at least a mile every day since November 2019. She's also a former IU track star, an ESPN track analyst and a producer, host and reporter for the Indianapolis Colts.

In five years Shea Aquilano went from her first 4-mile race to running for Team USA at the World Mountain and Trail Running Championships, all while training in pancake-flat Indiana.

Mark Guyer qualified for Boston at 23, waited 15 years to go, and is now faster at 40 than he was in high school, with pro runner Scott Fauble as his coach.

Susanne Mueller came to New York from Switzerland with $2,000, ran 26 marathons, climbed Kilimanjaro and gave a TEDx talk. Her secret: whatever she starts, she finishes.

Vince Auten started walking in his mid-30s to avoid buying bigger pants. He went on to run 23 marathons, finish Ironman Louisville at 49 and help found the Geist Half Marathon.

Jennifer Conner ran her first marathon as part of the Dopey Challenge, then chased all six World Marathon Majors through a pandemic, finishing in Tokyo. Next up: the Olympic course in Paris.

My friend of 15 years, Ashley Schwab, and I pushed a nine-year-old named Hope through the Indy Mini with Ainsley's Angels. It was the first finish line that wasn't about us.

Timmy "Hot Dog" Howard went from heroin addiction and sleeping under an Indianapolis overpass to finishing Ironman Lake Placid on camera for the film Inches to Miles.

Carly Stewart ran the Indy Mini in sixth grade with her dad, swore off marathons until she was 'boring,' and now chases PRs and Boston as a mom of two.

Farrell Hedrick ran a full marathon on a treadmill during a Dallas Mavericks game, racing a relay team of doctors for heart health. He also raced for Team Cambodia at the trail world championships.

Casey Crouse turned grief for his sister into a lifetime of service, ran 1,000 miles across Indianapolis in 100 days, and built New Shoe Day to put new shoes on kids' feet across Indiana.

For the 50th episode and one-year podcast birthday, my best friend Dr. Alyssa Stickley turns the mic around and interviews me.

I found Butt Napkins on Instagram and fell in love with the packaging. The story behind them, from a Kickstarter hydration vest to a supply chain crisis, is even better.

After losing her son Ryan just days after he was born, Colleen DeRyckere found her way back to him through running, all the way to her first marathon.

Nate Spangle went from his first 5-mile run to the Indy Mini, the Monumental Marathon, and IRONMAN Texas in about a year, and he did it because his friends kept showing up.

Jay Druba interned at the very first Carmel Marathon in 2011. Now he and his wife Katie own it. Meet the new race director before race weekend.

Holly Read spent two years in Nike's secret Dreamweaver program chasing an Olympic Trials qualifier, while a hidden enemy kept making her sick: mold blowing through her furnace.

Dania Whittey was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis at 38. She started running on an Orangetheory treadmill and went on to run marathons while raising money to find a cure.

Gordon Strain ran his first marathon as part of Disney's Dopey Challenge and went sub-4 through a downpour. He's also a filmmaker, set designer, bartender and open advocate for mental health.

I caught John Calabrese the day before his third try at the free, no-frills Wild Oak Trail 100. We talk sobriety, the demons that come out on the trail, and his friend Donald.