We Are Superman
Founded by David Clark, a former 320-pound alcoholic, drug addict, food junkie turned accomplished endurance athlete, bestselling author, plant-based fighter, and happiness warrior. Ultramarathoner and coach Bill Stahl is continuing David's legacy to bring you inspirational stories of ordinary people overcoming alcoholism, addiction, obesity, or catastrophic injuries or illnesses to accomplish epic achievements like running ultramarathons, climbing Everest, etc. We also bring you world-class athletes and others involved in the endurance sports space, medical providers, and others who can help you up your own game in athletics as well as in life so you feel, look, and perform better. As David said, we will help you look into the far side of the universe where anything is possible and all things are eventual.
Episodes
374 episodes
#353 - WE ARE BRIAN WATSON AND THE LESSONS LEARNED GOING FROM 300 LBS. TO BADWATER
Brian Watson was in New York City in 2018 and noticed hundreds of thousands of people crowding the streets and asked what was going on. A friend told him it was the NYC Marathon, a foreign concept to a guy living in a 300-pound body. He calmly ...
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Season 9
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Episode 27
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1:40:17
#352 - WE ARE THE CHISHOLM FAMILY, THE MOM AND TEEN BOYS WHO RAN THE COCODONA 250, THRU-HIKED THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL, AND LOTS MORE
In previous episodes, we’ve chatted with some young runners who have taken on ultramarathons like the Leadville Trail 100, something that was unheard of in the ancient days when I began in the sport. While it’s become less rare to see this, it’...
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Season 9
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Episode 26
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1:57:40
#351 - WE ARE KIJUAN AMEY, FROM NEAR-FATAL MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT TO THE "EXCUSE DESTROYER"
All was good in the life of Kijuan Amey of Durham, NC. He had an exciting job as an Air Force in-flight refueling specialist, advancing to the rank of Staff Sergeant. He was finishing his bachelor’s degree with a 3.87 GPA, played semipro footba...
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Season 9
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Episode 25
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1:47:07
#350 - WE ARE AVI RAHMANI, A YOUNG INSPIRING RUNNER ON THE RISE AFTER DEFEATING CANCER
At a high school track meet I was working as an official this spring, a young man came up to me and commented about my ever-present Yankees cap and mentioned that his uncle had once played for the Bronx Bombers. I figured it would be some nobod...
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Season 9
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Episode 24
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1:54:22
#349 - WE ARE NICK KOUMALATSOS MAKING THE TOUGH ADJUSTMENT FROM MARINE RAIDER TO ENTREPRENEUR AND LEADER OF MEN
We all know veterans who have battled the transition from military service to civilian life. Nick Koumalatsos was a Marine raider who can certainly speak to that. After discharging from the military after 12 years of service, he battled that ad...
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Season 9
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Episode 23
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1:18:38
#348 - WE ARE TYLER ANDREWS SHOOTING FOR THE EVEREST SPEED RECORD
Tyler Andrews is a good friend with whom I’ve done trips with to Peru, Ecuador, and most recently, the Atacama Desert of Chile where we climbed up to almost 20,000 feet. Ty was a self-described high school nerd musician who went on to be ...
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Season 9
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Episode 22
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56:47
#347 - WE ARE KAT EDWARDS ANDERSON BEATING EVERYTHING THE COCODONA 250 COULD THROW AT HER
One of the most badass racers I know is Kat Edwards Anderson. She has been on the WASP twice before, most recently on episode #327 in January, chatting about her runs at the Sedona Canyons 125 and the Moab 240. I first met her in Chile in March...
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Season 9
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Episode 21
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1:17:55
#346 - WE ARE ALEX NEIST: DON'T LOSE YOUR LOVER AND SLEEP BETTER, TOO, WITH MOUTH TAPING
This is a classic WASP comeback story in a different kind of direction. Alex Neist is a former college and pro quarterback who seemingly had it all post-football – a thriving business career and great family – and then had it all fall apart bec...
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Season 9
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Episode 20
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58:59
#345 - WE ARE BENJI ANDERSON AND BOBBY KIESEWETTER FINDING THE BREATH TO WIN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Colorado has always been known as a distance running hotbed, and some amazing runners have come out of our high school ranks. This episode’s guests are no exception – with an added twist. Bobby Kiesewetter, from Golden View Academy, a Class 2A ...
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Season 9
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Episode 19
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1:36:26
#344 - WE ARE JAY CAMPBELL TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT PEPTIDES, HORMONES, AND TAKING BACK YOUR HEALTH
David always had a deep appreciation for alternative and regenerative medicine. He and I have both had guests here who understand how broken our “sick care” system is and have created new pathways for those who want to take control of their hea...
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Season 9
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Episode 18
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1:32:20
#343 - WE ARE KELLY THRUSH RUNNING 300 MONSTER MILES WITH GRATITUDE
I have been amused that 200-mile races have become a thing, and some now even call 100-milers a “speed event.” But now Destination Races, which hosts a series of 200-mile races has created the Arizona Monster 300 with a cutoff of 170 hours, or ...
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Season 9
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Episode 17
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1:40:24
#342 - WE ARE LEN FORKAS CONNECTING KIDS WITH CANCER ONE SUMMIT AT A TIME
We haven’t chatted with anyone in Nepal for a couple of weeks, so we thought we’d go back there with Len Forkas, who is heading to Mt. Everest to cap bagging all of the Seven Summits – the tallest peaks on all seven continents. This achievement...
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Season 9
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Episode 16
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1:59:39
#341 - WE ARE TRAVIS ROBINSON WITH AN INSPIRING "SCREW YOU" ATTITUDE TOWARD PARKINSON'S
Travis Robinson was an active 35-year-old IT project manager, spending much of his leisure time in the outdoors rockclimbing, when he began noticing weakness in his hands, which is not good news for this pursuit. This led to a diagnosis of earl...
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Season 9
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Episode 15
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1:23:59
#340 - WE ARE CHRIS FISHER AND ERIN TON ON MOUNTAIN ADVENTURES HIGHER THAN YOU CAN IMAGINE
Chris Fisher and Erin Ton are very down-to-Earth people, but they are also way-up-in-the-air. As in, they are almost constantly on a mountain, very high mountains. And when I say constantly, I mean they are pretty much always climbing, ru...
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Season 9
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Episode 14
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1:36:26
#339 - WE ARE MELISSA DAVEY BOLDLY LAUNCHING A NEW CAREER IN HER SIXTIES
Melissa Davey took the adage about it’s never too late to try something new quite seriously. This wasn’t about jumping out of an airplane kind of stuff. In her sixties, she retired from a lengthy corporate career to pursue her second act and dr...
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Season 9
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Episode 13
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1:19:05
#338 - WE ARE TOM BARNUM, AN ATHLETE SHOWING THAT ACHIEVING SOBRIETY IS A TEAM SPORT
The WASP has had a long history of inspiring stories about people overcoming alcoholism and addictions, but I really like the story and approach presented here by Tom Barnum. He is a former college and NFL player, who was on two teams that won ...
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Season 9
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Episode 12
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1:31:26
#337 - WE ARE MITCH DULLECK HAVING HIS DREAM RACE ON ALASKA'S IDITAROD TRAIL
This is the type of adventure story you don’t get to hear about very often. You very likely know something about Alaska’s Iditarod Trail dog-sledding race, a grueling, multiday wilderness endurance test from Anchorage to Nome. Did you know that...
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Season 9
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Episode 11
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1:40:34
#336 - WE ARE MASON WRIGHT, THE "BUFF RUNNER" RUNNING ACROSS AMERICA FOR SINGLE PARENTS
Listing 285-pound defensive lineman or being the fifth-ranked high schooler in the nation in the discus on your resume aren’t typical prerequisites for running across America. But former big guy Mason Wright, who at 17 years old could bench pre...
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Season 9
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Episode 10
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1:54:50
#335 - BILL'S EXCELLENT EUROPEAN ADVENTURE (AND AFRICA, TOO)
I want you to explore the world! With a little creativity and ingenuity--and a willingness to get out of your comfort zone--you can have experiences that will open your eyes to people and places that will enhance your life in ways you can't ima...
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Season 9
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Episode 9
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1:34:10
#334 - WE ARE MAX MADORSKY KICKING, CHOKING, AND PUNCHING HIS WAY BACK FROM 300 LBS.
I first met Max Madorsky when the kids on my cross country team at Littleton H.S. invited me to join them at an all-you-can-eat sushi joint in the southern suburbs of Denver. They had invited along this guy who had this amazing capacity to shov...
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Season 9
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Episode 8
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1:41:24
#333 - WE ARE MADDY REYNOLDS, AN EXCEPTIONAL TRAIL RUNNER TO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR (PUN INTENDED)
Even though Maddy Reynolds was not a runner, COVID-19 spurred her and her homebound friends to start running around the limited area they were allowed to in their neighborhood in Sydney, Australia. On a lark, they decided to run their own marat...
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Season 9
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Episode 7
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2:08:08
#332 - WE ARE SCOTT HANLEY INSPIRATIONALLY MOVING ON HIS OWN PATH TO TAME PARKINSON'S
I love when people don’t accept the status quo from the medical field. One disease where there is no known cure, and not much is known about its cause or treatments for it, is Parkinson’s an uncurable neurological disease. So Scott Hanley of Be...
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Season 9
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Episode 6
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1:35:21
#331 - WE ARE THE RIDE 2 END ALZ
As the world’s population ages, more and more of us are affected by diseases, truly horrible diseases, like Alzheimer’s. The latest studies show that 1/3 of seniors will have some level of dementia by the time they pass away. That’s staggering....
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Season 9
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Episode 5
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1:15:14
#330 - WE ARE DAN HERMAN BLASTS YOU PAST QUITTING ON YOUR NEW YEAR'S GOALS
It’s always great to jumpstart a new year talking again with Dan Herman of Dan Herman Performance. We are past the so-called quit day after which many people’s resolutions have gone down the drain, so Dan and I talk about both setting goals as ...
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Season 9
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Episode 4
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1:14:03
#329 - WE ARE PATRICK LI INSPIRING OTHERS TO TAKE UP THE SWORD
I have always thought that everyone has a sport or activity in which they could be world-class, but sometimes we haven’t tried it and discovered which one it is. Maybe it’s karate or curling or backgammon. Or as I’ve told kids I’ve coached in t...
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