Jay Druba and his wife, Kati, acquired The Carmel Marathon in 2023. He is now the race director alongside having a day job and two young kids. During this episode we talk about:
- Acquiring the Carmel Marathon - going from marketing intern to race director
- How working on the marathon doesn't feel like work
- The finish line setup and what he sees changing in the future
- The eclipse and how that impacted this year's race
- The fact that he hasn't run the race and probably won't ever get the race now that he's in charge
- Pancakes and beer (of course)
- His running journey from high school athlete to college athlete to triathlete
- As parents, how we want our kids to love the sport of running
- Running with his dad and how lucky we are to have supportive parents
- How he married up and that Kati is his high school sweetheart ❤️
- A traumatic first week at Ironman and more about his time working there
- How he pours his competitiveness into work (and doesn't let his girls win)
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