Welcome to the Ski to Sea Podcast! (formerly — and still including — the Top Gun Racer Podcast!)
New in 2011, we gather as many stories from all sorts of people about their Ski to Sea Experience — and share them here, with the world!
We started this as the Top Gun Podcast, where we talked to as many of the Ski to Sea Top Guns as possible and find out who they are, what are their stories… and how do they go SO FREAKING FAST!!!
The Top Guns are THE #1 Fastest men and women racers from each of the 7 legs of the 100-year-old Ski to Sea relay race in Bellingham, WA, U.S.A.
The legs include XC Ski, Downhill Ski, Run, Road Bike, River Canoe, Mountain Bike, and Open Water Kayak!
So turn up your speakers, or grab your iPod, download and devour the growing list of episodes. Here you go:
Sarah Konrad interview, 2010 XC Ski Women’s Top Gun!
Robin Secrist interview, 2010 Road Bike Women’s Top Gun!
Bill Torongo interview, 2010 Canoe Men’s Top Gun!
Max Taam interview, 2010 Downhill Ski Men’s Top Gun!
Heather Nelson interiew, 2010 Kayak Women’s Top Gun!
Steve Corlew interview, 2010 Canoe Men’s Top Gun!
Sabrina Harper interview, 2010 Downhill Ski Women’s Top Gun!
Special Guest: Pete Coy interview, Ski to Sea Race Director
Logan Wetzel interview, 2010 Mountain Bike Men’s Top Gun!
Sam Johnson interview, 2010 Road Bike Men’s Top Gun!
Nicola Mann interview, 2010 Mountain Bike Women’s Top Gun!
Brooke Gosling interview, 2010 Women’s Running Top Gun!
Special Guest: Janet Lightner interview, Captain of the Boundary Bay Women’s Team
Philip Mitchell interview, 2010 Men’s Running Top Gun!
Debbie Chadwick interview, 2010 Canoe Women’s Top Gun!
Brian Gregg interview, 2011 Men’s XC Ski Top Gun!
Zsolt Szadovszki Part 1 of 2 interview, 2011 Men’s Kayak Top Gun!
Zsolt Szadovszki Part 2 of 2 interview, 2011 Men’s Kayak Top Gun!
Mac Carter and Larry Bussinger interview, Ski to Sea Race Committee
Holly Brooks interview, 2011 Women’s XC Ski Top Gun!
Todd Warger interview, Producer of The Mountain Runners Film
John Barron interview, Owner of Barron Heating 2011 Overall Winner
Courtenay McFadden, 2011 Women’s Mountain Bike Top Gun!
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Got suggestions? Thoughts? Ideas for the podcast? Share them and help us make this podcast even better! Write a comment in the area below, or call the Top Gun Podcast voicemail hotline at 360-389-2489!
For Sarah, time of the skis is most important; attitude not. Informative interesting interview.
Roger, great catch about Sarah’s race philosophy. I learned how right she is this past winter with the erg training. Attitude has very little to do with it on race day, and my coach Carlos Dinares made it a point to ENSURE I knew with total clarity that it was ALLLL about what we did leading up to race day. “You do the work,” he said, “then on race day, the score you get is the score you deserve.” I love that!
Thank you Brandon! A whole new insight to the race. Enjoying each and every interview.
Janet, you’ve built an incredible legacy with the Boundary Bay Women’s team!!! And they freaking LOVE YOU!!!!!!! It’s awesome to hear all your star athletes rave about you in the interviews. Keep up the good work, and thanks for following the podcast! See you on race day, and the parties afterward!
Brandon, Heather, Hayden and Jazzy