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Roots Running

Al Ferguson and Sean Cate

Sports

Frequency: 1 episode/10d. Total Eps: 97

Roots is a trail and ultrarunning focused show born out of a deep appreciation for the humble origins of our sport, and a dedication to shedding light on stories that won't otherwise be told.

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🇬🇧 Great Britain - running
14/01/2026
#85
🇬🇧 Great Britain - running
19/11/2025
#77
🇺🇸 USA - running
15/06/2025
#96
🇺🇸 USA - running
12/06/2025
#95

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https://www.youtube.com/@adamgiard
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Butch Slabach | Roots Episode 3

Wednesday, March 26, 2025 • Duration 01:47:55

This episode of Roots is brought to you by hard work and determination.

Sean and Al are joined by Butch Slabach, a Virginia native coming hot onto the scene and throwing down some impressive times on classic Virginia ultra races, as well as out west with some of the best athletes in the sport. The fellas talk about Butch’s unorthodox intro into trail and ultra running, his time at the Virginia Tech Ultra Club, moving out to Oregon with his wife Emily, and then subsequent return to Virginia. Tune in to hear about Butch's breakthrough year in 2024, and a preview of what is to come for Butch in 2025.

If you enjoyed the show give us a follow, shoot us any feedback, or share with a friend.

Thanks for listening

❤️

-Al & Sean

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David Horton | Roots Episode 2

Wednesday, March 19, 2025 • Duration 01:25:19

Joining the Roots Running pod, none other than THE Dr. David Horton. Not a single person that we know of has influenced more people to become true runners and ultra-runners as Horton. Not only that, Dr. Horton started this decades before youtube, social media, and podcasts.

This episode features a sweeping view of the sport of ultra running from JFK 50 miler in 1979, winning the first two Hardrock 100's, to the mind blowing course records we've seen broken today at the sport's most competitve and historic ultras. In addition to being the second Barkley finisher ever, Horton was the pioneer of FKT's, setting the record on the Appalachian Trail before when no one had ever dreamt of 'running' the 2000 miles from Georgia to Maine.

Horton shares about the challenges of training in Virginia while competing out west at altitude, his thoughts on Tara Dower's recent success both of the AT and at Black Canyon's 100k, and his experience founding Mountain Masochist 50.

If you enjoyed this episode share it with a friend, follow and give us a review!

Thanks for listening❤️

-Sean & Alvah

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Recommitting to Goals Amidst Seasonal Depression and Holiday Mayhem-WTGGT: Episode 68

Tuesday, December 3, 2024 • Duration 42:16

On today's episode the boys get real about how they approach Holiday season and cold winter days in terms of training and eating.

Most people experience weight gain and a significant decrease in physical activity due to shorter days, cold weather, and abundance of holiday parties where the food might be delicious, but not necessarily nutritious. Adam and Sean give their mindset and practical tips on how to stay active and reduce overeating. If you want your January resolution to stick, your best bet is to start forming good habits today.

Thanks for joining us for another week of WTGG🤜🤛

Winter can be tough. We know y’all are tougher.

Love,

-A&S

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Cycling Culture with Dylan Curtis: WTGGT - Episode 67

Tuesday, November 26, 2024 • Duration 01:19:56

Todays episode features Fort Wayne local legend, Founder and Manager of Apex Cycling, and new friend of Sean’s Dylan Curtis.

Dylan is extremely passionate about riding bikes, which he’s been doing since he could walk (without training wheels). The boys talk about why Sean is dead wrong about his impression of cycling culture, about various teams Dylan has raced with competitively, and how he saw a gap in the development of post-grad cyclist and took the opportunity to found his own team, Apex Cycling. Apex competes with both mens and women’s teams at a National level and Dylan is continuing to develop the team both as athletes and as community members giving back to their sport and their neighbors.

Big shoutout to Dylan for joining us for the pod this week!

Follow Apex Cycling here.

As always, we hope you enjoyed this weeks edition of WTGGT. When it gets hard, keep going folks.

Love,

-A&S

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What's The Next Big Fitness Trend: WTGGT - Episode 66

Tuesday, November 19, 2024 • Duration 01:31:42

Adam and Sean chat about the various challenges of job searching and transition phases in life. If you want to see the exercise Sean was attempting to describe check it out here.

Other topics include:

-The current arc of hybrid athlete training and where we go from here.

-Maximalism versus Minimalism in fitness.

-Why we never really want to be full time influencers.

-Hobbyfluencers and day in the life style content

-Why are we still doing this podcast?

As always, if you liked the podcast give us a follow and share with your tough friends and family. Together, we might all be able to get going farther than we imagined.

Love,

-A&S

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The Overtraining Undertraining Pendulum: WTGGT- Episode 65

Tuesday, November 12, 2024 • Duration 58:55

Whats cooking Tough Fam. Today your beloved hosts cover a myriad of topics from:

-Effective strength training can happen in 20-45min 4 days a week

-Intensity is the key to efficient training

-Why people overtrain

-Building confidence doing hard things

-Looking for challenges that stretch your comfort zone without overtraining

-Adam’s more laid back approach to training

-The difficulty of balancing intense exercise with healthy lifestyle choices

Also noted in this episode, Adam challenged Sean to commit to a weight training block in the new year. If Sean lifts 4 days a week for 4 months, Adam will run Chicago Marathon. If you're interested in the weight training plan Adam is writing for Sean, reach out to us via email at wtggtough@gmail.com

When the going gets tough, y’all get going.

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Just Run as Fast as You Can: WTGGT - Episode 64

Tuesday, November 5, 2024 • Duration 49:10

Your beloved Hosts Adam and Sean catch up on todays episode and Sean shares reflections of how he's redefined his running/training/racing goals in a way that is more aligned with his real values. These realizations opened up conversations about honest self reflection, the things that influence our beliefs about ourselves, and what fuels our desires.

Listen to the Run Singletrack podcast which inspired Sean's recent thought's here.

As always thanks for listening to this weeks episode of When The Going Gets Tough. Thanks for being a part of the tough family, where all the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all the children are above average.

-A&S

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Reframe Your Limits: WTGGT - Episode 63

Tuesday, October 29, 2024 • Duration 58:33

Welcome to another week and yet another collab with Ben Wright's 'Between The Guidelines' podcast. This time around, Ben and Adam catch up covering Ben's new interest in martial arts, philosophical discussions on how our physical activities can help us reframe the limits our minds put on our abilities to overcome.

Thankful for Ben Wright and his time this week! Check out Between The Guidelines on Spotify and be sure to follow Ben's work.

Have a strong week you beautiful mothertoughers.

A&S

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Pro Baseballer, Counselor, and Runner Walk Into A Room: WTGGT - Episode 62

Tuesday, October 22, 2024 • Duration 59:02

This week Sean sits down with a new friend, Langston Ginder to talk about his journey playing independent league baseball with hopes of one day getting called up to the MLB. In addition to baseball, Langston is also pursuing a Masters degree in Mental Health Counseling and shares insights from his experience and training in therapy as they relate to athletics and life as a whole.

As always, thanks for listening you mothertoughers.

-A&S

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Tough Truths with Adam and Sean: WTGGT - Episode 61

Tuesday, October 15, 2024 • Duration 51:53

Sean and Adam catch up on this episode. Together, the boys philosophize about what life would be like if they had stayed on some of the paths they were on early in college. Other conversation includes how to change your perspective, the importance of voicing your internal narrative out loud with those you trust, and other insightful reflections.

Staying tough sometimes means reaching out in vulnerability. Talk to the people you love, people.

❤️A&S

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