Vinnie Tortorich and Andy Schreiber co-host this Wednesday edition of the Angriest Trainer podcast.

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508

• Trackers on all riders
• Can figure where they are and when they will come in
• They have been out there since 5:30am, until 2 am + the following end
  • Will then sweep the course to pick up rest of signs
• Video coming soon.. look for it on next Wednesday podcast! (so I don’t get fired)
• Randonneurs are nuts in a good way
• Racer had gotten about half way, but had to go to hospital
  • Partner had to go back and finish
  • DNF
• Vinnie has DNF’d twice — has tendon problem in one of his tendons
  • Found out that he had leukemia on a training ride for the 508
    • 300 mile training ride — wearing winter clothes in summer, etc.
  • Really progressive leukemia, overcame it!

Vinnie Tortorich and cohost Anna Vocino discuss America’s fattest states, the obesity epidemic and Coca Cola’s involvement, and Jaden Merrick’s new record on this Monday edition of the Angriest Trainer podcast!

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FATTEST STATES

1. Arkansas
2. West Virginia
3.  Mississippi
4. Louisiana
5. Alabama
6. Top three have obesity over 35%

BRENT MERRICK & JADEN MERRICK

• The Merrick’s are from ARKANSAS
• Jaden (7) is now Vinnie’s hero
• Jaden ran his first half marathon — is a record setter
  • 1 hour, 1:43:33

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OBESITY EPIDEMIC

• Coca Cola has been funding researchers who divert the conversation of obesity away from too many calories toward people not exercising enough
  • NOT right, NOT widely shared
• Coca Cola trying to be more transparent but bribing incorrectly
• Coca Cola also gave money to American Cancer society
  • American Cancer society has prior talked about how sugar is bad — this is messed up
  • Diabetes foundation has also received (wrong) funding from Coca-Cola
• We know sugar makes cancer grow and hurts diabetes, but these foundations advertise wrongly because they are receiving money from corporations like Coca-Cola

Carlos Dones joins Vinnie Tortorich to discuss running 170 miles through the Grand Canyon NSNG on this Saturday episode of the Angriest Trainer podcast.

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WHO IS CARLOS?

• Has run over one million miles, rim to rim of Grand Canyon
• Was at the LA meet up — Vinnie did a bike fitting for him and they became friends

GRAND TO GRAND

• Carlos called Vinnie asking if this race (170 miles across the Grand Canyon) NSNG
  • Vinnie had his doubts
  • Carlos has to carry everything he is going to eat — difficult due to time and heat
• 7 days, 6 stages, carrying everything you need
  • Packaged, low sugar, minimum grain was the plan for Carlos
  • Required to carry at least 14,000 calories
    • Carlos carried 16,000 calories
• Carlos wanted to minimize sugar because he was becoming fat adapted
  • Most of his food had between 2-3 grams of sugar
  • Took UCAN bars, low sugar, Epic bars, turkey bars, beef bars
  • Coconut oil, all types of nut butters
  • 2 pre dehydrated meals per day
    • Black beans, rice, vegetables
  • ~600 calories per breakfast
• Averaging a marathon per day, mostly uphill
  • Ate between 1000-1200 calories per day
  • ~120 grams of sugar over the course of 7 days
• Carlos finished 34th place
  • He did not crash at all
  • Had no swelling, no elephantitis

Joe Kurmaskie, the Metal Cowboy, speaks with Vinnie Tortorich about writing books about family and adventure, and riding bicycles all over the country and the world on this Friday edition of the Angriest Trainer podcast.

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WHO IS THE METAL COWBOY?

• Joe Kurmaskie from Portland, Oregon
•  Journalist
  • Written for main magazines, NY Times, etc, 7 books
  • Friends with Cheryl Strayed
  • Writing is about doing good work and pushing it — publishers won’t help as much as fans and readers
  • Writes fiction & nonfiction and wonderful books, often having to do with cycling
• Cyclist
  • Cycles around the world
  • Writes books around cycling
  • Dubbed “Metal Cowboy” by blind farmer who saw the bicycle as his steed and the asphalt as his path
  • Pulled family across Canada off the back of his bike
  • Cycles with family
  • Chased by an elephant in Zimbabwe — link here!
• Suffers from genetic hemachromatosis- biggest treatable killer
  • On coroner reports, shows up as heart attack, cancer, liver failure, etc.
• Check out his books here
• Check out his website here 

Vinnie Tortorich and Andy Schreiber host the Wednesday show of the Angriest Trainer podcast from the Silver State 508.  On this episode, they discuss their happenings, body types and Randonneur bicycling.

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SILVER STATE 508

• Vinnie and Andy have been standing on the side of the road for 2 days at this point
• Cross between a David Lynch movie and Wylie Coyote cartoon and Breaking Bad
• Shell station nearby was sponsored by PVC!

RANDONNEUR CATEGORY

• No crew following them — if their bike breaks, they stop to fix it
• Stop at restaurants to get food
• At Vin and Andy’s stop, they have drop bags and LOTS of water
• They speak with Matthew Frederick from San Fran who stops at their station
  • His first 508, but has done 2 600ks
  • Did a 520 at the HooDoo 500 but not Randonneur
  • He’s eating salami!!!!

BODY TYPES

• While there are the sinew-y athletes here, there are also those with bellies
• Proves that exercise is not the way to lose weight
  • 20% of the population are built thin and muscly
    • Thin no matter what
• Lots of people here with talent and brain capacity who ride 12-15k miles a year
  • These people still have some weight on them
    • Because of diet!
• Guy with elephantiasis in the calves
  • All the inflammation, often due to what you’re eating at the time
  • Tony Patera had this as well as inability to keep running etc… until he started NSNG

TIME STATIONS

• People eat cliff bars, hammer stuff

Vinnie Tortorich and co-host Anna Vocino talk fat shaming, interviews to come, and talk to the creators of the Squatty Potty on this Monday edition of the Angriest Trainer podcast.

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FAT SHAMING

• Vinnie does NOT believe Fat Shaming will ever work
• Fat people don’t like being fat
• They aren’t lazy, just have their intentions stolen
• Many fat stereotypes are not true

SQUATTY POTTY

• Check out this hilarious ad here! 
• Really good for you, worth the money
• Mechanical things going on internally; this is the right way to poop!
• Phone books, paint cans, etc for prototypes
  • Different toilets different heights
  • Different body types
• There are different sizing options for your toilet and for you!
• Squatty Potty initially wood, but now plastic
• Making a travel size stool for traveling !
  • Porta-Squatty
  • Also an inflatable/deflatable one
• Wipes clean
  • Saving money on toilet paper too
• Featured on Shark Tank and on Dr. Oz
• Also make bidets
• Good Move! Colon care with enzymes, probiotics, etc to promote healthy gut function