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E57 | Running To Remember: Choosing Suffering, Finding Gratitude, And Finishing Strong

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Grant ties this 100-mile finish to his mother, uncle Tom, aunt Linda, and Kim's dad, all lost to cancer.

1. The Hobby Jogger Podcast episode centers on Grant Johnson's Canal Corridor 100 finish in Akron, Ohio. 2. Casey Koza and Rob Myers host Grant Johnson, who is identified as a finisher of the Canal Corridor 100 and a friend of the show. 3. The episode asks what changed from Grant's 2024 DNF to his sub-24-hour finish in 2025. 4. Grant says the main change was learning how to eat during the race after last year he felt good until he did not. 5. The hosts compare the original point-to-point route toward Cleveland with the 2025 out-and-back version in Akron. 6. Grant says passing his car repeatedly made him think he could leave, which created a different mental test than the old route. 7. Casey notes that the out-and-back setup made aid stations easier because runners could carry their own food and see crew more often. 8. Grant says the race felt better overall even though a hundred miles is still a hundred miles. 9. The conversation includes the course's roughly 2,100 feet of elevation gain over 100 miles. 10. Grant describes crew support from Nathan, David, Casey, Kim, and other friends who brought the cooler and jumped in for stretches. 11. The hosts mention Matt Paxton as a running companion for the first close to 50 miles. 12. Casey recalls a late-night towpath moment when a cyclist nearly hit them and shouted after they failed to say hello. 13. Grant says the race had a personal purpose because he was remembering his mother, his uncle Tom, his aunt Linda, and Kim's dad. 14. He says the family losses were tied to cancer, including pancreatic cancer for Linda. 15. The race shirts included donation QR codes for a cancer center and other memorial causes. 16. Grant says the effort made the grind easier because the people he was honoring went through much more suffering than the race. 17. The tone stays conversational and local, with tacos, brewery references, and running jokes mixed into the race recap. 18. The format is an interview among friends, with Casey and Rob steering Grant through course details, pacing, and family context. 19. Runners interested in hundred-miler logistics, crew support, and memorial runs would fit this episode. 20. Listeners wanting a highly structured training episode or a short recap might skip it.

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