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Traci is a 51-year-old mother of 2 and a full-time pediatric physical therapist, and an accomplished American ultra runner. Her accomplishments are many, but most notably, she has run a marathon in every state and has won over 22 marathons. She’s been on Team USA on the 24-hour team 3 different times and was a member of the USA 100k team in 2016. She completed the grand slam of ultra running in 2013 which is Western States, Vermont, Leadville and Wasatch 100s all in the same year. She was the American record for a 48-hour indoor track event when she ran 242 miles. She ran 14:45 at Tunnel Hill 100 miler and set a new American Trail Record in 2014, which she held for a period of time. She’s been several Team USAs for different events and distances where she has earned bronze, silver and gold medals as a member of those teams. Traci is sponsored by Squirrel’s Nut Butter, Running Skirts, Nathan, Drymax Socks, and Epsom-It. And somehow, she’d done all of this living and training in the flat lands of Indiana while she’s raised a family and balanced a full-time job.

Alondra Moody is a 46-year-old mother of four that currently works in physical therapy. She’s also a personal trainer and running coach primarily focused on ultra-runners and makes her home in Knoxville, TN. Alondra is an ambassador for Xoskin and runs for her local running store, the Long Haul. She has a long list of wins among the ladies, including the Iron Mountain 40 miler three times, Chattanooga Mountain Stage Race, Black Toe 12-hour Run twice, Yamacraw 50k twice, Norris Dam Hard Trail Race 4 times, the Georgia Jewel 50 Miler, and Cumberland trail 50k twice and many more wins. Alondra finished the Western States 100 miler in 2017 and has five Hellgate 100k finishes. Most notably, she was the overall winner at the No Business 100 miler and one of her wins at the Norris Dam Hard Trail Race was also the outright win as well. Alondra set FKT's for the SCAR, Pitchell, and Foothills trails. . She has 41 wins and 10 additional podium finishes out of 60 races on Ultrasignup.com. She’s done all of this in the past 10 years, when she began running at the age of 36 while working and raising a family.

Dan Green is a Pennsylvania native and Marshall grad that now makes his home in Huntington, where he works for Robert’s Running and Walking Shop. After being the runner-up at the Rim to River 100 in 2021, he won the race in 2022 and set a course record of 15:34. He has wins at Yamacraw 50k and Dark Sky 50 miler and a top ten finish at the highly competitive Black Canyon 100k in Arizona. Dan is coming back for the second year of the Hurricane Hundred K and is eager to race for the money against top-level talent.

Season 3 Episode 1

Guest: Kim Wood, Executive Board Member Dumont Tri-County YMCA

Hurricane 100k Episode 9 - Race Recap with Alex Minor

A brand new podcast is up featuring our 1st place female winner and 3rd place overall winner, HollyAnn Swann! Listen or watch as she recaps her experience at the inaugural Hurricane 100k!

This is the last episode in this series of highlighting our Hurrican 100k runners. Matt Young talks with Ben Ferguson (from Las Vegas, NV) about the upcoming race! Check it out here:

NEW Podcast is out with Racer Profiles for the HURRICANE 100K! This episode features a local RELAY Team "Purge and Move On" with some familiar faces and lots of discussion around the Hurricane 100k relay option.  Give it a listen, or better yet, get your team together and get registered!

Hurricane Hundred 100k racer profile - Charley Bowen.

Hurricane 100k Racer Profile. Alex Minor is a 24-year-old salesman at Robert Running Shop in West Virginia. His best pitch is "buy these shoes and you'll be fast like me."  Alex hails from Morgantown, West Virginia, and currently lives in Huntington. He attended University High School and Marshall University.   At Marshall, Alex was a 2-time all-conference runner and holds the course record in the Yamacraw 50k (4:19 in 2021) as well as the Cabin Fever 50k (3:43). For those of you at home trying to do the math, that's a 7:12 pace on the trails for a 50k.  The Hurricane Hundred K is a 100k trail race/run in Hurricane, West Virginia. It's the first race of its kind in West Virginia and will take place in September 2022. The race is hosted by Meeks Mountain Trials and the Meeks Mountain Trail Alliance. In this mini-series, we talk to a variety of runners who plan to run the 100k in September. The Hurricane Hundred K is sponsored by the City of Hurricane, WV and presented by Little Caesars.

In this episode of the 3880 podcast, I sat down with Scott Berg and Ben Tuel to talk about the mission of Young Life, the growth in West Virginia, and challenges faced by our current circumstances. 

This is part 2 of a series called The Refugee Highway. I spent 2 weeks in Europe (Netherlands, Germany, and Greece) with Joe Dunn of Great Commission Europe/Reliant traveling to refugee camps, visiting with refugee families, and working alongside those who have been impacted by this crisis. 

In Episode 4, Part 2, Joe and I recount our trip through Amsterdam, Germany, and Greece and discuss the different living conditions (Refugee Camps) and situations faced by refugees - Debates, cultural challenges, and real people struggling through this crisis. We also talk about the different refugee families and groups that we met along the way and conversations that took place.  

Learn more: 

Reliant Mission (https://reliant.org/) 

Joe Dunn (https://reliant.org/about/our-people/board-members/joe-dunn)  (Bio) 

Great Commission Europe (https://www.gceweb.org/) 

River Ridge Church (http://www.riverridge.org/) 

Jason Hager (http://www.riverridge.org/about-us/our-team/member/1438841/)  (Bio) 

Have questions or want to know more about this episode? We'd love to hear from you - contact  Jason (mailto:jasonhager@riverridge.org)

Produced by Louie DeGeorge