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We continue season 4 with Izzy's conversation with Tyson Bradley. Tyson is a captain in the 36th Airlift Squadron of the United States Airforce and flies the C130J. He graduated from the Air Force Academy where he served as an instructor pilot in the TG16A and DG1000 sailplanes. Tyson has had the opportunity to fly many interesting aircraft since becoming a pilot including the T6, T38 , and a 1937 Taylorcraft. He became interested in homebuilts and was able to fly a Sonex as well as a Defiant before purchasing his Cozy MkIV, N244CZ. Tyson was born and raised in Nashville but now lives in Abilene, TX with his dog Luna. Luna is a husky and flies along happyily in the back seat. He shares many of his flying adventures on his instagram page. Let's learn a little more about Tyson and Sally, his Cozy MkIV, N244CZ.Follow Tyson on Instagram!https://www.instagram.com/charliezuluviews

“ That's how I learn life. I look at it, I visualize myself doing it, and then I execute. And if it doesn't feel right, I can feel it. I can see it, almost like a third person's view. That's the way I've approached life; that's the way I've been able to really reel in on what I'm good at and what I'm not good at.”   Ryan Medrano has faced his share of challenges—he was born with mild cerebral palsy, which caused motor and cognitive delays, and was often bullied as a child because of it. But as he learned to walk and read social signals, he gained knowledge about himself and the world that would eventually allow him to excel in sports and life.   He met previous podcast guest Noelle Lambert when both were cast members on season 43 of Survivor. Noelle—who was already competing in para track & field —convinced Ryan he, too, should return to the sport (he'd run in high school) at the elite level. And within two years, he'd won a silver medal at World Championships, gold at the ParaPan American Games, and two silvers, in the T38 100 meters and 400 meters, at the Paralympics in Paris.   All that success came despite frequently competing in pain related to his disability—his mental game, including his use of imagery and self-talk, has long been incredibly strong. But as his athletic career continues, he's learning more about his body and what it needs to recover well and feel good. And along the way, he shares his passion with the next generation through his work as a motivational speaker.   Resources/links: Ryan's Instagram, TikTok Episode 145 with Noelle Lambert    A huge thank you to LEVER Movement, the exclusive sponsor of season 8 of The Injured Athletes Club podcast! The LEVER system is an innovative way to reduce your body weight, and the impact on your joints, while exercising on a treadmill. Use the code “TIAC20” to get 20% off your purchase.    You can subscribe to The Injured Athletes Club on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Audible, Amazon Music, or wherever you get your podcasts, and if you like what you hear, please leave us a rating or a review in Apple podcasts. That helps other injured athletes find the show.   To access more resources for injured athletes: Buy Rebound: Train Your Mind to Bounce Back Stronger from Sports Injuries —now available as an audiobook! Buy Injured Athletes Club merchandise, including hoodies, stickers, patches, journals, mugs, hats, and gift cards Access webinar videos, mental rehab e-courses, and more great resources for injured athletes while supporting our work Join The Injured Athletes Club mailing list, for news and updates Join The Injured Athletes Club Facebook group, for support and camaraderie Like The Injured Athletes Club Podcast Facebook page, for the latest episodes Email us at hello@injuredathletesclub.com with questions, guest suggestions, or other feedback   DISCLAIMER: This content is for educational & informational use only and & does not constitute medical advice. Do not disregard, avoid or delay obtaining medical or health related advice from your health-care professional because of something you may have heard in an episode of this podcast. You should not rely on this information as a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Please consult with a qualified medical professional for proper evaluation & treatment. Guests who speak on this podcast express their own opinions, experiences, and conclusions, and The Injured Athletes Club podcast hosts nor any company providing financial support endorses or opposes any particular treatment option discussed in the episodes of this podcast and are not responsible for any actions or inactions of listeners based on the information presented. The use of any information provided is solely at your own risk.  

358: Zurich Diamond League | Burnley Half | Kristian Ulriksen This episode is sponsored by Precision Fuel & Hydration, check out their free online planner that you can use to work out how much carb, sodium and fluid you need to perform at your best.  Click here then use the code at checkout as mentioned on the show for a discount. Kristian Ulriksen takes his turn to guest host and talks about his change in training over the past year as well as his week leading to the Drammen Half. Julian returns and shares his stories from Zurich courtesy of On. Brad's strength continues to show through another week of marathon training. Olympic Bronze medallist Yared Nuguse took out the 1500 “rematch” at the Zurich Diamond League in 3:29.21, ahead of Jakob Ingebrigsten who battled a cold in the lead up as well as Cole Hocker. Oli Hoare ran 3:37.43, while Stewy McSweyn withdrew from starting the 3000m. Beatrice Chebet ran 14:09.52 to take out the 5000m in a World Lead time. Zurich Diamond League Results Jarryd Clifford heartbreakingly misses out on a Paralympic medal in the T12 1500m Final by .01 of a second. Reece Langdon won the bronze medal in the T38 1500m, while Rheed McCracken won bronze in the T34 800m. Paralympic Para Athletics Results Seth O'Donnell and Lissy Duncan both dominated the Burnley Half Marathon, with Seth O'Donnell winning in 1:02:05 over Harry Norman and Ben Chamberlain, while Lissy Duncan in 1:13:03 ahead of Erika Florez and Kate Mason. The winning teams in the Premier Divisions were Western Athletics in the Men's, and Glenhuntly the winning team in the Women's. Aths Vic Results Hub https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFTDCfpo9ZE  Genevieve Gregson has a clear win at the Bridge to Brisbane 10km ahead of Richele Hill and Alex Blake, as did Liam Boudin ahead of Jack Bruce and Jude Thomas. Results Sarah Billings runs a 1:58.94 800m in Germany to clock a World Championships Qualifier. Word Athletics Results Josh Kerr finishes his season in style, breaking the long-standing course record of the 5th Avenue Mile in New York City in 3:44.3, while Karissa Schweizer was the breakaway winner in 4:14.8 which equaled Laura Muir's course record. NYRR Results Listener Question asks how to get your carb loading while you're out on the road, then Moose laments the potential of wasted talent. Patreon Link: https://www.patreon.com/insiderunningpodcast Opening and Closing Music is Undercover of my Skin by Benny Walker. www.bennywalkermusic.com Join the conversation at: https://www.facebook.com/insiderunningpodcast/ To donate and show your support for the show: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=9K9WQCZNA2KAN

Angus Hincksman is about to compete in his first Paralympics in the T38 1500m. The 19-year-old Australian is an absolute gun on the track, and is a pretty handy golfer and surf lifesaver too. In this conversation, we talk about the evolution of para sports, what the Paralympic movement means to him and why he's so motivated to inspire younger kids with disabilities. Angus Hincksman is a middle-distance runner from Adelaide, Australia. Diagnosed with a brain injury at birth, Angus's early life was marked by challenges including seizures, physiotherapy and countless doctor's appointments. After taking up running in 2015, Angus was classified as a T38 athlete, a category for individuals with Cerebral Palsy, affecting muscle control and coordination. With support from organisation, Novita and his local athletics clubs, Angus made significant strides in the sport. Since then, he has set national age records across multiple distances and won several national titles, including winning the T38 800m at the Australian Athletics Championships in Adelaide this year. In 2023, he won bronze in the T38 1500m at the World Para Athletics Championships. The Paralympics Games in Paris marks his Paralympic debut. - Intro and outro music by Dan Beacom  Graphic design by Kate Scheer

"Join us for a special edition of Walk and Roll Live, where we highlight the electrifying performance of Jaydin Blackwell at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. Jaydin, a world-class sprinter and a true inspiration, has once again pushed the limits by setting a new world record in the men's 100m T38 event. We'll dive into his incredible journey, from his early beginnings in para athletics to his latest triumph on the global stage. Tune in to celebrate Jaydin's remarkable achievements and his impact on the world of adaptive sports." Walk and Roll Live 

"The most pivotal moment of my life was when my doctor sat me down as kind of an exit interview from the hospital… He said, ‘Nate, you're never going to walk without a limp, competitive sports are not in your future, and you're not going to graduate high school. I still get a tingling sensation all over my body just saying it. For me, I could take this one road that's pretty flat and I won't fail a lot and I'll just listen to him. Or I could take this winding road and I could fail a whole lot. A lot of tears were shed, for sure, but I could end up on top of the podium at the Paralympic Games, or I could achieve something that I'd always dreamed of. I was always a really big dreamer, so I decided to take that route. I got out of the hospital on Sunday and went to school on Monday. It was almost like a new life." Nate Riech won gold in the T38 category for the 1500m at his first Paralympic Games in Tokyo and is now back to defend his title. He is also an Asics-sponsored pro athlete and won the gold medal at last year's World Para Athletics Championships in Paris. In this episode, he shares his career story including the story of when he was 10 years old and an accident on a golf course changed the trajectory of his life. He was diagnosed with a brain injury that affected the right side of his body. He comes from a super athletic family that includes NHL players and Olympians, which only motivated him even more to set out and write his own legacy in the Paralympic movement. He also shares his hopes for carrying the momentum from the Olympic Games to the Paralympics. Host: Chris Chavez | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@chris_j_chavez on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Guest: Nate Graywolf Riech | ⁠⁠⁠⁠@nategraywolf on Instagram⁠⁠ SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS ASICS: It's no surprise that many of Asics' top athletes have been racing in the MetaSpeed Edge and MetaSpeed Sky. They're both lightweight, responsive, and built to help you fly. ⁠⁠⁠Head over to Asics.com⁠⁠⁠ and check them out because your next PR may be a few clicks away. OLIPOP: For the past year, we've redefined Olipop as more than just a healthy drink known for its gut microbiome with a low sugar content and a much better alternative to regular soda. You know there are more than 16 flavors, including classic root beer, cherry cola, and lemon-lime. You know it as The Runner's Soda. ⁠⁠⁠Get 25% off your orders by using code CITIUS25 at drinkolipop.com⁠⁠⁠. HOW TO SUPPORT THE PODCAST

343: Pre Classic | Great Manchester Run | Marathon Selection Drama   This episode is sponsored by Precision Fuel & Hydration, check out their free online planner that you can use to work out how much carb, sodium and fluid you need to perform at your best.  Click here then use the code at checkout as mentioned on the show for a discount.   Brad checks in from his new house and gets ready to race again. Julian scouts the surf and hits the hills. Brady puts doubles back into the programme then crosses paths with a big pack off to the pub.    Jess Hull set a new 1500m National and Oceania Record of 3:55.97 in the Pre Classic Diamond League in Eugene Oregon, just behind winner Diribe Welteji and holding off Elle St. Pierre. Linden Hall who was also in the race ran 4:01.97 Catriona Bisset ran an Olympic Qualifier of 1:58.44 in the 800m, while Keely Hodgkinson won a world leading 1:55.78 over Mary Moraa. Josh Kerr took out the Bowerman Mile in 3:45.34, once again beating Jakob Ingebrigsten. Oli Hoare ran an Olympic Qualifier time of 3:49.11, while Cameron Myers posted a personal best 3:50.15 for an U/20 National Record. Lauren Ryan ran 15:03.63 in the 5000m with Tsigie Gebreselama winning in a world leading 14:18.76. The event also hosted the Kenyan 10000m Trials that saw Beatrice Chebet run 28:54.14 for a new 10000m World Record, while Daniel Meteiko ran 26:50.81 to take the win. Pre Classic Results   Andrew Dey and Imy Briscoe were the winners of the Runaway Noosa Marathon, while Ella McCartney and Alex Harvey each won the Half Marathon. Results   Jack Rayner 27:44 Manchester Run second, just off his 10k Road National Record, while Pat Tiernan placed in seventh with 28:09. Vincent Ngetich won the Men's Race in 27:25, while the first woman across was Gotytom Gebreslase in 30:32. Great Manchester Run 10k Results   Tigist Assefa's marathon World Record set in Berlin Marathon officially ratified. World Athletics Press Release   Michael Roeger wins the bronze medal in the T46 1500m at the Kobe Para Athletic World Champs, while Deon Kenzie also wins a bronze medal in the T38 1500m. Para Athletic World Champs Results   Milly Clark and Brad Tennick won the 12km City To Casino in Hobart, Tasmania. Results   Listener Question asks whether compression socks are still in fashion, while the whispers are raging over the selection of the Women's Olympic Marathon Team. Then Moose shares his  Purchase of the Week before going into a preview of the upcoming Launceston Running Festival and Bislett Games at the Oslo Diamond League. Patreon Link: https://www.patreon.com/insiderunningpodcast Opening and Closing Music is Undercover of my Skin by Benny Walker. www.bennywalkermusic.com Join the conversation at: https://www.facebook.com/insiderunningpodcast/ To donate and show your support for the show: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=9K9WQCZNA2KAN

A conversation between brothers in arms who have known each other since the early 1980s - one an athlete, the other his coach at the time.----more---- SUMMARY Neither has ventured far from the Air Force or the Academy. Lt. Gen. Richard Clark '86, the Academy's 21st superintendent, opens up about his leadership journey to Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Mike Gould '76, the man who first coached him all those years ago. Gen. Clark's leadership story is exceptional and Gen. Gould does a masterful job of helping him tell it.   OUR FAVORITE QUOTES "The one thing that doesn't change is our mission. And our mission is to develop lieutenants, better leaders of character that are ready to go out and win our wars and that are ready to go out support defend the Constitution. That is it." "Whenever there's Americans on the ground, we're going to do whatever it takes to help them you will do whatever it takes." "Seeing those young guys go out there and do that, and do what they needed to do to help other Americans to help their fellow servicemen that made me prouder than anything." "I am very happy and comfortable to leave this torch with them to hand the torch off to them. And I'm just proud to have served with them." "I am leaving with a lot of gratitude in my heart, just from our cadets from our permanent party, from the alumni that helped us do this and the other supporters."   SHARE THIS EPISODE FACEBOOK  |  LINKEDIN  |  TWITTER  |  EMAIL   CHAPTERS 00:00:  Introduction and Mission of the Air Force Academy 01:09:  Lieutenant General Rich Clark's Background and Career 08:27:  Making the Best of Unexpected Assignments 10:18:  Leadership in Challenging Situations 00:09:  Introduction 07:28:  Enhancing the Academy's Facilities and Programs 14:57:  Developing Leaders of Character 31:11:  The Importance of Alumni and Supporters 37:51:  Transitioning to the Role of Executive Director of the College Football Playoff 45:08:  Conclusion   TAKEAWAYS  - Leadership is developed through challenging experiences like overcoming adversity, mentoring others, and leading in high-pressure situations like combat.  - Support from family, mentors, and sponsor families can help one persevere through difficult times and find purpose.  - Having an open mind and making the most of unexpected opportunities can lead to unexpected benefits and career success.  - Giving back to one's alma mater through things like financial support, mentorship, and service helps continue its mission and benefits future generations.  - Expressing gratitude to those who support your mission helps foster positive relationships and a sense of shared purpose.     LT. GEN. CLARK'S BIO Lt. Gen. Richard M. Clark '86 is the Superintendent, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado. He directs a four-year regimen of military training, academics, athletic and character development programs leading to a Bachelor of Science degree and a commission as a second lieutenant in the United States Air Force or United States Space Force. Lt. Gen. Clark graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1986. His commands include the 34th Bomb Squadron, Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota; 12th Flying Training Wing, Randolph AFB, Texas; Eighth Air Force, Barksdale AFB, Louisiana, and Joint Functional Component Commander for Global Strike, Offutt AFB, Nebraska. He has also served as a White House Fellow in Washington, D.C.; the Commandant of Cadets, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado; Senior Defense Official/Defense Attaché, Cairo, Egypt, and as the Commander, Third Air Force, Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Prior to his current assignment, Lt. Gen. Clark served as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Deterrence and Nuclear Integration, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia. - Copy and image credit:  af.mil       ABOUT LONG BLUE LEADERSHIP Long Blue Leadership drops every two weeks on Tuesdays and is available on Apple Podcasts, TuneIn + Alexa, Spotify and all your favorite podcast platforms. Search @AirForceGrads on your favorite social channels for Long Blue Leadership news and updates!            FULL TRANSCRIPT OUR SPEAKERS Our guest is Lt. Gen. Richard Clark '86  |  Our host is Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Mike Gould '76   Lt. Gen. Richard Clark  00:12 The one thing that doesn't change is our mission. And our mission is to develop lieutenants, better leaders of character, that are ready to go out and win our wars and that are ready to go out and support and defend the Constitution. That's it.   Announcer  00:27 Welcome to the Long Blue Leadership podcast. These are powerful conversations with United States Air Force Academy graduates who have lived their lives with distinction. All leaders of character who candidly share their stories, including their best and worst moments, the challenges they've overcome the people and events that have shaped who they are, and who willingly lend their wisdom to advance your leadership journey. Your host for this special presentation of Long Blue Leadership is Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Mike Gould, USAFA class of '76 and currently serving as a member of the Association and Foundation board of directors. And now, Gen. Mike Gould.   Lt. Gen Mike Gould  01:09 My guest today is Lt. Gen. Rich Clark, the 21st superintendent of the Air Force Academy, Class of '86 at USAFA, and if I'm not mistaken, you're about 46 days away from retiring. After a 38-year career, that when you think about it, has spanned so much in our country, starting with the Cold War through conflicts in Southwest Asia, in the Middle East, and the culture wars that we all experience today. I think his experience in active duty is highlighted most by seven commands that he's held; a bomb squadron, a training wing, to numbered Air Force's, the joint functional component command for Global Strike, served as the commandant of cadets here at the Academy. And now like I said, as the 21st superintendent. In addition to that, Gen. Clark served as the senior defense official, and the defense attaché in Cairo during some interesting times, and also served as a White House fellow. And if that's not enough, he's flown over 4,200 hours in the B1, both the EC and KC-135, the T1, the T38, the T6 and the T21. And most notably, 400 of those hours are in combat. So Rich, as you look back on the past nearly four decades of service, I'm sure you have a lot to think about as it's all coming to an end. And really, how it all started. I'd like you to please share with us a little bit about your life as a young child. And you know, some of the influential people who you met in your formative years, and then kind of how that led you here to the Air Force Academy.   Lt. Gen. Richard Clark  02:58 Wow, well, first, can I call you Coach, General Gould?   Lt. Gen. Mike Gould  03:02 You (can) call me Coach…   Lt. Gen. Richard Clark  03:03 I'll call you Coach because you were my coach when I was here, and you saw me walk in the doors here. So, I'll talk a little bit about that. But I just want to thank you for letting me be here today. This is a real honor. So, thank you.   Lt. Gen. Richard Clark  But I grew up in the Bay Area, Oakland, Berkeley, California, and my parents were divorced. So, it was my mother, my brother and I. And then when my mom got remarried, we moved to the East Coast to Richmond, Virginia, and that's where I went to high school, and not a military family. My dad was drafted back in the Vietnam era. He served a short tour, so I don't really remember those days. So, I don't consider myself really from a military family and really hadn't considered joining the military. I played football, I played a lot of sports. Growing up, football was my primary — and track actually, but football the primarily, and I had signed to go to William & Mary in Virginia, and I was going with my best friend from high school and actually in junior high. And Coach Ken Hatfield came to my house. And the Air Force had been recruiting me. So did Army and Navy. And he actually came to my house though and visited my parents. And he had dinner at our house, and my mom thought, “He is such a nice man. And he was like, “Look, just come out and see the Air Force Academy.” Now what he didn't know was that I wanted to, I was very interested in flying more commercial. I always thought I wanted to be a commercial pilot. And he convinced me to come out. My mom was like, “Just go; it's free.” You know, I was like, OK, and so I still had a couple of college visits left. So, I came to the Air Force Academy. I'll be honest, I got here and after seeing the place and seeing the opportunities to fly — just to have a great education and to play Division I college football, I was hooked. And I, my dad — my stepdad who I consider my dad — made me call the coach at William & Mary tell him I was changing my mind. And I signed and came to Air Force. And when I got off the bus and got on those footprints , and they started yelling at me, I was like, “Hey, wait, I'm a football player. You're not supposed to yell at me.” That's what I thought. And that was not true. And the rest is history. And, you know, it was an important decision in my life, certainly. But, you know, I appreciate Coach Hatfield being persistent and coming to get me and, you know, talk to my parents, formative people, obviously. But it was a great decision. Great decision.   Lt. Gen. Mike Gould  05:48 Did you also visit West Point and or Annapolis?   Lt. Gen. Richard Clark  05:52 I did not because I didn't want to go to a — I wasn't interested, really in a service academy. What I will say, though, I did fill out an application to Air Force before Coach Hatfield came. And I did go and do an interview with my congressional member. Because my guidance counselor convinced me to do that in case I didn't get another good offer from somewhere else. And I actually got a congressional appointment. But then the Academy contacted me, and I told them I was going to turn it down. And that's when Coach Hatfield came to my house. But I, I went through the motions, I think, but I didn't really have an intention to come. I wanted to go to William & Mary, and I wasn't even going to visit Army and Navy because, you know, there wasn't something I was interested in.   Lt. Gen. Mike Gould  06:46 I'll bet you've looked back and asked yourself the question, what would you be doing now had you gone to William and Mary, or one of these other schools?   Lt. Gen. Richard Clark  06:54 Hard for me to picture my life without being in the Air Force and the Air Force Academy, right?   Lt. Gen. Mike Gould  07:01 Now, you let on a little bit about falling in on the footprints. But as you look back at arriving at the Academy, and you're in now, you signed up and you're going to be a Falcon, what kind of memories do you have about basic training and leading into your first fall semester?   Lt. Gen. Richard Clark  07:21 Yeah. So, here's the here's one memory I definitely have — and I talk to the cadets about this sometimes — I mentioned the phone-booth to them. And they're like, “What? “What's a phone booth?” Well, you know, I explained to them, there were these big boxes that had a telephone and you had a card that you could call home. And in basic training, about halfway through, you got to call home. And I call my mom. And I said, “Mom, this place is not for me. I'm ready to come home.” She's like, “Oh, that's great. Because the William & Mary coach called last week to see how you're doing. You could probably still get your scholarship.” And I was like, “Oh.” I was expecting her to say, “Well, you better not come home.” But she said, “You know, that's OK.” And truth is, I looked out the door, you know, they had the glass doors, and all my classmates are lined up out the door waiting for their turn to come in. And honestly, I thought, “Man, I'm not ready to leave these guys yet.” And so, she said, “You come on home, it's OK.” And I said, “Well, you know what, mom, I think I'm just gonna' finish basic training. And then I'll see. I want to stick that out with these guys.” You know, I made some great friends. It's not what I expected, but I liked the people. So, I stayed. And then after basic training, she asked me, “Are you still going to come home?” And I said, “Well, you know, I think I'll stick it out one semester, I'd really like to play football because I've gotten in with the team now. And I got some friends on the team. So maybe I could play one season. I think I've got a good chance to make the varsity.” And I did that. And then it was, “You know, Mom, maybe I'll stay for my rest of my freshman year.” It was like one step at a time until eventually I was like, “You know, I'm in.” But it was not a done deal for a while for me, you know, where I just said, “You know what, this is it. I'm in the right place.” I think after that first year, though, I realized that I was, you know — it took some time though. And football had a lot to do with it. The friends you make, the success we had as a team. That was just great. And I love my squadron. I was in 7th Squadron. Great, great friends there. So, after a year though, I feel like I was in but there was that moment in that phone booth and basic training where I was like, “Man, I don't know.” But I did it and I'm glad I did.   Lt. Gen. Mike Gould  09:52 Well, everything you just went through right there was referencing the people. That's what kept you there. But then you get into academics and you get your military training. How did you navigate some of those things? And you know, I know you had fun with your buddies and football is always a hoot. But about the other challenges that the Academy threw at you?   Lt. Gen. Richard Clark  10:15 Yeah. So, I actually, I liked academics, I did pretty well, I was on Dean's List most semesters, like seven of my eight semesters, I made the Dean's List. So not that I didn't have some challenges. I mean, there's those certain courses that you're just like, “Oh, my goodness.” But overall, academics wasn't the big challenge. I think the challenge for me was not having some of the freedoms that you wanted early on because you're sort of getting acclimatized to it, you know, you're getting used to not being able to do certain things, the military lifestyle, you have to get used to that a little bit. But once I got that — and going back to the people, everybody's kind of struggling with that. And when you're all struggling together, it just makes it a lot more bearable and doable. And I think after that first year, I was in, I was like, “You know, I'm in the right place. And I'm gonna' stay here.” I did have a moment though. When I was a sophomore, I tore my knee up playing football, the last game, San Diego State. Just ripped my ACL. My MCL — meniscus cartilage — had [to be] reconstructed. And I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to play football again. And that made me kind of think a little bit about was I going to stay. And I had to come to terms with some things, you know, “Why am I here? What's my real purpose?” And as much as football meant to me, I was here for something bigger than that. And I realized that unfortunately, at that point when I was injured, I think that was also the point where I really came to terms with why I was here, that it was something bigger than myself. And I wanted to be a part of it. And so I stayed. I was still determined to play and I did get to play, you know, the next season. But my purpose was a bit different, you know, and that injury really helped me kind of figure things out and sort through my greater purpose.   Lt. Gen. Mike Gould  12:18 Gave you that confidence of overcoming adversity.   Lt. Gen. Richard Clark  12:21 Absolutely. Like sports does. Right. That's it.   Lt. Gen. Mike Gould  12:24 Now, back in my day, we didn't really have a sponsorship program — sponsor families in town. But I think by the time you were a cadet, that program existed to have a sponsor family.   Lt. Gen. Richard Clark  12:41 They were awesome. The Frables, Neil and Elizabeth. I just had lunch with Neil about four months ago. We still we stay in touch and they're just awesome. And they were so good. They sponsored four of us. And they actually gave each of us a key to their house. And a key to their third car. Oh, my goodness, that was a lifesaver. And they cooked a lot. And we ate a lot. And they just they really opened their homes up to us. So, I credit them. I mean, they were my second family, and still just love them for what they did for us. They were a great, great sponsor family.   Lt. Gen. Mike Gould  13:24 When you were a cadet, did you participate in any formal leadership programs? Did you hold some positions within the cadet wing?   Lt. Gen. Richard Clark  13:35 O don't think they thought that highly of me. I wasn't that kind of cadet. I was the D.O. for my squadron. And that was because one of my buddies was a squadron commander. He's like, “Hey, man, will you help me?” And I was like, “Yeah, I'll do this.” But that was the most leadership experience I got and, you know, informal way. But I was glad to do that. It was my squadron. Although, when I told my friends to clean their rooms up and stuff, they'd always give me grief. You know, all these seniors. We were all seniors together. And they're like, “Who are you to tell me this?” Peer leadership is the hardest thing in the world. But yeah, I didn't rise to the level of like group or wing leadership or anything like that. So, the cadets were already surprised to hear that I'm like not, I wasn't that good of a cadet. I mean, I was like your average kind of cadet that did pretty well.   Lt. Gen. Mike Gould  14:28 Well, you're being modest here. I watched you lead on that football team. You guys had some success and a really tight group.   Lt. Gen. Richard Clark  14:35 We did. I loved our team. We had a lot of leaders on our football team, though. And people — I always characterize the leadership on our football team — people knew when they needed to lead. You know, there was just times where someone needed to step up and be a leader. And it might not be that you were the leader all the time. But when it was needed, somebody always stepped up. And that was I think the hallmark of our team. And it was just a great group of people, humble leaders, all about team success. And I learned as much leadership from football as I did anywhere else here at the Academy. And credit to Coach DeBerry, Coach Hatfield, you know, all of our coaches, and my teammates, for just helping me develop as a man and, and what kind of a leader and person I wanted to be. So that was as much of a leadership laboratory as anything for me.   Lt. Gen. Mike Gould  15:33 So, it sounds like when it came time to toss your hat and put on the gold bars, you were prepared to go out and be a lieutenant in the Air Force.   Lt. Gen. Richard Clark  15:43 I think I was. And my first job was right back and coaching football here. So that was a nice transition from the Academy. I taught unarmed combat, PE, and I coached the JV football team and you, you were at the prep school then I think, Coach, and so… But that was a phenomenal job. And there were like eight of us that stayed back and did that. That was just great. And you know, you had to employ some leadership there because you're trying to lead the cadets. And whether they're on football or in the PE class. So, I learned a lot doing that, but I really enjoyed it. I love being back here. And honestly, it gave me a whole different appreciation for the Academy. Because when you're a cadet, you are looking about five feet in front of you and you don't stop to look at the mountains and you don't stop to look at all that everybody's doing to make this place happen and the passion that people really have for our cadets. That was when I first kind of said, “You know what, this place really is special.” But you don't get that as a cadet necessarily. Some cadets, so they're special anyway, but cadets like me, I didn't know, and I was just ready to graduate. But that one year gave me a whole different appreciation. And I'm grateful for it.   Lt. Gen. Mike Gould  17:00 Right. And then you headed off to pilot training and like most lieutenants, you know, you're gonna' mix in with a new group of people, a new group of friends. Talk to us about your experience as a student pilot, and then on to start your career flying big airplanes.   Lt. Gen. Richard Clark  17:18 Yes. So, me and one of my good friends, Mike Chandler, we decided we were going to go to pilot training together. He was a teammate in football. And we were actually roommates when we traveled. And we decided we're going together. So, we both went to Laughlin. And we thought we'll go to Laughlin so there's no distractions, there's good weather, we're going to kill pilot training. And when we got there, we realized there's no distractions at all. And there was nothing else to do there. But we had a great time because of the people in our class. And we're the only two Academy grads in the class. But we just we bonded well as a class and pilot training was pretty good. I do remember though, I almost washed out, like in the first month, because I had a couple bad rides in a row. And you know how you get a couple, three bad rides, and you're out? And especially in those days, we lost half of our class, they washed out 50% of our class. And I had these bad rides. And I had to go to what they call an 89. You know, and what that was if you if you fail three rides in a row, right? If you couldn't do your no-flap landings, and you couldn't get them right in the T-37, then you went to an 88. You fail the 88, then you go to the 89. 89 was the elimination, right? And so, I had to go to an 89. And I had to fly with the squadron commander. And the night before, I call my mom again. I always called my mom. And I was like, Mom, tomorrow might be my last flight because I flew today, I failed the ride, and I don't think a whole lot is gonna' change between tonight and tomorrow. And she was like, “Well enjoy it. Because it might be the last time you get to fly an airplane, so you need to at least have fun. It's been your dream and my heart goes out to you. But enjoy the flight. Don't make your last flight something that was a bad memory for you.” And I was like, “Well, if I fail, it's gonna' be a bad memory.” She said, “But at least have fun. You can have fun.” But it was great advice because I went up there, Coach, and I was just relaxed. I even stopped studying when I called her. I didn't study that night. I went to bed, got up in the morning, didn't get up early and study. I went in there, I did my ground evals. I was usually pretty good in the ground evals and I just went up and I flew the sortie. I remember, he told me to do a cloverleaf, you know, the maneuver the cloverleaf, which was my favorite. I did the cloverleaf and he goes, “OK, we can head on back to the pattern now get your pattern work done.” And I said, “Can I do one more clover?” And he's like, “I don't recommend it, the one you did was fine.” And I said, “I know I just like the cloverleaf. Sir, can I just do one more?” He was like, “OK.” And I did another cloverleaf thinking, “You know, this might be my last time I did the cloverleaf.” I flew back to the pattern, I'm talking to the IP and stuff. I did my landings, you know, really uneventful. Got out of the plane, we're walking back, and he goes, “I don't even know why you're in this ride. That was a great ride.” And I was like, “You mean, I passed?” And he was like, “Yeah, great job today, Lt. Clark, you passed.” And what I realized, it was about just relaxing and flying the plane. And it was the best lesson I ever got in an airplane, when you can relax and just let your training kick in. And just don't worry and let your instincts take over. You just fly better. And my mom sort of taught me that. She's like, “Just relax and have a good time.” So, I sort of credited her with keeping me at the Academy. She got me through pilot training. I mean, she was my mom, too. So, I give her that credit. But yeah, that was a good pilot training memory. And, you know, everything's been great since then.   Lt. Gen. Mike Gould  21:12 So, you head off, and you're going to the EC135 first, right? So, talk to me a little bit about your career progression there as a captain and major and things you look back on from that period.   Lt. Gen. Richard Clark  21:27 Well, so, here's one big lesson that I got out. When I got the EC135, I wanted to fly C-130. Really I wanted to fly a gunship. And I thought, “I don't even know what that is I didn't put it on my dream sheet. How did I end up getting this?” I was bummed out. And then one of the IP(s) said, “You know, they handpick people to go into the EC135.” Oh, really? Well, because the EC135 was the airborne command post — the nuclear mission at Offutt and you always had a general officer on board. And you could only fly with instructor pilots and a co-pilot. You couldn't have a straight aircraft commander in that plane. And the co-pilot had an immense amount of responsibility in that mission, and you got a whole lot of flying time. And when you got done with that assignment in two years, you got your choice of your next assignment. And a lot of guys went to fighters. They had to compete for that. But then for me, it was the B-1 and I saw that that was available. And I learned that when I first walked in the door because several people got to FP111s and B-1s. And I was like, “Man, I could do this.” I got 2,000 hours in the T-38 because they had the ACE program, the companion trainer program in the EC. And between those two aircraft, I got 2,000 hours, which was plenty for me to go into the B-1. And then I flew the B-1 basically the rest of my career. And so, it was really one of the lessons I learned. Sometimes you get put somewhere that maybe it didn't want or maybe didn't expect, but you make the best of it. And sometimes there's these, sort of, hidden benefits and successes that you didn't even know about. But if you go there and just bloom where you're planted, good things happen. And I learned that early. Fortunately, in the EC135. I flew the B-1 for 17 years. I flew at McConnell which ended up moving B-1s out of there. Dyess Air Force Base, I flew at Ellsworth as a squadron commander. I did do a stint in the Pentagon and legislative liaison in there and I was also a White House fellow, which was an amazing opportunity for me. But those years and the B-1 and doing the Pentagon and the White House fellow were really amazing years. I met Amy in there and we got married. When I was stationed at Dyess as a captain, well, actually I met her as a captain — we dated, and I pinned on just a few months before we got married. But my flying career was just awesome. And my first command was just absolutely a pinnacle point. It was squadron commander and the 34th Bomb Squadron. And I got into that squadron. Sept. 5, 2001, is when I showed up for that and I had just left the White House fellowship, which was just a fantastic opportunity. But I was riding high Sept. 5, and then Sept. 11, happens and everything changed. The squadron deployed and I wasn't checked out yet in the B-1. I had to go through a re-qual program. And so, I can remember when they left. The squadron was heading out and they were, “…or maybe we could just take you as an unqualified pilot,” blah, blah, blah. There was no way that that was going to happen. And so, I can remember that day, when they were leaving, they left about a month after Sept. 11, in October. And I just went and helped pack up bags. I just did whatever I could to help that squadron out. I wasn't the squadron commander at the time. But I remember thinking, “Man, I can't believe the squadron that I was going to go in is going to go without me.” But they did. And I helped. And I tried to be as much of a contributor as I could. And when they came back, I was all qualified. And then a couple of months after that, I took over the squadron. And then they tapped us to go again. And so, I got to deploy the squadron in combat over Iraq. We deployed to Oman and we flew missions at the beginning of OIF. And that was just an unbelievable experience, growth experience, leadership experience, but really, just something I'll never forget, you know, it was hard. It was tough. We're there for about six months. But leading in combat I think is something we all prepare for and want to be ready for. But it's also an honor, you know, to be able to have that kind of responsibility. And I think back on it, and my timing couldn't have been better for me to be able to do that. It was just a highlight of my career.   Lt. Gen. Mike Gould  26:31 Can we entice you to tell a quick war story about a Distinguished Flying Cross that you are awarded?   Lt. Gen. Richard Clark  26:37 Oh, well, I could talk about that. Can I talk about a different story there? I have a better one, I do. This was one of my proudest moments I think I had as the squadron commander. I had to line up all the crews, you know, to put experience within experience and make sure that they were balanced out with the people that I knew, and who was going to perform the best. And I had 24 crews. They actually sent me extra crews from a different squadron to make sure that we had a full complement. And the last crew that I had were two of the most inexperienced people in our squadron. Two captains and two lieutenants. And one of them was a brand-new FAPE. Has just come from T-37s into the B-1. And I had to have 24 crews and they were the last four people. And I didn't really have another way to balance the experience and inexperience. So, I did it. And the flight commanders were like, “Don't do it. We can't send these guys out like that.” And I said, “We have to; they need to go. And so, on the second night, they went out they had 24 JDAM, 2,000 pound GPS bombs. And they started out. They orbited in the area, they did well. First they delivered their 12 bombs on-target, the direct targets from the ATO, and they hit those targets. And then they were orbiting, waiting for what we call it, x-cast, somebody to call in and say, “I need some bombs.” And our mantra in the squadron was whenever there's Americans on the ground, we're going to do whatever it takes to help them. You will do whatever it takes. And so, they're orbiting, and they're about at bingo fuel in there, meaning the fuel that they needed to go back, and they get a radio call from an AWAC. There's troops in contact and they need some air power. So, they give this crew, the aircraft commander, this young FAPE goes, “Well, we're close to bingo, but we're not there yet. So, give us the coordinates and give us the radio frequency,” and they fly. And they get this JTAC — joint tactical air control — on the ground. And he's like, “We're getting shelled from a ridgeline. There's Iraqi armored vehicles, they're hitting us hard. We need some bombs. We got 150 soldiers down here, can you give us some bombs.” He's like, “Got it, give us the coordinates.” So, they start getting a nine-line there. They're loading the coordinates, and the “Wizzo” is just putting the bombs, you know, he starts putting them on target. Boom, boom, one at a time. And they get the coordinates, bomb on target. But then they hit bingo. And so the aircraft commander tells the JTAC, “Hey, we're at bingo fuel, we need to get going or we're not going to be able to get back home. But we'll get somebody else out here.” And the JTAC says, “If you leave us now, we're going to get pummeled. Can you stay a little longer?” He says, “We'll stay as long as you want.” And so, they keep putting bombs on target. And they keep putting them down until they went Winchester and the JTAC says, “Hey, the shelling stopped. You guys are cleared out.” And when they turn their nose to go home, they didn't have enough fuel to get back. And so, they get on with AWACS and they're talking to AWACS trying to figure something out. They're looking at divert. Field diverting into a field in Iraq is not a good idea. But finally, a KC-135 flies into the country, into Iraq, unarmed, unafraid, gives them gas and then those guys can come home. And when they got back, they were three hours past their estimated arrival time. And I met him at the airplane because I'm going, “What happened?” And when the aircraft commander comes down the ladder, he's got salt stains on his back. They were working hard. I said, “What happened? He goes, “Sir, we overflew our bingo.” I said, “Well, certainly there's more to it than that.” And so, we go into the intel debrief and they told that story. And all of those, that whole crew, was awarded Distinguished Flying Crosses for what they did. And so that of all the things that happened, to see those young guys go out there and do that, and do what they needed to do to help other Americans, to help their fellow servicemen, that made me prouder than anything,   Lt. Gen. Mike Gould  30:44 I guess it would. And you took a chance, in a way, by putting this crew together.   Lt. Gen. Richard Clark  30:49 I did. Yeah. As far as I was concerned, I didn't have a choice, you know, but I had to trust them to do their job. And they were trained. I mean, they had received the training that was required for them to go to combat, so we have to trust them to do it. And they did it.   Lt. Gen. Mike Gould  31:05 Well, that's a really cool story. And if my math is right, you are about 15-16 years into your career at that time. Let me shift gears a little bit. How much thought did you give to staying in touch with or staying engaged with the Air Force Academy while you were out? You know, developing your career path.   Lt. Gen. Richard Clark  31:33 I gave a lot of thought to it. I used to come back for football games. I came back for my reunions for sure. And I don't think financially at that point, I hadn't gotten involved. But a couple years later, when our class, our 20th reunion was starting, that's when I really started realizing financially I could and should start to give back to the Academy. So that was when I think from a financial point, I really connected and realized that. But just from a present standpoint and coming back, I came back at every opportunity. I came back for games; I came back for some mentorship opportunities that people asked me to come talk to cadets and things like that. But I never thought I would get to come back here to work. You know, it never crossed my mind until someone asked me to be the commandant years later. And that was like beyond imagination for me, especially knowing what kind of cadet I was. I was like, “OK, you really want me to be the commandant? I don't think so.” But I got that opportunity down the road. I mean, that was after a lot. I went on to be a wing commander, you mentioned I was the wing commander. At 12th Flying Training Wing, I got to fly all the trainers and that was just awesome. And then I deployed to Iraq for a year, which was an intense year, hard year, I would say probably the hardest year I've had, you know, in my career. And then I got promoted to one star. And they sent me to Barksdale Air Force Base as the vice commander of 8th Air Force. And when I came back from Iraq, I knew I'd gotten promoted. And that job was kind of roundabout. They said, “Hey, we're gonna' send you to Barksdale to be the vice at 8th. But that job is actually going to be downgraded to a colonel and you're about to pin on one star. So we're not sure what's going to happen with you next.” I was like, “Oh, man,” trying to remember the lessons of the past though. I said, “OK. This is where I'm going so let's bloom where I'm planted,” right? So, we all move there. Things were great. And then I remember the MATCOM commander called me in one day and he goes, “You know…, they get the phone call from the secretary. I'm gonna', one, I'm a newly pinned on one star. And he goes, “Hey, you know that job you're in is a colonel job?” And I was like, “Yes, sir, I know. But I love it.” You know, I was being positive. He says, “But we're gonna' have to move you out of there.” “Yes sir. Understood.” And he goes, “What would you think about going to the Air Force Academy and be the commandant?” You could have knocked me over with a feather. And that's when you and I first connected, when I got to come be your commandant when you were the supt. And that was just a dream to be able to come back here and that's when I really connected back, you know, when I got a chance to see it, even from a different level. I talked about it as a coach you know, and seeing how special it is and seeing how passionate people are about our school. But being the commandant gave me a whole different view and being able to engage with the cadets and understand what they were doing and trying to push that development for them. Just amazing and I loved it, and Amy loved it, to live in the Otis House, having the cadets over, trying to help them with their, you know, their development. And that's a big job, right? We all know that because you take it very personally, because you want them to be everything that they can be in there. So amazingly talented. You just want to take that talent and give them every opportunity you can to thrive. So, we did that. And after that, even Amy, she might as well be a grad. I mean, she just fell in love with this place after those two years. Our kids, Milo and Zoey, they were 10 and 8 coming in. Our family just was immersed in USAFA.   Lt. Gen. Mike Gould  35:40 So, I was going to ask you about the role that Amy and the kids played in your development as a leader, but I got to see it firsthand. And you just went through that. When you had to leave the Academy, if you can remember, I'm sure you do remember this, I wanted to keep you here for a third year. Because you were that perfect role model in so many ways for the cadets. Not only your leadership, you know, in the job, but your family and the way these kids could then look up and say, “I want to do that someday. I think I can be like that guy.” And we wanted to keep you another year and then you came out on the two-star list and you moved on to what was undoubtedly a really, really tough assignment as the DAT and senior guy in Cairo. Tell us about that little bit.   Lt. Gen. Richard Clark  36:30 Yeah, well, if you remember at first they told me I was going to the Pentagon to be the 8th, which was like the big job. If you're a two-star, you go there, the 8th as the programmer. And Amy loves D.C. And so, they told us we were going there. And then I get a phone call from then-Chief of Staff Gen. Schwartz, actually, he called and said, “Hey, I need you to talk to the GAO management office, the GoMo, who do all the assignments for the general.” And I was like, “Oh, yes, sir. Is there a problem?” And I think you might have known about that — you probably knew about this already. Because it was bad news, I think he wanted to tell me personally or something. And so, I called GoMo. And they go, “Yeah, your assignment's changed. You're not going to the Pentagon, you're going to Egypt.” And I go, “Is there a base in Egypt?” They're like, “No, you're gonna' be working at the embassy as the DET.” And I was like, “Ah, OK. All right. That's good.” And so, then the first thing that came to my mind was telling me, I was like, “Oh man, she's gonna' flip out.” Well, I called her. And I said, “Honey, we're not going to D.C.” And here's the thing. Our movers were already in route, like, they were coming to pack us out. And I said, “We're not going to D.C., we're going to Egypt.” I was bracing for impact. And she goes, “Oh my gosh, are you kidding me? That's amazing.” I was like, she couldn't care less about what job I had, she couldn't care less that I was giving up like the best job to target. She was just looking for that adventure of Egypt. And that actually took a lot of heat off me. Because if she's happy, I'm happy. And so, we went to Egypt. And it actually turned out to be great. But we got truncated on the training. Like, you're supposed to get language school, you're supposed to go through this whole defense attaché course. And I didn't have time because it was a late breaking change. And they said, “Don't worry, you don't need all that training because Egypt's on skids.” That was the exact words of the guy that that told me I was getting a job. And he meant Egypt is in a good place. You know, they just elected a new president, democratically elected, and everything's good. Well, when we got there, I got to the airport and we're all sitting in the lounge at the airport, and I picked up a newspaper, and it was in English. And it said that day, the president fired all the military, all the top military leaders. I was like, I guess we're not on skids anymore. And it just went downhill from there. I was there for a month, and they attacked the embassy. And then a year later, the coup happened. Amy and the kids and all the families within the embassy had to go home. It was an order departure. They all had to leave. I remember telling Amy because I was in the meeting with the ambassador when all this happened. And I said “Hey, you might want to pack a bag because I think you're about to go.” She's like, “Pack a bag?” I said, “You can only pack a carry on.” “How long are we going to be gone?” “I don't know.” And they left and they went to D.C. And we had no idea. They ended up being gone for nine months. The kids started school and everything. Well, there was two thirds of the embassy stayed, but it was actually, from a professional standpoint, awesome. To be involved, often to be our representative on the military side, to work with the Egyptian military to try to help navigate through this coup d'état. And they're a country that we were very interested in keeping as a partner. I got a lot of good experience and just cool, like, opportunities to do things. It was a little scary at times, but I actually loved it. And then Amy and the kids came back. We look at that as one of our best assignments as a family. It was just — the Egyptian people are amazing. The travel that we got to do was incredible. And I just loved the assignment, and it goes back, you know, I mentioned to you, sometimes you get an assignment and you're like, “Gosh, what?” And it turns out to be the best thing ever. And that was one of them.   Lt. Gen. Mike Gould  40:50 And I thought for sure, somewhere in there, you were gonna' say you called your mom.   Lt. Gen. Richard Clark  40:57 Then I was married, so then I just had to stop calling my mom after that. Well, I still call her but not for advice. I gotta' call Amy, so, you know?   Lt. Gen. Mike Gould  41:06 Well, you had a couple more really challenging assignments. But let's talk about your time as superintendent. Not too many people think that you'll grow up someday and have that type of responsibility. And then when you get here, you realize that it's probably one of the most heavily scrutinized positions you can have in the Air Force.   Lt. Gen. Richard Clark  41:26 That's an understatement.   Lt. Gen. Mike Gould  41:29 We can both agree on this.   Lt. Gen. Mike Gould  41:34 But other than the general leadership and the experiences you have throughout your career, this place is different. USAFA is different than any other command, and in many ways more challenging, because you just hadn't had that experience. How do you reflect back on your time as superintendent and the fact that you you've worked through, I think you had two presidents, two commander in chiefs, you had a couple different secretaries, and they all have guidance that comes to you. But your job then is to make that guidance into your own policy. How have you dealt with all that?   Lt. Gen. Richard Clark  42:14 You know, honestly, all of us military members are — our job is to make the commander in chief's policy our policy, and to execute that policy. That's our oath. And that's what we do. And so, you know, for me, I feel like we've all done that. I mean, we've all at some point in our careers had to say, you know, “This is the law of the land.” I mean, I'm gonna' follow my oath to the Constitution, support and defend. And that's a part of it. So, in that aspect, you saw it was no different. But like you said, it's such a, I don't know, everybody has an idea. Everybody thinks they can run the Air Force. Everybody thinks that it should flow along their ideological lines, or whatever. And, frankly, it's about our country's policies that we have to abide by. But the one thing that doesn't change is our mission. And our mission is to develop lieutenants that are leaders of character that are ready to go out and win our wars, and that are ready to go out, support, defend the Constitution. That's it. And the policy things that people get so hung up on, sometimes they're really on the periphery, and they're not as entrenched. And what we do as people might think are — our core mission has never changed. There are some nuances, there's some things that might change a little bit, society changes. Young people change, you know, people that are 18 to 24. It's a pretty volatile group, in a way, and they change with society, too. So, we have to tweak and adjust based on our superiors, you know, people in the Pentagon and OSD and our president. We have to change based on society, and who we have coming into the Air Force Academy. And frankly, parents get a vote in this and the things that happen. And alumni always have a voice in this as well. They make their voice well known. But in the end, what it's my job to do is to make sure that our team is inoculated enough from all that, that we can continue to do our job and make sure that these warfighters are ready to go out and do what those lieutenants and those captains did for me as a squadron commander. That we're putting people out that are ready to go do that. And I always have in mind, like that story that I told you, Coach, it's always in the back of my mind. I hope that I'm developing people that are ready to go out and do what Those guys did that day. If our lieutenants are ready to fight like that, then we've succeeded. And that's my goal. I've never been a political person. But I get dragged into it all the time. And my job is to make sure that when I do get dragged into it, that we're still able to execute our mission, and that I don't drag the entirety of the Academy into it. And you know how it is. That's our job as leaders: to provide that top cover, and that shield, so that our people can do their job and produce those lieutenants that are going to go win wars.   Lt. Gen. Mike Gould  45:34 Well, that's a great attitude, and you've done it well. Tell me about your relationship with the Association of Graduates and Foundation? How have they contributed to your successes here at the Academy? And is there anything that the two organizations could do better?   Lt. Gen. Richard Clark  45:52 Well, I will say, let me start off with, enormous support from the Foundation and the AOG. And it's hard for everyone to really know what kinds of things you guys do for us. But all you need to do is drive around the campus, right? And look at the North Commons area, look at our new hotel, look at our visitor center, that's coming up, look at the Cyber Innovation Center that's coming up, look at our football stadium that's getting built. All those things are either fully private or public-private, that the Foundation has to not only raise the money, but facilitate those things happening. And I would say that, nowadays, we're not going to have very much construction that's going to happen here or any growth that the Foundation isn't involved in. You're going to have to be involved in pretty much everything that we do, if we want to keep evolving as an Academy. And since I've been here, the Foundation has done that. And the Foundation and the AOG are only as strong as our alumni. And I guess I've always known that intuitively. But since I've been here, it is entrenched in me and I will always be a supporter of our Academy from a financial standpoint, from my time standpoint, but it's critical, not just for our Academy, but really for the product, those 1,000 lieutenants that we put out, they benefit enormously from the help that we get. And those are just the big things. Forget about all of the research opportunities, the travel opportunities, the opportunities to bring in guest speakers, NCLS, you know, the National Character and Leadership Symposium is NCLS. There's so many other things that people don't even know that only happened because someone was willing to put their resources behind our Academy. And so, you know, the Foundation makes that happen for us to AOG brings them in, but together, that support is just enormous. And, you know, I get a lot of compliments about people who they see — the visitors that we have coming through the Carlton House, you know, the supt. house — thousands of people that come through there: cadets, donors, dignitaries, all kinds of people. All that happens because of gift funds from the Foundation. We're able to represent our Academy in a way that people can't even understand. And that also, you know — there's a synergy from that and an exponential effect from us being able to do those kinds of things that most universities do. But the government doesn't always support those things because it's not in a funding line. But the Foundation helps us to make those things happen.   Lt. Gen. Mike Gould  48:45 Well, you've summed it up pretty well. Our goal is for the Association to be relevant in the lives of cadets through their time here at the Academy and onto their careers. So that eventually they follow into that continuum where they go to the Foundation and say, “How can I help?” And we're seeing that happen now. And it's nice to hear you recognize that it's been a factor in your time. We're close to running out of time here. Richard, let me ask you about your next big challenge, executive director of the College Football Playoff. This is exciting. What are your thoughts there?   Lt. Gen. Richard Clark  49:19 So, I am enormously grateful and blessed to even have this job. I still kind of don't believe it. You know, because it's such a dream job. I'm going from one dream job to another, you know, but it's funny. What I'll say is, it came out of the blue. A search firm contacted me and I had some, I had known them because I was involved in another search for the Mountain West Conference to find our commissioner. And the people that ran the search knew me just because I was on that panel and everything. And the guy calls me one day. He goes “Hey, Rich, I heard you might be retiring soon. I think you mentioned to us would you be willing to put your name in the hat for the executive director of the CFP.” I was like, “Is that a trick question?” And so, he said, “Now you're the longshot candidate.” They wanted a nontraditional candidate on the, you know — they have 15 or 20 people that they're looking at, but they wanted a nontraditional. I was like, “Yeah, I'll do it.” I said, “Can I ask though, do I really have a shot at this?” He goes, “Yeah, everybody has a shot.” I'm like, “OK, so I got a shot. Let's do this.” And I did a phone interview, then I did a Zoom interview, then it was narrowed down to three and an in-person interview. And I got the job, and I couldn't believe it. But what's really interesting, the things that they liked about me, like, they asked me some questions like, “Do you have any media…?” They go, “Do you have any media experience?” I was like, “No.” “Do you have any experience in managing college athletic teams?” “No.” You know, “Do you have any experience and revenue generation?” “No.” I, you know, and I thought, “I'm just done.” But then they started asking me leadership questions and things that any of us in the military, we would all knock them out of the park. They are things that we've all lived and done things that I learned here, you know, at the Air Force Academy. They weren't hard questions; they were things that are second nature to us. The other thing that they liked was that I played football for four years. And being a student-athlete myself, they thought that that was a big benefit. So really, it goes right back to being here at the Academy and getting that job. And now I look at the challenges that it faces, then you just talked about all the scrutiny we get here as a superintendent. Yeah, I think I'm walking right into another job where I'm going to get scrutinized. It's going to the 12-team playoff, you know, this year. Last year, you know, number five team, everybody was all mad and lost their minds. And I think the committee did it right, though. Next year, it'll just be team 13 that's going to be mad. So, I'm ready, though. I'm excited about it. Amy's excited about it. We're going to move to Dallas, which is where the headquarters is. But I still am, you know, I'm sprinting to the finish in this job. So, I don't have a lot of time to think about it. But it's nice to know that I have another great job that I'm going to be able to flow into. I feel incredibly blessed by it. And just for the opportunity to continue to contribute to student success. And to be a part of that.   Lt. Gen. Mike Gould  52:32 That's a really good thought. And let me just ask you to close this out, Rich. Any parting thoughts to your team here at the Academy, to the cadets and to your teammates as you move on to your second career?   Lt. Gen. Richard Clark  52:50 Well, first of all, and you know this, as much as I do, you know, as the supt, you know, you're at the head of the table, right? And you're trying to provide the top cover. But it's really so that all of the amazing teammates — we have the dean of faculty, the commandant, the athletic director, the prep school, airbase wing, just across the board. You know, all of those people in the flying training group too, even though they're not AETC, there's much of this character development effort that we have. But they're the ones that get the job done. And what makes the Air Force Academy so special is that everyone is so passionate about our cadets, and trying to help them to be ready to go out and do the things that we need them to do. That's what makes us special. It's also what makes it kind of hard, though. But I will take hard when people are passionate any day, you know? They just will do this mission and they will do it, whatever it takes to make it right. And to make sure that we're giving those cadets everything they deserve. I couldn't thank them enough from all of our senior leaders right on down to the, you know, the people in the trenches working in Mitchell Hall. You know, I just love this place because of the people that make it work and that make it go to our cadets. I'll be very honest, there's people that go, “What's wrong with this generation? They don't, you know, they're not patriotic; they're not athletic.” These people don't know what on Earth they're talking about. Come spend an hour, 30 minutes, with our cadets and you'll change your mind. These are the most incredible people. They are patriotic. They want to go serve. They might be different than we were. They might be different than you know, even the classes before us. But there is no lack of patriotism and them wanting to serve and them wanting to do great things and to reach their destiny. And they are every bit as much leaders of character as anybody, this generation. They're better. They're smarter, they're more athletic, they're more in touch with their world around them. I am very happy and comfortable to leave this torch with them, to hand the torch off to them. And I'm just proud to have served with them. And then just to everyone out there, all the supporters of the Academy, and we do have a lot, I just thank them, you know, for letting us do our job at helping us do our job and supporting this Academy. So, I am leaving with a lot of gratitude in my heart, just from our cadets from our permanent party, from the alumni that helped us do this and the other supporters. It just makes me feel good about our country, you know, people still care, people still want to serve and to go do great things. And this place exemplifies that, like no other.   Lt. Gen. Mike Gould  55:48 Rich, that gratitude goes both ways. We're awfully proud of you, Amy, Milo, Zoë, and we just thank you for your years of service and the leadership you've exhibited here at the Academy. You left a mark, trust me, and we wish you all the well in the future as you go on about, and please stay in touch. Thank you.   Lt. Gen. Richard Clark  56:11 Thank you to the AOG and Foundation. And I'll say this, you know, I thank Amy because she's the one that was willing to go an extra four years because I could have retired as a three star when we started and she said, I'm in that passion from our time as commandant, she was like, “I'm in, let's do this.” And another four years wasn't easy for her. I'll be honest with you. She wants to live in her own house. She wants to… she started a new job. But she, she owned it. And she loves this Academy too. And I have to thank her and Milo and Zoë. They've just been my, that's my team. You know, I mean, in the end, you know, I thank God for them. I thank God for every opportunity. But I am just full of gratitude. So, thanks, Coach.   Lt. Gen. Mike Gould  56:59 Well done. Thank you. Lt. Gen.Rich Clark, 21st superintendent of the United States Air Force Academy.   Lt. Gen. Richard Clark  57:03 Thanks very much. Yeah, thank you.   Announcer:  57:08 Thank you for listening to long blue leadership. If you enjoyed this episode, we encourage you to subscribe, share it with your family and friends and post it to your social channels. Long Blue Leadership is a production of the long blue line Podcast Network and presented by the U.S. Air Force Academy Association and Foundation. The views and opinions of the guests and hosts do not necessarily reflect those of the United States Air Force, Air Force Academy, Academy Association and Foundation, its staff or management. The podcast drops every two weeks on Tuesday mornings. Subscribe to Long Blue Leadership on Apple podcasts, Spotify, tune in plus Alexa, and all your favorite podcast platforms. Search @AirForceGrads on LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube, and more for show announcements and updates and visit long blue leadership.org for past episodes and more long blue line podcast network programming     KEYWORDS Air Force Academy, leadership, character, military career, pilot training, squadron command, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Lt. Gen. 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After suffering a traumatic brain injury at the age of 10, Nathan Riech suffered coordination impairments on the right side of his body. Limiting his performance against able-bodied athletes, the injury fell under the guidelines for the T38 division of the Paralympics, in which Riech has become a 2x world champion. 

299: London & Monaco Diamond League | Victorian State XC Champs | Gen Gregson   This episode of Inside Running is proudly brought to you by The PREPD Adelaide Marathon, register now for the PREPD Marathon, Half Marathon or the Family Friendly Saucony 10k or 5k. Register at www.adelaidemarathon.com.au Brad gets a heart surgery appointment lined up. Julian doesn't quite have the day he planned for the Cross Country Champs in Bundoora. Brady meanwhile surprised himself by placing 18th at Bundoora. Catriona Bisset broke her own National and Area Record in the London Diamond League 800m, lowering the mark down to 1:57:78. https://runnerstribe.com/latest-news/bisset-breaks-australian-800m-record-as-australians-light-up-london/   Stewy McSweyn posted a season best of 3:31.42 in the 1500m, with Adam Spencer close behind in a personal best of 3:31.82 to move to 4th on the Australian All-time list. Oli Hoare was scratched from the event.. Rose Davies also featured in pacemaking duties for the 5000m. London Diamond League Results https://runnerstribe.com/latest-news/adam-spencer-drops-331-1500m-moves-to-number-4-all-time-australian/?fbclid=IwAR3BH_Gb3pSEupU4Ok0llUFTCnOzc8jnV8Lhi06ZlpkmC2Dfxz-6A9L2Cq8  Monaco Diamond League Jessica Hull 4:15.34 for Oceania and National Record in the Mile that saw Faith Kipyegon break the World Record in a time of 4:07.64. Abbey Caldwell also featured in the mile running a personal best of 4:20.51. Joseph Deng ran 1:44.93 in the 800m. Geordie Beamish of New Zealand set a new Steeplechase Oceania and National Record of 8:13.26 Monaco Diamond League Results https://runnerstribe.com/latest-news/hull-breaks-australian-mile-record-and-olyslagers-strengthens-world-title-claim-in-monaco/?fbclid=IwAR0MaRCy3Bdv2nQ8RtMvoOJxCI30EdvEa_wKwrhAiemcK6dhLZ9cbX--214  Ellie Pashley for Geelong had a comfortable win at the Victorian State XC Championships held at Bundoora, with Victoria Skaltsonis of Box Hill and Jessica Coyne for South Melbourne. Glenhuntly were the winning team in Women's Premier Division, ahead of St Stephens Harriers and South Melbourne. Andy Buchanan for Bendigo won the race in a closer affair, with Dave McNeill for Old Xavierians and Lachlan Herd for Knox following on the podium. Bendigo also won the Men's Premier Division, with Western Athletics second and Geelong third. AthsVic Results Hub https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60JfRrEAX2k  Gen Gregson won the Sydney Harbour 10 in a time of 32:19, ahead of Leanne Pompeani and Eloise Wellings, while Ed Goddard was first across the line in 29:37 ahead of Ryan Gregson and Arron Spiessberger-Parker. Gen joins the show for the first time since the Tokyo Olympics to recap both the win and her debut at Gold Coast Marathon, detailing the training that went in the lead up and what she learned from it. Sydney Harbour 10 Results Reece Langdon and Angus Hincksman take home the silver and bronze medals respectively in the T38 1500m Final at the Para World Champs in Paris, France with Deon Kenzie placing fifth. https://runnerstribe.com/latest-news/triple-threat-close-world-para-athletics-championships-with-medals-in-paris/  Morgan McDonald returns to racing after nearly a year of injuries, to run the 5000m in 13:24.54 at the Sound Running Sunset Tour Meet in Occidental College, California. Results Victoria withdraws its support to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games, citing funding issues. https://runnerstribe.com/features/the-death-of-the-commonwealth-a-column-by-len-johnson/  Moose on the Loose this week warns about the want and desire to put your body through the rigours of training above the rest and recovery that your body needs. Patreon Link: https://www.patreon.com/insiderunningpodcast Opening and Closing Music is Undercover of my Skin by Benny Walker. www.bennywalkermusic.com Join the conversation at: https://www.facebook.com/insiderunningpodcast/ To donate and show your support for the show: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=9K9WQCZNA2KAN

God wants your life to soar, but often it feels like we're crashing instead.(Adapted from Infinitely Happier, Part 9)Today, I want to talk about flying.I grew up around airplanes, because both of my parents were private pilots. And we lived down the road from a WWII pilot, Glen Walters.I used to go down to his house, and his wife Betsy would make ginger bread and I'd fish in their pond and, once in a while, Brother Walters would take me into his shop and let me play around with an airplane he was building. Come to think of it, he was “building” that plane the whole time I was growing up, and I don't think he ever finished it. But I'd fly missions and save the day over and over like Pappy Boyington. And then I was in the air force. So I've always loved airplanes.And I love flying so much that I get more excited to meet fighter pilots than sports figures. I trained in Pittsburgh and worked for Joe Maroon, who was the team doctor for the Steelers and the Pirates, so there were always pro athletes around. But when I meet an F-16 or an F-15 pilot, I'm like a little kid. Those guys are my heroes, and that probably goes back to flying with my mom and dad and all those missions I flew in Glen Walters's shop when I was 8 or 9.When you're flying, you feel so free. You can see everything. You're untethered from the earth and it's like magic.As long as everything works.When it doesn't work, though, things can get pretty crazy really fast. I told you a story once before in an old episode of a time I had in a T38. That was not fun.Landing a Blackhawk on a highway in Iraq was not fun.When things go wrong in the air, you're in real trouble. The difference between life and death comes down to the pilot's skill, the amount of damage to the plane, the weather, and a host of other things that are sometimes out of your control.Sort of like life, huh?Today, we're going to talk about how to fly the plane of your life so you get where you need to go, so you're on course and safe and set free from so many of the things that can ground us, limit us, or send us crashing down in a fire ball of problems we were never meant to face.I've learned a lot from the pilots in my life about how they prepare for flights, and all the things they do to make sure their passengers are safe.Today we're going to take flight, friend.We're going to take a lesson from the pilots so we can learn to pilot our lives into the wild blue yonder, where God intends for us to be. We're taking a flying lesson, my friend, so we can leave behind our limits and be set free, starting today.Music by Tommy Walker(Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 )My new book is called Hope is the First Dose: A Treatment Plan for Recovering from Trauma, Tragedy, and Other Massive Things. It is coming out on July 25, but you can pre-order it now anywhere books are sold.Self-Brain Surgery with Dr. Lee Warren is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.substack.com/subscribe

보잉의 미공군 차기 훈련기인 T7a의 생산이 예정보다 많이 늦어진 2026년으로 연기되었지만, 그때 제대로 생산이 된다는 보장이 없다고 근황을 미공군 소식통이 전했습니다.   사출좌석 문제는 여성 조종사를 위한 작은 사출좌석을 미공군 항공기에 최초로 도입을 하는 경우라 개선을 하면 시정이 되지만, 문제는 보잉이 훈련기에서 발견된 문제를 신속하게 해결하는 능력이 없다는 점과 초기설계의 지연문제, 윙락문제, 사출좌석 문제 그리고 주요부품의 턱없는 부족문제는 미공군이 아주 심각하게 생각하고 있다고 합니다.   이로서 1차분 94대중 2025년도에 14대 도입하려던 기체는 계획상 2026년으로 밀렸으나 2026년도에도 도입이 될지 미지수이며, 전체적으로 도입 계획이 밀리고 늘어나 기존 T38 훈련기 보강에 또 예산이 들어가야 한다고 합니다.      그리고 미공군은 필리핀에 새로운 공군기지 4곳을 확보하고 F22 기체를 배치했으며, 필리핀 공군에는 F16 기체를 공여하는 문제를 협상 중이라고 하는데, 이렇게 되면 필리핀은 Fa50을 도입하지 않을 것 입니다. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eagle-joe/message

Kadeena Cox became the first person in 32 years to win two gold medals in two different sports at a Paralympic Games; winning the T38 athletics 400m and C4 cycling 500m time trial at Rio 2016, setting new world records. At the Tokyo 2020 games, Kadeena came away with two Paralympic gold medals and once again set two world records in the 500m C4-5 time trial and mixed team sprint event. This year she also became world champion in the 500m time trial (Saint- Quentin en Yvelines championships). a feat she had also achieved in 2016. Kadeena has also won world championship medals in athletics, including golds in Doha 2015 and London 2017. In this episode, Kadeena reflects on how her relationship with God has sustained her through great successes and challenges. She also enocurges listeners to 'in everything give thanks', and shares tips on how to priortise your mental wellbeing and intimate time with God whilst competing on the world stage. Futhermore, Kadeena shares the story behind KC Academy, a part of her ever-growing legacy on the sports world.

Listen as Kadeena Cox talks to Sparky about her experience of being challenged on her disability — and how she wants to increase people's awareness and educate people about disability. GB Paralympian (athletics and cycling) Kadeena Cox has won on the biggest stage, striking gold in Tokyo last year and in Rio in 2016 but even she cannot avoid being the target of critics who have questioned what her disability is. Kadeena was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2014 after suffering a stroke. She had previously been an abled bodied athlete but refused to give up on her dreams, becoming the first Briton in 32 years to win gold medals in two different sports at the same Games when she won double gold at the Rio in the T38 400m and C4-5 time trial in cycling. Her disability cannot always be seen and is one of the many less visible impairments or conditions that affects people across the nation. Kadeena Cox is urging people to educate themselves on less visible impairments or conditions after new research from Bupa, which has become ParalympicsGB's official healthcare partner, and disability equality charity Scope found 83% of people with less visible conditions regularly experience a lack of understanding or negative attitudes when accessing public spaces, affecting their mental health. The findings looked at the experiences of people with disabilities, impairments and conditions and found that lack of understanding means the majority of those with less visible conditions have had negative experiences in the past year. Experiences include being challenged on whether someone is disabled or the nature of the disability such as while travelling, shopping, or at an event (71%). Most commonly, this is when using an accessible toilet (37% in the past year), priority seating on public transport (32%) or blue badge parking (25%). Indeed, 76% had also experienced insensitive comments about their disability, while 68% have been told “you don't look disabled”. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nate Riech is one of the biggest names to emerge in Canadian Para athletics in the past few years. He burst onto the international scene in 2018 with world record performances in the 800m and 1500m and since then has continued to lower his own records in the men's T38 category. Last summer in his Paralympic debut in Tokyo, Nate earned a gold medal for Canada in dominant fashion in the 1500m (3:58.92), letting out a victorious roar at the finish line that made Canadians proud. A freak accident on the golf course at the age of 10 resulted in a brain injury which affected the right side of Nate's body and changed the course of his life. Doctors said he may never walk without a limp, but this only fueled Nate's desire to work hard and make it to the top of sport like he'd witnessed so many others do in his unusually athletic family. Shortly after recording this conversation, Nate was awarded the Para Ambulatory Athlete of the Year (Arnold Boldt Award) by Athletics Canada. We think it's safe to say that at just 27 years old, Nate has a very promising career ahead and it will be exciting to follow along with him on the track, as well as with everything he's doing to further the Para Sport movement.Connect with Nate: Instagram: @nategraywolfNate's YouTube ChannelPodcast: Strides With GraywolfResources we discussed in the episode:Nate's gold medal performance in TokyoFavourite Mantra: Tucker Strong; I'm tougher than anyone; Relax & smoothFavourite track to Run on: NAU's track in FlagstaffBucket List Race/Event: New York, Hayward FieldFavourite Running Movies: Prefontaine, Running Brave (the story of Billy Mills)Favourite Post Run Indulgence: Butterfinger Blizzard from Dairy Queen , glass of wineConnect with Carolyn & Kim:Email us with guest ideas: inspiredsolescast@gmail.comInspired Soles InstagramKim's InstagramKim's FacebookCarolyn's InstagramCarolyn's FacebookCarolyn's website (sign up for her free weekly newsletter on the homepage)

YouTube episode: https://youtu.be/5AmskatxeEU We explore emotion, sexual energy, the ego, Astral projection and more in this episode about how to activate the sacral chakra. This is the third episode in this series on understanding how to balance the chakras and stimulate Kundalini. 0:00 - Introduction: The Waters of Life 7:18 - Inner Lake Visualisation 12:44 - Balancing The Sacral Chakra 19:52 - Empowering Our Inner Artist 22:25 - Attachment to Emotion 25:50 - Sexual Transmutation / NoFap 37:46 - The Astral Body & Consciousness 49:30 - The Sacral Chakra Mantra 52:13 - Transcendental Psychology 1:01:25 - Identifying Our Egos 1:09:19 - Mantra For Overcoming Egos 1:15:14 - How to Start as a Beginner

This week Matt is joined in the studio with Rhiannon Clarke. Rhiannon is an Australian para-athletics competitor who specialises in sprint events. She won two bronze medals at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships. She represented Australia at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. Rhiannon started running after a para-come-try day in 2014. She concentrated on sprint events in 2017. As a fifteen-year-old at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, she won the silver medal in the women's 100m T38. You can follow Rhiannon on Instagram @rhiannonclarke_ Excel Strength and Performance:Email: excelstrengthperformance@gmail.comInstagram: @strengthcoach_mattydBeen There, Done Matt:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Been-There-Done-Matt-113347880791521Instagram: @_beentheredonemattYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGPtE1t59rrUyPpZakBOUyg/featured

God wants your life to soar, but often it feels like we're crashing instead. Today, I want to talk about flying. I grew up around airplanes, because both of my parents were private pilots. And we lived down the road from a WWII pilot, Glen Walters. I used to go down to his house, and his wife Betsy would make ginger bread and I'd fish in their pond and, once in a while, Brother Walters would take me into his shop and let me play around with an airplane he was building. Come to think of it, he was “building” that plane the whole time I was growing up, and I don't think he ever finished it. But I'd fly missions and save the day over and over like Pappy Boyington. And then I was in the air force. So I've always loved airplanes. And I love flying so much that I get more excited to meet fighter pilots than sports figures. I trained in Pittsburgh and worked for Joe Maroon, who was the team doctor for the Steelers and the Pirates, so there were always pro athletes around. But when I meet an F-16 or an F-15 pilot, I'm like a little kid. Those guys are my heroes, and that probably goes back to flying with my mom and dad and all those missions I flew in Glen Walters's shop when I was 8 or 9. When you're flying, you feel so free. You can see everything. You're untethered from the earth and it's like magic. As long as everything works. When it doesn't work, though, things can get pretty crazy really fast. I told you a story once before in an old episode of a time I had in a T38. That was not fun. Landing a Blackhawk on a highway in Iraq was not fun. When things go wrong in the air, you're in real trouble. The difference between life and death comes down to the pilot's skill, the amount of damage to the plane, the weather, and a host of other things that are sometimes out of your control. Sort of like life, huh? Today, we're going to talk about how to fly the plane of your life so you get where you need to go, so you're on course and safe and set free from so many of the things that can ground us, limit us, or send us crashing down in a fire ball of problems we were never meant to face. I've learned a lot from the pilots in my life about how they prepare for flights, and all the things they do to make sure their passengers are safe. Today we're going to take flight, friend. We're going to take a lesson from the pilots so we can learn to pilot our lives into the wild blue yonder, where God intends for us to be. We're taking a flying lesson, my friend, so we can leave behind our limits and be set free, starting today.

Nate Riech came into his first Paralympics under a burden of heavy expectation. Not just because his family tree is overstuffed with elite and pro athletes. Riech owns the world record in the T38 1500m. He set it, and then lowered it, in the months leading up to Tokyo. So he was confident and ready to race when the gold medal day dawned. But that's where the going got interesting.... As an athlete enduring traumatic brain injury, Nate has learned to roll with a variety of symptoms. But even he was a bit freaked out to discover his right leg was suddenly not working properly during race day warm up. Incredibly, he and his coach had a backup plan for just such an outcome: he ran a series of short sprints designed to reboot his unpredictable nervous system. It worked. He's sporting the gold now. And hungrier than ever to keep tearing up the record books, keep showing the world what determined people with TBIs can do, and keep inspiring anybody, who like himself, woke up one fateful day,young and motionless in a hospital bed. The term is overused, but Nate Riech is an inspiration, and a fascinating young runner to get to know on this week's Player's Own Voice.

The international break has finished, and Fulham are back on the road this Saturday, all the way to Blackpool for what will hopefully be a top day out by the seaside, with three points to match.  We kick off the episode by rounding up the international break, with several Fulham players in action, and a potential injury worry for Harry Wilson. We then take a look at the Seasiders, who have not had an easy start to life back in the Championship. In part two, we have audio from Peter's interview with Kevin McDonald, who was released by Fulham last year and recently underwent a kidney transplant. He talks about how he left the club, his hopes of playing football again, and why he believes the midfield trio of him, Cairney and Johansen should have got a chance in the Premier League. Finally, we catch up with Thomas Young, who is back from Tokyo after winning gold in the T38 100m event. Thomas is a big Fulham fan, and will be at Blackpool on Saturday, so we asked him about his favourite FFC memories, and whether he will take part in a race against Antonee Robinson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

201: Pat Tiernan  This week's episode of the Inside Running podcast is proudly sponsored by ASICS. Feel ready for anything. Surprisingly light and sustainably made, the ASICS GEL-KAYANO LITE 2 shoe lives up to its name with uncompromised stability and cushioning. Made with more recycled materials, as part of ASICS commitment to our planet. Visit www.asics.com.au or your specialty running store to grab your pair today.  Brad has an easy week while Mulligan's Flat gets washed away and deals with new toe problems. Julian checks in after while Bri deals with a different kind of ankle-biter Brady gears up for an upcoming Moama Time Trial. It was Aussie domination at the Van Damme Memorial Diamond League in Brussels, starting with Linden Hall taking third place the Mile in a new National Record of 4:21, lowering her previous mark by two seconds. In the Men's 1500m it was Stewy McSweyn in first and Oli Hoare in second. Brussels Diamond League Full Results https://www.runnerstribe.com/features/aussie-1-2-in-mens-1500m-hall-runs-national-mile-record-mcdermott-misses-out/    Stewy followed it up with another 1500m victory at the Meeting Citta di Padova, Italy in the World Athletics Continental World Cup. Results   Jaryd Clifford wins bronze medal in T13 1500m Final in a tight, fast-finishing contest. Men's T13 1500m Final Results    Deon Kenzie takes the bronze medal in the T38 1500m Final in 4:03.76, while teammate Daniel Bounty placed 6th. Men's T38 1500m Final Results    Jaryd Clifford leaves it all out in the Men's Marathon with a silver medal. Michael Roeger placed 6th in his T46 category battling a stress reaction during and in the lead up to the race. Men's T12 Marathon Results (Jaryd Clifford) Men's T46 Marathon Results (Michael Roeger) https://www.instagram.com/p/CTbhXvWvxi5/    Peter Bol places 4th in Paris Diamond League 1:44.88 in the lead up to Zurich. Paris Diamond League Full Results   Court of Arbitration for Sport upholds the four year ban placed on Shelby Houlihan, in a 44-page report finding that the testimony given by Houlihan was an insufficient explanation. Official Court of Arbitration for Sport Report Moose gives another update in the lactate threshold tester saga and the boys chat about vinyl and music before rounding up with a preview of this week's Zurich Diamond League Final.    Pat Tiernan returns to the show to recap his 10000m race in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and talks about what his strategy was going into the race, how he executed it and what happened in those final laps, his mental state throughout those final laps of the race as well as how the race played out as whole.   Pat reviews the training that went into it and what could've been improved in terms of pre-race cooling, as well as how he processed the different social and physical aspects in the aftermath of the race, and his decision on withdrawing from the 5000m.  The conversation pivots into joining the Oregon TC Elite, changes made to his training between squads and how he adjusted his approach as well as how he benefited from them What he thinks he is capable of and the direction of his in running in the years ahead, how he unwinds in the off-season and who inspires him within running. https://www.instagram.com/p/CSBvHm0Lu9b/

Deon Kenzie (@deon_kenzie) competes in the T38 category for the 1500m. A category for those with minor co-ordination impairment. Deon explains the T38 category well in the podcast.  Born with cerebral palsy, Deon wields exceptional determination, optimism, a love of self improvement, good health and running! As you will hear Deon's optimism is infectious. When I first met Deon on a running high altitude training camp in 2015 he had just run 4:07 for the 1500, fast forward to 2021 and he recently became the first Australian with Cerebral Palsy to break the 4 minute barrier!  He has since achieved this feat 3 times! (Running 3:55 at the end of March). Outside of running Deon has a passion for personal growth, good food, is a PT, health advocate, helps run tours at the AIS and a buddying entrepreneur. Deon has some great advice for all runners to hear! He is sure one to watch for Tokyo, Let’s all get behind him! You can catch this episode and more through this link or in our bio.

177: Inside Running Podcast   Brad puts his good form to use pacing a 3k Time Trial ahead of Bankstown Invitational. Julian’s dizzy from putting in the hard reps. Brady’s ready for a hard hit out at the Collingwood Classic. Athletics Australia finally, formally announced the elite-invitational marathon to be held April 25 at Sydney International Regatta Centre, prompting a discussion about the nature of the event, its expected field and the depth of communication around the event. Athletics Australia Official Press Release Tempo Journal Editorial   No overseas fans to attend Tokyo Olympics & Paralympics. Inside The Games Georgia Griffiths takes out Women’s A 800m race, while Deon Kenzie sets T38 1500m World Record 3:35:05 at Vic Milers Club Results via AthsVic Results Hub https://www.instagram.com/p/CMk0wkmlkGD/  Listener Question of the week asks about rationale of having A & B races, while Moose’s purchase of the week hopes to provide some more accurate insight on heart rate data. The boys close with previews of the Collingwood Classic, Melbourne Track Classic and the UK Marathon Trials to be held in Kew Gardens, London to be held on Friday 26th March and will be streamed from britishathletics.org.uk Patreon Link: https://www.patreon.com/insiderunningpodcast Opening and Closing Music is Undercover of my Skin by Benny Walker. www.bennywalkermusic.com For shoes or running apparel contact Julian at: https://www.facebook.com/therunningcompanyballarat/ Join the conversation at: https://www.facebook.com/insiderunningpodcast/ To donate and show your support for the show: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=9K9WQCZNA2KAN

T38 sprinter Sophie Hahn has already achieved so much by the age of 24. Back in 2018 her gold medal in the T38 100m at the Commonwealth Games meant she became the first female track and field athlete to win the grand slam - namely holding gold medals in the same event from the Paralympics, World Championships, European Championships and also the Commonwealths. Her rise has been rapid, ever since she was first inspired to take up the sport off the back of the London 2012 Paralympic Games. From there Sophie quickly became one to watch, winning gold in the T38 100m World Championships in 2013. 2016 was arguably the year she announced herself to even more British sports fans with that gold at Rio 2016 in particular. Fast forward to now and she is the proud owner of a Paralympic gold, seven World golds, six European golds and also two world records to boot. Perhaps unsurprisingly, many would be happy enough to settle for just that but Sophie is not one of those individuals. This is an athlete driven to win time and time again, and to keep retaining those gold medals whenever she competes. That is exactly the mission looking ahead to Tokyo 2020 later this year, although Covid means no overseas fans will be allowed to travel to the games. But with just home fans, or no fans, Sophie Hahn will be determined to deliver and become even more of a role model than she already is.MessagesFollow us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/SportSpielPod?lang=en Like us on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SportSpielPod/ Follow us on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sportspielpod/ Get in touch: sportspielpod@gmail.com Visit our website: sportspielonline.comFind out more about The Bear - https://www.thebear.live/Find out about our partners The Mintridge Foundation - https://www.mintridgefoundation.org.uk/ Credits Music: Otis McDonald

Each week Canadian Running staff writer Maddy Kelly and Shakeout host Kate Van Buskirk bring you a recap from the exciting world of running. This week on The Rundown we are joined by IPC World Champion and mid-distance specialist Nate Graywolf Riech. Nate broke his own T38 1500m world record last weekend and has his sights set on a Tokyo Paralympic medal. Nate suffered a traumatic brain injury as a kid, which led to coordination impairments. But despite what others said, he never allowed this to limit or define him. In this episode Nate shares his journey to physical and mental health and what motivates him to strive for excellence. He also helps us break down the results and news from the last week!You can find Nate's podcast Strides with Graywolf HERELearn more about The Shakeout Podcast and Canadian Running Magazine on our website https://runningmagazine.ca/category/shakeout-podcast/Follow The Shakeout Podcast on Twitter https://twitter.com/ShakeoutPodcastInstagram https://www.instagram.com/shakeoutpodcast/ andFacebook https://www.facebook.com/theshakeoutpodcast/Subscribe to our weekly show on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-shakeout-podcast/id1224828899243

176: Rowan Walker   This episode of Inside Running Podcast is proudly brought to you by New Balance. The global athletic leader is excited to announce an update to their Fresh Foam X range, the Fresh Foam 1080v11.   The New Balance Fresh Foam 1080v11 is available now at select retailers and www.newbalance.com.au   Brady’s dodging goannas in the dark and draws nearer to some races on the horizon. Brad sorts out his Mulligan’s Flat Track Club uniforms before setting out to pace a 3K. Julian gets healthier as he enforces a no dogs rule before celebrating his anniversary.   At Sydney Track Classic Andrea Seccafien won the Women’s A Race of the 5000m while Jenny Blundell won the National 5000m Title over a deep field, while Matt Ramsden 5000m took out the National Title leading a Melbourne Track Club sweep. Michael Roeger sets T46 5000m World Record of 14:00.25. In the 800m Linden Hall ran 2:01.2 staying with the pacer, while Peter Bol backed up his performance in Canberra. https://www.runnerstribe.com/latest-news/history-made-at-sydney-track-classic/    The Canberra Track Classic saw Jarryd Clifford set another T12 1500m World Record while Linden Hall secured the 1500m Olympic Qualifier time running 4:02.02. Catriona Bisset clocked a season best of 2:00.19 in the 800m while Peter Bol narrowly misses Olympic Qualifier in 1:45.23 Deon Kenzie broke the T38 1500m Oceania Record and near the world record mark https://www.runnerstribe.com/latest-news/clifford-and-hall-dominate-canberra-track-classic/  https://twitter.com/JarydClifford/status/1369964702055366657    Ben Chamberlain & Sinead Noonan both set State All Comers Records at the Western Australian 10000m Championship https://www.instagram.com/p/CMV9FR5DT-k/    Six Foot Track Marathon, Ben Dufus takes his trail prowess over Olympian Ben St. Lawrence over the 45km race in the Blue Mountains. Joasia Zakrzewski won the women's race in 4:20. Six Foot Track Marathon Results Charlie Hunter wins 800m NCAA Indoor Title by the barest of margins. Athletics Australia Report https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFM4hJkP2gk Cole Hocker’s Kick https://twitter.com/OregonTF/status/1370845533154254850  Answering this week’s listener question goes into planning long runs in terms of surface, time and location and Moose on the Loose goes into being held to standards after their special on the Top 10 Greatest Australian Female Distance Runners of All Time. Rowan Walker, stalwart of the Geelong and Canberra running scene chats with Julian about his personal bests before a bit of backstory finding his way post high school by pursuing a career in the military, where it becomes the continuing thread throughout his life. Balancing his service in the Navy and deployments to Afghanistan, Rowan still managed to maintain a level of training to be a consistent winner around the domestic marathon scene, while lining up on the starting line looking tired. A chance leave of absence saw Rowan under the mentorship of Lee Troop and Rowan Perrett, where he gained a lot under their tutelage. Rowan looks back at the highlight of winning the 2007 Melbourne Marathon and why it was such a chaotic episode while assessing what gave him the longevity to perform well into his Masters, before pivoting into his ultrarunning and Ironman career going into some of the mishaps and commitment required of them. Rowan and Julian close out with the perspective on priorities to get most of yourself, most memorable moments in his running career, and what his current endeavours are. Patreon Link: https://www.patreon.com/insiderunningpodcast Opening and Closing Music is Undercover of my Skin by Benny Walker. www.bennywalkermusic.com For shoes or running apparel contact Julian at: https://www.facebook.com/therunningcompanyballarat/ Join the conversation at: https://www.facebook.com/insiderunningpodcast/ To donate and show your support for the show: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=9K9WQCZNA2KAN

As winter hurtles headlong into slushy spring, and the collective ABV of the northern hemisphere rises a couple points, we return with Terminus 41. This time, we've got another uniformly strong lineup, all black metal, with two very typical picks from each of us. Prepare yourselves for Total Termination. The Black Metal Guy leads off with the long-awaited return of Frisia's Kjeld, whose 2015 record Skym channeled the fearsome melodies of 90s Norway into a modern, blasting frontal assault. After that, the Second Wave revival took off, and other bands got all the credit. Now, the masters return to claim their throne with Ôfstân ("Distance"), where ice-cold essence shades into beautiful maritime light. (For more on the Dutch scene, we've also just uploaded an interview with Arjan from Heidens Hart Records, who put this one out.) The TBMG bloc continues with Szary Wilk, a well-chosen fan request that frankly floors both your hosts. This Polish band likes werewolves and they like the 90s Polish scene, but they've forged a wide-ranging and original modern sound. If you like elegant songwriting and big, dumb heavy metal Conan riffs - in other words, if you listen to this show - you'll love it. The Death Metal Guy segues into the second half with a forgotten Polish classic, then hits us with a double-barreled blast of Gallic despair and paranoia, courtesy of Suicide Circle. You may be familiar with the vocalist / bassist, Meyhna'ch - he played in some old French band. Here, he's found two ideal collaborators, and together they've cranked out a record that stands alongside his earlier material. This is hostile, gritty, urban stuff, made for a world in restless quarantine. Not for vampyres. And at last, TMDG brings our death spiral home with the grinding mecha-warblack of Persian band Lavizan Jangal. Here, we delve into an esoteric interpretation of Darkthrone, and wander shell-shocked through desolate post-industrial soundscapes. We've heard that L.J. has some ties to Trivax, a British band originally from Iran, whose new single we featured on the news segment of T38.   0:00 - Introductory bullshitting / Terminus News ft. Serpent Dweller  25:00 - Kjeld - Ôfstân (Heidens Hart) 1:12:34 - Szary Wilk - Wrath (Putrid Cult) 2:00:38 - Interlude - Plaga - "Slaying The Spiritless Abel," fr. Magia Gwiezdnej Entropii (Societas Oculorum Arcanorum, 2013) 2:09:00 - Suicide Circle - Shotgun Prayers (Osmose) 2:52:14 - Lavizan Jangal - تاریکی و مرگ  or "Darkness and Death" (Careless Records) 3:26:46 - Endvra - "The Devils Stars Burn Cold," fr. Black Eden (Red Stream, 1996). Out of print and not on Bandcamp, but all of Christopher Walton's releases as Tenhornedbeast are available from Cold Spring.   Terminus links: Terminus on Youtube Terminus on Patreon Terminus on Subscribestar Terminus on Instagram Terminus on Facebook thetrueterminus@gmail.com

In this weeks episode of PerryPOD, GB para athletics, 100, 200 & 400m T38 sprinter Ross Paterson shares all from his best to worst race. We talk about COVID-19 and how it has impacted his training, what positives he has taken from the pandemic and what he looks forward to in the future.

This week’s guest on the Everyday Lions Podcast is Deon Kenzie who is formally from Devonport but now lives in Canberra. Deon is a World Champion in the T38 classification over the 1500m at the London IPC World Athletics Championships. He is also a silver medalist at the Rio Paralympics games in 2016. Deon is a regular at the local Christmas Carnivals on the coast and has won the Latrobe mile twice. When he is not running, he has a few businesses he runs and works as a Personal trainer at the Australian Institute of Sport Gym. Deon was coached by Mick Gunson before making the move to Philo Saunders and his training crew in Canberra. We chat about this move, what influence these two coaches have had on his career and the goals leading into Tokyo 2021.  Enjoy!  

God wants your life to soar, but often it feels like we're crashing instead. Today, I want to talk about flying. I grew up around airplanes, because both of my parents were private pilots. And we lived down the road from a WWII pilot, Glen Walters. I used to go down to his house, and his wife Betsy would make ginger bread and I’d fish in their pond and, once in a while, Brother Walters would take me into his shop and let me play around with an airplane he was building. Come to think of it, he was “building” that plane the whole time I was growing up, and I don’t think he ever finished it. But I’d fly missions and save the day over and over like Pappy Boyington. And then I was in the air force. So I’ve always loved airplanes. And I love flying so much that I get more excited to meet fighter pilots than sports figures. I trained in Pittsburgh and worked for Joe Maroon, who was the team doctor for the Steelers and the Pirates, so there were always pro athletes around. But when I meet an F-16 or an F-15 pilot, I’m like a little kid. Those guys are my heroes, and that probably goes back to flying with my mom and dad and all those missions I flew in Glen Walters’s shop when I was 8 or 9. When you’re flying, you feel so free. You can see everything. You’re untethered from the earth and it’s like magic. As long as everything works. When it doesn’t work, though, things can get pretty crazy really fast. I told you a story once before in an old episode of a time I had in a T38. That was not fun. Landing a Blackhawk on a highway in Iraq was not fun. When things go wrong in the air, you’re in real trouble. The difference between life and death comes down to the pilot’s skill, the amount of damage to the plane, the weather, and a host of other things that are sometimes out of your control. Sort of like life, huh? Today, we’re going to talk about how to fly the plane of your life so you get where you need to go, so you’re on course and safe and set free from so many of the things that can ground us, limit us, or send us crashing down in a fire ball of problems we were never meant to face. I’ve learned a lot from the pilots in my life about how they prepare for flights, and all the things they do to make sure their passengers are safe. Today we’re going to take flight, friend. We’re going to take a lesson from the pilots so we can learn to pilot our lives into the wild blue yonder, where God intends for us to be. We’re taking a flying lesson, my friend, so we can leave behind our limits and be set free, starting today.

Topics covered in this episode:Being a physically fit and active child doing dance and playing hockey before starting in athletics. Kadeena had also done multiple degrees including one in physio which she had to leave 9 months in, due to having a stroke in May 2014. Becoming an MS (Multiple Sclerosis) warrior in September of the same year. Always wanting to be an Olympic athlete and thought she thought she was destined for the 200m sprint. She was then told that to get to an international level she'd have to become a 400-meter sprinter. That's when things started to go wrong. Kadeena was on the start line of a race but wasn't able to move her leg. Physio told her it was probably just something tight in her back and to stretch it out. Telling your family and friends from the get-go that you want to be independent and if you need help you'll ask, but how do you do that in a nice way? How Paralympic classifications are given--there is a lot of testing! The classification process and the differences between the different classifications. Read more about that here Working hard to train for competitions whilst battling extreme fatigue.Disordered eating and how it is affecting training for Kadeena.Going from 10 training sessions per week to being bed bound for 3 months meant Kadeena put on weight that affected her mentally and physically. Female athleticism and the ‘fat-shaming' pressures female athletes are under when they wear their athletics outfits. The dangers of bulimia, using laxatives and excessive fasting.  If you are struggling with issues surrounding eating please take a look at: https://www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/ and https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/eating-problems/#.XeJ1spP7QWo Discussing disordered eating issues with friends and family. How they can help. Are fellow competitors friends or foes when it comes to socialising with them outside of athletics events? Being invited on reality TV shows like The Jump and Bake Off. A love of baking cakes for someone who has disordered eating? It's a thing. Awkwardly meeting Royalty whilst super hungover (oops!) Find out who Kadeena's favourite royal is and why! What it's like getting an MBE (which FYI stands for ‘Member of the British Empire'!)How you should live for today because you never know what will be taken away.Kadeena's favourite book might surprise you.Kadeena's weirdest thing will definitely surprise you.Why everyone needs to visit Jamaica! The athlete that broke all the rules and lived to win the medals. Follow Kadeena on #Insta and #FaceyB (Kads words, she's cooler than I am!) Read Kadeena's ‘12 months to Tokyo' blog.  Fact: Kadeena Cox became the first Briton since 1988 to win a medal in two sports at the same Paralympics as she took cycling gold in Rio. Cox, who took T38 100m athletics bronze on Friday, won the C4-5 time trial as Dame Sarah Storey finished fourth.Join the tribe and become ENabled!:Search Facebook: ENabled Warriors Or Insta: Enabled_Warriors Are you affected by stress? Take our 5 day stress challenge and see if you can live stress free click: enabledwarriors.org sign in to messenger and click ‘get started' to start the challenge.

There is no one, not even the most reckless of gamblers, in the world that would’ve put money on Nate Riech to be a world record holder. Never mind the near impossible odds we face between the numbers games and nature and nurture of it all, Nate was never supposed to be able to compete again after a golf accident left half of his body paralysed at a young age. With determination and grit, paired with time, rehab and therapy, Nate got to a point where he could compete with able bodied athletes and not only hold his own, but excel. Since leaving school, Nate has gone on to declare, and compete within the T38 category, a para category for motor impairment, cerebral palsy and traumatic brain injury, and has gone on to show just how capable he is, capturing the 800m and 1500m records in that classification. Now in 2019, Nate has improved on both of those records with strong openers 3:57.84 and 1:53.87 respectively, and is showing a lot of promise as well work our way through the season. Nate joins us to chat about para awareness, training, how he went from a situation that didn’t hold much hope, to becoming a world record holder.

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Veteran Becomes A Nurse After Being Wheelchair Bound for 12 Years Jonathan Haag from from Tennessee town of Rockwood and entered the Airforce in the early 1990s immediately after high school, working on T37 and T38 aircraft. One day, Jonathan was coming off a ladder from one of the planes at a dangerously high speed when his left foot gave out; he suffered a traumatic injury and needed surgery to realign almost every bone in his foot... Watch the full show, Alcohol And Sexual Assault | Nursing News @: https://youtu.be/sp9ujrFpXoI

The one time USAF and NASA Test Pilot discusses the workings of the ultimate rocket plane, the X15, as well as his work on the X20 Dynasoar F104, F100 and T38 programmes. The interview took place in 1979 and was conducted by Rodney Giesler and edited by Mike Stanberry.