What does it look like to age curiously, train smarter, and build a life of meaning—together?
Meet Joan Weisberg-Beyerlein and Doug Beyerlein: partners in life, love, and adventure. At 75, Joan is training for a 10-mile open water swim in Vermont. Doug is still running ultramarathons and logging 3-hour trail runs for fun. Between them, they’ve overcome addiction, burnout, injury, and the daily cultural script that says we should be slowing down by now.
In this lively, thoughtful, and often hilarious conversation, we unpack:
How Joan went from overweight and smoking to marathon runner at 30—and then started swimming ag 65
Doug’s journey from high school chess club president to finishing over 70 ultramarathons
How they met later in life and built a bond rooted in adventure, reinvention, and play
What it means to train with intention, embrace adaptive nutrition, and keep redefining yourself
How to live so fully that you end up educating your own doctor about aging
This episode is about more than swimming or ultrarunning. It’s about living with joy, curiosity, and self-awareness—at any age.
