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Season 1

Oct. 22, 2023

2023 Javelina Jundred Preview | Analysis, Storylines, Predictions

Finn Melanson, Brett Hornig, and Leah Yingling provide in-depth analysis, commentary, and predictions for the competition at this year’s 2023 Javelina Jundred. Timestamps: (1:09) - course strategy, weather conditions, histori...

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Oct. 24, 2023

Jeff Pelletier | 200 Mile Racing Insights, Running YouTube, Business …

Jeff Pelletier is an outdoor adventure filmmaker and competitive ultrarunner who recently took 2nd place in an unusually thrilling finish (for a race of this distance) at the Moab 240 earlier this month and runs a popular YouTube channel linked …

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Nov. 8, 2023

Appalachian Trail FKT Playbook #1 | Kristian Morgan

In this episode, Kristian Morgan goes into detail about what it takes to pursue and set the fastest known time on the Appalachian Trail. If you're interested in this scene either as a fan of long trail attempts or as …

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Nov. 13, 2023

World Trail Majors Announcement | Steve Brammar

Steve Brammar is the Co-Race Director for the Hong 100K and one of the key architects of the World Trail Majors, which launches today. Listen to our conversation to get all the details about what it is, how it works, …

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Nov. 15, 2023

Katie Schide | Grand Raid Win, Western States 100 Return, European Ul…

Eurotrack is back! Katie recaps her Grand Raid win and her decision to return to the Western States 100 next year, and then we do a retrospective on the 2023 European ultra trail scene offering our opinions on top performance...

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Nov. 19, 2023

Marianne Hogan | 2023 Ultra Trail Cape Town Pre-Race Interview

Lindsey McDonald is a pro trail runner for Salomon based in Montreal, Quebec preparing for the 2023 Ultra Trail Cape Town 100K. Sponsors: Naak - use code SINGLETRACK15 at checkout on their website ( https://www.naak.com/ ) to...

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Nov. 19, 2023

Lindsey McDonald | 2023 Ultra Trail Cape Town Pre-Race Interview

Lindsey McDonald is a trail runner for the Aravaipa Racing Team based in Flagstaff, AZ preparing for the 2023 Ultra Trail Cape Town 100K. Sponsors: Naak - use code SINGLETRACK15 at checkout on their website ( https://www.naak...

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Nov. 21, 2023

Seth Ruhling | 2023 JFK 50 Champion

Seth Ruhling is a professional trail runner for The North Face based in Boulder, CO. Seth joins the podcast fresh off his 2nd win at the JFK 50 this past Saturday and we spend a fair bit of time breaking …

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Nov. 22, 2023

Sam Renouf | What Trail Running Can Learn From The Professional Triat…

Sam Renouf is the Founder and CEO of the Professional Triathletes Organization. In this conversation, we talk about the challenges of professionalizing and mainstreaming endurance sports, pro athlete welfare, generating more casual fans for sports like trail running, and we …

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Nov. 26, 2023

Christina Henderson | 2023 Running Event, Trail Running Trends, Outdo…

Christina Henderson serves as the Executive Director for the Running Event, the premier trade show for the running industry which takes place annually at the end of November in Austin, TX. At the time of this recording, we were just …

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Dec. 6, 2023

Spike Eskin | What Trail Running Can Learn From Major Sports Media

Spike Eskin is the VP of programming for WFAN and CBS Sports Radio and the host of a popular basketball podcast called “The Rights to Ricky Sanchez”. Given the proliferation of ultra-trail running media coverage in recent yea...

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Dec. 6, 2023

Spike Eskin | What Trail Running Can Learn From Major Sports Media

Spike Eskin is the VP of programming for WFAN and CBS Sports Radio and the host of a popular basketball podcast called “The Rights to Ricky Sanchez”. Given the proliferation of ultra-trail running media coverage in recent years, I figured …

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Dec. 11, 2023

Long Run Archives #14 | More UTMB Controversy, Iconic 2010s Race Perf…

Finn Melanson, Brett Hornig, and special guest Jeff Colt talk about -UTMB parting ways with Corrine Malcolm, the latest, Hardrock 100 and Black Canyon 100K start lists, reactions to the new Strava messaging feature, race performances that defined the 2010s, …

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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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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. 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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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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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. 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. 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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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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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. 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

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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