Please join Chris and Dan as they welcome on the wonderful ladies from the Your Diet Sucks podcast. Kylee is a Registered Dietician and works with lots of athletes to get their fueling needs dialed, and Zoë is an accomplished runner and writer....

Please join Chris and Dan as they welcome on two fantastics guests, Mark and Margaret Heaphy. Between the two of them they have 30 Hardrock finishes and countless stories to tell. A staple during checkin as well as during the race these two gre...

Please join Chris and Dan as they welcome onto the podcast Leah Yingling! Leah currently resides in Utah, but is a Pennsylvania native where she learned about ultra running early on. Leah is a multiple time top ten finisher at the venerable Wes...

Please join Chris and Dan as they welcome on Andrea Feucht. Andrea is a 3 time Hardrock finisher, former board member, and long time member of the Hardrock Family. We talk about everything from what to bring for your first tour of the San Juans...

Join Chris and Dan as they welcome Adam, Hannes, and Sarah to the show for an great discussion about Hardrock and the upcoming lottery. Whether they’re first-time applicants or seasoned hopefuls with a couple years of anticipation behind them, ...

Join Chris and Dan as they sit down with a true Hardrock 100 legend, Kirk Apt. With an astounding 26 finishes—the most in the event’s history—and a victory in 2000, Kirk embodies the spirit of this iconic event. In this conversation, Kirk share...

Please join Chris and Dan as they sit down with Betsy Kalmeyer. This episode deviates from our traditional recording methods and we join Betsy from the Silverton School Gym. We talk about all sorts of things with Betsy, from how she got into ru...

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...

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 lege...

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, ...

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,...

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 fr...

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 qualit...

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 ...

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...

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...

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, sh...

Hardtalk hosts Dan and Chris (who don't have nicknames) sit down with two absolute legends in Hardrock lore. Please welcome on Karl "Speedgoat" Meltzer who is a 5 time winner of the Hardrock 100 Endurance Run as well as well as countless other ...

Please join us as we talk with the Hardrock founder, Gordon Hardman. Gordon had the crazy idea of putting together a loop in the San Juan mountains before he got the merry group of founders together. Please join Chris and Dan as they talk with ...

oin us as Hardtalk Hosts Chris and Dan bring on the run directors of two of the most iconic races in the United States, Craig Thornley and Dale Garland. Craig is the run director for the iconic Western States Endurance Run  and Dale is the...

On this Pre-Lottery Episode please join us as we welcome on Cal, Abby and Craig. All three of them are hoping to get their first chance at the Hardrock 100 course. All three are qualified, have a wide range of tickets and have put in the lotter...

Join us on this episode of Hardtalk as Chris and Dan get into what keeps bringing Frosty back to Hardrock, Silverton and the always beautiful San Juan Mountains. We discuss everything from pacing duties to her own wins of the Hardrock 100 Endur...

You'll have to pardon our Photoshop skills and settle on having a very detailed explanation of the Hardrock 100 Lottery with Blake Wood. Blake has a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Berkeley along with being an amazing ultra runner in his own...

Ready for another episode of the Hardtalk podcast? This one features Krissy Moehl! A legend in the sport with more wins at big events than a mere ram with 4 hooves can count. Please join Dan and Chris as they sit down with Krissy to talk about ...

Please join us in welcoming onto the show Nancy and Rick Hamilton! Nancy and Rick both ran the first edition of the Hardrock 100 Endurance Run and Nancy was the first female winner of Hardrock, as well as one of the first female finishers of th...