While rising to become one of the most admired trial attorneys in Michigan, five-time Boston Marathon competitor Paul James Johnson morphed into a trail-runner at age 60. Today –at 69 – Paul is one of the most outstanding 200-mile-plus Grand Masters racers in the world. Last year, he was awarded the coveted 1,000-mile buckle in the famed Cocodona 250-Mile Ultramarathon after beating the cutoff time in that race for four consecutive years. Paul and Troy – who met randomly and ran together for a segment of the inaugural Cowboy 200-Miler in 2022 – explore Paul’s extraordinarily prolific journey into ultra, including conquering the first-ever Arizona Monster 300-Miler and missing the cutoff – after getting accidentally turned-around in the High Country of the Canadian Rockies, in the dead of night – in the Divide 200. Through it all, Paul’s warmth, dignity, and humanity never dim.

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Michigan Defense Trial Counsel biography: Paul James Johnson

https://www.mdtc.org/member/paul_johnsonstaffdefense-com/

Episode 14 – Paul James Johnson: Storytelling, Distraction, and Thriving in the 200-Mile World on the Run Long After 60 Podcast with Mark Vega:

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/episode-14-paul-james-johnson-storytelling-distraction/id1871947718?i=1000747134406

200 Miles and an Irrational Mind: Paul Johnson’s Ultra Adventure on Buckle UP: An Ultrarunning Conversation with Coach Brian and Mandy Mullen:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6btlhV8pQKFZSFw9MANI5V

Cocodona 250:

https://www.aravaiparunning.com/cocodona2/

Arizona Monster 300:

https://www.destinationtrailrun.com/arizona-monster-300

The Divide 200:

https://www.sinistersports.ca/divide200/

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Non-Profit Executive by day, ultramarathoner by day and sometimes night, Edie Couvillon Aymond leads the regional 211 crisis hotline dispatch system - 232 HELP.org - for South Central Louisiana. Yet this inspiring karate black belt wife and mother of two somehow also finds time to direct one of the most revered ultramarathons in America, the Loup Garou (“Cajun Werewolf”) Trail Races, at Chicot State Park in rural Ville Platte.

Want to know what it’s really like to run 135 continuous miles from Baton Rouge to New Orleans on the Mississippi River levee? You must experience this podcast.

Links:

Edie Couvillon Aymond:

https://discoverlafayette.net/podcast/edie-couvillon-aymond-232-help

232-HELP.org (Lafayette, LA):

https://www.232-help.org/232-team

REGISTER for the 2026 Loup Garou Trail Races:

https://ultrasignup.com/register.aspx?did=133276

Chicot State Park:

https://www.lastateparks.com/parks-preserves/chicot-state-park

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Host of the influential podcast RUN LONG AFTER 60, Mark Vega – veteran radio broadcaster turned top-shelf Los Angeles entertainment lawyer – began running in South Korea while leading U.S. Army training exercises. Undaunted by two successive strokes in his early fifties, Mark defied convention by embracing road marathon training and racing. His joyful journey has propelled him, at age 62, to ultramarathoning adventures on the trails – and the allure of his first 200-miler.

LINKS for Mark Vega:

https://www.youtube.com/@RUNLONGAFTER60

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/markvega-generalcounsel/

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