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by Tara Dower and Arlee Hiskey
Every other week we bring you a wonderfully entertaining, low stakes, absolutely no shame story of a DNF in the ultramarathon, sub ultra, FKT, or thru hike world.
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- 1 weeks ago1h 0m
Timed out not tapped out : KC Vermont 100 DNF
OMG check out our new cool fun totally hip substack for freeeee- https://dnfdiaries.substack.com/we made our instagram account- check it out for visual context-> @dnf.diaries https://www.instagram.com/dnf.diaries/WELCOME FRIENDS TO DNF DIARIES! Arlee and I are honored to tell your stories of your DNF. Please review the podcast and share with your friends. It helps so much!If you would like to submit your own DNF story please write to our gmail account - DNFconfessions@gmail.com. The more details the better. ALL THE DETAILS PLEASE!! In the beginning of your email give a short (3 sentence) synopsis. We may reach out to get more info so please include a phone number or email account. Also pics pleasseeeFollow us on Socials!!!DNF DIARIES -https://www.instagram.com/dnf.diaries/Arlee- https://www.instagram.com/a.hisk/Tara- https://www.instagram.com/tara.dower/
- 3 weeks ago1h 5m
period poops at Ouray 100
OMG check out our new cool fun totally hip substack for freeeee- https://dnfdiaries.substack.com/we made our instagram account- check it out for visual context-> @dnf.diaries https://www.instagram.com/dnf.diaries/WELCOME FRIENDS TO DNF DIARIES! Arlee and I are honored to tell your stories of your DNF. Please review the podcast and share with your friends. It helps so much!If you would like to submit your own DNF story please write to our gmail account - DNFconfessions@gmail.com. The more details the better. ALL THE DETAILS PLEASE!! In the beginning of your email give a short (3 sentence) synopsis. We may reach out to get more info so please include a phone number or email account. Also pics pleasseeeFollow us on Socials!!!DNF DIARIES -https://www.instagram.com/dnf.diaries/Arlee- https://www.instagram.com/a.hisk/Tara- https://www.instagram.com/tara.dower/
- Sep 23, 202658 min
Mt. Shasta Sunk Cost Fallacy
OMG check out our new cool fun totally hip substack for freeeee- https://dnfdiaries.substack.com/we made our instagram account- check it out for visual context-> @dnf.diaries https://www.instagram.com/dnf.diaries/WELCOME FRIENDS TO DNF DIARIES! Arlee and I are honored to tell your stories of your DNF. Please review the podcast and share with your friends. It helps so much!If you would like to submit your own DNF story please write to our gmail account - DNFconfessions@gmail.com. The more details the better. ALL THE DETAILS PLEASE!! In the beginning of your email give a short (3 sentence) synopsis. We may reach out to get more info so please include a phone number or email account. Also pics pleasseeeFollow us on Socials!!!DNF DIARIES -https://www.instagram.com/dnf.diaries/Arlee- https://www.instagram.com/a.hisk/Tara- https://www.instagram.com/tara.dower/
- Sep 9, 20261h 7m
2 stomach bugs pre race, WHAT COULD GO WRONG?!
OMG check out our new cool fun totally hip substack for freeeee- https://dnfdiaries.substack.com/we made our instagram account- check it out for visual context-> @dnf.diaries https://www.instagram.com/dnf.diaries/WELCOME FRIENDS TO DNF DIARIES! Arlee and I are honored to tell your stories of your DNF. Please review the podcast and share with your friends. It helps so much!If you would like to submit your own DNF story please write to our gmail account - DNFconfessions@gmail.com. The more details the better. ALL THE DETAILS PLEASE!! In the beginning of your email give a short (3 sentence) synopsis. We may reach out to get more info so please include a phone number or email account. Also pics pleasseeeFollow us on Socials!!!DNF DIARIES -https://www.instagram.com/dnf.diaries/Arlee- https://www.instagram.com/a.hisk/Tara- https://www.instagram.com/tara.dower/
- Aug 25, 20261h 1m
Season 2 and SSRIs 🤪
OMG check out our new cool fun totally hip substack for freeeee- https://dnfdiaries.substack.com/we made our instagram account- check it out for visual context-> @dnf.diaries https://www.instagram.com/dnf.diaries/WELCOME FRIENDS TO DNF DIARIES! Arlee and I are honored to tell your stories of your DNF. Please review the podcast and share with your friends. It helps so much!If you would like to submit your own DNF story please write to our gmail account - DNFconfessions@gmail.com. The more details the better. ALL THE DETAILS PLEASE!! In the beginning of your email give a short (3 sentence) synopsis. We may reach out to get more info so please include a phone number or email account. Also pics pleasseeeFollow us on Socials!!!DNF DIARIES -https://www.instagram.com/dnf.diaries/Arlee- https://www.instagram.com/a.hisk/Tara- https://www.instagram.com/tara.dower/
- May 19, 20261h 3m
RACHEL ENTREKIN DNFs TOO Y'ALL
big shoutout to rachel for coming on our humble pod :) OMG check out our new cool fun totally hip substack for freeeee- https://dnfdiaries.substack.com/we made our instagram account- check it out for visual context-> @dnf.diaries https://www.instagram.com/dnf.diaries/WELCOME FRIENDS TO DNF DIARIES! Arlee and I are honored to tell your stories of your DNF. Please review the podcast and share with your friends. It helps so much!If you would like to submit your own DNF story please write to our gmail account - DNFconfessions@gmail.com. The more details the better. ALL THE DETAILS PLEASE!! In the beginning of your email give a short (3 sentence) synopsis. We may reach out to get more info so please include a phone number or email account. Also pics pleasseeeFollow us on Socials!!!DNF DIARIES -https://www.instagram.com/dnf.diaries/Arlee- https://www.instagram.com/a.hisk/Tara- https://www.instagram.com/tara.dower/
- May 5, 20261h 2m
ben's corn themed marathon was a disaster ..shocker! BUT he is a genius for using corn syrup as fuel 17g of CARBS per TBSP
OMG check out our new cool fun totally hip substack for freeeee- https://dnfdiaries.substack.com/we made our instagram account- check it out for visual context-> @dnf.diaries https://www.instagram.com/dnf.diaries/WELCOME FRIENDS TO DNF DIARIES! Arlee and I are honored to tell your stories of your DNF. Please review the podcast and share with your friends. It helps so much!If you would like to submit your own DNF story please write to our gmail account - DNFconfessions@gmail.com. The more details the better. ALL THE DETAILS PLEASE!! In the beginning of your email give a short (3 sentence) synopsis. We may reach out to get more info so please include a phone number or email account. Also pics pleasseeeFollow us on Socials!!!DNF DIARIES -https://www.instagram.com/dnf.diaries/Arlee- https://www.instagram.com/a.hisk/Tara- https://www.instagram.com/tara.dower/
- Apr 21, 202653 min
The Origin Story of Scotty B Cash - Cold, Prepared and a Pack of Bears... and maybe 11 liters of water too
Guest star Scotty B comes on the pod to share about his backpacking fails @scottbenerofe on instagramOMG check out our new cool fun totally hip substack for freeeee- https://dnfdiaries.substack.com/we made our instagram account- check it out for visual context-> @dnf.diaries https://www.instagram.com/dnf.diaries/WELCOME FRIENDS TO DNF DIARIES! Arlee and I are honored to tell your stories of your DNF. Please review the podcast and share with your friends. It helps so much!If you would like to submit your own DNF story please write to our gmail account - DNFconfessions@gmail.com. The more details the better. ALL THE DETAILS PLEASE!! In the beginning of your email give a short (3 sentence) synopsis. We may reach out to get more info so please include a phone number or email account. Also pics pleasseeeFollow us on Socials!!!DNF DIARIES -https://www.instagram.com/dnf.diaries/Arlee- https://www.instagram.com/a.hisk/Tara- https://www.instagram.com/tara.dower/
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