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The Pickle Podcast - A While Running Podcast

The Pickle Podcast - A While Running Podcast

The Pickle Podcast #30 - Brock Glimer - Couch to 50 mile - why not the impossible

May 12, 2026 · 44 min · 22 segments

Brock takes us through the excellent life of a nerd’s journey to a deep dive off a high cliff into Ultra running to become a powerful ambassador of our sport with a huge heart fight on his sleeves.

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Speakers: Brock GilmerGuestBarry SackettHost

Top entities: Sioux Falls×16 Waconia×3 Minnesota×12 Minnesota Twins×4 Lincoln High School×3

Show signals: SuitabilitySafeBiasNot politicalAudience≈622 followers

Burrito League Origin Story26:41 – 32:12

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Barry SackettHost

26:41

I kinda went through all of that and now out the other side where my teenage kids could care less.

B

Barry SackettHost

26:48

My wife doesn't need me for them.

B

Barry SackettHost

26:50

Although, I'm sure she would have a different opinion if you asked her [laughs]

B

Brock GilmerGuest

26:54

[laughs]

B

Barry SackettHost

26:54

Um, okay.

B

Barry SackettHost

26:55

So I meet you in January.

B

Brock GilmerGuest

27:01

Yeah [laughs].

B

Barry SackettHost

27:02

Um, you wanted to tell this story?

B

Brock GilmerGuest

27:05

Uh, sure.

B

Brock GilmerGuest

27:06

[laughs] I'll tell my part of it.

B

Barry SackettHost

27:07

Yeah, you tell your part of it.

B

Barry SackettHost

27:08

I'll, I'll chime in.

B

Brock GilmerGuest

27:09

So I guess that would've been 2025 was when we were watching the epic showdown of Jamil and Kevin Russ.

B

Barry SackettHost

27:15

Yeah, tell, tell that story a little bit just so people know what-

B

Brock GilmerGuest

27:18

Yeah

B

Barry SackettHost

27:18

... what we're talking about.

B

Brock GilmerGuest

27:19

So-

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Barry SackettHost

27:19

We don't sound completely, well, we don't sound as crazy.

B

Brock GilmerGuest

27:22

[laughs] Sure.

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Brock GilmerGuest

27:23

In 2025, Chipotle put on a Strava challenge that if you ran the most times on their segment, you would get free Chipotle for a year.

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Barry SackettHost

27:32

And their segments were by a Chipotle spot.

B

Brock GilmerGuest

27:34

Yeah, exact- yep, they were connected to a Chipotle.

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Barry SackettHost

27:36

Yep.

B

Brock GilmerGuest

27:36

So Kevin Russ and Jamil Curry were kinda going toe and toe for the Tucs- Tucson, Arizona, right?

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Barry SackettHost

27:43

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WaconiaCityCity in Minnesota
96%3 mentions
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93%12 mentions
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90%4 mentions
Lincoln High SchoolSchoolHigh school in Sioux Falls, South Dakota
88%3 mentions
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MinneapolisCityCity in Minnesota
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Burrito League Origin Story26:41 – 32:12

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Barry SackettHost

26:41

I kinda went through all of that and now out the other side where my teenage kids could care less.

B

Barry SackettHost

26:48

My wife doesn't need me for them.

B

Barry SackettHost

26:50

Although, I'm sure she would have a different opinion if you asked her [laughs]

B

Brock GilmerGuest

26:54

[laughs]

B

Barry SackettHost

26:54

Um, okay.

B

Barry SackettHost

26:55

So I meet you in January.

B

Brock GilmerGuest

27:01

Yeah [laughs].

B

Barry SackettHost

27:02

Um, you wanted to tell this story?

B

Brock GilmerGuest

27:05

Uh, sure.

B

Brock GilmerGuest

27:06

[laughs] I'll tell my part of it.

B

Barry SackettHost

27:07

Yeah, you tell your part of it.

B

Barry SackettHost

27:08

I'll, I'll chime in.

B

Brock GilmerGuest

27:09

So I guess that would've been 2025 was when we were watching the epic showdown of Jamil and Kevin Russ.

B

Barry SackettHost

27:15

Yeah, tell, tell that story a little bit just so people know what-

B

Brock GilmerGuest

27:18

Yeah

B

Barry SackettHost

27:18

... what we're talking about.

B

Brock GilmerGuest

27:19

So-

B

Barry SackettHost

27:19

We don't sound completely, well, we don't sound as crazy.

B

Brock GilmerGuest

27:22

[laughs] Sure.

B

Brock GilmerGuest

27:23

In 2025, Chipotle put on a Strava challenge that if you ran the most times on their segment, you would get free Chipotle for a year.

B

Barry SackettHost

27:32

And their segments were by a Chipotle spot.

B

Brock GilmerGuest

27:34

Yeah, exact- yep, they were connected to a Chipotle.

B

Barry SackettHost

27:36

Yep.

B

Brock GilmerGuest

27:36

So Kevin Russ and Jamil Curry were kinda going toe and toe for the Tucs- Tucson, Arizona, right?

B

Barry SackettHost

27:43

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