Blue Ox Running Podcast | Eau Claire, WI
Wisconsin running stories & insights! Adam and Alicia are a husband-wife team, owners of Blue Ox Running Store, and love to get into all the reasons why people are active. "We're the same, but different" and "fast or slow, LETS GO!" are common themes around the store. While owning and operating their family-owned business in Eau Claire, WI they come across stories of fast runners, slow runners, walkers, and everyone in between. This podcast is here to share those stories, help educate, have fun, and build community (worldwide!) from our little corner of the Midwest. On Wisconsin! MOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
Episodes
Adam & Alicia's Introduction episode. We'll talk through how we arrived at our current spot - owning a running store in Eau Claire, why we love what we do, and why we're excited to start the podcast.
Matt Evans shares more about his community role and how he got there. From Duluth to Eau Claire and 40+ years of running experience Matt Evans lives a full life balancing work, personal, and active life while doing it all with others. Professor of physics and also the Eau Claire Marathon course at the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire, he is often encouraging and pouring into others more than himself.
Local trail & ultra-runner Deana Cantley shares with us her story of resolve and grit battling cancer, depression, and injury while holding running up as a way to recover and deal with everything in the last 20+ years.
We check in from our new recording area with more elbow room - our new front of store lounge! Get to know two of our original Blue Ox Running HERD group run participants as speedsters Alex & Nick share their journey of competitive distance running mixed with severe medical setbacks.
Special 2019 Eau Claire Marathon episode! UW-Eau Claire students help walk us through their marathon weekend experience as we catch up before and after taking part in their very first distance race!
Catch up with all four of us this week as we dive into our year with trail #running! Alicia & Adam (and John!) talk about Afton Trail Run while our guests John & Brian, a father / son team, share of their run across the Grand Canyon ... FOR JOHN'S 60TH BIRTHDAY!!!!
Meet fellow Blue Ox Running HERD member Mike Blazel as we get into fall and talk about running with grief, our very first group run, our favorite running season, and Mike’s first marathon buildup!
Meet some of the crew from Trail Transformation!
Austin, Jake, and Rachel take us through some of their early years and beginners and why they're considered the experts in guiding all sorts of athletes with individualized services. Physical therapy, dietitian services, personalized coaching, running retreats, and more! Trail Transformation is a great asset to us all in Western Wisco...
Adam & Alicia crack the mics to bring you a new #podcast episode talking all things 2020 & COVID. Talking #business, #running, and #personal change with an opportunity to reflect on how nuts it's been for all of us!
We’re back! 2022 brings a new year of successes, challenges, a good time to reboot our podcast, and share how things have been during this strange time of running, business, and more! Adam & Alicia are excited to share the good, the bad, and the ugly as our pandemic-lives continue!
* We're talking all things "out of routine" ... running on vacation and more!
* Guest Alex Rongstad gives us a glimpse of his last 4-5 year journey of running - the highs, lows, almost stopping, a different approach, a sweet project, and what he's doing next!
* Q&A ... get at us at blueox.run/podcast
"I think success in running for me is more longevity and enjoying it." -Alex Wendler
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🎙 New Episode #12 is out of the Blue Ox Running PODCAST! 👉 blueox.run/podcast
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We're recapping Eau Claire Marathon and Grandmas Mar...
🎙 New Episode #13 is out for the Blue Ox Running #PODCAST! 👉 blueox.run/podcast
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Connor and Emma give a unique perspective working for Blue Ox Running, running NCAA track & cross country, juggling school, work, and life after college.
We recorded our 5 year anniversary episode live after a #GroupRun!
We're celebrating five years and our first employee Mary Kane comes to talk about the running industry, group run, and more!
We're back in 2023 talking all things NEW YEAR and WINTER RUNNING!
How do you structure training in the off season? What's actually helpful about #WinterRunning? Embracing the slower / colder #running (and cross training!) and wrapping up with a discussion about tracking all of our data - spreadsheets, Strava, Garmin, notebooks - what's helpful and what's not?
LINKS:
Training Links: https://www.blueoxrunning.com/training
We're talking all things shoes!!! It goes without saying ... we sell (and help!) with shoes. It can be so overwhelming with how the industry and models have changed over the years. We're here to help be a guide for your particular fit and use of active shoes ... running, walking, standing, hiking, all of the above.
We talk about growing older, long days, short years, braces, Bucks, learning a new city (or country!) through running, cultural differences and our rockstar guest Aude!
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We're back with another guest ... one that takes us everywhere! Aude B is adventurous as she is happy. A constant smile at every group run in the area Aude isn't afraid to make Eau Claire her home since the 2020 lockdowns coming from Europe!
We're talking all about how running, walking, and even just moving supports & contributes to our mental health. What is the "icing" and what is "the cake"? How are healthy (and unhealthy) patterns developed and what does it mean to look at our process more than our goals? What does mental toughness mean and how do you endure hard things on the run (or in life)? These are all questions and themes we're asking and talking about this ...
This month we're discussing what it means to have life move fast, grow older, adjust expectations, and what has changed (or stayed the same) in our running journey! Both Adam and Alicia turned 40 years old this year and they each took some time to adventure ... in totally different ways. Join us in processing change and how running / activity can be a great touchpoint for the other things that are actually (much more) important.
It's our 6th birthday episode! Listen (or better yet, watch on YouTube) us recall how crazy, fun, and sometimes incredibly stressful the last six years have been starting a business and growing downtown Eau Claire. Vote for an event you want us to BRING BACK sometime in the next year at the form ... blueox.run/vote
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