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Run The Race#258: Chiropractor Climbing to Honor 9/11 Fallen Firefighters, Helping Sports Teams & Your Body TooIt's been almost 24 years since the attacks on America that tragic day of September 11, 2001. Columbus GA is hosting its inaugural Memorial Stair Climb at the Columbus Civic Center on Saturday morning, September 6 and the organizer of that event is my "Run the Race" guest. Dr. Ken Calain also talks about the cause that event with 2,200 steps benefits...how he helps people as a chiropractor...having that medical role for 3 local semi or pro teams in town...being a father of 8 kids and more.
(3:20) If you want to or can climb the equivalent of 110 flights of stairs...
2025-08-1947 min
Run The Race#257: Alaska Adventure of Hiking, Animals, Running (Marathon), Food, Rafting - Travel Ideas For YouIt was our first time to Alaska! This is a recap of running a marathon in state #36 for me but so much more in the "final frontier."
Check out this solo episode with travel ideas for when you and your family go to the 49th state, but also plenty of stories about adventures with my son: flightseeing over the massive 6 million acre Denali National Park and landing/walking on a snowy glacier...running the race amidst mountains in the Alaska capital of Juneau (and where this one ranks out of 40 marathons so far)...going on several hikes, more than a...
2025-08-1341 min
Run The Race#256: New Miss Georgia Making Christ Known + Fueling, As She Competes For Miss America CrownShe won Miss Georgia in June and she will compete to be Miss America in early September but says there are other wins besides the crown, namely amplifying the Gospel of Christ through the opportunities on this journey. On this podcast (subscribe), Audrey Kittila opens up about winning...being a UGA student...how food/fuel is a top priority in he journey to stay fit, strong...her message to others about chasing dreams....her passions for music and education and speech...traveling as Miss GA and preparations for the next even bigger event.
(2:48) The 80th Miss Georgia, Audrey Kittila, talks...
2025-07-3150 min
Run The Race#255: Policeman Power Lifter Sets Record With 656 Lb Bench Press, Breaks Down His Training & Gym PassionPolice officer by day, power lifter when off duty, he just recently lifted or bench pressed 656 pounds! That's a new record at the competition he was at in Birmingham - the World Police and Fire Games. How does that strength fit into his law enforcement job? What's his training and meals look like? How can the rest of us have a similar "never satisifed" mindset in the gym?
(2:50) Sgt Garrett Williams, a 17 year veteran of the Columbus Police Dept (in GA), talks about the excitement of winning gold at that world event, but he quickly was like "What's next?" We...
2025-07-2247 min
Run The Race#254: Superman, Jesus, and Superhero Strength (New Movie's Parallels with Faith & Fitness)The new Superman movie just hit theaters and there's renewed talk about parallels between the famous superhero and spiritual figures like Jesus. I saw the movie. It's a message of hope in a dark world. On this solo episode of "Run The Race" (make sure to subscribe), along with faith symbolism on the big screen, I also talk about how you can get jacked up with workouts like the latest actor playing the Man of Steel.
Since Superman was created by a pair of Jewish teens almost 90 years ago, there have been Biblical parallels to the story. Hear some of...
2025-07-1726 min
Run The Race#253: Equipping People Into The HARVEST, Leader of Ministry Went From Prodigal To Prayer ClosetFrom music and spreading the Gospel to transforming prayer and lessons from sports...this episode of "Run The Race" has it all. A ministry serving West GA and East AL is rebranding from "Take The City" to "Harvest Movement." Their leader is this week's guest, Jeremy Northington sharing about that transition and the Biblical meaning of the new name...plus his past prodigal sinful ways leading to a life-changing moment in a new prayer closet...and how fatherhood, sports, fitness are changing his lifestyle lately.
(2:20) Following my own call from God, I first talk about a meaningful song, on the...
2025-07-1049 min
Run The Race#252: Running with American Flag in 700+ Races, Billy Richards Carries The Burden of Fellow VeteransWith this episode coming out on the the eve of the 4th of July, it makes sense that the guest is all about the American flag, In fact, this military veteran has carried it on nearly 750 races across almost 12,000 miles. Incredible! Why and how does he do it? Give this a listen and subscribe to the podcast, tell others about #RunTheRace.
(3:54) I met Billy Richards (from NY) at "mainly marathon" races last year and again last month during my 3 races of 26.2 miles in 3 days. He did 11 straight 50Ks. He talks about carrying the USA flag and/or a ruck sac...
2025-07-0352 min
Run The Race#251: My Marathon Triple in 3 Days Across New England - Recap of Running and Touring VT, NH, MEI did it! A lot of Firsts for me earlier this month. This solo episode of "Run the Race" is the recap of me running 3 marathons (26.2 miles) in 3 days in 3 different states in New England. That's 80 miles over the span of 15.5 miles of races. God made us to do hard things!
You'll hear the ins and outs of my trips to run in Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine - three states I'd never been to before this either. In this shorter pod, you'll hear about inspiring new long distance runners I got to meet and run with...shirts and food...
2025-06-2527 min
Run The Race#250: Two Dads Discover "Sermons On The Side" in Everyday Life + Restoration in Addiction RecoveryFor our 250th episode, we have a special duo sharing a lot about their up-and-down journey to redemption. These guys have both had leadership roles in churches for decades. They find God lessons in everyday life...have faced adversity with both recovering from addictions, one of them also battling cancer and the other losing his marriage, but they lean on faith and each other and their family and music to live life to the fullest. Make sure to subscribe to "Run the Race" and theirs too.
(4:32) Chaplain Richard Moore and Brad Williams recently started their own podcast "Sermons on the...
2025-06-201h 16
Run The Race#249: "Moses of Running" Aiming for 100+ Marathons, 50Ks This Year After Surviving Cancer & Uprooting NYC LifeSome may call him marathon man or the "Moses of running" lately. This 58-yr-old proud Christian from Colorado has completed an astounding 456 marathons or ultras in his life. He's on target for his goal of running 100+ marathons or 50Ks in 2025 including the completion of all 50 states several more times!
(2:50) Having met Keegan Haga more than a year ago and run a few races alongside him, I first asked WHY he runs so much, so many marathon. "Because we can." He elaborates, taking me back to his sister motivating him to run that 1st marathon in his mid 40s...and experiencing...
2025-06-031h 10
Run The Race#248: Single Dad Cycling for a Cause, Carrying on Family Traditions of Fitness & Following GodClosing out National Bike Month with a young man from Auburn who just completed "Bo Bikes Bama" for the 4th time. We have more on that event (started by the famous Bo Jackson) and (5:15) avid cyclist Jared Bowles shares about the importance of doing challenges for causes, this one for storm relief victims in Alabama. It was instilled in him early in life about lessons of discipline - for all of us. Make sure to subscribe to "Run The Race" to hear stories like his of fitness and faith.
(13:40) This single father his fitness journey from swimming at 11 years old...
2025-05-3047 min
Run The Race#246: World Champion Pizza Chef Gives Glory to God...For The Win, His Pizzeria, Surviving CollisionHe recently became a world champion pizza maker, winning the International Pizza Challenge in Las Vegas, out of 100+ of the best pizzaiolos. And he gives God the glory for it! We chatted while eating a pizza he made for us at the business he's owned for almost a decade, Cerrone's Brick Oven Pizzeria in Columbus GA. Make sure to subscribe to this podcast to hear fun and inspiring conversations about faith, fitness...and food too.
(2:49) Leo DiCesaris discusses his love for pizza, his family roots in Italy, studying how to make pies all over the USA, passion for cooking authentic...
2025-05-1551 min
Run The Race#245: You Can Train Like a Pro Baseball Player, With Workouts And Spiritual BattlesAbout 1/4 way into the Major League Baseball season, and you may not be a pro, but experts say you can train like one! We talk on this shorter episode about strengthening your core, flexibility, and faith when times get tough - when you're up to bat in life.
Baseball movies teach us lessons. So does discipline when it comes to the principles of fitness and faith. One specific workout called the "hurling exercise" can help with the core aka foundation of your muscles. How about yoga? And the benefits of eating healthier?
The sport is sometimes compared to a religion...
2025-05-0914 min
Run The Race#244: Assisted Stretching + IV Hydration Helps You Slow Aging (Entrepreneur Owns Both Biz)Nowadays, with people living more sedentary lives, many of us begin losing 1% flexibility each year, starting in our 30s. But did you know proper stretching can help slow down the aging process? And that intravenous hydration can help you deal with energy and a long list of ailments? Our guest recently opened up two separate businesses that provide those services for anyone, including athletes. Subscribe to "Run The Race" to hear weekly insight to help you improve your fitness and faith.
(6:44) Experienced sales associate - in the field of physical therapy, health and wellness - Josh O'Neal is the co-owner...
2025-05-011h 04
Run The Race#243: What Easter Is Really About + Taking Up Your Cross Daily, with the Fountain City Church PastorAs we head into Good Friday and Easter weekend, a local Pastor joined us to talk about Jesus dying on the Cross and rising again...growing up as a pastor's kid and his own call into ministry...what it was like starting a brand new church...how we can lay down our lives daily, as Jesus died for us...opportunities for churches on Easter...and their year-long prayer chain.
(3:25) The crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus was Plan A, but we can't live up to His standard. Pastor Grant Collins of Fountain City Church in Columbus GA explains that and how...
2025-04-171h 03
Run The Race#242: Finally Breaking 4 Hours In The Marathon, Confidence From Coach And Touring Annapolis, DCHere's a recap of my latest marathon in state #32 of Maryland, near Annapolis. How did I finally break the elusive 4 hours for my finish time in a 26.2 mile race? You can do hard things too if you work hard and put your mind to it. Subscribe to "Run The Race" for more wisdom on fitness and faith.
I talk all about working for the first time with a coach, who helped give me confidence, and how a bunch of members of the Navy did at the B&A Trail Marathon. Meeting the goal also involved diverse and consistent training, a...
2025-04-0132 min
Run The Race#241: Coffee Shop Owner Spreads Joy & Loves People, While Hiking & Kayaking Her Way To HealingShe operates a cafe in West Georgia with a motto of "serving coffee with kindness." We could all use that in our world today. Rewind back to what made her focus on loving people out of dark times, this business owner talks about growing up dirt poor with a mom who made life magical with outdoors adventures...leaving everything to hike the Appalachian Trail...making plans to kill herself but why she didn't do it...and the healing power of kayaking. Now, she's opening up a first-of-its-kind venture in the Chattahoochee Valley.
(3:18) The owner of The Brick and Mortar Cafe...
2025-03-2648 min
Run The Race#240: Lifting Up Women's Sports (March Madness) While She Gets Stronger in the Gym and BibleDuring this Women's History Month and anytime, her job as Associate Brand Manager for Aflac (headquartered in Columbus GA) gives her the opportunity to put women in the spotlight, like when she went to the NCAA women's Final Four last year, among some big names. We also talk on this episode about transitioning from being only to runner to strength training...dealing with the pressures of being a strong woman on the job and in the gym...and how faith brought her out of a path of panic.
After a update on the growth of women's sports, (6:20) Madison Montgomery joins...
2025-03-2051 min
Run The Race#239: Chaplain Calls For Church Diversity As He Leads "March For Jesus" And Puts Love Into ActionKnown as Chap, this Puerto Rican Chaplain in Georgia is focused on church unity and diversity, and showing our faith with works, hence the name of the church he's the founder and pastor for: Love in Action Outreach Ministries. He's also the organizer of a special event this weekend called "March for Jesus Columbus." You can learn more about both at https://www.facebook.com/loveinactionoutreachga.
(2:33) Chaplain Emilio Rosa first talks about his call into ministry, that started with translating his dad's sermons into English for a church at age 8.
(8:26) He recalls facing racism while growing up as a minority...
2025-03-1238 min
Run The Race#238: Epic Run Across America and Antarctica, Navy LT Paul Johnson's Transcon and $$ for Team RWBHe's now one of only 400 people that have completed a Transcon. Navy LT Paul Johnson joins me on the "Run The Race" podcast (subscribe now) to talk about his 3,000 mile run and walk from Los Angeles to New York City, plus his new world record for a fitness challenge in Antarctica...all of this helping him and others with mental health issues, some that come from military deployments.
(5:11) Johnson talks about how running is a coping mechanism for his anxiety and depression. He loves it so much he ran across the USA in 52+ days, raising more than half a million...
2025-03-0346 min
Run The Race#237: Dancing Dana Also On The Move as Football Ref, Meteorologist, Hockey AnnouncerDana Barker works a few jobs and wears a lot of hats - now add dancing to that! This Auburn University senior technical analyst and fill-in TV meteorologist (for stations like WTVM in his hometown of Columbus GA) also stays busy as a football ref and hockey PA announcer for the Columbus River Dragons, who he's representing in the upcoming "Dancing Stars of Columbus," the biggest local fundraiser for the Alzheimer's Association. We talk on this episode about his many roles and how fitness/exercise is a part of those.
(2:41) Dana says he's out of his "comfort zip code" learning...
2025-02-2449 min
Run The Race#236: Dentist Runs Marathon Race Per Month for 8 Years (like DE with me) + Builds TrailsHis day job is endodontist (dentist) in the Griffin GA area, but some people may see his hobby as extremely challenging: running a marathon race or more per month for the last 8 years! That includes some 100 milers. On "Run The Race," Paul Shepherd talks about that consistency as he chases marathons/ultras in all 50 states...favorite races like Boston and UTMB in France and beyond...benefits of trail running...this sport as a way to be humble and grow closer to God...building his own running trails...and other cool race stories, from Jerusalem to ones themed for history or...
2025-02-201h 06
Run The Race#235: Celebrating My 49th Birthday, Pointing to Jesus and Thankful for Milestones in LifeI turn 49 years old today and continue to "Run The Race"!
On my birthday, here's a pod episode with my personal thoughts on today Not being about me but God...His gifts in this life...going through some of the major milestones of my almost 5 decades...reflecting on past successes and failures...being knocked down and getting back up because of Jesus...prayers for my spiritual purpose in the future. I hope you can relate to some of these, as we all grow older and thankful!
Thanks for listening to the #RunTheRace podcast, which I hope you'll subscribe to! Share...
2025-02-1318 min
Run The Race#234: Teen's Suicide Prompts Mom to "LOVE Like Lexi" Amidst Spiritual Warfare...and Save Lives6 years after losing her teen daughter to suicide, an East Alabama mother is only ramping up her crusade to help save the lives of other students through their "Love Like Lexi" project, which is hosting a new event later this week. Check out her emotional, heartbreaking, inspiring story on this episode of "Run The Race," which you can subscribe to or follow for weekly wisdom and testimonies of faith and fitness.
(3:20) Andrea Mills' high school senior daughter took her own life on February 6, 2019. What prompted it may shock you. It was a wakeup call for this family...and a warning...
2025-02-0351 min
Run The Race#233: Time To Live Your Best Life With Chaplain Dasi Love (Also a Model, Life Coach, Missionary)Are you ready for a change or to live your best life? Maybe God is signaling to you it's time for a shift. A new life coach is ready to help you prepare and organize with a strategy. Quadasia (Dasi) Love wears a lot of other hats too: international chaplain, model and actress, and a prophet at her church (through the fivefold ministry) that's focused on unity and going soon to Zambia.
(3:15) Dasi Love kicks us off on this podcast episode with insight on how faith impacts big life changes for us, like God's call and tools to do special...
2025-01-2958 min
Run The Race#232: Therapist & Ultra Athlete Helps You Run (And Live) With Pain, Hope, Tears, ResilienceThe young woman on the podcast today is a lawyer and road runner turned therapist + ultra athlete + race director who shares some insightful, deep thoughts on finding the right career path...the path of running as a healer instead of a competition...why and how she's done numerous 100 mile races now...her tools to help professionals and athletes that are very driven...and how sports (especially endurance) can help with your mental health. Subscribe to "Run The Race" to hear more inspiring guests talking about fitness and faith.
After talking about the rare snow we just had in Georgia...
2025-01-2356 min
Run The Race#231: Gym GM Helping You Stick To 2025 Goals at CRUNCH FitnessTwo weeks into 2025, how are your goals (resolutions) for the New Year looking? A lot of people may still be going to the gym weekly or even daily. Sticking to those healthy habits can be a challenge, but it's worth it.
(2:30) Brian Patrick has been with Crunch Fitness for the last decade, now General Manager of the gym in Columbus GA. He has some advice on being consistent with your exercise routines. And the why lately is more about "healthy" than losing weight. Hear what he says about small challenges and friends motivating you.
(8:24) Brian started his fitness journey on...
2025-01-1545 min
Run The Race#230: President Jimmy Carter Leaving Legacy Of Faith In ActionJimmy Carter died less than a week ago at age 100. He was our 39th President but also an outspoken hero of faith. On this day before the processional begins for his funeral - from Plains GA to Atlanta to DC and back to his Georgia home - here are my thoughts and some history on Carter's life of faith. Make sure to subscribe, follow, like this "Run the Race" podcast for more inspiring stories about fitness too.
Former President Jimmy Carter practices what he preached, putting his Christian beliefs into action - in the White House and before/after that...
2025-01-0415 min
Run The Race#229: Celebrating CHRISTmas, Friendship, The Bible with Pastors Joe & JarrodThis episode, coming out on Christmas Eve, is with two of my best friends. They are pastors who lead a church in Illinois, formerly led youth ministry in Georgia. We had a superb conversation about the true meaning of Christmas...what a close relationship with Jesus looks like...misconceptions of our faith because of "headline theology"...the importance of friendship on Earth...reading the entire Bible in 30 days...the challenges of ministry...and a lil football too.
(3:03) Joe Banks and Jarrod Six are the lead and executive pastors of Abundant Church in Alton IL. The 3 of us met a decade+...
2024-12-241h 07
Run The Race#228: Cheerleading Coach Is Dancing Her Way To Fitness, Going For More Titles in Both SportsCheerleading is a sport 150%, so says my guest this week on the "Run the Race" podcast, which you should subscribe to. She's dancing her way to fitness at age 40 now too.
(3:05) Mandy Hood has coached hundreds of students in cheerleading and has been a part of more than 20 national titles, at all levels. (5:45) We talk to this coach and mom about the fitness aspects and misconceptions of cheer, from a tight core and strength to clutch execution and endurance.
(17:25) She also had plenty to share about the challenges and rewards of coaching, (23:44) starting out as a competitive dancer at age 4...
2024-12-131h 01
Run The Race#227: Stress-Free Leadership & Learning God's Will, From a Pastor Preaching UnityWe have a lot going on in our world and personal lives these days. Preaching lately about stress-free leadership and stress-free marriages, my guest this week is a Pastor in East AL and West GA who's giving some raw insight on hearing the voice of God (instead of trying to build faith) to help discover His will for your life...helping spiritual leaders in America plus on his numerous missions to Africa...strengthening the church's connection to communities...and why he started the "Unite The Valley" nonprofit that's about to have it's first big leadership event, a month from now...
2024-12-0559 min
Run The Race#226: Giving Thanks to the Lord as a Thanksgiving TraditionHappy Thanksgiving! As you're traveling, or before/after you eat, check out this special and shorter episode of the "Run The Race" podcast that you can also subscribe to.
I talk about the origins of Thanksgiving - which involve President Lincoln wanting us to use the new holiday to acknowledge God first. It's a holiday that's about much more than food and football (those are great too). You'll also hear, on this pod, some insight on giving thanks as a spiritual discipline...what the Bible says about thankfulness (Psalms, Thessalonians) and how it's tied directly to God...being grateful being...
2024-11-2814 min
Run The Race#225: Strength Coach Wants You To Be "Mr. Health & Fitness" (Magazine He Competed To Be In)This almost 63-year-old strength and conditioning coach has helped people get stronger, faster, lose weight for 30+ years. And this year, he finished 3rd in his age division in a competition for "Mr. Health & Fitness" and try to be featured in that magazine.
(2:05) Richard Berklin - also an elementary PE teacher in Columbus GA - first talks about the importance of being fit, toned at an age. He talks goals and food when he first meets potential clients. That got us talking about nutrition and even moderation over the holidays, including those "cheat days." (8:25) This big strong guy also talks about...
2024-11-2140 min
Run The Race#224: Exercising With No Excuses, CrossFit Gym Owner Tackles Triathlons & Functional FitnessA few weeks out from Thanksgiving and with all the holiday parties/travel coming up, is exercising a priority for you? My guest this week on the podcast (go subscribe) has some wisdom for you when it comes to fitness, health, plus nutrition, leadership! She is a Crossfit gym owner, an accomplished athlete with Ironmans and triathlons, also a city council member in Columbus GA.
(2:09) Joanne Cogle wants to help people get 1% better every day. If you have excuses about working out, she says there's no time like the present to do it. If you're waiting to be good enough...
2024-11-1457 min
Run The Race#223: Warriors Set Free By God and Inspiring a New Song About Combat War VetI talked to a war veteran in Cusseta GA who survived 4 combat deployments, including one of the most famous battles from the War in Afghanistan. On the heels of darkness he also went through off the battlefield, this Army hero helped write a semi-autobiographical song "Warriors Set Free" that's now been adopted by a nonprofit for veterans based in West Georgia.
(1:25) I give a quick faith-based take on politics on the Presidential election results, then (5:21) you'll hear most of the acoustic version of that song "Warriors Set Free" performed by singer/songwriter and fellow Army vet Tim Maggart. Hear the...
2024-11-0745 min
Run The Race#222: Completing The Chicago Marathon, Adventures Before/During the World MajorWhat’s it like to run one of the biggest races in the world, The Chicago Marathon? You’re about to find out. Subscribe to this podcast for stories of fitness and faith, like this race recap.
This was several firsts for me: 1st World Major marathon…and as a charity runner for a race…and first time as an adult tourist in Chicago! I was one of the more than 52,000 people, a record number, to finish the 2024 Chicago Marathon. Listen to this “Run the Race” episode to hear about the inspiration (like singing “Amazing Grace” with 1,000 other runners) pre-marathon…the logistics of t...
2024-10-2227 min
Run The Race#221: How End Times Production "Judgment Journey" Is Saving Souls From HellAre we in the End Times or will we be soon? In it's 24th year, a popular and professional outdoor production called "Judgment Journey" is relaunching (after 4 years gone during/after Covid) in Georgia. It depicts what the Bible foretells about the Rapture to the Tribulation. On this pod episode, hear what this special event is all about, leading to thousands of lives transformed.
(4:00) David Barr leads the final conversion portion of "Judgment Journey" that takes place at Faith Baptist Church in Lagrange GA, which 3,000 people attended on its first two nights. There are 6 more opportunities, the next Fridays and...
2024-10-1750 min
Run The Race#220: Pro Kayaker Helping With Hurricane Helene Relief, Using Skills & Faith in NCAs Hurricane Milton heads straight for Florida, and we pray for the people in its path, our guests on the podcast this week is a family that took a trip from East Alabama up to Western North Carolina to use God's love and kayaking...to help with search and rescue, meeting basic needs like food, and more in the wake of the devastation from Hurricane Helene. Subscribe to "Run the Race" for inspiring stories of faith and fitness.
(5:13) That includes a world class kayaker who turned pro at age 15. Now 21 years old, Mason Hargrove talks about what he and a...
2024-10-091h 02
Run The Race#219: From Fed Prison To Pastor, Helping us PRESS IN to God and Worship to Start WorkdayAfter spending nearly 15 years in federal prison, this former longtime drug addict got his freedom and became a pastor for a home church and a nonprofit recovery program that is connected to a business in East Alabama. His is one of many inspiring success stories of faith and fitness that you'll hear on this "Run The Race" podcast.
(2:45) Pastor Chris Cloud first chats with me about the effectiveness and encouragement from having worship before work, which is what dozens of men do every early weekday morning at a company called Abel Electric in Salem, AL. He's one of a few...
2024-10-0153 min
Run The Race#218: Paralympian Lost His Foot in War, Fought To Stay in the Army & Compete in ParisA little more than a decade after getting blown up by an IED during the War in Afghanistan, this Army sharpshooter competed in his second Paralympics. Back from Paris, he joined us on the "Run the Race" podcast to tell his inspiring story and with some wisdom on resilience.
(3:31) SSG Kevin Nguyen first tells us about his combat injury as a 20-year-old soldiers...making the decision for doctors to amputate and (15:11) what it's like being an amputee...facing fitness challenges to be able to stay in the Army...(23:25) how he ended up being a competitive shooter, competing at the Tokyo 2020...
2024-09-2559 min
Run The Race#217: Running With Team World Vision (Soon) In Chicago For Christian Cause Combatting Global Poverty3+ weeks from now, I'll be running my first "world major," the Chicago Marathon...and doing it for a meaningful cause making a difference around the world. In this episode, you'll learn about training for a 26.2 mile race...facing a fitness challenge for a cause that matters to you, like partnering with Team World Vision...what the Christian humanitarian organization does to help conquer poverty and the global water crisis...and how our guest got this job with the nonprofit after surrendering her career to God.
Here's where you can donate to help with my charity entry to the Chicago Marathon...
2024-09-1952 min
Run The Race#216: Pastor Who Formerly Identified as Homosexual Gets Real on LGBTQ, Church, Temptations, JesusDebate involving LGBTQ is often divisive in our nation and churches these days. This week's podcast guest is a pastor and missionary who says he formerly identified as homosexual, but an encounter with Jesus a dozen years ago set him on a new journey! He talks about his trauma growing up...that major transition, spiritually and sexually...helping churches and also others in the LGBTQ community...getting married to a woman...and ministering to people through the "Rainbow Journey" movement.
After taking a quick look at what the Bible says about homosexuality and how Christians can respond to gay friends, (6:40...
2024-09-121h 07
Run The Race#215: GA Strongman Winner Breaks Down His Workouts & Meals, Heading Into NationalsThe winner of Georgia's Strongest Man competition towered over me in our chat for this podcast...which you really should subscribe to, like, follow. Columbus GA native Trotter Barringer, who is now headed to Strongman nationals, gives us his regiment for the gym, nutrition, and balance with family/church life.
(3:20) We talk first about how and why he transitioned from basketball and football to powerlifting then Strongman events. Trotter also had advice on strength training (for those who don't always like going to the gym). He says you can study like he did, then gotta put in the work. He's...
2024-09-0550 min
Run The Race#214: Labor Day Weekend Wisdom on Faith Guiding Our Job/Work (Labor)As we head into Labor Day weekend, and the unofficial end of summer, we dive into faith in the workplace for this shorter podcast episode, on the 130th year of this holiday.
I talk about 5 ways faith shapes our work (as written about by Pastor Tim Keller, which I found on the "Faith and Work Movement" website). The focus is on having our identity in Christ instead of our work...what Colossians says about doing what your boss says and working for the Lord and eternal rewards...stealing glory from God with our success...doing the best job we can...
2024-08-3016 min
Run The Race#213: Actor Cameron Arnett Puts Christ Over Career, As "The Forge" Hits TheatersYou'll see a familiar face in the latest Kendrick Brothers film "The Forge," hitting theaters just as this podcast episode comes out. Cameron Arnett, named Actor of the Year in 2020 by the International Christian Film and Music Festival, opens up to me about the lessons of discipleship and God's empowerment from this new movie...Christian morality causing him to leave acting but then getting back into it...his "Christ over Career" movement...filmmaking in Georgia, and more. Make sure to subscribe to "Run The Race."
After introducing our guest and (3:53) giving you a taste/preview of the trailer of "The...
2024-08-2233 min
Run The Race#212: New Olympic Silver Medalist Follows Her Dreams, While Teaching Fellow Army ShootersWith the Paris Olympics wrapping up just a few days ago, this week's special guest is a Silver medalist (she even let me try on the medal, with is kinda heavy). She talks about beating the best shooters in the world...how the Army and fitness and mental work prepared her...how she got into shooting and why she joined the military...and more.
(5:37) Staff Sgt. Sagen Maddalena, an instructor/shooter in the US Army Marksmanship Unit on Fort Moore GA for the last 5 years, just got back from Paris. She goes in-depth on the 3 events she competed in, including...
2024-08-1439 min
Run The Race#211: Longtime Pro-Israel Pastor's Wisdom For Christians About War And The Jewish PeopleAs concerns grow about war against Israel escalating even more in the Middle East, with major attacks expected from Iran, our latest guest on this podcast is a man who's traveled hundreds of thousands of miles to and from the Holy Land for the past few decades. He has advice for Christians about what to do in the midst of this war in Israel. He also talks about what could happen next in the Holy Land...the relationship between Jews and Christ-followers...what it was like being a hippie rock star in the 1970's and part of the "Jesus Revolution"...
2024-08-0858 min
Run The Race#210: Sleepless in Seattle Before Running Marathon (Downhill) in the Pacific NorthwestA few days ago, I ran a marathon in state #29. Check out "Run the Race" to hear how it went before, during, and after the Pacific Northwest race near Seattle. Best part was sharing the experience with our son, who cheered me on at the finish line. The title of this episode references one of my favorite movies, from decades ago, because I got less than 3 hours of sleep before trying to run the 26.2 miles fast.
I talk about the epic concert - with 3 superstars - that led to that lack of sleep...traveling from Georgia to Washington state, then...
2024-08-0126 min
Run The Race#209: Going For Olympics Decathlon Then Surviving Cancer, Spud Still Serves God and Runs FastHe almost made it on Team USA for two different Olympics, in events that many say make up the best athlete in the world: the decathlon. In this episode of the "Run the Race" podcast - which you can easily subscribe to - I talk to Spud Alford about training for Olympic dreams for almost a decade, a battle with cancer where they gave him 6 months to live (40+ years ago), prayers of healing, God radically changing his life, creating board games revolving around sports, and chasing a world record involving sprint speed even now at nearly 70 years old.
(4:57) Spud talks...
2024-07-261h 02
Run The Race#208: From Burnout To Solo Run Across GA, Cheyenne Hit Breaking Points And Kept GoingYears after burning out from competitive running, a former running store manager gutted through 277.2 miles in 4+ days to complete the solo Run Across Georgia, from Tybee Island to Columbus (where she lives). She takes us through the ins and outs of that immense challenge on this "Run The Race" episode, along with what she did about burnout and divorce after being a fast cross country runner in college...helping other runners...and connections with the community, the outdoors.
(3:16) Cheyenne Greenside, a Washington state native, thought "Why Not?" with the epic Run Across GA, seeing fellow runners in Columbus do it. (8:00...
2024-07-171h 02
Run The Race#207: Working Out with Commanding General Who Sees Fitness as Army Top PriorityThe Army focuses on fitness, and they can teach us all some things. A week after Independence Day, there will be a big changing of the guard on Fort Moore. But before that, I went to the Army post in West Georgia for a workout with the outgoing Commanding General, before his next mission in his 32+ year military career. He also had a lot to say for this podcast, so go ahead and subscribe to it.
(5:10) First, I give a recap of my 1 hour of exercises with the General on a humid early morning in Georgia - included pullups, planks...
2024-07-0929 min
Run The Race#206: "The Voice" Winner Huntley Leans Into God, Music, Singing For SoldiersHe just won season 24 of "The Voice" several months ago, the popular talent competition on NBC and now HUNTLEY joins me on the podcast as he prepares to perform on Fort Moore, near me in Georgia, for their Independence Celebration, a free event open to the public on Saturday June 29, which starts at 4pm. He has a lot to say about God and faith, music and his quick path to fame, family history and support for the military!
(3:50) You'll hear some of his performance, that he posted on Instagram, of "Open The Eyes of My Heart," a Christian worship song...
2024-06-2628 min
Run The Race#205: Pastors' Wives Trio Tell All on Church Stereotypes, Identity, Tattoos, Their Pod/BookPastors' wives have a lot of pressure on them. My first ever trio of guests on "Run The Race" (subscribe to it) know this all too well. These women in Columbus GA are now being very open about their lives, with humor and honesty, in a new book and on a podcast they've been hosting for the past 4 years.
(3:28) Jessica Taylor, Jenna Allen and Stephanie Gilbert are focused on breaking down walls within the church and crushing pastors wifey stereotypes. They first chat with me about the struggles and joys of being in ministry and being married to a pastor...
2024-06-1959 min
Run The Race#204: Powerful Stories of Fitness, Faith, Running, Mental Health, Movies & More (Best Of)It's an extravaganza of wisdom and inspiration related to fitness and faith! This "Best Of" episode of the RUN THE RACE podcast features snippets from 33 guests that have been on this show, about half from the past 2 years. Subscribe and tell your friends about this pod. Buckle up! Here's a quick rundown of who you'll hear from about running...reality shows and science...spreading faith...music and movies...overall health...different sports...turning to God in adversity...long races like across Georgia...and mental health:
(5:50) Lee L'Oste Brown on his Moab 240 mile race in Utah
(8:30) How retired Marine COL Hank...
2024-06-141h 35
Run The Race#203: Mainly Marathons Co-Race Director Inspired By Runners All Over the USA, Setting RecordsSome people want to see as much as they can of America. Some people want to run marathons or other distances in all 50 states (like me). My guest for this episode of "Run The Race" helps people do both in a "loony" way. make sure to like/follow/subscribe to the podcast!
(6:23) Former mental health counselor Daniel Rueckert and his brother Jesse from Minnesota are co-owners and race directors for "Mainly Marathons" - through which I've run 5 of my last 10 marathons (including some doubles you can hear about in my eps #180 and 202). He says it's exciting and exhausting to see...
2024-06-0454 min
Run The Race#202: Running My Marathon Double In Midwest (Races Recap From Nebraska & Iowa)What's it like running marathons on back-to-back days? I'm going to tell you. For the second time in the last 6 months, I did just that, running a 26.2 mile race in different states, one day apart. This time, it was in Nebraska and Iowa - putting me at 28 states so far in the journey of running a marathon in all 50 states.
in this shorter pod episode, I recap those fun races through the Mainly Marathons Prairie series. Give it a listen to hear more about my training miles leading up to the Midwest...the loops and quirks of these races...praising...
2024-05-2225 min
Run The Race#201: Army Amputee & Kickboxer Puts Prayer First To Heal Vets, Marriages, HimselfOn this National Day of Prayer, Retired Army Corporal Josh McCart is talking about how faith in Jesus helped save and heal him after a bomb in Iraq left him without part of his arm, angry at God for years. He opens up about the darkness and what changed his life/marriage for the better. He also talks about losing a lot of weight and competing in big kickboxing competitions (yes, with one hand). Go right now and subscribe to "Run The Race" for inspiring conversations like this one about faith and fitness,
(3:33) Hear the scary story about the IED...
2024-05-0249 min
Run The Race#200: Lazarus Lake Walking Across America, After Legend Led Historic Barkley MarathonsOn this episode #200, we have a special repeat guest: famous race director Lazarus Lake (real name: Gary Cantrell), as he walks across America! He talks about the ins and outs of that walk 3,000 miles across America...the most grueling footrace in the world, the historic Barkley Marathons event that just happened and that he's led for nearly 4 decades, where they just had their first ever female finisher...and virtual racing that's still around, like an event he helped create that allows anyone in the world to join him on this transcon.
After a quick flashback to May 2020 when I asked...
2024-04-251h 00
Run The Race#199: Police Are Fit Too - Army Vet & Officers Aim to Run Across Georgia As a Relay TeamSome people may not think of law enforcement and fitness together, but that may be a misconception as our guest on the pod this week is one example of a police officer that’s in good shape. Now, he and coworkers are about to do a relay run across the state of Georgia – which he talks about on this episode! We also discuss why he started and has continued running (even through injury)…how health and fitness can be a big part of our family and legacy…what he learned from the Army, CrossFit…and his Christian faith through dangers on the for...
2024-04-1852 min
Run The Race#198: Coaching Golf Next To The Masters and Pro Tips on Strength/Mental TrainingIt's the most popular golf tournament and one of the biggest sporting events in the world! With this episode coming out one day before The Masters 2024 tournament begins, I'm talking with a golf coach who works in the same city as that event...about golf fitness...strength and mental training for sports...his evolution from a young golfer in South Africa to a player then coach in the USA...and he give insight on hot topics about some of the biggest names at The Masters.
(2:55) Augusta University (GA) Director of Golf and Men's Golf Head Coach Steven Paine and I...
2024-04-1047 min
Run The Race#197: Keeping the Faith After Easter; Discipleship From a Lost Man Turned Longtime PastorEaster has come and gone...so what's next? That's what I asked a Georgia pastor who's been a faith mentor for me. We also talk on this podcast (make sure to subscribe) about his path to the Lord...5 decades in ministry...a recent tag team sermon with his son on the unlikely...the utter importance of discipleship...how sports can bring people to church...and more.
(5:00) Pastor Mike McBride has been in ministry for 49 years, nearly 3 decades of that as a lead pastor of Trinity Temple Assembly of God in Columbus GA, where he married my wife and I, almost 24...
2024-04-0258 min
Run The Race#196: Numbers Matter in Life, Running (Just Set My Long Distance Record) and March MadnessNumbers matter...or do they? On this shorter solo episode, I dive into the important numbers that apply to our fitness, faith and life. That includes a race recap of the farthest distance I've ever run at one time.
There are a lot of numbers associate with the NCAA Tournament that just started, aka "March Madness," with 68 men's basketball teams - womens teams too - trying to make it to the Sweet 16 and elite 8 and Final Four. There are plenty of statistics that matter in sports too, but do they really determine who wins?
Numbers are everywhere - our age...
2024-03-2122 min
Run The Race#195: Following Footsteps of Jesus with Israel Guide & Filmmaker (New Movie)A few weeks out from Easter, we're talking to one of the men behind a new film about walking where Jesus walked, where he died and rose again. I also chat with Pastor Bob Rognlien about leading deeper pilgrimage trips to Israel...using the "Way of Jesus" to equip leaders and missionaries in the Middle East and beyond...and especially their almost-released documentary.
(3:45) We start with how the 90 minute movie "Following the Footsteps" came about and how it gives a taste of what it's like to go where Jesus authentically was. This retired Luthern Pastor, who's been to Israel close...
2024-03-1453 min
Run The Race#194: Worship Professor is LOCKED ON Basketball, Jesus, Tar Heels, PodcastingAs we close out the month of February, it's time to look forward to "March Madness" and some exciting basketball. A man who talks about the sport in the daily podcasts he hosts is my guest this week. A worship arts college professor by day...we talk about sports helping people get to know Jesus...controversial court storming lately in college basketball...his passion for music ministry...our favorite team UNC, and more.
(2:35) Isaac Schade, host of "Locked on College Basketball" (and same one for the Tar Heels too), talks about why people love the sport, the parity, and why...
2024-02-2957 min
Run The Race#193: This Girl & Her Dog Want You To Have Fun With Fitness, Volunteering, CyclingThis week's podcast guest has some motivation for you to try things you've never done before, as she just started something new called "A Girl And Her Dog." Listen to our chat to hear more about how sports can bond canines and people (and also helped her lose 50 pounds), plus how "Run For God" lit a fire for this TriColumbus GA volunteer coordinator...how you can get a ton out of helping out at races...and this environmental scientist's love for cycling leading to an upcoming 50+ mile bike ride out West for a good cause. Make sure to subscribe to...
2024-02-2255 min
Run The Race#192: Survivor Contestant's Faith Tested In Her Love Story & Cancer BattleWith the new season of Survivor premiering soon - one of the most popular TV programs and reality shows of all time - a former contestant from Alabama shares about how she got on the show and what it was really like on the island. On this Valentine's Day, this mom and ministry leader also very open about her 2nd chance love story with her now-husband...a recent cancer battle that made her question God...and why experiencing faith is so important.
(5:15) Krista Klumpp Russell describes having to break her own heart with her high school sweetheart Blake, when he...
2024-02-141h 07
Run The Race#191: Health Club Guru's PUSH For You To Sneak Up On Fitness + Prioritize PrayerCharlie Lindsey has spent the last 50 years in the health and fitness industry - having owned, operated or overseen the management of more than 200 health clubs! This bodybuilding expert and former Alabama bench press record holder and Ironman talks on this episode about keys and different ways to get fit at an age, physically and spiritually! Make sure to subscribe to the "Run The Race" podcast too.
(2:35) Charlie says you can be in shape, take care of your family, and love God all at the same time. How do you stay motivated to keep going to the gym, beyond the...
2024-02-0749 min
Run The Race#190: Ultra Running Randy Overcomes Major Injuries to Complete His First 100 MilerIf you think huge goals are unattainable or you're not good enough, so did this week's guest on the "Run The Race" podcast. More than a decade after this abused young man was a cocaine addict and homeless...he's focused on his Christian walk and long distance running, having recently completed his first 100 mile race...but there's pain on the way to the finish line for fitness and faith.
(2:46) I first talked with Randy Murphy, father of 3 in Alabama and new endurance runner, about how we can all overcome injuries as amateur athletes. It's bound to happen. 2 years into his...
2024-02-0159 min
Run The Race#189: Marathon & Music in Louisiana, Food & Fun in New Orleans Before/After RunningEver been to New Orleans or Louisiana? First time for me, and on this shorter episode, I break down what it was like running the Louisiana Marathon in Baton Rouge...plus all the sights, music, and food in New Orleans before and after the race. You'll hear some of those bands too on the pod. Make sure to subscribe to "Run The Race" for more inspiring, fun talk on fitness and faith!
It was a marathon in state #26 for me, my 3rd fastest 26.2 mile race so far, in almost 8 years of running races this distance. After running through local neighborhoods...
2024-01-2421 min
Run The Race#188: Kingdom Economics & Managing Money God's Way, From a Female Financial TeacherWe all want more money, but are you managing your finances properly now, the way the Bible directs us? What are your family's economic goals for this New Year? This Alabama native, mom of 4, and 4th generation entrepreneur has some expert advice on budgets, saving, giving, what God says about money, and "kingdom economics."
(3:40) Charline Oworu will be teaching free sessions on blueprints and "Financial Foundations for Building Your Year" this Saturday afternoon, January 20, at the Columbus GA public library on Macon Road. What does God and money have to do with each other? Charline describes what Kingdom Economics is...
2024-01-1852 min
Run The Race#187: How You Can Be Serving Christ in The Community (Like Mike Gaymon On A Mission)"Serving Christ in the Community" is the longtime slogan (and jingle) of the nonprofit Valley Rescue Mission, which our guest Mike Gaymon came out of retirement to help lead nearly a year ago, as President/CEO. He has some advice for you about getting rid of the stuff/hurt in your ditch...faith where you're at, like at your job...how a good economy can be ministry...and following callings to serve God and others! Make sure to subscribe to this podcast too.
(3:05) Gaymon, who was the top leader at the Chamber of Commerce in several states for nearly 40 years (26...
2024-01-091h 01
Run The Race#186: Turbo Through 2024 with Grit, God, Grace to Hit Fitness & Faith GoalsIt's now 2024! Make any New Year's Resolutions? I didn't either. We can always make goals - now and later this month/year. How do we make them stick? Why do we want to improve, physically and/or spiritually? I have some expert analysis on going after your dreams, big and small, with some important tools.
Hear what grit is and several steps on how to have more of it in your life. Being gritty will help you bypass excuses and push past the tough times. One blogger also says, instead of chasing self-improvement, we should pursue faithfulness. What does that...
2024-01-0322 min
Run The Race#185 "Pate State" College Football Host's Predictions + Success, Faith, SEC, WorkoutsJust days away from some of the biggest sporting events of the year, college football playoff and bowl games, our guest gives us some expert analysis on some of them...and quick predictions! The host of the popular, national show "Late Kick Live with Josh Pate" also has plenty to say about "grinding" and working hard to achieve dreams, promoting faith and God in subtle ways, SEC football culture, and finding time to workout - even at top notch gyms at big universities.
(5:39) Josh Pate, who's from West Georgia and got his start in broadcasting here, had a homemade show...
2023-12-271h 05
Run The Race#184: Christmas Music To Help You Smile, Believe, Laugh, Sing AlongMerry Christmas to you and your family! As you travel to and from different places to celebrate...as you do holiday shopping...as you clean up your house for guests...give a listen to these almost 20 songs, many of them holiday classics....so this is like an hour long album!
We've done the J&J Christmas Music Extravaganza the last two Decembers, with my co-host on those episodes, music producer & singer-songwriter Justin Belew - in the studio he owns, Bibb City Sound in Columbus GA. This special pod has many of those duets and solos by us + special guests. There...
2023-12-221h 01
Run The Race#183: How This Marine Colonel Runs Weekly Marathons, Even After Brain SurgeryAfter serving in the Marine Corps, this week's "Run The Race" guest may not be active duty but he's extremely active, aiming to run 50 marathons this year alone. How does he do it at almost 70 years old? Listen to find out, and make sure to subscribe to this pod for inspiring stories about fitness and faith!
(4:38) Colonel (Ret) Hank Donigan - who joined me from Honlulu after his latest 26.2 mile marathon there - first talked about continuing to run even amidst brain surgery this past summer. He talks the benefits of running for our overall health and stress, helping people...
2023-12-131h 05
Run The Race#182: Platinum Singer Mark Schultz Shares Stories on Christian Music, Adoption, BikingPlatinum-selling Christian singer-songwriter Mark Schultz, who's had ten number 1 hits, has been a storyteller through music for many years. On this episode, he shares stories about his life, songs and growing family. (1:25) We start with a taste of one of his popular songs "Remember Me."
(5:33) Mark discusses how he got into music, without piano lessons, and thanks to those jingles on TV commercials. Even as a kid, he dreamed of performing for big audiences and just wanted his songs to be on the radio. He discovered the power of music in stirring emotions. Now, he continues traveling the USA, playing...
2023-12-051h 01
Run The Race#181: Alabama Football Chaplain Tackles Iron Bowl, Faith in the NFL, Playing for BearWe have a lot to be THANKFUL for. Thank you for listening to this podcast. Hope it inspires you and that you subscribe to "Run The Race." People will watch a lot of football before, during and after Thanksgiving feasts. This week's guest knows a lot about that sport...and faith in God!
(2:58) He's the current University of Alabama football team Chaplain, who was an All-American defensive back for the Tide under Coach Bear Bryant, and went on to play 6 seasons in the NFL. My chat with Jeremiah Castille opens up with his take on the Iron Bowl, this Saturday's...
2023-11-2237 min
Run The Race#180: Running 2 Marathons in 2 Days in 2 States (Double The Fun For Me)I completed the challenge, finishing 2 marathons (26.2 mile races) in 2 consecutive days in 2 states (New Mexico and Colorado). This shorter podcast episode is a fun recap of those races and the travel to the Southwest U.S.
Check out the episode to hear about my higher volume training to take on this challenge...being halfway through the 50 state challenge now...crossing the same bridge 24 times in my Farmington NM race...extreme cold and hot soaking (aka Purgatory) for quick recovery between marathons...great people and food spread with the organizers Mainly Marathons...fighting elevation (5500 feet above sea level) and mental fatigue...
2023-11-1421 min
Run The Race#179: Longtime Fitness Instructor & Cancer Survivor Wants You Boxing And MovingAfter being a fitness instructor for nearly two decades and a mom for almost that long, add entrepreneur to this woman's resume as she wants you to glove up for some boxing group workouts to get in shape! This all comes years after she beat cancer. And she's got some advice to help you get moving.
(2:53) Helena Coates has been leading group fitness classes since 2005. She talks about why she's so passionate about being in the gym and helping others...wanting to look a certain way, enjoying the community, but also the way fitness makes her feel through the ups...
2023-11-0255 min
Run The Race#178: Why Running, How I Train for Marathons, Podcast Origins (Flashback)I talk to other people every week on this podcast, about fitness and faith. This episode, you'll get to hear a lot about my journey of running and walk with God.
(2:53) In Spring of 2020, three years ago, veteran podcast host Denny Krahe had me on his show, and vice versa (links to both below).
He got me to open up about my favorite running/race distance, the ins and outs of my training for marathons. (15:10) In this conversation with Denny aka Diz, I also talk about how I got started in running and eventually moved to the challenge of trying...
2023-10-2659 min
Run The Race#177: Army Chaplain Scores Goals in Soccer, Ministry And Military Family LegacyLong before his careers in soccer, the ministry, and Army...Retired Major Chris Cairns had deep roots of faith and military, including 106 years of unbroken active duty service in his family. We talk about all that in this episode, plus how his bringing a pro soccer team to the city in Georgia where he grew up and played the sport.
(5:30) Chaplain Cairns first talks about his historic family legacy in the US Army, joining the service late at the age of 40, then serving soldiers and families as chaplain for a decade (after 18 years working for faith-based non profits). (9:13) He says...
2023-10-1856 min
Run The Race#176: Heart Doctor Champions Exercise & Mind-Body Connection For Your HealthWill exercise help you live longer or can you push yourself too hard that it can lead to heart issues? We talk about that and much more with the only trained specialist in both heart failure and pulmonary hypertension in the Chattahoochee Valley (West GA, East AL). The doctor also dives deep into the mind-body connection.
(2:07) Dr. Hunter Champion, of Southeastern Cardiology in Columbus GA, first talks about how exercise or lack of impacts your heart, which can lead to good or bad thickness of the heart. He celebrates the process of trying to get healthier vs. the numbers of...
2023-10-1159 min
Wiregrass Daily News SportsBen Stanfield of WTVM and ESPN+ Talks Troy and Auburn FootballToday Phillip Jordan welcomes Ben Stanfield, WTVM in Columbus and ESPN+, to talk Troy and Auburn football. You should remember Ben from his time in the Wiregrass at WDHN and WTVY (TV). He is now the color analyst for the Troy football broadcasts on ESPN+. Phillip and Ben talk about the Trojans impressive 28-7 win over Georgia State, his analysis of the Trojans through five games, and previews the game with Arkansas State this weekend. Ben also gives his thoughts on the Auburn Tigers and Hugh Freeze.
2023-10-051h 20
Run The Race#175: Lifting God's Name With Billboards, Home Church, Finances, Abortion ActivismThis Georgia couple started Billboards for Jesus earlier this year to "hold the Lord's banner over the city of Columbus." On this podcast that you should subscribe to...the small business owners, home church pastors, and grandparents talk about those ads for God, plus other hot topics like financial wellness and abortion, which they did themselves when they got pregnant 4 decades ago.
(5:25) Tim and Angie Hollis talk about the origins of https://billboardsforgod.square.site/, why they're doing this, and what Bible scriptures inspired them to put the 8-9 rotating billboards all over Columbus GA. The cost to do this...
2023-10-0553 min
Run The Race#174: Good Night SLEEP Tight, How & Why to Get More Rest - Especially AthletesDo you get enough sleep? Probably not. On this shorter Friday "Food for Thought" podcast episode, I talk about the importance of sleep in rest for your health and your performance as a runner or athlete in any sport.
On this pod, you'll hear some stats about the # of hours of sleep you're supposed to get...the health risks if you get too little or too much sleep...what the Bible says about rest...the 5 ways sleep can make you a stronger runner that doesn't get sick as often...5 tips for developing better sleep habits...what doctors say about how...
2023-09-3021 min
Run The Race#173: Balancing Business and Jesus, This GM and Pastor is the "King of High 5s"This week's guest on "Run The Race" wears numerous hats, including general manager of a business in Georgia and pastor and husband and friend. Make sure to subscribe to this podcast for weekly conversations about faith and fitness!
(4:18) Tyrone Baskin, known as the "king of high 5s" at his job, has worked for Two Men and a Truck (moving company) for 17 years, working his way up to be GM. We talk about spreading joy with the power of human touch, before and after the Covid pandemic. We are are all broken but are not meant to live a life of...
2023-09-2143 min
Run The Race#172: Ultra Runner Hopes To Save Lives With 444 Mile Challenge, Years After His Suicide AttemptIt's a huge challenge in September, Suicide Awareness Month. My guest for this episode of "Run The Race" knows how pain and failure can make you feel like giving up on life, but he wants to provide hope, in part through his upcoming longest run ever.
(3:20) Phil Parsons, a combat infantry veteran and ultra runner and husband/dad, is planning to go 444 miles on foot, running or walking that distance over the course of 11 days, all to raise awareness and funds for suicide prevention, especially among vets: https://pledgeit.org/natr.
What's his training been like for the 444 that will...
2023-09-131h 01
Run The Race#171: Army Vet Rucking For 9/11 Heroes and Helping Other Veterans HealSoon, we will mark 22 years since the September 11 horrific attack on America. My guest on this episode is leading an event honoring 9/11 heroes and the soldiers that have died fighting in wars since then. And this veteran is also rucking his way to better mental health.
After I give a quick recap of my new (fastest) 5K PR at a midnight race, then what Tim Tebow told myself and a crowd in GA, (6:00) we get to know SSG (Ret) Lee Rollins! He talks about where he was - as a young soldier - on September 11, 2001...eventually deploying to Iraq, Afghanistan...
2023-08-3056 min
Run The Race#170: Redeemed Men (Like Tim Tebow) Open Up About Struggles, Faith, Fatherhood, MarriageTime to get real, men. And on this episode, I've got 2 guys that lead "The Redeemed" ministry in Columbus GA to help us to that. They're also hosting a big men's event this week featuring former football superstar Tim Tebow!
(3:35) Former Aflac President Paul Amos, founder of this charity, and Nate Dewberry, director of "The Redeemed," sat down with me for an open conversation about how men can support each other and talk about more than just sports...but also challenges, failures, triumphs over struggles. Is sharing your emotions a sign of weakness? How can we be authentic and connect...
2023-08-2350 min
Run The Race#169: New Rock Music With Hope Comes Out of a Pastor's Health Crisis "My Cavernoma"Rock on! My guest this week is a longtime friend who's now in Kentucky and just released his first solo album, full of songs about overcoming and hope related to his health crisis and almost dying during brain surgery. He doesn't label it Christian rock, but hopes the music reaches the lost and nonbelievers. As you'll hear later in this podcast (which you should subscribe to), he's also passionate about mental health which is part of his current job.
(3:04) After a taste of his music on the pod, we hear from Eric Bivens, who was in full time ministry almost...
2023-08-1655 min
Run The Race#168: Breast Cancer Survivor Cycling 240 Miles To Take Her Life & Body BackShe survived breast cancer - twice! And now she's on a team that's getting on bikes for a cross-country ride to raise money for cancer research, taking us inside her fitness training and faith mindset for next month's big challenge.
(2:15) Susan Glisson starts by telling us how this former swimmer and softball player got into cycling, including an Ironman. Her second bout with cancer prompted her to put the bike down 8 years ago, but she picked it back up this year to take her life and body back from the disease. How does cycling differ from other sports, in terms...
2023-08-0941 min
Run The Race#167: Downhill Running From A Mountain In Utah and Learning About Mormons (LDS Church)This shorter pod episode is a race recap of my latest marathon and also a deeper look at the difference in beliefs between Christians and Mormons (which made up a big population of where we ran). Make sure to subscribe to "Run The Race" to hear more stories about fitness and faith!
Utah was state #23 for running marathons, in the quest to do the 26.2 mile race in all 50 states! I talk about the pizza & prep the day before the Deseret News Marathon, which has been going on more than 50 years in Salt Lake City, You'll also hear how it was...
2023-07-2922 min
Run The Race#166: Brazil Native Brings The Fun to Travel, Theater, Christianity and CrossFitValeria Marto is from Brazil but has lived longer in America now. Since she's been in Georgia, she's bought or started two successful businesses - helping schoolkids communicate through thewater and now giving people opportunities to travel the world. She's passinate about both those, plus her relationship with Jesus, her family, and going to CrossFit gym regularly. We talk about all that on this new episode of "Run The Race."
(3:00) Valeria had humble beginnings in Sao Paulo, Brazil - barely traveling from where she lived. Now, she and her husband run Planet Fun Travel. She talks about how traveling to...
2023-07-2050 min
Run The Race#165: Advice on Diet Meds, Food, Diabetes from Doctor Opening New Weight Loss ClinicGrowing up in India, our guest this week on "Run The Race" is a doctor who's been practicing 41 years, including almost 3 decades in America. As an endocrinologist, he's been helping people live longer especially in Columbus GA, part of the South where there's an epidemic of obesity of obesity and diabetes. As he gets ready to open a new state-of-the-art weight loss, clinic, we hear his life hacks on nutrition, expert advice on weight loss drugs and more on this podcast, which we hope you subscribe to,
(3:22) Dr. Bantwal Suresh Baliga says learning your body stats (on new technology) is...
2023-07-1359 min
Run The Race#164: Successful Streaks for Daily Running and Reading (The Bible)To streak or not to streak? I’m talking about running every day…and the same for reading the Bible, on this shorter episode of the “Run The Race” podcast. My run streak right now is at 400+ days, with a previous best of 750+ (more than 2 years). I’ve read through all of God’s Word before, but just trying the daily streak, at 3 weeks now.
(3:35) First, I’ve got a quick recap of what it was like at my first AJC Peachtree Road Race, the largest 10K in the world, alongside tens of thousands of other runners in Atlanta.
(5:15) Why run every day...
2023-07-0826 min
Run The Race#137: The J & J Christmas Music Extravaganza With Guest Singers (Part 2)We did it again! Listen to this to hear me and friends sing some solos and duets of famous Christmas songs. I joined talented musician Justin Belew at his production studio Bibb City Sound in Columbus GA for part 2 of our J & J Christmas Music Extravaganza, following up on the most popular "Run The Race" episode from the past year (check out #92).
We have a few special guests performing this time around, including my WTVM co-anchor Barbara Gauthier. Subscribe to listen and find all the conversations I have weekly about faith and fitness!
We have some fun with this one...
2022-12-131h 47
Run The Race#52: War Sole Survivor Tells the Story of "Three Wise Men"As America goes through major transitions, a military hero and his co-author are telling a story of family, faith, brotherhood, and sacrifice. Their book "Three Wise Men" just came out.
(5:50) Retired Marine Sgt. Beau Wise and Author Tom Sileo, a former WTVM co-worker, joined me via Zoom for a conversation about the book. It's about Beau losing his 2 brothers in battle, a Navy Seal and Army Green Beret, and how he got the designation of "sole survivor" - the only known American service person to be pulled from combat duty during the nearly 2-decade-long War in Afghanistan, drawing comparisons to "...
2021-01-2049 min
Run The Race#22: Doctor Fighting COVID-19 is Focused on Jesus & the PoorYou don't want to miss my chat with Dr. Grant Scarborough, who took off his haz mat gear and took a break from treating coronavirus patients to be on the "Run The Race" podcast. He leads a ministry called MercyMed, which I recently helped raise money for.
I start the episode (2:35) with how my COVID-19 Miles For Hope run went. It was 150 loops around WTVM (where I work), captured on 4 cameras for Facebook Live, garnering $7,000 in donations so far to help the non-profit clinic to test and treat for the coronavirus. You can still give to this great cause at...
2020-04-2342 min
Run The Race#21: She Runs Marathons While Social Distancing & Anchoring the NewsMake sure to subscribe to the Run The Race podcast. Our guest this week is a TV news anchor/reporter in Birmingham AL who has run a marathon for 17 months in a row, including a special #KeepYourDistance one recently for her birthday. She also talks with us about having God at the center, and what it's like for the media during this coronavirus pandemic.
(2:30) I start our 21st episode with my plans for the COVID-19 Miles For Hope, scheduled for this Monday morning. I'll be running 19 miles solo (proper social distancing) and raising money for MercyMed of Columbus, a non-profit...
2020-04-1738 min
Run The Race#8: Star Wars Faith, Jedi Fitness, and the Christmas StoryNO SPOILERS, but I sat down with Star Wars superfan Derek Kinkade (WTVM chief meteorologist) to do our own version of the famous theme music, then we talk about (2:45) the latest movie "The Rise of Skywalker" (again, #nospoilers) along with spiritual symbolism for THE FORCE - on the big screen, especially with Luke, and for our beliefs in real life.
(9:00) We also dive into the rise and fall of Anakin Skywalker aka Darth Vader (the original chosen one in these films). Derek and I discuss sacrifices made in these movies (14:30) plus the parallels of Star Wars with the Christian faith...
2019-12-2440 min