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April 17, 2024

Jeff Browning | Cocodona 250 Insights, Competitive Longevity, Ultraru…

Jeff Browning joins the show to talk about his history in the sport, competitive relevance over the last two decades, and insights on his training and preparation leading into the 2024 Cocodona 250. Timestamps: (0:00) - Wasat...

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April 8, 2024

Simon Freeman | Behind The Print - Like The Wind Magazine

Simon Freeman is the Co-Founder of Like The Wind Magazine. In this episode, we talk about differences in running culture across the globe, the nuts and bolts of building and maintaining a media brand in the sport, and conclud...

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April 1, 2024

Jasmin Paris | Achieving "The Impossible" At The 2024 Barkley Maratho…

Jasmin Paris returns to the Singletrack Podcast to talk about her historic, limits-defying finish at the 2024 Barkley Marathons. Timestamps: 1:59 The Story Behind the Gear 6:57 Sponsorship Status, The Green Runners, Promoting...

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March 30, 2024

Jared Campbell | 2024 Barkley Marathons Insights

Jared Campbell is a 4-time finisher of the Barkley marathons, a past winner of the Hardrock 100, the creator of the Running up for Air series, and the genius behind classic FKT routes like the Wasatch Ultimate Ridge Linkup an...

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March 26, 2024

2024 Barkley Marathons Recap | Jasmin Paris Makes History, Five Runne…

This episode was recorded in-person at Brooks HQ in Seattle, Washington with Joe McConaughy at the Brooks Trail Team training camp shortly after the 2024 Barkley Marathons. We recount Jasmin Paris’ finish and the historical s...

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March 17, 2024

Long Run Archives #16 | Lululemon FURTHER Recap, Multi-Day Race Strat…

Brett Hornig and Leah Yingling join Singletrack to recap the Lululemon-backed FURTHER event which took place outside of Palm Spring, CA about a week ago. It was equal parts interesting from performance, research, technology, ...

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March 15, 2024

Christian Meier | Pro Trail Running vs Pro Cycling, Norwegian Trainin…

Christian Meier is a professional trail runner for Salomon and an entrepreneur based in Girona, Spain. In this discussion, Christian shares insights on the contrasting levels of professionalism in cycling and trail running. H...

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March 7, 2024

Automating Ultrarunning Hydration Strategy And Execution | Meridith C…

Meridith Cass - the Founder-CEO of Nix BioSensors joins the show to talk about the self-health movement, the latest technology behind hydration intelligence, and the prospect of completing automating your hydration strategy a...

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March 1, 2024

Paul Huddle | UTMB Whistler, Ironman Group Influence, Future of Trail…

Paul Huddle is the Senior Director of Global Trail Running Operations for the Ironman Group. Beyond that, Paul is a former elite triathlete, he got a silver buckle at the 1997 Western States 100, he’s been a race director, an...

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Feb. 20, 2024

Eurotrack #4 | Transgrancanaria Preview

We are back with cohost Katie Schide for another edition of Eurotrack this time to provide in-depth analysis, commentary, and predictions for the competition at the 2024 Transgrancanaria 126K. Timestamps: (0:34) - general tho...

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Feb. 14, 2024

Long Run Archives #15 | Black Canyon 100K Recap, Golden Ticket Outloo…

Brett Hornig, Jeff Colt, and Corrine Malcolm join Singletrack to riff on the latest news in the ultra-trail running world. In this conversation, we share our takeaways from the 2024 Black Canyon 100K, talk about the entirety of the Western …

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Feb. 7, 2024

Mary Kate Shea | Building World-Class Running Events, Pro Athlete Rec…

Mary Kate Shea, serving as the Senior Director of Pro Athletes for road race events at the Boston Athletic Association, holds a pivotal role in recruiting and facilitating the experience of hundreds of professional runners at marquee events like the …

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Feb. 3, 2024

2024 Black Canyon 100K Preview | Analysis, Storylines, Predictions

Finn Melanson, Brett Hornig, and Leah Yingling provide in-depth analysis, commentary, and predictions for the competition at the 2024 Black Canyon 100K.

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Feb. 2, 2024

Adam Merry | 2024 Black Canyon 100K Pre-Race Interview

Adam Merry is a professional trail runner for Saucony based in Boulder, CO ahead of his race at the Black Canyon 100K on February 10th. In this conversation, we catch up on the second half of his 2023 season, all …

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Feb. 2, 2024

Emkay Sullivan | 2024 Black Canyon 100K Pre-Race Interview

Emkay Sullivan is a professional trail runner for Craft based in Reno NV ahead of her race at the Black Canyon 100K on February 10th. In this conversation we talk about going full-time on trail running, making the jump to …

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Feb. 2, 2024

Rachel Drake | 2024 Black Canyon 100K Pre-Race Interview

Rachel Drake is a professional trail runner for Nike based in Portland, Oregon. Ahead of her race at the Black Canyon 100K on February 10th, we talk about using the road marathon as a vehicle for trail speed, the value …

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Feb. 1, 2024

Hayden Hawks | 2024 Black Canyon 100K Pre-Race Interview

Hayden Hawks is a professional trail runner sponsored by Hoka, Coros, and Precision, based in Cedar City, UT. In this conversation, we discuss his recovery from injury and surgery midway through the last season, the tools and knowledge he has …

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Jan. 26, 2024

Ben Blankenship | American Olympian Trys Ultrarunning

🗣️ “The more I’m exposed to better athletes and better people and their unique things, the more obsessed they are. The more it drives their day-to-day, it drives their minute-to-minute, and nothing else kinda matters.” Widely recognized as one of …

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Jan. 20, 2024

Sam Parsons | The Trials And Tribulations Of Professional Running

Sam Parsons returns to provide an update on Tinman Elite, a professional running team based out of Boulder, CO. We get into the challenges of building, maintaining, and growing the team, influencing the greater professional culture in running, and reflections …

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Jan. 12, 2024

Zach Miller | UTMB Thoughts, Training and Racing Reflections, 2024 Pl…

Zach Miller is a professional trail runner for the North Face. In this conversation, we cover this latest thoughts on training, racing, and UTMB.

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Jan. 7, 2024

How To Build A Professional Trail Running Team (November 2021)

Way back in November 2021 when this show was just getting off the ground, we did an episode with Sam Parsons - a professional runner and cofounder of the Tinman Elite team based in Boulder, CO. At the time, I …

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Dec. 30, 2023

Trail Tea #2 | UTMB Issues, Doping Discussions, Media Outlooks

Trail Tea is back! In this edition, I am once again joined by Jack Kuenzle, Dan Curts, and Abby Levene. One issue to be aware of before listening - I neglected to catch an audio issue with Dan’s microphone early …

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Dec. 22, 2023

2023 Year In Mountain Ultra-Trail Running | Awards, Highlights, Story…

I am joined by co-hosts Brett Hornig and Leah Yingling to recap the year in mountain ultra trail running. We cover our favorite storylines, biggest changes in the sport, the rookie athletes that burst onto the scene, runners ...

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Dec. 15, 2023

Jennifer Pharr Davis | Appalachian Trail Reflections, State of FKTs, …

Jennifer Pharr Davis is perhaps best known in our community for her two fastest known times set on the Appalachian Trail in 2008 and 2011. The latter record, in my humble opinion, stands as one of the most important and …

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