Episode 34 - Ed Ettinghausen | The Mindshift Coach. First to 300 100-Mile Races. The Jester.

In this episode of Run Long After 60, I sit down with Ed Ettinghausen — known throughout the ultrarunning world as The Jester — the first person in history to finish 300 races of 100 miles or more. He is the number one ranked 100-mile finisher in the United States and the world. He has 38 DNFs. And he will tell you exactly what he learned from every single one of them.

But Ed didn't come on this show to talk about his records. He came to talk about coaching.

For years, Ed has been quietly coaching runners — never charging a dollar, just giving his time because he loved it. Because helping someone cross a finish line gave him more satisfaction than crossing one himself.

That's changing. And this conversation is about what that transition looks like — from legendary competitor to the Mindshift Coach.

The name matters to him. A mindset, Ed will tell you, is static. A mind shift is movement. It's the act of going from neutral to first gear — from fear to logic, from doubt to forward. In this conversation, he walks through how he teaches that to runners who are 55, 60, 65, and 70, still showing up, still earning their place at the start line.

His coaching philosophy, in one line: your number one job isn't to finish the race. It's to survive — so you can run another day.

Find Ed on Instagram @runningwiththejester or at edettinghausen@msn.com

Run Long After 60 is a podcast about durability, curiosity, and continuing to do hard things as the years stack up. Hosted by Mark Vega — stroke survivor, lawyer, US Army veteran, and ultrarunner. New episodes every Sunday.