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Wendy Corr:

Well, hey there folks, welcome to The Roundup. We are a Cowboy State Daily podcast, and our focus is on interesting people in the Cowboy State. And wow, wow. You want to talk about interesting, my guest today has so many stories, it would fill a dozen, two dozen podcasts.

So we're going to have to figure out how to narrow down the scope of today's podcast guest's experience and stories, because there's so many things that Brent Weigner can teach all of us.

But first, I'm going to first tell you about a podcast that, if you're a business person in Wyoming, that you need to know about. It's the Wyoming Business Alliance "Business From the Basement" podcast, if you're a business person, this is a place for resources, for connections, for networking.

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But don't go there first. First. You're going to stay here because you want to hear this conversation with one of the most interesting people, not just in the Cowboy State, but in the world of marathon running, in the world of education, Brent Weigner is one of the most interesting people because he has been running since he was a small child, and he has taken that running and he's made that into a lifelong - can I say obsession, Brent? Is that right? Are you obsessed with running?

Brent Weigner:

Passion?

Wendy Corr:

That sounds much better than obsession, it really does. But Brent, you have been running since you were a small child, but since you began running, you have not quit. In fact, you have run more than 200 marathons in more than 200 countries. You have run more than I think, are you closing in on 400 marathons?

Brent Weigner:

403 at this point.

Wendy Corr:

ou've run 403 marathons in your life, plus 35 years of teaching middle school geography, middle school social studies to kids and inspiring them to become runners and travelers. And I just think, Brent, that that is fantastic. Brent, you're a Cheyenne guy. You've been a teacher in Cheyenne forever. Tell us firstabout your teaching career, because I think that that sets us off into a great direction.

Brent Weigner:

Okay. Well, thank you, Wendy for having me on. I love to talk about running, teaching, just life in general, talk about my faith as well. So I never thought I would end up being a teacher. Only reason I went to college was to run, because I scored like a 17 on my ACT. My counselor told me that I wasn't college material, that I should go to trade school or join the military.

And then I ended up getting the scholarship to Greeley, and went there and changed my major three or four times. Then I went to law school, and I decided that wasn't for me. And then I dropped out of law school and decided, well, I think I like teaching, because I was working at the YMCA and teaching swimming at the Warren Air Force base for the youth there.

And so it kind of morphed into that. And before I got hired full time, I actually did substitute teaching, K through 12. I would teach any subject and any grade level.

Wendy Corr:

Wow, no kidding. So, that's how that's what piqued your interest in teaching. Why did you decide on history and geography?

Brent Weigner:

Well, I taught World Geography primarily, and I actually ended up teaching at the community college for a while. I taught at the University of Wyoming. Taught a lot of different places and different t