Hard Days podcast cover art: an illustrated runner with poles on a mountain trail.

Stories of physical endurance

Hard Days

Conversations with endurance athletes about the hardest day they have had, and what they took from it.

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Recent episodes

  • S2 E04 Riley Superior 100 — her first hundred. 34 hours, in the rain, on the first attempt.
  • S2 E03 Mar North-South Colorado — 650 miles self-supported, for a first prize of three dollars.
  • S2 E02 Joe Vol State 500k — 314 miles across Tennessee, ten years after he could not walk a hundred feet without oxygen.
  • S2 E01 Drew & Chris Ski North Ultra — 100k on cross-country skis, a year after a DNF.

Every episode is on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, including the earlier ones recorded as Trailing Off.

About

Every guest has had a day that nearly took the thing away from them — a race, a route, a finish line they had been working towards for a year. This is a show about those days, and about the much less dramatic reasons people keep going.

Hosted by Ory, a Co-Active coach and five-time 100-mile finisher. More at oryfrazier.com.

Ory elsewhere

Conversations on other people's shows.

  • Leadville 100, ice climbing & inclusive running Everyday Athlete Podcast Network Spotify Apple
  • Doing It Their Way Living An Ultra Life Spotify Apple
  • Ultrarunner & ice climber CUSS Running Spotify Apple
  • Meet the Nation 274 Ten Junk Miles Spotify Apple