Built For Legacy
Built For Legacy (previously The Nichols and Dimez Show) is the podcast for high performers navigating major transitions and building work that lasts. Hosted by Chris Nichols, this show features candid conversations with athletes, veterans, and entrepreneurs who have boldly shifted from peak careers into purpose-driven ventures built to leave lasting impact. Whether stepping off the field, leaving the military, or walking away from a corporate ladder, our guests share how they embraced their next chapter to grow, lead, and build with intention. Each episode dives into the mindset shifts, strategies, and lessons they used to move beyond their first chapter — from launching a business to scaling a personal brand. Built For Legacy offers actionable insights, inspiring stories of reinvention, and a playbook for those determined to make their next move the most meaningful yet.
Built For Legacy
4 Days, 640 Miles, No Sleep—Behind the Scenes of the California Traverse Documentary w/ Will Stull & Cole Mueller
In this episode, I sit down with Will Stull and Cole Mueller, two of the six runners from The California Traverse documentary — a 640-mile nonstop relay from San Diego to San Francisco that pushed a global team of ultra-athletes to their physical and mental limits (premiered November 2025). We get into everything you didn’t see in the film: the funniest behind-the-scenes moments, the breaking points that nearly took them out, the late-night delirium, and the moments of unity that kept them moving through four days and nights of coastlines, mountain roads, exhaustion, injuries, and barely any sleep. They share how the team dynamic shifted, what surprised them when they finally watched the documentary, and why this run changed all of them. If you’re drawn to stories about endurance, mindset, and the humor that gets people through the hardest challenges, this episode gives you a raw and entertaining look inside the California Traverse from the runners who lived it.
California Traverse documentary on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OQ8ac19lrQ
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