Mike “The Fruitarian” Arnstein 2015

Since we spoke with Mike Arnstein last (in 2012!), he’s ran a Badwater/Vermont double, a handful of 2:3x marathons, ran a sub 13 hour 100 miler, retired from ultrarunning, moved to Hawaii, and most recently…won HURT. Wait, what?

Mike is one of our most downloaded and asked about guests, and he brings his infectious energy again as we talk about frying his legs with an electronic stimulator while eating bananas, wearing weights on his ankles, his decision to sell everything and move to the islands, zipping around Oahu on a scooter picking fruit, and of course, his insane tale of running HURT this month on some very short–but very intense training that almost got him killed. Giddyup!

Episode Notes

Episode sponsored by RootsRated.com

Here’s the Salomon contest..only open to URP listeners.

Mike’s first interview with us.

Oz Pearlman’s interview with us.

HIs awesome video from the sub-13 100 miler.

Mike’s website. Tons of info here.

Outro music: Little Grass Shack by the Polynesians

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9 Responses to "Mike “The Fruitarian” Arnstein 2015"

Javi says:

January 23, 2015 at 3:47 pm

Does he still wear injinji socks?

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MJ says:

January 23, 2015 at 10:13 pm

I appreciate Mike’s style. Would love to hear back after he’s lived in Hawaii for awhile – there’s plenty of athleticism here, even with the laid back vibe – Competitive triathletes, swimmers, surfers, paddlers, cyclists, and runners come out of Hawaii – and we have a lot of runs, on Oahu as well as the outer islands…

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1. eric schranz says:
  
  January 24, 2015 at 3:49 am
  
  I agree, and that’s why I pushed back on that subject a bit. The Molokai to Oahu Paddleboard World Championships is crazy competitive, as are outrigger canoe races. Both have mainlanders, but from what I see, are heavily participated in by locals. Molokai is the only island I’m familiar with, and unfortunately, there’s only one 5k on the island each year and that’s it for running, but strangely enough, one of my parent’s neighbors on the island is an Alaskan native and won Mount Marathon back in the day.
  
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  1. MJ says:
    
    January 24, 2015 at 9:42 am
    
    Yep, just moved from Molokai to Kaua’i, Molokai outrigger canoe teams are some of the best in the Pacific…Especially the women! Not as many runners on Molokai as the other islands, although there’s beautiful long stretches of trails and roads -I’m sure your parent’s neighbor is enjoying these! Its a short flight to join up with H.U.R.T. (Hawaii Ultra Running Team) on Oahu and run some of the races they put on, including a series (10m, 22m, 50k, etc),as well as the 100 miler. There’s also the Peacock on the north shore (100k/50k) and there are marathons, halfs, (including trail), adventure races, etc. on Kauai, Big Island, Maui – plenty of ways to compete, and also places to get out on the trails and even in the mountains.
    
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Ken Michal says:

January 24, 2015 at 1:18 pm

Looking forward to fresh coconuts every 20 miles next year (yeah right… Luis Escobar won’t be running either!! 😉 )!! Congratulations on an awesome run, Michael!! Hope your recovery is going well!!

All Day!
~Ken

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Roni S. says:

January 26, 2015 at 9:32 pm

I listened to the entire interview . . . just what you’d expect a mother to do! I’m Mike’s mother . . . and what can I tell you . . . every mother’s got one kid who gives her a run for her money (no pun intended 🙂 Yup, he’s one of a kind . . . and ya gotta love him.

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Vern Lovic says:

January 27, 2015 at 5:44 pm

You gotta love Mike! Good job landing this podcast Eric. There is nobody more motivational than MA and I can’t get enough of him. I wish he’d do something big online – a great membership site so we’d all have a way to connect with him more frequently! Aloha Mike!

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Linda Thompson says:

December 11, 2015 at 9:52 am

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Dave Gabrielson says:

March 11, 2017 at 5:20 am

Hey Mikey A. What’s up my bro bro. Dave G. from New Jersey. I’m Vinnies friend. Ha ha. Your a fit dude man. I’m in South Florida. We got mangos and Star fruit. I seriously work in golf and went to school for a year for it back in 2014. Your websites rock man. Still curious about that run through Death Valley, one of the hottest point’s in US.

No worries Mike.
Dave Gabe

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