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CXO Spotlight: Growth, Influence & Leadership in B2BEnterprise AI: Data Strategies for Product Development Success ( CEO, CTO- TechFabric, Data & AI)CXO Spotlight: Enterprise AI: Data Strategies for Product Development SuccessJoin us as Tech Fabric's leadership team reveals their data-driven approach to enterprise AI and product development success. Learn how their journey from a startup to an enterprise technology partner has shaped their unique perspective on AI implementation and customer-centric solutions.Key Insights:-Building enterprise-grade AI solutions at scale-Data strategies that drive product development-Balancing AI innovation with practical implementation-Future of AI agents in enterprise operations-Human creativity's role in the AI era🔍 Must-Watch Moments:-Tech Fabric's evolution to enterprise success-Real-world AI implementation frameworks-Customer experience transformation stories-Strategic approach to emerging technologiesConnect with Chi...
2025-02-1125 min
What Runs a RunA conversation with Troy Busot, Founder & CEO of Athlinks (a LifeTime Company)In this next episode of Tech in 26.2 podcast - I sat down with Troy Busot, Founder of CEO of Athlinks (a LifeTime Company) : the premier platform for race results and athlete data that holds ~400 million race results and counting. As a triathlete and serial entrepreneur, Troy recently launched iLoomi, an expert biographer for writing a life story. Some of the key focus areas of our conversations were:
🎯 Founding journey of Athlinks and pivots to find product market fit
🎯 Figuring out generating revenue (through advertising) and retrospectives on mistakes
🎯 How to build a company with exit in mind from day...
2024-07-031h 11
Faster Forward with Troy Busot57. Thomas Reiss - Ultra Runner & Athlete Manager for Snowman Race, BhutanOn Episode 57 we extend our post-race coverage of The Snowman Race which was held in the Kingdom of Bhutan and billed as "The Ultimate Race for Climate Action" highlights how climate and weather events are affecting some of the most remote villages in the region. Thomas Reiss, an accomplished Ultra Runner in his own right took the reigns as the International Athlete Manager for the Snowman Race and he discusses this race of a lifetime that follows the trail of the famous Snowman Trek, which has been completed by fewer people than Everest. The audacious event appropriately turns up...
2022-12-281h 12
Faster Forward with Troy Busot56. Rose Grant - 2x Leadville MTB Champ. Pro Mountain Biker. Recently Retired :)A Juliana  and SRAM Pro Team professional mountain bike racer and champion, Rose joins the podcast to talk about her career in bike racing, and balancing sacrifice with accomplishment while raising a family.
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2022-12-141h 12
Faster Forward with Troy Busot55. Emily Keddie - Ultra Runner. Mountain Athlete. From Buffalo to Bhutan.Our guest for Episode 55 is Emily Keddie - Ultra Runner and mountain athlete. With her degree in psychology in hand, she headed out West to hike the Pacific Crest Trail and her life ruined in the best way. She fell in love with epic hikes, which turned into epic trail runs, which turned into ... well, you'll have to listen to find out the rest.
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2022-12-071h 29
Faster Forward with Troy Busot54. Jon Levitt - Ultra Runner and Host of FOR THE LONG RUN PodcastOur guest for Episode 54 is Jon Levitt - Ultra Runner and host of the FOR THE LONG RUN podcast. "I created this podcast to explore the why behind what keeps runners running long, strong, and motivated.""
A runner, cyclist and podcast host from Boston, MA. Jon also works for an amazing company, InsideTracker, as a Sales and Endurance Team Manager. InsideTracker is a personalized nutrition system that analyzes your blood, DNA and lifestyle to help you optimize your body and reach your goals.
For the Long Run Podcast:
https://forthelong.run/
Inside...
2022-11-2358 min
Faster Forward with Troy Busot53. Amber Pierce - (Updated Audio) On Pro Cycling, Mentorship & Building Products Athletes LoveA self-professed nerd from Stanford to which she earned a swimming scholarship after breaking state and national records as a youth, our guest pivoted to the Stanford cycling team after a shoulder injury pulled her from the pool.Â
After graduation, Amber moved to Austria, where she lived and raced full-time on the World-Cup circuit in Europe from 2007-2013. During those years, she became internationally recognized as a respected domestique in the pro peloton and helped her American compatriots earn Olympic berths whilst racing for the US National Team.Â
Upon re...
2022-11-131h 16
Faster Forward with Troy Busot53. Amber Pierce - On Pro Cycling, Mentorship & Building Products Athletes LoveA self-professed nerd from Stanford to which she earned a swimming scholarship after breaking state and national records as a youth, our guest pivoted to the Stanford cycling team after a shoulder injury pulled her from the pool.Â
After graduation, Amber moved to Austria, where she lived and raced full-time on the World-Cup circuit in Europe from 2007-2013. During those years, she became internationally recognized as a respected domestique in the pro peloton and helped her American compatriots earn Olympic berths whilst racing for the US National Team.Â
Upon returning to America in 2014, she continued ra...
2022-11-101h 16
Faster Forward with Troy Busot52. Ben & Barry Running Podcast Hosts - Our Favorite Gear & Hacks for Running, Riding & LifeProduct Links
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Biggest Little Farm Documentary
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2022-11-021h 32
Faster Forward with Troy Busot51. Cat Bradley - Professional Trail Runner & Host of The Be Rad PodcastBy the age of 20, Cat Bradley had run her first 50K. By 23, she had bagged multiple ultra trail running wins including a victory at Western States 100 and top 10 finishes and podiums at some of the word's biggest races like Leadville 100 and UTMB. She even had time to score an FTK, becoming the first woman to go under 8 hours on the Grand Canyon's Rim to Rim to Rim. Simply put, Cat Bradley was born to race Ultra Marathons.Â
A collision with a drunk driver took away the hearing in her left ear, left her with a broken pelvis a...
2022-10-261h 21
Faster Forward with Troy Busot50. Abby & Cordis Hall - Pro Ultra Runners - from JMT to UTMBOn today's show, we have a very special treat in the form of the Trail & Ultra Running Husband and Wife team of Abby and Cordis Hall.
Abby has been lighting up the ultra scene with multiple finishes over the years at races like the North Face Endurance Challenge, Leadville Trail 100, and of course Ultra Trail du Mont-Blanc or UTMB - most recently with an impressive 3rd place podium finish.
Cordis is no stranger to the ultra scene with impressive finishes at UTMB, TDS and most recently a 100K finish at Innsbruck Alpine Trailrun Festival.
2022-10-121h 12
Faster Forward with Troy Busot49. Ashly Winchester & Jason Hardrath - Queen & King of FKTOur guests for episode 49 are no strangers to the podcast - the King and Queen of FKTs Jason Hardrath and Ashly Winchester join us today as they team up to talk about doing massive efforts - Ashly with an unsupported record on the JMT - or John Muir Trail and Jason collecting his 100th FKT by bagging Washington's 100 highest peaks on Bulger's.
We talk about catching COVID at 18,000 feet, hallucinating hermit crabs, supporting one another around the world and why being a good partner sometimes means being as unsupportive as possible.
It's always a blast...
2022-10-051h 47
Faster Forward with Troy Busot48. Ben Davis - Navy SEAL, 100 Mile MTB, Veterans’ AdvocateOur guest for Episode 48 is Ben Davis, a former Navy SEAL who uses his love for the outdoors, military and combat experience, and finishes at the Leadville and Shenandoah 100 mile mountain bike races in his current position as Executive Director at VOAG - or Veterans' Outdoor Advocacy Group - to advocate on behalf of veterans for the use of outdoor activities as accepted, funded and prescribed therapies to mend the mental and emotional scars affecting our veterans after a 21 year war on terror.
It’s a great conversation where we talk about the differences - and similarities...
2022-09-281h 24
Faster Forward with Troy Busot47. Dan King - World Record Holder 60-65 Age Group Miler @ 4:49.08With an Olympic hopeful runner for a father, and not wanting to compete with his siblings in the family business of running, Dan King pushed off his destiny early in his athletic life with wrestling and other activities.Â
In an effort to build fitness in the off season, he finally succumbed to Cross Country where he would show some of the early talent that would earn him a world record in the 60-64 age group mile with a blistering time of 4:49 as well winning the USATF Colorado Long Distance Runners of the Year for 2021.
In h...
2022-09-211h 20
Faster Forward with Troy Busot46. Ryan Krol - Ultra Runner, Mountain Biker, Boundless CoachingRyan Krol of Boundless Endurance Coaching is our guest for Episode 46.
Ryan's love for running ultra distances and exploring the mountains ignites his passion for showing people how to enjoy a lifestyle centered on fitness and health. With over 50 ultra marathon finishes of his own - and 2 6th Place finishes in the multi-race Leadman Challenge - Ryan and his group of coaches at Boundless helped over 40 of their coached athletes cross the finish line at the 2022 Leadville 100 run.
We talk about how the physical takes you through mile 60, but the mental gets you the last 40...
2022-09-141h 04
Faster Forward with Troy Busot45. Taylor Lideen - Winner of Unbound Gravel XL, 350 Mile Gravel RaceToday's guest is Taylor Lideen - this year's overall winner of the Unbound Gravel XL race - a 350 mile sufferfest through the Flint Hills of Kansas. Formerly known as Dirty Kanza, the race challenged Taylor to the bitter end through nearly 24 hours of racing. We talk at great length about that race, the preparation and physical and mental side of ultra bike racing and Taylor opens up about his battles on and off the bike with depression and the importance of family and close support of his wife and other loved ones to bring him back into the light.Â
2021-07-131h 30
Faster Forward with Troy Busot44. Laura Galván 2 of 2 - 2021 Mexican Olympic Team RunnerWelcome back everybody - after a bit of a Summer break, we are back with new episodes of the podcast. As always, I am your host Troy Busot and right out of the gate we have a conversation with an amazing running who will be representing her home country of Mexico in the upcoming Olympics in Tokyo.
Imagine yourself at 11 years old. Growing up in a small town about 100 miles outside of Mexico City. And every day after school, you make your way to a crowded city bus that takes you the hour-long journey, solo, to running...
2021-07-071h 20
Faster Forward with Troy Busot43. Laura Galván 1 of 2 - 2021 Mexican Olympic Team RunnerWelcome back everybody - after a bit of a Summer break, we are back with new episodes of the podcast. As always, I am your host Troy Busot and right out of the gate we have a conversation with an amazing running who will be representing her home country of Mexico in the upcoming Olympics in Tokyo.Â
Imagine yourself at 11 years old. Growing up in a small town about 100 miles outside of Mexico City. And every day after school, you make your way to a crowded city bus that takes you the hour-long journey, solo, to running p...
2021-06-291h 21
Faster Forward with Troy Busot42. Phil Pinti - Ultra Runner on Grief, Catharsis, & Building Yourself Up Mile by Mile42 - Phil PintiÂ
Phil Pinti - aka @macho_man_runneth - cruised into his 30s with brass ring firmly in hand. A post-9/11 stint in the Marines had him deployed to - and now safely home from Iraq. Married to his college sweetheart and the love of his life and raising two beautiful young children.Â
A life-long athlete, our guest made the Hershey Half Marathon an annual family pilgrimage. When hip-pain sidelined his wife, however, and normal treatments did nothing to alleviate the injury, tests revealed that his 33 year old bride was suffering from stage-4 lu...
2021-05-121h 26
Faster Forward with Troy Busot41. Chris Eck - Marathoner by 8th Grade, 100K Ultra Runner by High SchoolThink back to Junior High. What were your highlights? Your accomplishments?
Today's guest was introduced to running by his elementary school's P.E. coach who organized a daily run and jog for his students. Being somewhat socially awkward, this young man spent his lunch hour running laps and eventually logging over 60 miles as a 6th grader.
Before moving on to High School, he finished his 8th grade year by writing his own training plan for and completing the Eugene Marathon.
He spent his High School years on the Dean's list...
2021-05-041h 04
Faster Forward with Troy Busot40. Dan Lamorte - Weight loss and found miles. Down 180 pounds, Dan runs an Ultra!After an arm injury cut his collegeate pitching career short, you could say that today's guest took some off of athletics. So much so, in fact, that he gained the weight equivalent of another version of himself - 180 pounds to be exact.
After some failed attempts to reverse course and resigned to this fate, he told his folks that maybe they should stop pushing him to lose the weight and end his sedintary lifestyle - he just didn't see a solution within himself.
Then, he found what many would consider to be an unlikely catalyst...
2021-04-201h 51
Faster Forward with Troy Busot39. Marni Salup - Host of Marni on the Move Podcast & Obsessive TriathleteThe Athlinks Podcast Hosted by Troy Busot
When you make a living from the things that you love, you end up spending your whole life immersed in your passions.Â
Host of the hit podcast Marni on the Move, Founder and CEO of the Salup Group specializing in marketing and branding for active lifestyle events with companies like Soul Cycle and Athleta, she’s an Ironman certified coach and obsessive triathlete herself.
On the podcast today, we are joined by none other than Marni Salup as she joins us to talk about how she has...
2021-04-131h 19
A Runner’s Life#85 - Troy Busot on running, entrepreneurship, self development, and the importance of catharsis“Once you feel that catharsis, once you have that lightbulb moment, once you feel what it’s like to actually live a little bit... In general the mundanity of life gets put out like a cigarette butt.”
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The thing about life is that whilst your first attempt may not work, keep trying and work smarter the next time. This episodes guest has a background in software development and designed a website called VirtuRace, which allowed runners to manually upload times and courses so they could race virtually. But it gained little traction because programs like Google Maps weren’t available yet. About five ye...
2021-04-121h 19
OCR Unedited PodcastOCR Unedited Season 2, Episode 16: Troy Busot of AthlinksOCR Unedited welcomes runner, marathoner, founder & CEO of Athlinks, Troy Busot.
Troy has always been athletic. He was a short distance runner and a wrestler. Now at 49 is starting to enjoy the long distance running and currently training for a long distance event.
Troy started his career as a graphic designer and programmer until he had an idea to create a platform where people could track their race results in one place. He called it Virtual Race, which soon after, would became the globally used platform, Athlinks.
In this episode, Troy talks to...
2021-04-0856 min
Faster Forward with Troy Busot38. Juan Carlos Obando - OCR Athlete on Chasing an Age Group World ChampionshipBorn in Canada, Today's guest - Juan Carlos Obando moved with his family to Ecuador as a youngster where he learned to play soccer - a game that gave him a love of running that would stick with him throughout his life. After moving back to Toronto, soccer eventually turned to wrestling and weight lifting and a friendly invitation to a Spartan Race allowed Juan to combine these passions in his first Obstacle Course Race. Once hooked, he made the commitment to compete for an OCR Age Group World Championship in his 40s. He reshaped his body and mind...
2021-04-061h 01
Faster Forward with Troy Busot37. Adharanand Finn - Ultra Runner & Author of The Rise of the Ultra Runners & Running with the KenyansToday's guest is an ultra runner, a podcaster, and the author of The Way of the Runner, Running with the Kenyans, and my favorite running book of all, The Rise of the Ultra Runners. Adharanand Finn joins us to talk about his journey from middle school athletics to a sub-three hour New York City marathon and then a fateful assignment that placed him in the Oman Desert Marathon - a grueling 6 stage race that nearly defeated him, but ultimately lit his fire for ultra-distance running.
We cover a ton of ground in this conversation. If you love...
2021-03-301h 32
Faster Forward with Troy Busot36. Dirk Friel - Co-Founder of Training Peaks, Ski Mountaineer, Ex Pro CyclistToday's Guest needs little introduction. He is a former professional cyclist, Co-Founder of legendary training platform Training Peaks, and the son of the author of several endurance training bibles, Joe Friel.
That is right, Dirk Friel joins us today on the Athlinks Podcast.
We had a great chat about training slower to get faster. The importance of recovery days. and he will school you on the importance of the 80/20 rule. We reminisce about his youth spent as an American in Europe as a pro cyclist and how he and fellow racer and previous guest of this podcast, Anton Villatoro were...
2021-03-231h 37
Faster Forward with Troy Busot35. Sika Henry on Her Quest to Become the First African American Woman Pro TriathleteOur guest on the podcast today is Sika Henry - a 2x Marathon champion who turned her talents to the world of triathlon.Â
A serious bike crash in 2019 slowed her quest to become the first African American Woman to hold a Pro Triathlon Card, but she still managed to qualify for the Ironman World Championships in Kona later that year.Â
She focused heavily on her run training through the pandemic and her tri season kicked off this past weekend at Challenge Miami Half Ironman. We recorded this show just before she left, but I'm happy to...
2021-03-161h 19
Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional LearningFounder of Athlinks, Troy Busot on "Launching a Successful Business, Health and Chasing 50"Welcome back to the Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #113, with Troy Busot, the Founder of Athlinks[i], the world’s largest racing database with a mission of making it easier for people to race more often and have more fun in the process.
Watch this interview on YouTube here.
With this episode, you will learn:
How Troy Busot, the founder of Athlinks.com helped Andrea to launch her business 10 years ago.
How Troy took an idea, and created the world's largest racing database.
The Secret to launching a business, or any id...
2021-03-1438 min
The Unbeatable Life005 - Just Get It Done, with Troy BusotFrom hand-cutting graphics for t-shirts to building websites for some of the heaviest hitters in Hollywood like Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston and Denzel Washington to founding a software company.
Troy talks earnestly about how to overcome adversity and recover when things spiral out of control.
If you have ever taken part in any kind of timed race over the last decade and a half chances are your results are stored inside Athlinks the company Troy founded.
We jump from life to relationships to business and back again.
This one just begins to scratch the surface of what we could be...
2021-03-111h 16
Faster Forward with Troy Busot34. Selene Yeager - 2 Wheeled Adventurer & Host of Hit Play, Not Pause PodcastInstead of asking yourself "how long do I want to live", you should really start asking yourself, "how do I want to live". We all want to live forever, but if you're listening to this show, chances are, you've got some minimum standards that you'd like to set as the years pass by - especially of the athletic variety.
On the podcast today, we welcome Selene Yeager - host of the Hit Play, Not Pause podcast - a show for performance-minded women who aren't willing to put their best years behind them.
We discuss the...
2021-03-091h 27
Faster Forward with Troy Busot33. Latoya Shauntay Snell - Multi-sport Athlete, Ultra Runner, Professional Chef, and 5' 3" Brooklynite force of natureOur guest today is multi-sport athlete, Ultra Runner, Professional Chef, self-described advocate and activist for body politics, and 5' 3" Brooklynite force of nature, Latoya Shauntay Snell - also known as the Running Fat Chef.
A quick glance at her Athlinks profile shows 112 races completed, over twelve hundred miles finished and in a span of just 28 days, she crossed finish lines at the Chicago Marathon, Javelina Jundred 60K, and the TCS New York City Marathon. She's a brand ambassador for Trek Bikes, a sponsored HOKA ONE ONE Athlete, and yet, she spends at least part of her time...
2021-02-232h 03
Faster Forward with Troy Busot32. Ellen Falterman on Starting an Expedition to Circle the Globe in a Paddle BoatA post high school canoe expedition in the heart of the Amazon Basin reconnected Ellen Falterman with her adventurer brother who was five years her senior. The harrowing trip lit a fire for expeditions that would lay dormant until his  tragic death just a short time later.Â
On the one-year anniversary of his passing, our guest put her life on pause in order to experience an adventure and grieve the loss of her hero by paddling solo down the Missouri River. The answers that she received on that trip, however, were to questions that she had not ye...
2021-02-201h 41
Faster Forward with Troy Busot31. Roderick Sewell is The First Bilateral Above the Knee Amputee to finish Kona Ironman World Championships031 - Roderick Sewell
Where does character come from? Is it born or bread? Inherited or built? Perhaps for today's guest, it was nurtured through the selfless and courageous actions of his mother.
You can't tell the story of Roderick Sewell without starting with his mother, Marian Jackson.Â
When her son was born missing both tibias, she had to make the decision to keep his legs and confine him to a wheel-chair, or amputate and reach for a chance at a more normal life with prosthetics.Â
Faced with the insurmountable cost, however, sh...
2021-02-161h 24
Obstacle Racing Media PodcastAthlinks Founder - Troy BusotListen to Obstacle Racing Media Podcast This show is sponsored by: Athletic Brewing - Online customers get free shipping for orders of two or more 6-packs! Check out The Athlinks Podcast Intro Music - Paul B. Outro Music – Brian Revels ORM YouTube Channel Support Us On Patreon
2021-02-141h 01
Faster Forward with Troy Busot30. Ashly Winchester - Queen of FKTs on Big Adventures, Podcasting, and Encouraging WomenJust one day after finishing her first 50 miler, the Camp Fire began its path of destruction in Northern California, ultimately claiming 153,000 acres, 85 human, and an untold number of animal lives - a horror that Ashly Winchester came face to face with as a vertinary Nurse in the area. Wave-after-wave of life and death emergencies flooded the clinic where she worked and when it was all over, the toll on her own soul proved to be a heavy catalyst behind her full-time journey into FKTs, freelance writing, and Podcasting as the host of Womxn of the Wild - a community...
2021-02-131h 52
Faster Forward with Troy Busot29. Danny Bent on Giving Back with Running & Epic AdventuresA childhood framed by his family's love for running leads a young man on adventures across several continents, stoking his love and optimism for humanity.
Years later, a post-run tea is interrupted by a radio report of the fatal bombing of the Boston Marathon. Our guest, clear on the other side of the Atlantic and armed with not much more than social media and a simple idea, sets out to lend a humble hand.
11 weeks later the final baton of the One Run for Boston was handed to a survivor across the finish line, celebrating...
2021-02-061h 15
Faster Forward with Troy Busot28. Jason Hardrath on Reshaping the Racing World (and terrain) with FKTsFKT - shorthand for “Fastest Known Time” is essentially, a speed record on any given route. Anyone, at any time, on any day, can try to break a record and set a new FKT. After a serious car accident took him off the roads, today's guest shifted from marathons and ironmans and took his training to the trails and mountains where he found a passion for what I'll call "creative athletic pursuits". If you visit the official FKT website, you'll see the name Jason Hardrath at the top of the leaderboard with a whopping 94 FKT efforts.
Part Cart...
2021-01-301h 43
Faster Forward with Troy Busot27. Lorna Campbell of the Abbott World Marathon Majors on Marathons and an Enduring Career in SportsIf you love what you do for a living, you'll never work a day in your life. Or so the saying goes. From the very first email that I received from today's guest, I could feel her enthusiasm toward her job, her employer, and the athletes whom she represents as the Head of Communications for the Abbott World Marathon Majors.Â
Lorna Campbell joins us today to discuss how she has parlayed a letter writing campaign, relentless volunteering and networking into a decades-long career in sport.
Having worked multiple Olympics, Commonwealth Games, and the biggest marathons i...
2021-01-261h 10
Faster Forward with Troy Busot26. Marcus Brown of A Runner's Life Podcast on Running a Sub-3 Hour MarathonLike the tip of an iceberg, what the outside world sees is the shining 2 hour 56 minute and 19 second marathon finish that sticks up above the surface.Â
What is not seen is the incredible mass of hours, miles, support from family and friends, previous shortfalls and near misses that went into the celebrated achievement.
On the podcast today, we have Marcus Brown - otherwise known as @TheMarathonMarcus - of A Runner's Life podcast. He joins us from London where thoughtfully recounts his ten year journey from a barely sub-5 hour marathon at London to his freshly m...
2021-01-231h 34
Faster Forward with Troy Busot25. Dani Shanahan - HOKA NAZ Runner on Getting Back Up and FightingConfucius said, Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we do. Our guest today knows a think or two about falling and rising not only to the challenge, but to glory in the form of an Olympic standard time in the 10K.Â
On the Podcast today, Dani Shanahan of HOKA Northern Arizona Elites drops in to discuss her running career so far and her most recent meet in which she took a hard spill on the track, pulled herself back into the race, and smashed her Personal Best by a full m...
2021-01-191h 21
Faster Forward with Troy Busot24. Jamil Coury - Ultra Trail Runner on the Highs & Lows of Running 100 MilesWhat is it they say about people who can be identified by only one name? Well if you follow the sport of Ultra Running, you know Jamil.
A talent for running and a youth spent hiking and camping around the Arizona wilderness was the perfect recipe for today's guest, Jamil Coury to find his passion as an ultra trail runner and founder of Aravaipa Running - one of the premiere event companies specializing in this sport. Years later, Aravaipa now hosts around 40 races all around Arizona and into Utah and Colorado.
In his spare time...
2021-01-161h 21
Faster Forward with Troy Busot23. Matt B. Davis of Obstacle Racing Media on Finding & Living a Passion for Obstacle RacingOur guest today has quite literally been chasing his passions for all of his adult life. Â
Whether it was moving from Atlanta to Boston and later to Los Angeles to become a stand-up comic, or shuttering a burgeoning staffing company to report on - and participate in - the fledgling sport of Obstacle Course Racing, Matt B. Davis of Obstacle Racing Media has used a combination of grit and fearlessness to bite off big projects and chase envious goals.Â
The day after recording this show, in fact, Matt knocked out a Fastest Known Time (or FKT...
2021-01-121h 22
Faster Forward with Troy Busot22. Beth Leasure-Hudson on the Science & Spirituality of Cycling & CoachingHow much of your potential are you leaving on the table? How much of your training are you leaving to chance? Are your periodized workouts the right ones for your phenotype? What the heck is a phenotype?Â
If you're wondering how to take your performance to the next level, maybe it's time to think about a coach. And that's why I brought Beth Leasure to the Athlinks Podcast.Â
We jump around quite a bit and talk about how Beth uses tools like Training Peaks and Whoop to measure and track performance, rest, and heart rate to...
2021-01-091h 24
Faster Forward with Troy Busot21. Eric McElvenny - Below-knee amputee, Ironman & CAF AthleteA single footstep changes all the future steps that an American Marine on patrol in Afghanistan would ever take. After triggering an EID and losing his right leg below the knee, our guest Eric McElvenny turned to uncharted territory - having never completed a single triathlon or even a running event, for that matter, he challenged himself to complete an Ironman.Â
With the help, love, and support from his family, friends, and the Challenged Athletes Foundation, Eric has fought through obstacles, logged thousands of miles, and achieved more than even he thought possible.
Did he s...
2021-01-051h 49
Faster Forward with Troy Busot20. Jeff Tkach - Rodale Institute on Regenerative Organic FarmingWhat if there existed one simple solution in our fight against food insecurity, water quality, climate change, global poverty, healthcare & our dependence on pharmaceuticals, and even the survivability of current and future pandemics?
And what if that solution was literally right under our feet? Today on the Athlinks Podcast, we are diving into our soil with Jeff Tkach, my friend and former colleague, and current Chief Impact Officer at the Rodale Institute. For over 70 years, the Rodale Institute has been the global leader in regenerative organic agriculture. A journey that started with J.I. Rodale's simple mission...
2020-12-291h 23
Faster Forward with Troy Busot19. Anton Villatoro - US Postal Pro Cyclist and PROFORMANCE COACHINGEpisode 019: Anton Villatoro
With the image of his childhood hero, Davis Phinney perched atop a podium etched clearly in his mind, the "Town Bull", Anton Villatoro embarks on a pro cycling career that takes him around the world as a workhorse for the famed U.S. Postal Squad, sharing midnight steaks in a German pub with Greg LeMond and riding for Lance Armstrong in the Tour of Spain - and doing it all clean - completely free of the substances that would mar the cycling world for years to come.
Join us on a tour...
2020-12-191h 28
Faster Forward with Troy Busot18. Justin Ricks - Mad Moose Events - Running Trails While Running the Business019 - Justin Ricks - Mad Moose Events
Sometimes, in order to live a life of purpose, one must sacrifice the spoils coveted by the rest of us.Â
In order to live their dream of building a life and family business centered around running, today's guest, Justin Ricks quit his corporate job and moved with his wife, and two young children into the 60 square feet of their pickup trailer to save costs while building Mad Moose Events from scratch.
Today, Mad Moose hosts 20 events annually - mostly trail ultras in and around Moab, Utah, a...
2020-12-171h 17
Faster Forward with Troy Busot17. Claire Bird - From Mother's Day Runs to 3 Boston Marathons17. Claire Bird
A seed is acquired a generation before watching her father run the Montreal Marathon, planted years later at a Mother's Day 10K in Calgary, and grows into 3 Boston Marathon finish lines of her own - and counting.
Our guest today is a wife and mother from Calgary who has self-coached her way to capturing 4 of her 6 stars in the Abbott World Marathon Majors. Join Claire Bird and me as we discuss her Marathon journey and how she has used consistency, the force of will, and an ear-to-ear grin to cross some of the...
2020-12-151h 11
Faster Forward with Troy Busot16. Bill Bucklew - Going Farther in the Face of Parkinson'sEp 16: Bill Bucklew
As the saying goes, when life gives you lemons, make yourself a glass of lemonade and then sip it while walking from one end of the United States to the other while raising awareness for Parkinson's Disease.
Our guest Bill Bucklew, waxes philosophic as he shares his journey through a diagnosis of young-onset Parkinsons in his early 40s. Not one to let it slow him down, it launched a series of finishes from Ironman Wisconsin, a stroll from Georgia to California, and has put him in-line to earn his 6-stars of the...
2020-12-101h 12
Faster Forward with Troy Busot15. Kevin Gillotti - OCR Elite and 8x All-American DuathleteRebuilt from a pile of bones scattered on a California roadside after a speeding truck interrupted his lunch ride, our guest has forged a savage will and unmatched intensity over his 30-year racing career to notch:
8 USAT Duathlon All-American honors
Multiple Podiums in Spartan and other OCR races
+/- 500 finish lines around the world (300 of which can be found online are on his Athlinks profile, by the way)
And a Masters in Sports psychology
I sat down with Kevin Gillotti - today's guest - to discuss his philosophy on discipline in both life and racing, and what...
2020-12-081h 54
Faster Forward with Troy Busot14. Fitz Koehler - Overcoming Cancer While Leaning Into Races14. Fitz Koehler - Overcoming Cancer While Leaning Into RacesÂ
Runners. Set. Go. Our guest today has exalted these 3 simple commands over loudspeakers at races like the Los Angeles Marathon and countless others to kickstart the journey of tens of thousands of runners over the years. But when she found a pea-sized lump in her breast that turned out to be cancer, those commands became her mantra to begin her own race against an aggressive tumor.Â
On the podcast today we sit down with Fitz Koehler - renowned race announcer, fitness advocate, author and, now, cancer su...
2020-12-051h 26
Faster Forward with Troy Busot13. Kelly Catale - Pro Mountain Biker on Mental Health013 - Kelly Catale
Grinding through deep valleys and high over mountain peaks, pushing and suffering through despair and isolation - these are feelings familiar to any elite-level mountain biker. But when the physical pain is exceeded by the emotional ache of depression and anxiety, no amount of fitness can ease the torment.
On the podcast today, professional mountain biker and gravel rider Kelly Catale joins us to share her lifelong struggle with depression and anxiety. She talks about the role that it plays in her racing and how a like-minded coworker saved her from...
2020-12-032h 11
Faster Forward with Troy Busot12. Ötillö Swimrun Recap - Jen Pfeifer and Erica McClurgLike Thelma and Louise, our guests today take an epic leap from a cliff – only they land in the Pacific Ocean off the shores of Catalina Island. Hear their race recap of the 2020 Ötillö, a race featuring a total of 7km of swimming intermixed with 31km of running.
If you're looking for something a bit more challenging than your neighborhood 5k run, join Jen Pfeifer & Erica McClurg on the Athlinks podcast we sit down and relive their March Ötillö Catalina race and describe what it takes to complete this grueling swim-run event.
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2020-12-011h 26
The Chrono ShowEp. 2 - Industry Expert: Troy Busot, AthlinksIn episode two, Mike sits down with friend and colleague, Troy Busot of Athlinks. They discuss how Troy got his start in the endurance industry, the life events that shaped how Troy started the multi-million user platform Athlinks, and what's up next for ChronoTrack's sister company.Â
2020-11-301h 28
Faster Forward with Troy Busot11. Michelle Duffy - Stroke survivor, Gravel Racer, and Event Marketing DirectorMichelle Duffy
Imagine being buried alive inside your own body. As rescue workers and loved ones work furiosly to save your life, they are unable to hear the words that are so clearly formed in your brain, but unable to manifest from your lips. On the podcast today, we hear the terrifying and ultimately triumphant tale of Michelle Duffy, who, at 29 years of age, suffered an ischemic stroke, and bounced back weeks later to finish a 50 mile gravel race.
Michelle Duffy on Athlinks
https://www.athlinks.com/athletes/317613590/
Bleeding Kansas Gravelduro
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2020-11-281h 14
Faster Forward with Troy Busot10. unPAved Gravel Race Recap - Dave Pryor (Race Director) & Kelly Catale (Female Winner)Two roads diverged in a wood, and 200 gravel riders in Pennsylvania took the one less traveled by. And this damned COVID made all the difference. On the podcast today, we relive the 2020 riding of unPAved, a 120 mile gravel race through the Susquehanna River Valley in PA as told by its race director, Dave Pryor, and Kelly Catale, it's female race winner. Dave walks us through the myriad steps taken to trim a normally 1500 person race field down to the state-mandated 200 riders as Kelly clings to one of the few races on her calendar that wasn't cancelled in 2020.Â
2020-11-251h 25
Faster Forward with Troy Busot9. Yancy Culp - Spartan DEKA Program Manager, YancyCamp.comA Texas firebrand learns to repair Helicopters - and bodies - in the Navy and spends the next 25 years crossing finish lines in races like the Spartan Death Race and World's Toughest Mudder while energizing literally millions of athletes. Today's guest, Yancy Culp - program manager for Spartan's DEKA product shares it all on the Podcast. Make sure your shoes are on tight for this one, folks.Â
Athlinks Profile
https://www.athlinks.com/athletes/376943838
Instagram Profile
https://www.instagram.com/yancyculp/
Spartan Death Race
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_M...
2020-11-241h 13
Faster Forward with Troy Busot8. Brian Hoover - Van Life & 111 Days Kayaking the Mighty Mississippi008 - Brian Hoover
He lives in a van, down by the river ... and he f@&#ing loves it!Â
Bonafide Van-lifer, Pacific Crest Trail hiker, Â Mississippi River paddler, and - if his past performance is any indication of future success - soon to be Baja Trail Mountain Biker. On the podcast today, we swap river stories with Brian Hoover and relive moments of his 111 day journey kayaking the Mighty Mississippi. He tells us how he structured his ChronoTrack timing business around his ongoing, 3 year old journey into adventure living, escaping perceived death in a bayou sugarcane field, an...
2020-11-211h 08
Faster Forward with Troy Busot7. Anthony Famiglietti - Sub 4:00 Treadmill Mile with 2 x Olympian Steeplechaser007 - Anthony Famiglietti
When logic and reasoning fails, begging and pleading gives way to an act of defiance against coach's wishes that placed a live-wire runner into his very first Steeplechase, kickstarting a career highlighted by 2 Olympic games.Â
On the podcast today, we take a long, slow run through the mind of Anthony "Fam" Famiglietti. Olympic steeplechaser, founder of Reckless Running, and sub-4-minute treadmill miler.Â
Excuse the audio at times. We caught up with Anthony in his car with a rainstorm overhead, but its well-worth the listen.Â
Some of you may...
2020-11-191h 38
Faster Forward with Troy Busot6. Nick Symmonds -2 x Olympian and Founder of Run Gum006 - Nick Symmonds
Naivety and a hunger for respect drives a brash, stocky runner from Boise, Idaho with a Hollywood smile to 7 NCAA titles in the 800 and 1500 meters, and back-to-back Olympic games in Beijing and London.Â
On the podcast today, we are joined by Nick Symmonds - Olympian, Social Media supernova, and entrepreneur. Nick walks us through some of his racing memories, his thoughts on the suppression of athlete rights and the need to pay amateur athletes, and his journey with Run Gum - a company that he started with his coach, Sam Lapray - o...
2020-11-171h 20
Faster Forward with Troy Busot5. Lindsey and Chris Sachs - Leadville 100 MTB + Run Finishers discuss Life, Family, and RacingEp 005 - Lindsey and Chris Sachs Set big goals, win big prizes. Like a happy, thriving, successful marriage that serves as the launchpad for a husband and wife team to each race 100 miles - him by mountain bike, her by trail shoe - farther, faster, and happier than they could have on their own. On the podcast today, I sat down with Chris and Lindsey Sachs ... as they provided insights into how they have built their family and work life around being present, intentional, and consistent in supporting one another - and as you'll see, the results speak for themselves.Â
L...
2020-11-141h 13
Faster Forward with Troy Busot1. Todd Straka - @BoulderRunnerThey say that the best camera is the one that's already in your hand. And when you're running as fast as @BoulderRunner, Todd Straka, you use every advantage to stay in the moment - and beauty of Colorado's Front Range - as you capture it all through your cell phone's lens.
Join Todd and I as we kick around confluence Park in downtown Denver to talk about the upcoming Athlinks Podcast (now Faster Foward) launch, the Bolder Boulder - which Todd now calls home - and how he has managed some ridiculous times after 50.
Athlinks...
2020-11-1236 min
Faster Forward with Troy Busot4. Ted Kennedy - CEO Challenges, Ironman, Achieve RacingEp 004 - Ted KennedyÂ
What happens when a Canadian executive, next in line for the top spot in a multi-billion dollar consumer packaged goods company ditches his suit and tie and takes a leap of faith to help build one of the most iconic race brands in all of endurance sports - Ironman North America. On today's podcast, I spoke with Ted Kennedy about his role in the early days of Ironman, the creation of CEO Challenges and, now, AchieveRacing - through which he has brought hundreds of executives together to cross epic finish lines around the w...
2020-11-101h 20
Faster Forward with Troy Busot3. Mike Milici - ChronoTrackEp 003 - Mike Milici
Mike Milici is the President of ChronoTrack - one of the top race timing hardware and software companies in the world. We talk about ChronoTrack's place in the market and the affects of COVID as well as Mike's experience in 2018 at the Leadville 100 MTB Stage Race.
Mike's Athlinks Profile
https://www.athlinks.com/athletes/280930046
Chronotrack Web Site
https://chronotrack.com
Tags:
#Athlinks #racing #running #trailrunning #marathon #triathlon #cycling #mountainbiking #swimming #spartanrace #ocrÂ
2020-11-041h 24
Faster Forward with Troy Busot2. Frankie Ruiz - Miami MarathonEp 002 - Frankie Ruiz
How much of a difference can one person make on one of America's largest, most diverse, and least healthy cities? Fueled by a passion for running, love for his home town of Miami, Florida, and a noticable void in the U.S. Marathon market, Frankie Ruiz co-founded the Miami Marathon in 2003 leveraging family and friends, his emerging political connections, and his mantra of "Don't stop".
Join me as I talk with Frankie on the recent decision to take the 2021 edition of Miami Marathon virtual, leading one of the largest weekly run...
2020-11-031h 15
Faster Forward with Troy Busot0. Introduction with Troy BusotIntroducing the Athlinks Podcast, hosted by founder & President Troy Busot.Â
Athlinks Profile:
https://www.athlinks.com/athletes/10000
The goal of Athlinks has always been to make racing and event participation more accessible to everyone, regardless of  background - athletic or otherwise. "More people, racing more often, having more fun in the process" is our stated mission and we've put our efforts into collecting over 340 Million race results from nearly 1.5 million races over the years, so that athletes could have "all of their results in one place". We've wanted to do our small part to ma...
2020-11-0203 min
Ben & Barry's Running PodcastEp29: Athlinks Founder, Troy BusotTroy is the Founder & President of Athlinks. Athlinks - the world's largest social racing platform with over 320 million results from 1.25 million events and counting. Used by 15 million runners, triathletes, cyclists and other endurance athletes around the world. Athlinks is also your destination to find, save and share race results and photos; connect with friends and compare yourself to rivals; and discover and register for events. Troy talks about how Athlinks got started and some of the new things that are coming out. Â
2020-01-211h 13