Episode 6 - Tom Green - The 1983 Mountain Masochist

About this episode

The episode features a conversation with Tom Green about the history of the Mountain Masochist trail run in 1983.

It's 1983. "Land Down Under" by Men at Work is at the top of the Billboard charts and Ronald Reagan was in his first term as President. If you were a runner, you ran on roads. But if you were Tom Green, you somehow found a paper application for this race called "The Mountain Masochist" and mailed it with a check to a man named David Horton. And the rest, is history. Tom Green is a legend, and the Mountain Masochist trail run is legendary. I'm going to spend a few podcasts talking all about Mountain Masochist and its unique history in American ultrarunning and could think of no better way than to get a picture of what it was like to sign up for the very first one. Who better to ask about this year than Tom Green! So lace up your Nike Waffle Racers, don't worry about water bottles because nobody carried those, and join us for a really fun conversation about ultrarunning 42 years ago.

People in this episode

Host: John Andersen

Guest: Tom Green

Topics covered

• ultrarunning
• Mountain Masochist
• 1983 running history
• Tom Green
• American ultrarunning
• Nike Waffle Racers

Keywords

• Mountain Masochist
• Tom Green
• ultrarunning
• 1983
• David Horton
• Men at Work
• Nike Waffle Racers

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Men at Work, David Horton

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