About this episode
He did it. Bob recaps every gnarly, glorious mile of the Badger 100 — the blisters that bloomed at mile 10 and never quit, a seven-minute dirt nap in the grass, sleep-running while Paul held his hand, hallucinations of giant spiders, Roman aqueducts, and a friendly Pickle Man on the side of the trail. Thirty-plus hours later he crossed the line, collected an "Over 30 Hours" buckle that means more than the regular one, and finally exhaled.
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- May 30, 2026S3·EP 23
Green Bank, Giant Dishes
KJ tours the Green Bank Observatory inside West Virginia's radio-quiet zone (no cell phones, very big dishes) and runs the WV Trail Festival at Snowshoe — fog, a pizza-oven aid station, and a website worth copying. Bob hits Cedar Point and the Field Museum's Pokémon Fossil exhibit while nursing a bone bruise. We do actually talk some about ultrarunning: Cocodona, controversial finishes, running funks, volunteering and finding running joy again. No swimming, no depressing shit. Got a DNF story of your own? Go write it at https://chatdnf.com. You Said 100 Miles has a website: https://yousaid100miles.com Check out the other Team Puma Knife Podcasts at https://www.teampumaknife.com, including Subtle Interference on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Episode Artwork Attribution: NRAO/AUI/NSF, CC BY 4.0 < https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 >, via Wikimedia Commons Theme song courtesy of Pommelsmith — https://pommelsmith.bandcamp.com
- Apr 30, 20262:49:09S3·EP 22
Hyner Recap (or: Bob Wore Two Watches)
Bob and KJ reconvene to recap the Hyner 50K — Paul left it all out there at 6:06, Elliot had a solid day, KJ ran his fastest Hyner ever despite a deeply unwise dive bar pizza the night before, and Bob rolled his ankle at mile 4, kicked the other foot into a rock, ran out of water, and DNF’d at mile 16. Allegedly while wearing two watches. The cake table at the finish line is real, and SOB Hill earned its name. Also on deck: Bob tours the First Division Museum at Cantigny, KJ paces Motivation Theory Running to a big PR at the C&O Canal 100, then walks up the AT to Jefferson’s Rock, lipoprotein(a), KJ pitches a fix the Western States lottery and Bob counters with an Olympic-style qualifier race (held at Hyner, naturally). Bob previews a new feature for ChatDNF that might actually be useful for people to come out soon, maybe. Until then, go write your DNF story at https://chatdnf.com. You Said 100 Miles now has a website: https://yousaid100miles.com 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
- Apr 1, 20262:19:59S3·EP 21
Saunter by the Sea (feat. Jada Freer)
Bob’s back from the Field Museum, KJ has strong opinions about water parks, and special guest Jada Freer joins fresh off running the Badwater Cape Fear 50K to give us the full debrief — hectic travel, dolphin sightings, golf cart navigation failures, and a trail section that was genuinely not built for tall people. Also: Creeper Socks get their moment, bib boards get a serious policy discussion, the Saunter Triple Crown is born, Jada’s safety pin sock system is revealed and immediately causes chaos, Cocodona is moving to a lottery, and KJ is outfitting a Starlink backpack for Badwater 135 crewing duties. If you DNF’d a race and need someone to process it for you, check out ChatDNF.com . Bob built it. It might sting a little. You Said 100 Miles now has a website: yousaid100miles.com Check out the other Team Puma Knife Podcasts at www.teampumaknife.com , including Subtle Interference on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Theme song courtesy of Pommelsmith .