The Ultra Crewed Podcast

Jon Cox, Becca Jones
  • 5.0 (7)
  • Running

Join run coaches Jon Cox and Becca Jones on an adventure through the highs and lows of ultrarunning and life beyond the miles. With personal stories and real talk, they dive deep into what drives athletes to push their limits on the trails and in life. Whether you’re a seasoned ultrarunner or just curious about the sport, this podcast offers inspiration, laughs, and honest insights for every listener. Tune in for the ultimate trail talk with two passionate voices of the running community. Join us on YouTube www.youtube.com/@midstatemile3725

  1. 5d ago

    80 - (video) You Don’t Get to Change the Whole Sport

    This week, we’re talking about everything from seasonal transitions, turkey encounters, questionable running apparel, and brutal summer heat to the bigger lessons ultra running keeps teaching us about adaptability, expectations, and community. We get into smarter hot-weather training, why unfamiliar trails and races can make you a better runner, and how learning to problem-solve matters just as much as stacking miles. We also dig into the changing culture of ultra running—social media, influencers, negativity, race expectations, and the difference between joining a community and expecting that community to change around you. As usual, there’s plenty of running talk, life talk, race-director frustration, and completely unnecessary discussion about Fresca, turkeys, and shirts with holes in them.

  2. 5d ago

    80- You Don’t Get to Change the Whole Sport

    This week, we’re talking about everything from seasonal transitions, turkey encounters, questionable running apparel, and brutal summer heat to the bigger lessons ultra running keeps teaching us about adaptability, expectations, and community. We get into smarter hot-weather training, why unfamiliar trails and races can make you a better runner, and how learning to problem-solve matters just as much as stacking miles. We also dig into the changing culture of ultra running—social media, influencers, negativity, race expectations, and the difference between joining a community and expecting that community to change around you. As usual, there’s plenty of running talk, life talk, race-director frustration, and completely unnecessary discussion about Fresca, turkeys, and shirts with holes in them.

  3. Aug 31

    79- (video) You Trained to Run. Too Bad You’ll Be Walking.

    Video - While recapping adventure day we somehow end up putting ultrarunning culture, social media, corporate race greed, personal growth, walking, relationships, and one extremely questionable waterfall decision on trial. We get into who we used to be, who we’ve worked our asses off to become, why being genuine matters more than collecting approval from strangers on the internet, and how integrity has become suspiciously hard to find once money, attention, and algorithms enter the room. Then we abandon all emotional maturity and go on an adventure involving the Santa Fe Diner, a cheeseburger Jon may now be legally married to, banana pudding powerful enough to resolve international conflict, the Natchez Trace, phosphate mines, hiking, and Becca scrambling up Jackson Falls in decorative sandals before discovering that coming back down was apparently a problem for Future Becca. We also explain why walking is one of the most criminally ignored parts of ultramarathon training, why your “easy ten-mile pace” means absolutely nothing when there are ninety miles left, and why your tendons do not care about your ego, your Strava, or the inspirational reel you made in your driveway. Then we turn our attention to Leadville and UTMB, where we have several thoughts about overcrowding, crew nightmares, branded-athlete privilege, corporate ownership, and what happens when an ultramarathon starts feeling less like a race and more like an airport during a holiday weekend. We have opinions, we have stories, we have side quests, and at several points we probably should have stopped talking. We did not. You’re welcome.

  4. Aug 31

    79 - You Trained to Run. Too Bad You’ll Be Walking.

    While recapping adventure day we somehow end up putting ultrarunning culture, social media, corporate race greed, personal growth, walking, relationships, and one extremely questionable waterfall decision on trial. We get into who we used to be, who we’ve worked our asses off to become, why being genuine matters more than collecting approval from strangers on the internet, and how integrity has become suspiciously hard to find once money, attention, and algorithms enter the room. Then we abandon all emotional maturity and go on an adventure involving the Santa Fe Diner, a cheeseburger Jon may now be legally married to, banana pudding powerful enough to resolve international conflict, the Natchez Trace, phosphate mines, hiking, and Becca scrambling up Jackson Falls in decorative sandals before discovering that coming back down was apparently a problem for Future Becca. We also explain why walking is one of the most criminally ignored parts of ultramarathon training, why your “easy ten-mile pace” means absolutely nothing when there are ninety miles left, and why your tendons do not care about your ego, your Strava, or the inspirational reel you made in your driveway. Then we turn our attention to Leadville and UTMB, where we have several thoughts about overcrowding, crew nightmares, branded-athlete privilege, corporate ownership, and what happens when an ultramarathon starts feeling less like a race and more like an airport during a holiday weekend. We have opinions, we have stories, we have side quests, and at several points we probably should have stopped talking. We did not. You’re welcome.

  5. Aug 25

    Armchair Quarterbacks of Backyard Running

    Apparently being afraid of the dark does not apply when the dark is inside a cave. We talk Murder Cave, river patrol, five headlamps, Fresca, and the kind of relationship support that involves quietly appearing out of the woods looking like a potential threat. Then we get into Mark Dowdle winning Last Soul Ultra, Lap 87, competitive running, people losing their minds on the internet, and whether moving rocks off a course is helpful or a felony against race directing. Somewhere in there we also invent the Energy Gargoyle, talk haunted houses, kill a Halloween idea, and land on Deathcamp. Normal stuff.

  6. Aug 24

    Armchair Quarterbacks of Backyard Running

    Apparently being afraid of the dark does not apply when the dark is inside a cave. We talk Murder Cave, river patrol, five headlamps, Fresca, and the kind of relationship support that involves quietly appearing out of the woods looking like a potential threat. Then we get into Mark Dowdle winning Last Soul Ultra, Lap 87, competitive running, people losing their minds on the internet, and whether moving rocks off a course is helpful or a felony against race directing. Somewhere in there we also invent the Energy Gargoyle, talk haunted houses, kill a Halloween idea, and land on Deathcamp. Normal stuff.

  7. Aug 17

    77- ( video) When the Brand Becomes the Race

    This week, we start with poop chutes, oppressive Tennessee heat, horse flies, and the realization that sometimes your best simply is not good enough. Naturally, this becomes a conversation about running shoes, unsolicited advice, credibility, and why having the loudest opinion on the internet does not magically make you correct. We recap a monster weekend at Income Last Man Standing, give some love to the people who absolutely showed out there, and then get into Last Soul Ultra and the increasingly blurry line between a race, a brand, a media project, and one very expensive commercial with people running in circles. We also take a swing at corporate ultra running, UTMB, social media storytelling, brand loyalty, old-school race culture, and the deeply human urge to turn everything into content and then pretend that was never the plan. Then we talk about The Long Mile, why we wanted to create something where people actually have to show up and do the work, and what we hope people take away from it. We finish, as all serious ultra running podcasts should, by discovering a disgusting mystery creature in the studio and nearly losing the plot entirely. Another very professional episode of the Ultra Crewed Podcast.

  8. Aug 17

    77- When the Brand Becomes the Race

    This week, we start with poop chutes, oppressive Tennessee heat, horse flies, and the realization that sometimes your best simply is not good enough. Naturally, this becomes a conversation about running shoes, unsolicited advice, credibility, and why having the loudest opinion on the internet does not magically make you correct. We recap a monster weekend at Income Last Man Standing, give some love to the people who absolutely showed out there, and then get into Last Soul Ultra and the increasingly blurry line between a race, a brand, a media project, and one very expensive commercial with people running in circles. We also take a swing at corporate ultra running, UTMB, social media storytelling, brand loyalty, old-school race culture, and the deeply human urge to turn everything into content and then pretend that was never the plan. Then we talk about The Long Mile, why we wanted to create something where people actually have to show up and do the work, and what we hope people take away from it. We finish, as all serious ultra running podcasts should, by discovering a disgusting mystery creature in the studio and nearly losing the plot entirely. Another very professional episode of the Ultra Crewed Podcast.

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Join run coaches Jon Cox and Becca Jones on an adventure through the highs and lows of ultrarunning and life beyond the miles. With personal stories and real talk, they dive deep into what drives athletes to push their limits on the trails and in life. Whether you’re a seasoned ultrarunner or just curious about the sport, this podcast offers inspiration, laughs, and honest insights for every listener. Tune in for the ultimate trail talk with two passionate voices of the running community. Join us on YouTube www.youtube.com/@midstatemile3725

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  • Creator
    Jon Cox, Becca Jones
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    144
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Jon Cox, Becca Jones
  • Show Website
    The Ultra Crewed Podcast

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