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The 515 Ultra Podcast completes its on the road in Penticton vacay with the Ultra 520K Canada finale recap.  

In this episode, I speak with the winners – Jeremy Hopwood (27:38:06) and Susan Evans (31:37:40) live from the finish line.  Susan has set a record as the first woman in her age group (60-69) to complete an Ultra race.

The rest of this episode is a series of memories told by the staff and athletes that have been coming to Steve Brown’s races since 1993.  As regular listeners know, Steve is retiring the Ultra 520K Canada race and will be putting on a new Ultra race at the 355k distance as an attempt to better more Ironman athletes and introduce them to Ultra distances.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Ultra 520K Canada
• Ultraman Canada
• Steve King 100km Classic 
• Peach City Runners 
• Ultraman World Championships
• Ultraman Florida
• UltraMX 515
• Ultraman Australia 
• Challenge Roth
• Ultra 355 Canada
• Skaha Lake Ultra Swim results
• Ironman Canada

Shout outs and mentions in this episode:

• Steve Brown (S2E13)
• Jeremy Hopwood
• Stephanie Corker 
• Leslie McFarland
• Stuart Rahkola
• Tony Buckingham
• Adelaide Hopwood   
• Victoria Hopwood
• Sam Wigmore
• Jen Annett
• Susan Evans
• Tom Evans
• Sandi Vincent
• Bob Vincent
• 2 Tracy’s
• Paula Rochman
• Rory Bass (S1E4)
• Bruce Schoenne
• Lyn Schoenne
• Neil MacDonald
• Lorne Lovett
• Bill Fulton
• Gary Scatchard
• Dave Matheson
• Kevin Cutjar
• Tina Matheson
• Mike Le Roux
• Craig Percival
• Shelley Best
• Andrew Stuart
• Alex Hitt
• Unnamed Athlete
• Will Rogers
• Lucy Ryan (S2E5)
• Retha Rousseau
• Natalie Grant
• Jayden Doell
• Inaki De La Parra
• John Bergen
• Craig Percival
• Chad Bentley (S1E1)
• Darwin Holt
• Ramon Mendizabal (S3E2)
• Ewa Miedzwiedziuk
• Matt Hill
• Quinnlan Bymoen
• Tanner Potaka
• Aldert Dykstra
• Jeff Symonds
• Justin Williams
• Morgan Boyle
• Simon Voz
• Anne Voz
• Tom Price
• Nick Mallet (S2E12)
• Richard Diamond
• Gerald Charlton 
• Darin Bentley
• Tracy Preston
• Lorraine Natho
• Fred Lambright
• Javy Lambright
• Kate Bevilaqua 
• Konoko Azumi
• Amy Robitaille (S3E5)
• Leanda Cave  (S1E8)
• Christian Isakson (S3E5)
• Rebecca Ball
• Michael Richardson
• Mark Woodhouse
• Nick Dean
• Juan Craveri (S1E5)
• Tony Horton
• Ross Welton
• Katie Welton

Show Contributors:

Host : Larry Ryan
Contributing Raconteur : Steve King
Announcer : Mary Jo Dionne
Production : 5Five Enterprises
Music  :  Run by 331

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I finally broke down and invited my ex wife Lucy Ryan to the podcast.

Lucy has become one of the top female ultra athletes in Canada taking on five 515 events and a number of ultra marathons.   She was the 9th Canadian woman to complete Badwater 135 and has also competed at Brazil 135, a race that follows the most difficult segment of the Caminho da Fé or Path of the Faith, the longest Pilgrimage in Brazil. It travels over the Mantiqueira Mountains, and has 30,000 feet of cumulative ascent and 28,000 feet of cumulative descent, with only 10 flat miles in the race. 

We talk about how she came to find triathlon and why she pushed to go farther and farther in ultras. We also discuss the various ways in which her body has forced her to “limit” what she now does.  Like hiking at Kilimanjaro as a member of the Kidney Donor Athletes program. 

Steve King Stories features Dr Toni Barstis, professor of chemistry and physics and Ultraman competitor.

Time Stamps & Topics: 

   01:00     Conversation with Lucy Ryan part one

   27:35     Steve King Stories : Dr. Toni Barstis

   31:00     Conversation with Lucy Ryan part two

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Ironman Western Australia
• WAT Women’s Academy of Triathlon
• IM Canada
• Ironman World Championship
• Ultraman Canada
• Ultraman World Championship 
• Brazil 135
• Badwater 135
• UM Florida
• IM Wisconsin
• IM Lake Placid
• Titanium Man
• IM Mont Tremblant
• Ultra 520 Canada
• Kidney Donor Athletes

Shout outs and mentions in this episode:

• Juan Craveri
• Chad Bentley
• Anne Barnes
• Steve Brown
• Grayson Ryan
• Stacey Shand
• Paulo Calll 
• Sergio Cordeiro
• Dave Barstis
• John Barstis
• Todd Hine
• Jason Henderson  
• Shane Mascarin
• Nick Mallet
• Makato Hoshino

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Show Contributors:
Host : Larry Ryan
Contributing Raconteur : Steve King
Announcer : Mary Jo Dionne
Production : 5Five Enterprises
Music  :  Run by 331
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For show notes and past guests, please visit the Podcast Website: https://515theultrapodcast.buzzsprout.com/

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Don't read race reports online.  In this episode, every athlete from the 2021 Ultraman Canada race gives you a recap in their own words.  As a result, this episode does run long so you may want to save it for your long run.

Featured  Athletes : Barry Berg, Jon Greyell, Chad Bentley, JD Tremblay, Eric Dufour, Shane Mascarin and the relay team of Lucy Ryan, Scott McDermott & Kevin Wilson.

This episode is a must listen if you want to do UMC in the future as the athletes share all of their ups and downs and best tips to succeed (or at least not fail).

Steve King has a triple Ohana Steve King Stories.

For show notes and past guests, please visit the Podcast Website: https://515theultrapodcast.buzzsprout.com/

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Steve King and Brad Sawa join me to discuss each of the athletes competing at the special “Canadian only” Ultraman Canada 2021.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Ultraman Canada
• Ironman Canada 
• Ultraman World Championship 
• Miracle Mile (Kona)
• Race Across America (RAAM)
• Adelaide 24 hour run
• Great White North Half Ironman
• Badwater 135
• Brazil 135
• Epic 5 Challenge
• Wattie Ink
• Ultraman Florida
• Bare Bones
• Axel Merckx Granfondo
• Oliver Half Ironman
• Peach Classic
• Xterra World’s

Shout outs and mentions in this episode:

• Brad Sawa
• Steve King
• JD Tremblay
• Heather Myers
• Eric Dufour
• Mark Naphin
• Jon Greyell
• Barry Berg
• Chad Bentley
• Scott Beasley
• Curtis Flock
• Dave Wilson
• Wendy Myer
• Dan Jensen
• Brian Schroeder   
• Phil Makin
• Gary Wang
• Ellis Andrews
• Dede Greisbauer
• Tom Bamford
• Martin Caron
• Lucy Ryan
• Scott McDermott
• Kevin Wilson
• Tracey McQuair
• Shane Mascarin
• Kurt Madden
• Mary Jo Dionne
• Miro Kregar
• Jon Bell
• Jordan Bryden
• KC Emerson
• Eric Derbez    
• Jason Nixon
• Amy VanTassel
• Janelle Morrison
• Greg Timewell
• Yvonne Timewell

Show Contributors:

Host : Larry Ryan
Contributing Raconteur : Steve King
Announcer : Mary Jo Dionne
Production : 5Five Enterprises
Sponsor : Ultraman Canada
Music  :  Run by 331

For show notes and past guests, please visit the Podcast Website: https://515theultrapodcast.buzzsprout.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/515TheUltraPodcast

 If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or where you get your pods.   

 I would like to hear from you and who you think should be interviewed.

 Email : 515Ultraman@gmail.com