Mark Guyer and I finally, "officially" met in person at the Indy Mini this year. During this episode we talk about:
- How you don’t have to be scared of people running fast 😂
- Being a Boston Marathon sherpa to his wife, Michele, and, Fishers Running Club friend, Sara Farny, this year and how he was pushed into a trash can of empty water cups
- How he made "real" friends with two guys he shared the podium with at a local race
- Going from the football offensive line to the cross country and track teams
- Ultimate frisbee and the Little 50 at IU (getting beat by the frat still hurts)
- First marathon in Cleveland, OH
- How he BQ’d but didn’t go and then didn’t end up in Boston until 15 years later
- Running every day for a year to get back in shape after grad school
- 2017 Chicago Marathon
- 2020 Napa Marathon and breaking three hours for the first time before the world shut down
- How he came to be coached by pro, Scott Fauble
- The Paavo Running Camps in Indiana in the summer
- 2022 Monumental Marathon for his first elite field and how he broke his collarbone and had surgery Labor Day before the race but STILL managed a PR
- 2023 Carmel Marathon - broke 2:30 for the first time and finished 4th and felt good after running a negative split
- 2023 Berlin Marathon and Oktoberfest
- 2024 Houston Marathon - 1:15 and 1:13:28
- Run(317) Races and “The Summer of Speed”
- Winning the Monument al Mile Open in 2022 - 4:24
- Adopting both of his boys through open adoption
- First Steps Indiana and how Mark helped them recover millions of dollars 🤯
- How he did some work in Central America for a few years and we both wish we could speak Spanish
- Winning a race on the day of his dad’s triple bypass
- His wedding to Michele and the running details they incorporated in their big day
- Types of awards we've received - inflatable boat, pies, coasters
- How he’s going after the course record for Masters at the Monumental Mile (4:20)
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