In this episode of Run Long After 60, I speak with Miriam Gilbert — known to many as “UltraMiriam” — about what it means to run healing miles in your late 60s.

Miriam’s story begins long before the trails. As a child, she faced serious health challenges. As an adult, she became a caregiver. Running didn’t enter her life as competition — it entered as restoration. Over time, endurance became both therapy and testimony.

At 67, Miriam is not chasing podiums. She’s chasing wholeness. Her miles carry memory, resilience, and a quiet strength that doesn’t need to announce itself.

We talk about:

• Starting and continuing ultrarunning later in life
• Caregiving, survival, and identity beyond the label
• Running as emotional and physical healing
• Mental endurance vs. physical endurance
• Why movement can be medicine
• Aging as sharpening — not shrinking

Whether you’re navigating recovery, supporting someone you love, or wondering if it’s too late to start again, this conversation will meet you where you are.

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In this episode, Troy shares how endurance sport reshaped his life after major health setbacks, Achilles reconstruction, and doctors telling him to stop running. We discuss DNF lessons, 70,000-calorie races, fueling strategy, faith, aging, and why choosing to live like an athlete changes everything.

Troy also opens up about mediating billion-dollar disputes involving Native Nations and how ultrarunning has made him better under pressure.

This is a conversation about durability, humility, identity, and staying in the game long after 60.

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In this episode of Run Long After 60, I speak with Lauri Rottmayer — The Aging Rebel — about what it really means to start chasing distance later in life.

Lauri is training for her first ultra in her 60s, and she shares the unfiltered reality: the mental resistance that shows up early in long runs, the discipline required to keep going, and the wisdom of choosing durability over ego.

A former Marine, Lauri brings a grounded, life-affirming approach to fitness and aging — one that rejects shrinking, fear-based narratives and instead embraces movement, strength training, sleep, and consistency.

We talk about:

• Running long after 60
• Mental resilience and self-talk
• Why strength training matters more than ever
• Finishing versus racing
• And how aging can be a gift — if you choose to open it

Whether you run, walk, hike, or are just thinking about starting again, this conversation will meet you where you are.

🎧 New episodes weekly
📍 Hosted by Mark Vega