Hey kids, have you ever wondered what it might be like to have your significant other pace and crew you for your first hundred? Buckle up, because this is that episode! We welcome the outstanding former (and/or current) ass-kicking OCR husband and wife team of Geoff and Jamie Miller into the CULTRA Studios to recount their harrowing ordeal of Geoff’s first #hundo down at Yeti 100 in Virginia last week. Cue the “it’s a very special episode” here and in come the strings and sappy music-- no, actua...
Oct 04, 2019•2 hr 6 min•Ep. 42
Do you have an ego? Sure, we all do. But does your ego get you in trouble on the trails ever? I hope so, because then you're going to definitely relate to the crew tonight. Evil Becky, AFB and Jimmy Mac sit down and go deeper than they've ever gone, getting honest, vulnerable and LOOK A SQUIRREL! No seriously, it's a very special CULTRA, I know I say that every episode but damn it, it's just true. We start off discussing the difference between "running" a race and "racing" a race (if you don't k...
Sep 27, 2019•2 hr 30 min•Ep. 41
Hey Cultra Nation! It's always a party in the belly of the beast and Jay Mitchell joins us tonight to talk about racing and training and his interesting childhood as well as taking a helicopter ride down a mountain for some fast new Strava CRs. Art had a really good week (re: insane triathlon training), Becky is back to crushing her runs (re: fully recovered from Notchview finally) and Joe is starting a new streak by making it this week after a rare absence (re: new job). Jimmy is Jimmy (re: boi...
Sep 20, 2019•2 hr 44 min•Season 2Ep. 40
What up fam? This episode gon' be LIT. #hundojoe misses his first show and we were sad but immediately got over it because LOOK A SQUIRREL! Okay first off, we got Gelato in the house. AFB, Jimmy Mac and Evil Becky recap their weeks, talk about the Tunxis Ultra results (maybe we go off on a tangent re: Ray Crothers). Congrats to all the finishers at Tunxis tho. We dive into how we choose races then Art can not let it go about LSE's FKT fest all over New England's face. Then we go off on a game of...
Sep 13, 2019•2 hr 14 min
Tonight we sit down with a repeat offender; one Lee-Stuart Evans, he of the "I Broke the FKT Site" fame. Lee explains in detail his New England Trail fastest known time (FKT for those in the back, seriously pay attention) and gives a lot of cracking advice on just how to set these records, and why after two days of hiking and running the planned crossing of the Connecticut River with a makeshift raft was probably going to be a bad idea. We dive deep into what makes a legitimate FKT- with little ...
Sep 06, 2019•2 hr 25 min
Michael Byrne is an ultrarunner and he started his ultra career swinging for the fences, and he recounts it all in gory detail. Hear how he ended up on tonight's show (hint: Christina Chin-Hing may be involved. Hint to the hint: she's on the SHOW TONIGHT, oh wow my third favorite triathlete!) and what amazing things he has tried and done. We get sidetracked numerous times by Jimmy's severe ADHD and he even saw a bear! Art is a full-time triathlete now, he keeps doing massive swim workouts and I'...
Aug 30, 2019•1 hr 55 min•Ep. 37
Show Notes: Once again, the CULTRA Crew members (aka slackers) BRoc and Jimmy Mac are M.I.A., which means all sense of normalcy is gone and we’re left to our own devices. So, what should we do? Argue about race management and the future of ultra running? Nah, so yesterday. Discuss Joe’s naked hiking adventures? Well, it wouldn’t be a podcast if we didn’t at least mention it. Ridicule and shame our absent crew members? Of course! But what else? Could this be the episode where someone actually acc...
Aug 23, 2019•2 hr 15 min•Season 2Ep. 36
Hey Cultra Nation! Have we got a good one for you today, it's a very special episode with the one and only Howie Breinan sitting in with us and his story is amazing. First ultra finish before the age of 10? Check. Several breaks followed by huge comebacks? Check. Triumph over adversity? Check. This show has everything, and the term "hundo" is ubiquitous (as is epic, stout, beta, etc.), Art has an extra helping of potty mouth tonight (and gets called out for it), Jimmy makes a bold, dare I say au...
Aug 16, 2019•1 hr 38 min•Season 2Ep. 35
This show was not on Strava, yet it still happened. After discussing FKT’s and making fun of Jimi Mac and B-Roc, Evil Becky Burke, Highlander, and AFB take a deep dive into Self Esteem and how running impacts our lives. We also look at Ultra social media. Does it make us better runners or just make us depressed? Are ultra runners super heroes, or selfish boors who torture their families in pursuit of the perfect run. Are we more than just our running. Is Ultra running extreme, or is it just a ma...
Aug 08, 2019•2 hr 2 min
No guests tonight, just raw unfiltered Cultra Crew right to the dome! Hundo, B-Roc, AFB, Jimmy Mac and Evil Becky deliver one of the worst shows in recent memory. “Arguably our worst show to date” says Art Byram in disgust after the show. “Two thumbs down” says Canadian Trail Fishing Magazine. Look, if you like shows that go off topic a lot, have no point and shit audio, we are the best podcast in North America then. I mean, we’re just five people that love laughing at our own jokes, and let me ...
Aug 02, 2019•1 hr 32 min
The Vermont 100 mile endurance race was Hot. We take a look at the race through the eyes of a fine tuned grand slammer, a 16 time grouchy veteran grinder (#RIPNIPSEYHUSTLE), a gutsy first timer, and an Evil Crew/Volunteer. Each bring their own perspective to a very challenging day. We discuss all of the tricks that they used on the trails on a day where more than half the field had to drop. Very interesting stuff, if you like hearing about ultra running, and I suppose you do right? Most people d...
Jul 26, 2019•2 hr 27 min
Andy O is a man from Earth. He runs ultras. Occasionally he wins them. He is a quality human being. He makes bread and pretzels and beer for fun. Sometimes he gives those things to people to eat and drink. More people should be like Andy O. Andy has known Brian for over two decades. They allegedly have hidden bodies together. Not because they both have Italian last names and allegedly have mob ties (I said "allegedly" you lawyer POS) but because that's what you do for your best friends. I'd hide...
Jul 19, 2019•2 hr 6 min
This week we did our first ever Cultra LIVE at Connecticut Sports and Fitness in Glastonbury- yes that's right a LIVE studio audience sat in to listen and ask pointed questions about pooping in the woods, how to safely add more miles to get up off the Ottoman and up to that bigger distance (like the #HUNDO), what things can go wrong during an ultra and how to overcome that, THE MENTAL SIDE OF ULTRAS, maybe people even got up and sang a LIVE karaoke (allegedly)... I'm not saying nothing, you'll j...
Jul 12, 2019•1 hr 51 min
Hey gang! We’re back with another installment of CULTRA, this time visited by Kate Gelato, ...er Gelineau. Kate comes to us from the OCR world and talks about her first open ultra that she spent teaming up with #hundojoe for 86+ miles at Forbidden Forest. We dive a little into her psyche and background and what it takes to go the distance. Karaoke is back and it's weird AF. Picaridin vs permethrin: https://backpackinglight.com/forums/topic/79117/ History of punk rock: https://pitchfork.com/featu...
Jul 05, 2019•2 hr 29 min
Manitou's Revenge 54 mile run is one of the Nation's toughest races. Join the Cultra Crew as we talk with up and comer Tom Starodaj as he recalls the perils of this race and gives great Beta on Devils Path, in the Catskills. Oh yeah and Evil Becky named the Chicken Stacey, and Highlander hiked naked. OK so these are now pretty awkward show notes, but aren't they always? How about we meet in real life? Come on out to our upcoming CULTRA LIVE event on July 9thatConnecticut Sports and Fitness in Gl...
Jun 28, 2019•2 hr 6 min
This is a compilation of some recent calls to our 203-DOG-GENT Cultra Karaoke Line. Call and sing the song that is stuck in your head during your run. Other than that, unless you want singing lessons, that’s all there is in these notes…really. OK stop reading now. Either play the episode, or go for a run or both. Just don’t read these stupid show notes because there is absolutely no reason to read further, unless you want singing lessons. You most likely DO need them BTW. But I already said that...
Jun 25, 2019•19 min
Here’s that Run Ragged recap we promised- we’re visited by the one and only Joe Nuara, 3rd place finisher. Or 2nd to last DNF, whatever. We go deep inside Joe’s brain to see what it takes to go hour after hour after hour (29 to be exact) and what the heart of a warrior looks like- Joe gives us a really important “why” to the whole experience. He talks about his 100-mile experience from a few years back, flipping burgers with none other than #hundojoe at the NJ 3-Day. We also learn the ins-and-ou...
Jun 21, 2019•2 hr 12 min•Season 2Ep. 27
Hey Cultra Nation! Bessic and Jara are in the studio to talk about the Worlds End 100k held on June 1st in Forksville, PA; and this one does not disappoint. Brian, Becky and Stacey all had little league games / graduations / life to attend to so they were reluctantly granted excused absences to take the night off and of course we still went over two hours. Not only were we joined by the illustrious duo from central CT but we were visited by special guest #hundojoe's daughter Sarah, holder of fou...
Jun 14, 2019•2 hr 20 min
Mike Dolan is a bad ass; lawyer, former boxer, West Point graduate, 2:45 marathoner, now 100+ mile finisher. Then for whatever reason he decides to accept our invitation to appear on CULTRA and goes and absolutely wrecks that stellar resume. Some people never learn. In all seriousness, we sit down with both Mike and our own Stacey Clark as they talk about how they dominated the CUT112 from start to finish, teaming up early and going the distance and setting a new course record by over six hours....
Jun 07, 2019•2 hr 20 min
OH SNAP! The Crew went deep this week on that *saucy* little magazine article about how we are parasites, ooooooh. But before that Art, Stacey and #hundojoe were buzzing with nervous energy in preparation for the #CUT112, while Becky's gigantic ankle was raring to go at the Cayuga Falls 50 and Jimmy further tries to impress his peers by trying to run the Worlds End 100k. The Crew can't stay on task because they keep laughing at some random shit, and there's a big rundown of races coming up in th...
May 31, 2019•2 hr 10 min
I have no idea what this episode is about. I think Jordan is on it. Art was murmuring something about "getting this damn Skype thing to work" or some shit, I don't know. Becky and Jimmy couldn't make it because they had important family stuff to do. Anyway, Joe ran a hundo, hundo and a half (168 miles to be exact). Brian was there and no doubt had a lot of interesting shit to say, 97% of it was pronounced correctly. Stacey is awesome and we'll miss her. I'm sure Art probably laments his decision...
May 24, 2019•1 hr 14 min
The Crew is at it again, this time surprising our own Stacey Clark with an in-depth interview into why she’s so awesome, and why on Earth an elite ultrarunner like her slums it with us slow old dudes. The other elite female in our crew, Becky, was AWOL so Jimmy was lifted up from the Ottoman of Shame onto the Elite Loveseat, mostly just to clumsily bump the microphone like eight times. Stacey shares with us what drives and motivates her as well as her future plans. We also talk about all the hi-...
May 17, 2019•1 hr 51 min
In this very special episode the Crew is joined by the winners of the very wet and muddy Spring Fling 600, Koby Nelson and Evil Becky Burke. We go over all the relevant details including how much mud there was, how muddy their feet got, what’s it like running in mud? Also what’s the actual composition of mud? Is it a liquid or a gel? (It’s a colloidal!) as well as other science-based “stuff”. We go deep into their brains to find out what makes a champion. We also petition the White House (allege...
May 10, 2019•1 hr 43 min•Season 2Ep. 21
This episode the Crew is pared down to just Art, Stacey, Joe and Jimmy as they discuss their recent adventures including Art’s Hoppin’ Hodges 50k (1st place overall!) and running 54 miles overnight on the Airline Trail with Stacey and Shan Riggs, as well as a recounting of Stacey, Jimmy and sometimes cast member Brian’s trip to the Catskills where things go (hilariously) wrong, but oh so right. We run down the weekend of races at Lake Waramaug 50k/50-mile/100k and the TARC Spring Classic Maratho...
May 03, 2019•1 hr 34 min•Season 2Ep. 20
This show features special international guest Lee-Stuart Evans. He recently completed the fastest known time on the Leatherman Loop through Connecticut and New York. Join us as we try to get in a word as we chat about that and some of his other adventures. The CULTRA trail running podcast is a place where we can get together and discuss all the fun shit that happens on the trails, that most normal people don’t care about. CULTRA’s headquarters is located in the belly of the beast coast, Glaston...
Apr 23, 2019•1 hr 19 min•Season 2Ep. 19
This show features all six of the Cultra crew as we discuss the happenings of this past weekend as Jimmy somehow works pooping into every conversation. We go over the Boston Marathon, Becky’s time at the Runamuck 50k, and Brian and Stacey’s first run as RD’s at the Traprock 50k where Jimmy crushed it, Art participated, and the Legend rocked an aid station. The CULTRA trail running podcast is a place where we can get together and discuss all the fun shit that happens on the trails, that most norm...
Apr 16, 2019•2 hr 35 min•Season 2Ep. 18
This show features special guests Loli Arosemena and Shan Riggs. Loli and Shan recently moved to Glastonbury and now live 2 miles away from our studio. Ironically the first time I met them was at the River To Castle 50k in the Hudson Valley Region of New York. In this episode we review our experiences at the race, and also get to know Loli and Shan a little better. The CULTRA trail running podcast is a place where we can get together and discuss all the fun shit that happens on the trails, that ...
Apr 09, 2019•1 hr 30 min•Season 2Ep. 17
Welcome New Cultra Crew Members Evil Becky Burke, and James McCaffrey AKA Jimmy Mack! We had so much fun with them as guests that we had to have them aboard. They also do a lot of cool shit all the time, so the stories just flow. Actually it was the monkey’s call…. We are very excited to start this second season of Cultra and hope you are enjoying this as much as we are. It is our goal to share some laughs with you, and at the same time learn from each other about how to be better runners and pe...
Apr 02, 2019•1 hr 56 min•Season 2Ep. 16
Jerry Turk shares his stories of what the running scene is like in England, and New England and discusses the Ultra Culture of the Hell Gate 100k. Jerry is an accomplished runner, having completed the Grand Slam of Ultra Running as well as finishing the grueling Western States qualifier Hellgate 100k 16 times. He also is the Race Director for Bimblers Bluff 50K, the Bimblers Bash 10kish, race and a crucial part of the Running community. The CULTRA trail running podcast is a place where we can ge...
Mar 26, 2019•1 hr 48 min•Season 1Ep. 15
One of the challenges of Ultra Running is keeping a positive attitude when things go bad. Becky Burke is an accomplished ultra runner who has faced and overcome many low spots in during her races. She shares what it’s like to be in a dark place and introduces us to “Evil Becky” her calorie depleted race persona. To help with the discussion this week we week we invited our Patreons Christina Chin-Hing and Jimmy Mac to come and join us in the studio to act as co hosts as we interview Becky. This s...
Mar 19, 2019•1 hr 54 min•Season 1Ep. 14
