
The Mile 99 Interview
The Mile 99 Interview podcast is here to support runners and athletes in Northern CA and is a place to keep the community in touch and share stories.
Episodes
181 episodes
Episode 134 - The Road to Western States with Mike Dimond
In this episode of The Mile 99 Interview, we sit down with Mike Dimond, a hometown ultrarunner from Auburn, CA, who just punched his ticket to the 2025 Western States 100—not in the main lottery, but through the ex...
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Season 6
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Episode 134
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55:41

Episode 133 - Trail Work, Advocacy & Dirt-Fueled Passion with Elke Reimer & Tim Tollefson
In this inspiring episode of The Mile 99 Interview, we sit down with two passionate trail stewards: Elke Reimer and Tim Tollefson. You might know Tim for his elite trail running accomplishments, but today, he’s wearing a ...
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Season 6
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Episode 133
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54:14

Episode 132 - Joey Montoya
We had a great time chatting with Joey "Coach" Montoya, local Auburn ultrarunner, football coach and PE teacher at Placer High School. We first met Joey back in episode...
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Season 6
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Episode 132
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56:55

Episode 131 - George Ruiz and 2025 TRT updates
George Ruiz, race director of the Tahoe Rim Trail Endurance Runs, dropped by to talk about the changes for the 2025 race after getting word that a major reconstruction project would prevent the new 100k and popular 100 mile race from occurring ...
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Season 6
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Episode 131
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50:13

Episode 130 - Fourmidable preview with RD Paulo Medina
Fourmidable race director Paulo Medina and original founder of the Mile 99 Interview visited us to go over everything related to this year's race! It's one of the traditional 50k races in the Auburn area to kick another season of trail and ultr...
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Season 6
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Episode 130
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55:44

Episode 129 - Bri Jaskot POST SHOW
Bri hung out for a while after the main show and talked about her White Mountain Traverse FKT from Boundary Peak in Nevada to White Mountain in California - inspiring stuff!She also shared advice for runners whether they are just getting...
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Season 6
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Episode 129
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20:38

Episode 129 - Bri Jaskot
Bri joined us for a fantastic episode where we learned all about her start as a young kid riding her bike and chasing her mom on her runs. She was instinctively drawn to climbing any nearby hill, and this fit well with her future direction in l...
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Season 6
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Episode 129
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58:01

Episode 128 - Todd Woodward
Happy New Year everyone!We caught up with previous guest Todd Woodward as we kick off 2025 after a bit of a break. Todd last joined us in 2024 after his speedy ...
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Season 6
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Episode 128
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55:01

Episode 124 - Ken Michal POST SHOW
After some unexpected time off, the Mile 99 team is back on track and making post show content that was recorded earlier this year available to our audience. We hope you enjoy it and thank you for your continued support!Ken stuc...
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Episode 123 - Todd Woodward POST SHOW
After some unexpected time off, the Mile 99 team is back on track and making post show content that was recorded earlier this year available to our audience. We hope you enjoy it and thank you for your continued support!Todd stu...
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Episode 122 - Doctors JoAnn Ellero and Andy Pasternak POST SHOW
After some unexpected time off, the Mile 99 team is back on track and making post show content that was recorded earlier this year available to our audience. We hope you enjoy it and thank you for your continued support!Doctor J...
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Episode 127 - Catching up with Greg and Jess
Wow, where does the time go?? Hello again everyone, and sorry for being out of touch since our last episode in July before TRT. A lot has happened since then for both of us, and we've missed our trail running community and audience, and we're s...
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Season 5
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Episode 127
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41:47

Episode 126 - George Ruiz and TRT pre-race briefing
Tahoe Rim Trail Endurance Runs race director George Ruiz joined us again this year to dig into all of the last minute details of the race, answer runner and crew questions and get everyone pumped for the race! We got through a ton of informatio...
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Season 5
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Episode 126
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1:10:40

Episode 125 - Craig Thornley and Western States updates
Our favorite guest, Western States race director Craig Thornley, made some time in his extremely busy schedule before the race to join us for some updates and his plans for the rest of the year. Things are slowly getting back to normal after th...
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Season 5
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Episode 125
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58:18

Episode 124 - Ken Michal
Ken Michal joined us for an in-depth conversation about his journey from heavy smoking to his current endeavors at all distances of trail runs as well as long timed events. He recently completed the Pigtails Challenge 200 miler in Washington st...
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Season 5
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Episode 124
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1:02:48

Episode 123 - Todd Woodward
Folsom runner Todd Woodward first discovered road running later in life and then found his true calling of trail and ultrarunning right before the pandemic started in 2020. He has taken an analytical approach to his training, nutrition, strateg...
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Season 5
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Episode 123
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1:05:46

Episode 122 - Doctors JoAnn Ellero and Andy Pasternak
Doctors JoAnn Ellero and Andy Pasternak joined us to talk about how they met in med school, their evolution together as runners and JoAnn's ultimate goal of running Western States happening this June! We've had Dr. Andy on several times in the ...
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Season 5
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Episode 122
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1:09:08

Episode 121 - Canyons Endurance Runs by UTMB pre-race briefing POST SHOW
Things got a little busy for the Mile 99 team after the Canyons pre-race briefing and before the start of the race so this is showing up a little late, but we had some time with Abbey, Sean and Chaz after the show. We delved into talking about ...
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Season 5
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Episode 121
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14:49

Episode 121 - Canyons Endurance Runs by UTMB pre-race briefing
The Canyons Endurance Runs by UTMB are less than a week away, and race directors Chaz Sheya, Abbey Drake and Sean Flanagan joined us to go over all of the late-breaking information and updates needed for runners, pacers, crew members and volunt...
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Season 5
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Episode 121
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1:02:32

Episode 120 - Placer Trail Running Festival pre-race briefing
Join Jessica for this week's episode as she sits down with Ken Krogsrud of Bad Luck Run Club to talk about the second annual Placer Trail Running Festival!Now in its second year, the PTRF offers something for everyone from a 50k race to...
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Season 5
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Episode 120
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58:14
Episode 119 - Ethan Veneklasen and the Broken Arrow Skyrace
Ethan Veneklasen, co-race director of the Broken Arrow Skyrace sat down with us to do a deep dive in the origins of the race, the formation of the team that brings this unique and iconic event to the Tahoe region and how it has grown over the y...
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Season 5
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Episode 119
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1:03:58
Episode 118 - History Expeditions Team and the 2024 Snowshow Thompson Expedition POST SHOW
Bob, Tim, Elke, Jennifer and Hal from the History Expeditions team hung around with us for a bit after the main show and we got the inside scoop on the snoring volume, the ability to ward off coyotes, team jokes and all of the great times spent...
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Season 5
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Episode 118
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13:36

Episode 118 - History Expeditions Team and the 2024 Snowshow Thompson Expedition
The History Expeditions team of Bob Crowley, Tim Twietmeyer, Elke Reimer, Jennifer Hemmen and Hal Hall sat down with us shortly after completing their epic trek from Placerville, CA to Genoa, NV over the course of 5 days.The 2024 expedi...
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Season 5
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Episode 118
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1:26:46

Episode 117 - Way Too Cool 50k pre-race briefing with RD Julie Fingar
In our third and final of three consecutive weeks of pre-race briefings to cover the early season 50k races here in the Auburn area, race director Julie Fingar and special guest Jennifer Maxwell, founder of JAMBAR, joined us to walk through all...
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Season 5
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Episode 117
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1:00:41

Episode 116 - Salmon Falls 50k pre-race briefing with founder Roger Leasure and RD Clint Claassen
In our second of three consecutive weeks of pre-race briefings to cover the early season 50k races here in the Auburn area, race founder Roger Leasure and race director Clint Claassen joined us to talk about the Salmon Falls 50k and new half-ma...
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Season 5
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Episode 116
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56:35
