What does it truly mean to live adaptive?

In Season 2, Episode 12 of Enduring Minds, host Evan Birch sits down with Scott Davidson, founder of Living Adaptive, adaptive athlete, father, and relentless student of resilience for a conversation that goes far beyond miles and medals.

Scott doesn’t introduce himself by his athletic achievements. He starts with what matters most: being a father. His journey from being born with significant birth defects affecting his face and lower limbs to progressing from 5Ks to 100-mile ultramarathons is rooted in showing his children what it looks like to do your best with what you’ve been given.

This episode explores the Living Adaptive mindset, mental health, bullying and trauma, the Exosym device, and the power of incremental progress in endurance sports. Scott shares why curiosity matters more than ego, why compassion is forged in hard times, and how community fuels long-term resilience.

Living Adaptive isn’t just about adaptive sport.

It’s about meeting reality with courage and choosing growth anyway.

🎧 Tune in, reflect, and keep moving forward...one honest mile at a time.

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Joy Is The Marathon

Running isn’t just about finish lines. Running is also about who you become along the way.

In this episode of Fireside Chat on Run Tri Bike, I sit down with Ivan Casillas to talk about running, mindset, entrepreneurship, and what it truly means to build an inclusive running community.

Ivan didn’t always identify as a runner. His journey from casual miles to community leader is proof that growth in endurance sports mirrors growth in life and business.

We dig into marathon training mindset, the reality of bonking, runner’s high, and why the training block, not race day, is the real marathon. We also talk about balancing fatherhood, leadership, and ambition while keeping perspective and joy at the center of it all.

We discuss belonging and refusing to gatekeep the sport. The concept of showing up imperfectly and choosing progress over perfection is celebrated.

If you’re an everyday athlete chasing goals, building something meaningful, or learning to call yourself a runner.....press play!

No podium required. Just show up.

🎧 Tune In and Remember Who You Are.

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What happens when endurance athletes start spelling during a run? 🎧

On this episode of What’s In Your Earbuds?, Joe Hardin and I dive into songs that spell words out in the title or lyrics and why they stick in your brain (and your stride). What started as a simple idea turned into a deep playlist of iconic tracks that live rent-free in our heads.

From classic anthems to hip-hop swagger, we explore how spelled-out lyrics can help create rhythm, cadence, and unexpected motivation for runners, triathletes, and everyday athletes chasing big goals.

We add nearly 20 new songs to our growing running playlist, now pushing 24 hours of workout-ready music. If you’re looking for running motivation, workout music, or a podcast that mixes laughter with endurance sports culture, this episode delivers.

Expect humor, chaos and community.

And then tell us...what songs with spelled lyrics should we add next?

Drop your favorites and help us build the ultimate endurance athlete playlist.

What happens when we stop defining ourselves by finish times, podiums, and performance metrics and start paying attention to who we are underneath the sport?

In this episode of Fireside Chat, I sit down with Wendy Mader for a conversation that goes far beyond racing. We talk about athlete identity, resilience, and the mindset shifts required to become a better version of ourselves both on the run and in everyday life.

Wendy shares why she introduces herself as a person first, athlete second, and how that perspective helped her navigate injury, recovery, and self-worth without losing her sense of self.

We dive into choosing hard things on purpose (hello, cold plunges), reframing setbacks as opportunities, and why endurance sports can blur the line between dedication and self-punishment.

We also tackle disordered eating in endurance culture, why it’s still so rarely discussed, especially among men, and what it looks like to pursue performance while protecting mental health.

No hype. No highlight reels. Just an honest, human conversation about sport, identity, and showing up fully long before the start line.

🎧 Tune In and Remember Who You Are.

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Finding Freedom Beyond Finish Lines

There are conversations that motivate you to train harder and then there are conversations that quietly change how you show up to your training and your life. This episode of Beyond The Finish Line is firmly in the second category.

In this episode, host Joe Hardin sits down again with ultra-runner Cameron Balser for a grounded, honest conversation about purpose, recovery, and what comes after a massive goal. If you followed Cam’s perimeter run around the country, you know the physical achievement was extraordinary. What makes this conversation special is everything that happened after the miles were done.

Cam shares how he moved through post-effort confusion, let go of shame and guilt, and found clarity by training his mind as intentionally as his body. The discussion touches on mental health in endurance sports, simplifying nutrition, stepping away from constant metrics, and rediscovering joy by running untethered from data and devices.

The episode also looks ahead to Cam’s next challenge: a bold world record attempt across America. But this isn’t about proving anything. Rather, it’s about alignment, intention, and inspiring everyday endurance athletes to trust themselves and their process.

This episode offers perspective, calm, and a reminder that the real finish line isn’t just at the end of the road....it’s within.

Listen in, reflect, and remember: progress doesn’t have to cost you joy.

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This episode of Enduring Minds is one that will be remembered for a long time..

Evan and I sit down with ultra-runner, father, and entrepreneur Cody Bradley for a raw, honest discussion about mental health, grief, vulnerability, and redemption. What begins as a conversation about endurance sports quickly becomes something deeper. We explore of what it means to stay present when life hurts.

Cody shares the moment he nearly didn’t stay here: four months after losing his father, while navigating new marriage and new fatherhood, grief overwhelmed him. What stopped him was the image of his daughter. From there, the conversation opens into loss, sobriety, fatherhood, and the quiet emotional weight so many men carry without saying a word.

This episode gets into running as meditation, breaking generational trauma, parenting with accountability, and why vulnerability is not weakness but courage. There are no platitudes here. No fixing. Just honest listening and shared experience.

If you’re an endurance athlete, a parent, or someone learning how to sit with hard emotions instead of outrunning them, this conversation is for you.

Real men. Real struggles. Real hope.
You’re not alone—and you never were.

🎧 Tune in, reflect, and keep moving forward...one honest mile at a time.

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When Slowing Down Wins

Four months can change everything. In this Fireside Chat, I reconnect with Jeffrey Weiss expecting the usual endurance athlete check-in—miles, races, what’s next. What we actually unpack is far more useful: how injury, recovery, and creativity can reshape the way we train, work, and live.

Shortly after our last conversation, Jeffrey got injured. Instead of pushing through, he slowed down and found clarity. We talk about turning recovery into the work, why yoga and core strength stopped being optional, and how the “greatest ability is availability” mindset can save your season (and your sanity).

We also cover the overlap between running and entrepreneurship: patience, consistency, and building something sustainable instead of chasing quick wins.

We dive into Jeffrey’s writing life, including lessons from Racing Against Time and his next creative chapter focused on fitness and curiosity in his 60s. Along the way, we cover race fuel quirks, writing rituals, and the power of saying no to the “nice-to-dos” so you can protect your real priorities.

Sometimes the most important progress happens when you slow down and choose what actually matters.

🎧 Tune In and Slow Dow.

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Welcome to What’s In Your Earbuds?, the podcast where endurance athletes, music lovers, and beautifully chaotic humans come together to build playlists that make absolutely no sense and somehow make perfect sense at the same time.

In this episode, Joe Hardin and I dive into songs, artists, and lyrics that involve colors. Sounds simple, right? It wasn’t. What started as a fun theme quickly turned into over 100 community submissions, a Spotify playlist that grew by four hours in one show, and a live conversation that went completely off the rails but in the best way possible.

From Prince deep cuts and country anthems to indie surprises, hip hop classics, K-pop gems, and a few “wait… WHAT song?” moments, this episode is a reminder that the best playlists are built by people, not algorithms. Along the way, we debate questionable color definitions, unpack legendary music stories, and somehow end up talking about Pop-Tarts and French fries.

This show celebrates connection, the power of community, and the joy of discovering new music together.

So plug in, laugh a little, and tell us.....what’s in your earbuds?

What happens when two endurance athletes talk about music, love songs, and training then absolutely nothing goes according to plan?

Welcome to What’s In Your Earbuds?, the podcast where running playlists, pop culture, and beautiful chaos collide.

Hosted by Jason Bahamundi and Joe Hardin, this episode dives into songs that involve love, whether that’s in the title, the lyrics, or the artist name and explores how music fuels long runs, hard workouts, and everyday joy.

The plan was simple. The execution? Not so much. Technical glitches, platform pivots, and unfiltered banter turned this episode into a reminder of what makes endurance sports (and this podcast) special: community over perfection.

From nostalgic throwbacks to completely unhinged song picks, the conversation turns into a celebration of how music becomes a training partner for endurance athletes. These are the songs that keep you moving when your legs are tired, your brain is loud, and your run needs a little levity.

If you’re an everyday athlete who trains with music, laughs mid-run, and believes that joy belongs in endurance sports, this episode is for you.

Hit play. Add a song. Embrace the chaos.

🎧 Press play, then tell us: what love song are you training to right now?

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