Heat Champion, or We Narrated a Website for 45 Minutes
Bob is officially back to running — gingerly. Coach Claude drew up a twelve-week run-walk plan, the carbon plate has been demoted to his walking shoes, and there's now a barbell in the garage and daily ankle rehab, all in the name of never rolling that ankle mid-race again. Meanwhile KJ is deep in Badwater taper: endless sauna sessions that have earned him a genuine, app-certified Heat Champion belt (cup-holder mods pending), uphill treadmill work, and a Precision Hydration race-day plan he walks us through gram by gram. Then it goes gloriously off the rails. We narrate the Precision Hydration case-study site for what KJ swears is “excellent pod,” mistake a 29029 Everesting event for a “hiking race” and rename it wilderness sauntering, break down the logistics of pacing Badwater two miles at a time, and launch the KJ Pacer Lottery for Eastern States (is there an Alex?). Also: orange Kit Kats vs. Terry's Chocolate Orange, a Hot Topic / Journey's / FYE mall-nostalgia tour, the I Got That On Vinyl website, Starlink rentals for the Badger beer-mile stream, and — after Oak Miller became the first person ever to complain about the show — a hard-fought Jewish-vs-Italian deli debate. Back in a couple of days; see you at Badger. Got a DNF — or a DNOF — story of your own? Go write it at https://chatdnf.com. You Said 100 Miles has a website, with auto-scrolling transcripts Bob spent way too long building: https://yousaid100miles.com — come join the Discord. Check out the other Team Puma Knife Podcasts at https://www.teampumaknife.com, including Subtle Interference on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Theme song courtesy of Pommelsmith — https://pommelsmith.bandcamp.com