{"id":202227,"date":"2026-07-21T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/?p=202227"},"modified":"2026-07-20T12:03:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T19:03:29","slug":"setting-ultramarathon-records-at-75-years-old-with-michael-koppy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/setting-ultramarathon-records-at-75-years-old-with-michael-koppy","title":{"rendered":"Setting Ultramarathon Records at 75 Years Old with Michael Koppy"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"cb-itemprop\" itemprop=\"reviewBody\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"200px\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https:\/\/player.simplecast.com\/cfbce35f-d076-4078-9da1-01ed1038c1d9?dark=false\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wild-ideas-worth-living.simplecast.com\/episodes\/setting-ultramarathon-records-at-75-years-old-with-michael-koppy\/transcript\">Transcript<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Michael Koppy is a 75-year-old ultrarunner and retired engineering professor from northern Minnesota who is still breaking records in endurance sports. Over the past decade, he&#8217;s completed two fastest known times (FKTs) and continues to compete in some of the country&#8217;s most demanding ultramarathons. In 2026, he became the oldest person to finish the Arrowhead 135, one of the toughest winter ultramarathons in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you enjoyed this episode:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Listen to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/breaking-the-record-at-bigs-backyard-ultra-with-harvey-lewis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Breaking the Record at Big\u2019s Backyard Ultra with Harvey Lewis<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thank you to our sponsors:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Capital One and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/membership\/mastercard?trackingId=podcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the REI Co-op\u00ae Mastercard\u00ae<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/b\/benchmade\/c\/all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Benchmade<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transcript Michael Koppy is a 75-year-old ultrarunner and retired engineering professor from northern Minnesota who is still breaking records in endurance sports. Over the past decade, he&#8217;s completed two fastest known times (FKTs) and continues to compete in some of the country&#8217;s most demanding ultramarathons. In 2026, he became the oldest person to finish the 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