Socialing The Distance featuring Mario Mendoza - Introduction to Ultra Running, Clip 4

This is Clip 4 of Socialing The Distance, featuring Mario Mendoza, one of the top U.S. trail and Ultra runners, sponsored by Brooks. Mario was the focus of our second program in the Socialing the Distance series. This Clip is about how Mario was introduced to Ultra running.

Mario Mendoza, photo by Athletebiz.com

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Mario Mendoza set a new World Treadmill 100k record of 6:39.26 on June 6, 2020. The 5x US Trail National Champion, 4x USATF Trail Runner of the Year, and former 50k Treadmill World Record Holder spent almost six hours, forty minutes on a treadmill, maintaining 6 minutes and 26 seconds a mile for 62.2 miles.

Mario Mendoza is one of the mellowest people that I have ever. His ability to keep focused and calm obviously helps him in ultra running. His sense of self, and his uncanny pacing ability makes him tough at ultra running.

This interview was recorded by Adam Johnson-Eder and produced by Mike Deering for The Shoe Addicts. The Shoe Addicts produce content for runblogrun. Special thanks to Adam and Mike for keeping me focused.

Special thanks to Mario Mendoza for his time.

Author

Larry Eder
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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