002: Jeff & Hunter Leininger - A Special Bond Made Stronger
Release Date: 08/27/2020
021: Nathan Fa'avae - The Unconventional Wisdom of Winning
Tales of Toughness
Known by the world as “The Greatest Adventure Racer”, Nathan showed the world his prodigious leadership skills—by winning six world championship out of fifteen world championship events across the globe. Adventure racing enraptured his youthful heart after attending the Outdoor Adventure Program. Nathan’s favorite part of racing is to refine every mistake his team encountered; transforming them into better decision-making outputs that would aid his team into winning the entire race.
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020: CJ Kobliska - Breathing, Spiraling, and Coherence... oh my!
Tales of Toughness
CJ believes it takes hard work and strong mental toughness to achieve any goal. He grew up playing various sports and developed a strong passion for mentoring and coaching youth athletes. CJ also works with individual athletes to help them achieve their full potential through mental and self-discipline.
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019: Dan Staudigel - Choose Your Suffering
Tales of Toughness
Today, I have Dan Staudigel who will be talking about “Bend Racing.” Coming up in December, they'll be climbing 30,000 feet, close to a level of Mount Everest.
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018: Heather Gustafson - From Friends to Family
Tales of Toughness
Heather Gustafson of Team Regulators in World’s Toughest Race joins the episode today. They are a team of four athletes and a support person from Redding and all of them were newbies in the Eco Challenge. Her team has survived 12 grueling days and completed some of the toughest challenges in the world. Team Regulators had proven that trusting each other’s capabilities, enjoying the journey, and valuing friendship are important to stay motivated amidst the toughest challenges!
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017: Kevin Hodder - Life is not a Spectator Sport
Tales of Toughness
For this episode, we’re going to talk about adventures, roles, and behind the scenes of an Eco-Challenge. Our guest is Kevin Hodder which is a race director, will give us more information on how he got into that role and how they manage all of the things for the Eco-Challenge.
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016: Clifton Lyles - Crashing our way to Inclusion
Tales of Toughness
Out of a whopping 66 teams who competed in the Eco Challenge, particularly notable was Team Onyx with Team Captain Clifton Lyles, whose goal is to put together a barrier breaking team for the show. Clifton Lyles two decades of adventure racing began when he watched Eco Challenge on TV in 1999.
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015: Dr. Anne Lord Bailey - Competence and Confidence
Tales of Toughness
Dr. Anne Lord Bailey participated quite possibly in the biggest physical and mental challenge of her life. She is a member of Team Unbroken in the World’s Toughest Race and is also a pharmacist provider for the VA and works in Healthcare Innovation.
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014: Travis Macy - How to Endure
Tales of Toughness
In this episode, we have Travis Macy, the team captain of Team Endure in the World’s Toughest Race. Travis is the son of the esteemed adventure racing personality, Mark Macy, who also joined the race on the same team. Just like his father, Travis is also an accomplished Adventure Racer. In this podcast, Travis talks about their journey as father-son tandem, and the mindset shift he has made coming into Eco Challenge.
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013: Joshua Forester - Journey to a Yes Life
Tales of Toughness
Today, I have Joshua Forester, Team Captain of Team US Military in the World’s Toughest Race.
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012: Rebecca Man - EcoChallenge at 18
Tales of Toughness
Today, I have Becca of Team True North in the World’s Toughest Race.
info_outlineBeing able to do something that you love with the people you love is such an amazing privilege. And for Jeff & Hunter Leininger, adventure racing is something that has made their father-and-son bond even more special and stronger.
Hunter is the world's youngest adventure racer. While Jeff has now completed over 100 expedition and adventure races alongside Hunter and close friends. This dynamic duo has been doing adventure races together since Hunter was six years old. At 18 years old, Hunter was also one of the youngest athletes on the start line at the World's Toughest Race.
Being a mom to a 14-year-old, I know how it feels to have a super adventurous kid. In this conversation, I was touched by the love and care they both have for each other. Adventure racing has definitely created a bond between them that few people will ever understand.
In this episode, you will hear:
- Jeff’s role as a very supportive father
- Hurdles they had to overcome just so they’d let Hunter race with the adults
- What Hunter brings to the team and the other team members rallying around him
- Letting go of your kid as they become their own person
- The hardest points of the race
- Some strategies they used in the race to gain ground
- Why they switched their game plan and what that conversation was like
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