FACING VERT

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Running #220

Welcome to Facing Vert...both on trails and in life. So, what is vert? For all of those in the trail running community, it is short for Vertical Elevation Gain. Basically, it is climbing a mountain, and we have all faced mountains in our lives. This 'vert' may be an upcoming race, or simply getting up the courage to start training for a 5k. Or, this mountain is an obstacle, a burden, a fear that you just want to claw your way up and conquer. These are conversations you will hear about, and I hope they will inspire you to do the impossible and face the impossible with greater hope.

Recent Episodes
  • 067: Hellbender 100 New Course Reveal-Carrie Baris & Brandon Thrower
    Apr 10, 2025 – 01:42:26
  • 066: My Mount Mitchell Heartbreaker 50M Experience-Tara Jordan (yep, me)
    Mar 29, 2025 – 00:48:24
  • 065: Black Canyon 100k-Tim Nooney & Miller Groome
    Mar 15, 2025 – 01:40:41
  • 064: Mount Mitchell Heartbreaker 50 M & 55K-Brandon Thrower
    Feb 27, 2025 – 01:19:55
  • 063: The Fierce Dragon Firestarter 100-Teresa Bowser
    Feb 1, 2025 – 01:16:03
  • 062: Old Fort Strong 24-Hour Experience-Andrew Hall
    Jan 18, 2025 – 01:51:12
  • 061: Hanging Rock Challenge 50K & Half-Brandon Thrower
    Jan 5, 2025 – 01:30:57
  • 060: 1st Female at Grindstone 100-Katti Jackson
    Dec 14, 2024 – 01:31:52
  • 059: Old Fort Strong Endurance Festival-Brandon Thrower
    Nov 30, 2024 – 01:45:21
  • 058: Pisgah Area SORBA Executive Director-Natalie Narburgh
    Nov 15, 2024 – 01:09:14
  • 057: Resilience-Anne George
    Nov 1, 2024 – 01:54:48
  • 056: Finding Strength Through Community-Brandon Thrower
    Oct 19, 2024 – 01:23:31
  • 055: Leadville Trail 100 MTB-Steve Bennett
    Sep 20, 2024 – 01:27:03
  • 054: Table Rock Ultras-Brandon Thrower
    Sep 6, 2024 – 01:05:13
  • 053: UTMB's Lavaredo 120K-Marisa Romeo
    Aug 18, 2024 – 01:45:06
  • 052: Grand-Further Mountain Run-Brandon Thrower
    Aug 2, 2024 – 01:16:23
  • 051: Overcoming Injury & The Mozart 100-Tory Grieves
    Jul 19, 2024 – 01:24:10
  • 050: Pushing To The Edge-Nathan Frantz
    Jun 21, 2024 – 02:05:43
  • 049: Try To Do Things That Are Impossible-Marcus Welker
    Jun 7, 2024 – 01:49:11
  • 048: Ridge To Rails 50k, Half Marathon & 10k-Brandon Thrower
    May 30, 2024 – 01:16:38
  • 047: Sharing Miles On Feet & On Horseback-Carrie Baris
    May 23, 2024 – 01:46:17
  • 046: Releasing The Burden-Teresa Bowser
    May 10, 2024 – 01:39:20
  • 045: Hellbender 100-Brandon Thrower
    May 4, 2024 – 01:37:05
  • 044: MST 100 1st Overall Female-Ally Carlton
    Apr 26, 2024 – 01:22:41
  • 043: 7 Sisters 25K-Brandon Thrower
    Apr 6, 2024 – 01:05:36
  • 042: Mt. Mitchell Heartbreaker 55K-Me, Myself and I
    Mar 29, 2024 – 00:41:26
  • 041: Unstoppable-Tera Pruett
    Mar 16, 2024 – 02:00:23
  • 040: Mount Mitchell Heartbreaker 50M/55K-Brandon Thrower
    Mar 1, 2024 – 01:47:24
  • 039: Life Is A Gift-Rachel Blinn
    Feb 15, 2024 – 01:50:00
  • 038: Do Hard Things-Randy Elliott
    Feb 1, 2024 – 02:21:21
  • 037: Unquestionably, The Art Loeb Queen-Ally Carlton
    Jan 18, 2024 – 01:54:23
  • 036: The Humble Guru of Pisgah-Sheridan Byers
    Jan 5, 2024 – 01:31:46
  • 035: South Mountain Marathons-Brandon Thrower
    Dec 23, 2023 – 01:17:19
  • 034: Lessons Learned-Tim Nooney
    Dec 15, 2023 – 01:13:00
  • 033: 1st Place Female at Looking Glass 100K-Marisa Romeo
    Dec 8, 2023 – 01:02:08
  • 032: Learn To Love The Pain-Logan Anderson
    Dec 1, 2023 – 01:30:04
  • 031: Running In Memory of An Amazing Woman-Heath Ballard
    Nov 17, 2023 – 01:05:18
  • 030: Through The Storm At Grindstone 100-Jordan Tager
    Nov 9, 2023 – 01:13:21
  • 029: A Look Inside The Looking Glass 100K-Brandon Thrower
    Nov 2, 2023 – 01:36:07
  • 028: So Much More Than Muscle-Jordan & Brittany Hutchinson
    Oct 27, 2023 – 02:04:55
  • 027: How A Streak Made Her A Force-Ellie Johnston
    Oct 19, 2023 – 01:31:42
  • 026: Tuning Out the Negativity And Truly Believing-Laurel Awald
    Oct 13, 2023 – 02:08:09
  • 025: Monkeys Shouldn't Be Waving At Me-Sam Reed
    Oct 6, 2023 – 02:10:42
  • 024: The Mythical Creature-Adam Hill
    Sep 28, 2023 – 01:40:38
  • 023: Officially A 100-Mile Grand Slammer-Aaron Saft
    Sep 22, 2023 – 01:46:18
  • 022: I've Not Been Thrown Into Life Until Now-Heath Ballard
    Sep 8, 2023 – 01:58:37
  • 021: Run. Inspire. Conserve.-Brandon Thrower with Tanawha Adventures
    Aug 31, 2023 – 01:57:52
  • 020: 2nd Overall In The Leadville Trail 100 Run-Luke Paulson
    Aug 25, 2023 – 01:41:18
  • 019: Chasing the Challenge & The Coolest Awards-Aaron Saft
    Aug 18, 2023 – 01:45:41
  • 018: Burning All His Stoke and Finding it Again-Tim Nooney
    Aug 10, 2023 – 01:24:33
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