Fitness and Business: A Winning Combination
“Jeff emphasizes the need for planning, resilience, and finding enjoyment in the journey.”
In this episode of Unleash Your Inner Athlete, Julia Pizzichemi interviews Jeffrey Weiss, who shares his journey of setting big, hairy, audacious goals in both fitness and business. WATCH NOW
Driven For Health
“I think to me, urgency is about starting now and not procrastinating, not delaying, not deferring until sometime in the future when you have more time.”
Jeffrey Weiss speaks on the Driven for Health podcast to share how he reclaimed his health in midlife, transforming fitness into a core part of his identity while balancing career and family—offering a relatable look at the urgency, patience, and mindset required for lasting change. LISTEN NOW
Jeffrey Weiss: Marathons and the Power of Starting Over
“Jeff found himself successful on paper as a lawyer, yet feeling unfulfilled and physically disconnected from the life he wanted to live.”
In this episode of Flying Upstream, Jeff Weiss shares how a simple decision to run a 10K at age 48 sparked a profound personal reinvention, revealing how bold goals, community, and physical challenge can reshape identity and unlock a more fulfilling life.
Good News Broadcast Interviews Jeffrey Weiss
“Jeffrey and I had an uplifting conversation, he inspired me to get back to a routine to exercise. Thanks Jeffrey.”
Good News Planet’s Paul Sladkus interviews author Jeffrey Weiss and discusses Stickers of Meaning, a project he launched that preserves and educates about the memorial stickers throughout Israel since October 7, 2023.
Noshing With Jeffrey Weiss
“Jeffrey didn’t begin his athletic journey as a lifelong competitor. He ran his first 10K at 48.”
On a recent episode of Ira’s Everything Bagel, Ira sits down with Jeffrey Weiss, author of Racing Against Time: On Ironman, Ultramarathons, and the Quest for Transformation in Mid-Life, for a powerful conversation about aging, endurance, and the courage to reinvent yourself. Listen Now
Views From the Stands
“From pounding the pavement to publishing multiple books — including one about his running journey — Jeffrey’s story is all about endurance, discipline, and chasing big goals.”
Jeffrey joins the hosts of Views From the Stands podcast, diving deep into his inspiring journey as a marathon runner who turned miles into manuscripts. Listen Now
Finally Make Time For Fitness
“I would recommend taking the crucial mental step of deciding that the time to begin is now, and to make the firm commitment to yourself that you will train a specified number of days per week virtually no matter what – and to start today.”
Literary Titan interviews Jeffrey Weiss about finally making time for fitness, the mindset shifts that matter most as we age, and the long game behind his book Racing Against Time. The Q&A explores how discipline, patience, and realistic goal-setting can turn a late start into a sustainable, meaningful fitness journey.
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RunRunLive Podcast Interviews Jeffrey Weiss
“I one time told a friend that I was as likely to run a marathon as I was to walk on the moon. But I ran the 10K, then I thought maybe I could run the 10K a little faster, then what about a longer distance half marathon?”
On the RunRunLive 5.0 podcast, author Jeffrey Weiss discusses his new book, Racing Against Time. As we age, the question isn’t just what goals we set, but how we stay committed to them when motivation, energy, and identity all shift. The conversation explores the long-view perspective on growth, discipline, and staying in the game. Listen Now
Midlife Transformation: Ironman Playbook for Endurance, Longevity and Healthy Aging
Can you build health span in your 50s, 60s, and beyond? Jeffrey Weiss joins Dr. Gillian Lockitch on the Growing Older Living Younger podcast to discuss his new book, Racing Against Time, and how structured training within smart guardrails — and the right mindset — can unlock cardiovascular fitness, strength, confidence, and cognitive resilience in midlife. Listen Now
Part 1: Starting Your First 10K at Age 48
Brian’s Run Pod Podcast spoke to author Jeffrey Weiss about starting endurance training at 48, building from a first 10K to marathons, and how structure, patience and prehab turned a late start into a sustained journey. Heat, injury scares and world majors deliver lessons you can use today. Listen Now
63 and Running Ultras?! The Mindset Shift That Changes Everything
“From his first 10K in his late 40s to Ironmans and ultras in his 50s and 60s, Jeff proves it's never too late to reinvent yourself.”
Author Jeffrey Weiss joins the Fit Over 50 Life podcast to to share how movement, mindset, and starting late transformed his healthspan. Listen Now
Road Dog Podcast: Interview With Jeffrey Weiss
"If you really take fitness seriously and you train regularly; you can really reduce the amount of decline you are going to experience."
Author Jeffrey Weiss is interviewed by Luis Escobar on the Road Dog Podcast and chats. Jeffrey discusses how he got started running, the running community in Tel Aviv, his book Racing Against Time, and what he has learned in 63 years on Earth. Listen Now
Warning: This Episode May Make You Want to Run
“If you've ever thought you were too old, too busy, or too late to try something new, Jeffrey's story might just convince you otherwise.”
On Sports Will Save Us All, host Sasha Graham talks to Jeffrey Weiss about starting his running journey at 48, the resilience behind his marathons and ultramarathons, and the message of Racing Against Time: it’s never too late to chase something big. Listen Now
The Patricia Raskin Show
“Jeff's story demonstrates the possibility of radical, life-altering change even during late middle age. He is a living example of the possibility of increasing ‘health span,.”
On the Patricia Raskin Show, host Patricia Raskin talks to Jeffrey Weiss about beginning his fitness journey at 48, the Ironman and ultramarathon feats that followed, and how Racing Against Time highlights resilience, renewal, and the possibility of radical transformation in midlife. Listen Now
Miles With Marty Podcast Interview
“Jeffrey’s simple goal of running a 10k sparked a profound personal evolution.”
On the Miles With Marty Podcast, host Marty talks to Jeffrey Weiss about how a 10K at 48 evolved into Ironman races and ultramarathons, and how Racing Against Time inspires belief that age doesn’t define your limits—transformation does. Listen Now
Kirkus Reviews: ‘Racing Against Time’
“An engaging and reflective life journey that captures the grit, grace, and quiet triumphs of endurance sports."
Kirkus reviews Racing Against Time: “The memoir’s honest reflections on physical challenges and mental resilience resonate alongside classics like Haruki Murakami’s What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, blending the physical demands of sport with introspective growth.” Read Now
The U.S. Review of Books
“Weiss' work is a raw and honest commentary on the human condition and the need to squeeze everything out of life while pushing past perceived limits to live life as it's meant to be lived—an adventure.”
The US Review of Books praises Racing Against Time as an inspiring, deeply human blueprint for redefining limits at any age. READ MORE
Clarion Reviews: ‘Racing Against Time’
“An encouraging memoir–cum–running guide, Racing Against Time is about pushing one’s athletic limits to succeed.”
Clarion Reviews spotlights Jeffrey Weiss’s Racing Against Time, praising his late-in-life transformation from first 10K to Ironman and ultramarathon feats, and highlighting the book’s message that disciplined reinvention and bold physical challenge can reshape aging, purpose, and possibility at any stage of life. Read Now
BookLife Review: ‘Racing Against Time’
"Weiss will inspire readers with this debut memoir of pursuing athletic fitness in middle age.”
In its review of Racing Against Time, BookLife spotlights Jeffrey Weiss’s gripping account of reclaiming purpose through endurance sport, praising the memoir’s candor, emotional depth, and vivid storytelling. Chronicling his leap from mid-life stagnation to Ironman finishes and ultramarathon grit, the review notes how Weiss blends physical challenge with personal renewal, offering an inspiring portrait of how bold goals can transform a life—at any age. Read Now
Limitless Mindset Podcast
“Think of your grandest goals. Whatever you endeavor to do in life, you're not honoring those goals sufficiently if you are not regularly challenging your body. For our minds rot when our bodies go unchallenged.”
On the Limitless Mindset podcast, host Jonathan Roseland talks to Jeffrey Weiss about the connection between physical challenge and personal growth, his Ironman and ultramarathon pursuits at 63, and how Racing Against Time reframes midlife as a powerful stage for transformation. Listen Now