Brett Sims, a visually impaired athlete, Cheyenne Meyer, and Dara Dalmata discussed their experiences at the 2025 Boston Marathon. Brett highlighted the challenges of navigating crowded water stations and fast runners, underscoring the key role of guides in ensuring safety. Both Brett and Cheyenne explained how athletes and guides meet through networking, social media, and adaptive sports groups. Dara described how community running clubs and local charities foster Boston Marathon participation. Overall, the conversation emphasized inclusion, the importance of teamwork between guides and runners, and the vibrant, supportive culture surrounding the Boston Marathon Enjoy the episode!

Faheemah Lambada from Johannesburg, South Africa shares her running journey - how she got into running through a casual park run and then went into running her first Comrades Ultramarathon just 2 years after. She deep dive into running culture in South Africa and how Parkrun played a key role developing and nurturing the running culture in South Africa. Faheemah also shares differences she found in training for an Ultramarathon vs a regular marathon. Inspired by one of her friends, Faheemah is chasing World marathon majors and 2023 Berlin Marathon was first major! Enjoy the Story

Gerry Perez, CEO of RUNGP, shares how he pivoted from digital marketing to SaaS, highlights the endurance event marketing landscape, explains why SMS is the top ROI channel for organizers, discusses AI’s role in events, and explores compliance and the SWAS model

Mohammed Iqbal, founder & CEO of SweatWorks, discusses building a global digital health agency, working with major fitness brands, and overcoming early challenges. Key topics include launching SweatWorks, landing Nike, trends in fitness tech, wearables, AI, and the mission of “wellness for all.”

Zlatko Zlatic, an airline executive from Berlin shares his 20+ years of running journey with 50 marathons (20 of them being Berlin marathon) under his belt. He shares special perks of being in the Jubilee Club and beyond. 2023 Berlin Marathon was Zlatko's 20th Berlin Marathon. Enjoy the Story

Indrek Aarna from Estonia shares his 25+ years of running journey. Ironman triathlete has run Berlin Marathon 10 times and have entered the coveted Berlin Marathon Jubilee club. Also, after inline skating for 17 times, Indrek shares differences between training for inline skating vs running Berlin Marathon. Enjoy the story

Juan Carlos Mejia with roots from Peru and based in Miami shares his running journey : How he figured out to focus only being a runner and triathlete, his World Majors journey, how he trains for marathons 95% of the time indoors in his triathlon gym along with his wife, his take on how marathon expos have evolved for 20+ years. Juan earned his 6th World Majors star in 2023 Berlin Marathon and have run ~40 marathons and now in pursuit of earning World Majors 6 stars second time

Masayoshi Tamura from Fujisawa, Japan shares his running journey. He started running at the age of 54 with a motivation to loose some weight and continued ever since. Till date he ran 80 marathons and counting and he runs a marathon every week since summer of 2022. Masayoshi's main goal is to be the fastest marathoner at the age of 80 in Japan. 2023 Berlin marathon was Masayoshi's 2nd World Major. Enjoy the story

Marcia Carranza from Costa Rica shares her running journey. She shares how during a very low period of her life, her neighbor introduced her into running and she is running ever since.In 2022, Marcia was diagnosed with breast cancer and she was able to start running just 4 weeks after her surgery and she attributes that all to running. 2023 Berlin Marathon was her 3rd World Major. Enjoy the story

Dan Thorne from Melbourne, Australia shares his running journey - how did he got into running in his 40’s, what drives him continue to run as he is chasing World Marathon Majors and how he balances his personal, professional lives along with running. He shares how fun it is to run with his furry friends and also about his support system that helps him chase his running goals. 2023 Berlin Marathon was Dan’s third World major

Joan Pons Laplana from Sheffield, UK shares his running journey. Joan started running during the pandemic by recommendation from his mental health counselor to see if it helps him with PTSD that he developed as a nurse during pandemic. After his first run he slept for straight 8 hours in months and never looked back. On top of it he is the fastest marathoner in Christmas Cracker costume which got him to Guinness Book of World Records in 2023 Berlin Marathon. He also had another record in Guinness Books in 2022 but was broken a couple of months after. 2023 Berlin Marathon was his 2nd World Majors

Shannan Gove, cofounder of Rosterfy, discusses building a global volunteer management platform. He shares how Rosterfy supports mass events like the FIFA World Cup, addresses volunteer retention, integrates with other systems, and explores trends in volunteerism and the impact of AI