Text us your thoughts about this episode or ideas for future episodes! Matt Chittim is the Host of Rambling Runner, a podcast for dedicated amateur runners who are working hard to get better and achieving inspirational results while balancing running with the rest of their lives. He is also the Founder of Relay, a collection of some of the best content creators and athletes in running coming together to put out the most creative and collaborative running content on the internet. In this conversa...
Sep 22, 2022•1 hr 21 min•Season 1Ep. 132
Text us your thoughts about this episode or ideas for future episodes! Jonathan Levitt is the Host of the "For The Long Run" Podcast , a show that explores the why behind what keeps runners running long, strong, and motivated. In this conversation, we talk in-depth about the state of running podcasts, changes in the athlete-sponsor landscape, and how to build a career in the endurance world. Sponsors: Rabbit - use code Singletrack20 at checkout on their website ( https://www.runinrabbit.com/disc...
Sep 19, 2022•2 hr 28 min•Season 1Ep. 131
Text us your thoughts about this episode or ideas for future episodes! Robin Thurston is the CEO of Outside, the largest media company in the outdoor industry by orders of magnitude. In this conversation, we discuss Robin's entrepreneurial background building MapMyRun into the largest running community in the world, the state of connected fitness, putting a price tag on running-related and other outdoor media, the "Outerverse", and how Robin thinks about preserving the authenticity of acquired b...
Sep 14, 2022•54 min•Season 1Ep. 130
Text us your thoughts about this episode or ideas for future episodes! Des Linden is a professional runner for Brooks Running. She joins the Singletrack Podcast to talk about a range of topics including her interests in sports psychology, her nascent career as a commentator for NBC in their running broadcasts, and perhaps most notably to this audience - her intentions to transition more significantly from road marathons to trail and ultra running as early as next year. Discounts: Rabbit - use co...
Sep 07, 2022•43 min•Season 1Ep. 129
Text us your thoughts about this episode or ideas for future episodes! Katie Schide is a professional trail runner for the North Face based in Isola, France. We talk with her following her win at the 2022 Ultra Trail Du Mount Blanc. Discounts: Rabbit - use code Singletrack20 at checkout on their website ( https://www.runinrabbit.com/discount/SINGLETRACK20 ) to get 20% off your next order HVMN - use code Singletrack20 at checkout on their website ( https://hvmn.com/SINGLETRACK20 ) to get 20% off ...
Sep 05, 2022•38 min•Season 1Ep. 128
Text us your thoughts about this episode or ideas for future episodes! Jack Kuenzle returns to the podcast to talk about his recent FKT on the Bob Graham Round, which lowered Kilian Jornet’s former record by about 30 minutes sending shockwaves not just through the FKT community, but really through the mountain running community as a whole. Discounts: Rabbit - use code Singletrack20 at checkout on their website ( https://www.runinrabbit.com/discount/SINGLETRACK20 ) to get 20% off your next order ...
Sep 05, 2022•1 hr 48 min•Season 1Ep. 127
Text us your thoughts about this episode or ideas for future episodes! I am joined by frequent co-hosts Brett Hornig and Leah Yingling to recap the week that was in Chamonix, France for the UTMB series of events. We talk about some of our favorite performances and memorable moments, what the events will look like in years to come with all of the application changes, the impacts of these races on the overall 2022 mountain ultra trail running season, and much much more. Sponsors: This episode is b...
Sep 02, 2022•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 126
Text us your thoughts about this episode or ideas for future episodes! In this episode, I am joined by Brett Hornig and Leah Yingling to preview the 2022 UTMB. We analyze the course, talk about what it's going to take to be successful, note some of the interesting storylines around the event, and yes, make our predictions for the female and male top-5 finishers this year. Note - this episode focuses exclusively on the women's and men's UTMB fields. We do not discuss TDS, CCC, or OCC. Not for lac...
Aug 23, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 125
Text us your thoughts about this episode or ideas for future episodes! Abby Hall is a professional trail runner for Adidas Terrex based in Flagstaff, AZ preparing for the 2022 UTMB-CCC. Sponsors: This episode is brought to you by Gnarly Nutrition. Use code Singletrack20 at checkout to get 20% off your next order. Timestamps: (1:42) - life talk (3:44) - recovery from knee injury (6:11) - training in Chamonix this summer (9:09) - motivations to return to CCC again (11:14) - race day gear Links: Fo...
Aug 22, 2022•13 min•Season 1Ep. 124
Text us your thoughts about this episode or ideas for future episodes! Rod Farvard is a professional trail runner for Ultimate Direction based in Mammoth Lakes, CA preparing for the 2022 UTMB. Sponsors: This episode is brought to you by Gnarly Nutrition. Use code Singletrack20 at checkout to get 20% off your next order. Timestamps: (1:34) - Western States 100 reflections, takeaways (3:48) - whether racing UTMB this year is driven by redemption or inspiration (8:00) - latest ultrarunning learning...
Aug 20, 2022•17 min•Season 1Ep. 123
Text us your thoughts about this episode or ideas for future episodes! Matt Daniels is a professional trail runner for Nike based in Boulder, CO preparing for the 2022 UTMB-CCC. Sponsors: This episode is brought to you by Gnarly Nutrition. Use code Singletrack20 at checkout to get 20% off your next order. Timestamps: (1:47) - reflecting back on injuries and lessons learned in 2020 and 2021 seasons (4:38) - advice to sponsored athletes currently dealing with injuries and other setbacks (6:18) - i...
Aug 20, 2022•15 min•Season 1Ep. 122
Text us your thoughts about this episode or ideas for future episodes! Adam Merry is a professional trail runner for Saucony based in Boulder, CO preparing for the 2022 UTMB-CCC. Sponsors: This episode is brought to you by Gnarly Nutrition. Use code Singletrack20 at checkout to get 20% off your next order. Timestamps: (1:39) - reflecting on the decision to focus the year on CCC instead of Western States after Bandera (3:48) - motivations for racing CCC (5:24) - talking about the experience of he...
Aug 20, 2022•10 min•Season 1Ep. 121
Text us your thoughts about this episode or ideas for future episodes! Taylor Nowlin is a professional trail runner for Adidas Terrex based in Spokane, WA preparing for the 2022 UTMB-CCC. Sponsors: This episode is brought to you by Gnarly Nutrition. Use code Singletrack20 at checkout to get 20% off your next order. Timestamps: - (1:42) - Western States 100 takeaways - (3:03) - training strategy for a quick turnaround to CCC - (4:38) - preparation in Spokane, WA - (6:02) - race day expectations -...
Aug 20, 2022•10 min•Season 1Ep. 120
Text us your thoughts about this episode or ideas for future episodes! David Hedges is a professional trail runner for Norda and Satisfy Running based in Intervale, NH preparing for the 2022 UTMB. Sponsors: This episode is brought to you by Gnarly Nutrition. Use code Singletrack20 at checkout to get 20% off your next order. Timestamps: (1:27) - whether 2021 and 2022 should be considered "breakout" years in his evolution as an ultrarunner (2:32) - moving to the French Alps for the entire 2022 sum...
Aug 20, 2022•15 min•Season 1Ep. 119
Text us your thoughts about this episode or ideas for future episodes! Seth Swanson is a professional trail runner for the North Face based in Missoula, MT preparing for the 2022 UTMB. Sponsors: This episode is brought to you by Gnarly Nutrition. Use code Singletrack20 at checkout to get 20% off your next order. Timestamps: (1:53) - reflecting back on his success doing the Western States-UTMB double in 2015 and what he did in training that spring and summer to make it happen (5:52) - what makes ...
Aug 20, 2022•19 min•Season 1Ep. 118
Text us your thoughts about this episode or ideas for future episodes! Avery Collins is a professional trail runner for Speedland based in Silverton, CO preparing for the 2022 UTMB. Sponsors: This episode is brought to you by Gnarly Nutrition. Use code Singletrack20 at checkout to get 20% off your next order. Timestamps: (1:51) - whether he considers himself to be "underrated" among the American male ultrarunning elites (5:22) - whether being an outspoken advocate for cannabis has helped or hurt...
Aug 20, 2022•22 min•Season 1Ep. 117
Text us your thoughts about this episode or ideas for future episodes! Stephen Kersh is a professional trail runner for Adidas Terrex based in Flagstaff, AZ preparing for the 2022 UTMB-CCC. Sponsors: This episode is brought to you by Gnarly Nutrition. Use code Singletrack20 at checkout to get 20% off your next order. Timestamps: (1:53) - talking about the Coconino Cowboys (4:17) - opportunities for trail and ultrarunning content (7:23) - passing on Western States this year in order to focus on C...
Aug 20, 2022•14 min•Season 1Ep. 116
Text us your thoughts about this episode or ideas for future episodes! Sabrina Stanley is a professional trail runner for Adidas Terrex based in Silverton, CO preparing for the 2022 UTMB. Sponsors: This episode is brought to you by Gnarly Nutrition . Use code Singletrack20 at checkout to get 20% off your next order. Timestamps: (1:31) - insight into her decision to go "all-in" on UTMB this year (3:20) - whether she was considering the Hardrock-UTMB double (4:32) - training for UTMB in Chamonix a...
Aug 20, 2022•13 min•Season 1Ep. 115
Text us your thoughts about this episode or ideas for future episodes! Hannah Allgood is a professional trail runner for Dynafit based in Colorado Springs, CO preparing for the 2022 UTMB-CCC. Sponsors: This episode is brought to you by Gnarly Nutrition . Use code Singletrack20 at checkout to get 20% off your next order. Timestamps: (1:28) - new partnership with Dynafit (3:40) - winning the San Juan Solstice in dramatic fashion (6:20) - Trail Running Radio (8:31) - where CCC fits into the season ...
Aug 19, 2022•15 min•Season 1Ep. 114
Text us your thoughts about this episode or ideas for future episodes! Jazmine Lowther is a professional trail runner for the North Face based in Nelson, BC preparing for the 2022 UTMB-CCC. Sponsors: This episode is brought to you by Gnarly Nutrition . Use code Singletrack20 at checkout to get 20% off your next order. Timestamps: (1:03) - Canyons 100k victory, injury, pulling out of western states (4:10) - mindset towards recovery (5:29) - current fitness and confidence statuses (7:04) - whether...
Aug 19, 2022•11 min•Season 1Ep. 113
Text us your thoughts about this episode or ideas for future episodes! Kaytlyn Gerbin is a professional trail runner for the North Face based in Issaquah, WA preparing for the 2022 UTMB. Sponsors: This episode is brought to you by Gnarly Nutrition . Use code Singletrack20 at checkout to get 20% off your next order. Timestamps: (1:17) - delaying UTMB race plans in 2021 due to injury, current status (3:58) - whether the formal racing scene feels less challenging than the FKT scene (6:09) - structu...
Aug 18, 2022•13 min•Season 1Ep. 112
Text us your thoughts about this episode or ideas for future episodes! Tim Tollefson is a professional trail runner for Hoka based in the Mammoth Lakes, CA preparing for the 2022 UTMB. Sponsors: This episode is brought to you by Gnarly Nutrition . Use code Singletrack20 at checkout to get 20% off your next order. Timestamps: (1:08) - 2022 Western States Reflections (5:21) - excitement level for UTMB this year (7:37) - preparing for UTMB in Mammoth Lakes (10:47) - whether he can win UTMB (12:15) ...
Aug 18, 2022•18 min•Season 1Ep. 111
Text us your thoughts about this episode or ideas for future episodes! David Laney is a professional trail runner for Craft Sportswear based in Bellingham, WA preparing for the 2022 UTMB. Sponsors: This episode is brought to you by Gnarly Nutrition . Use code Singletrack20 at checkout to get 20% off your next order. Timestamps: (0:59) - background at Craft Sportswear (4:11) - current training and racing stoke level versus years past (6:19) - differences between now and 2015-2016 years at UTMB (8...
Aug 17, 2022•14 min•Season 1Ep. 110
Text us your thoughts about this episode or ideas for future episodes! Jim Walmsley is a professional trail runner for Hoka based in the French Alps preparing for the 2022 UTMB. Discounts: Rabbit - use code Singletrack20 at checkout on their website ( https://www.runinrabbit.com/discount/SINGLETRACK20 ) to get 20% off your next order HVMN - use code Singletrack20 at checkout on their website ( https://hvmn.com/SINGLETRACK20 ) to get 20% off your next order Timestamps: (0:20) - willingness to pub...
Aug 16, 2022•29 min•Season 1Ep. 109
Text us your thoughts about this episode or ideas for future episodes! Jordan Hamm is a Sports Marketing Specialist and serves as the Trail Athlete Manager at Brooks Running based in Seattle, WA. This is another episode in our mini-series providing insights to the athlete-sponsor relationship in trail running. Discounts: Rabbit - use code Singletrack20 at checkout on their website ( https://www.runinrabbit.com/discount/SINGLETRACK20 ) to get 20% off your next order HVMN - use code Singletrack20 ...
Aug 12, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 108
Text us your thoughts about this episode or ideas for future episodes! Lindsay Webster is a professional endurance athlete based in Sutton, Quebec. Widely regarded as one of - if not the greatest - obstacle course racers of all-time, Lindsay made waves earlier this year following her decision to retire from the sport she has dominated for many years in order to focus on skyrunning. In this conversation we talk about how her background contributed to her excellence in endurance sports, her decisi...
Aug 08, 2022•50 min•Season 1Ep. 107
Text us your thoughts about this episode or ideas for future episodes! David Kilgore serves as the Trail and Ultrarunning Athlete Manager for On Running. In this conversation we talk about how he got his role at the company, his advice for navigating the negotiation process as a potential sponsored athlete, whether athletes can focus on both performance and social media, and whether the time is ripe for the formation of brand-sponsored trail running teams. Discounts: Rabbit - use code Singletrac...
Aug 03, 2022•45 min•Season 1Ep. 106
Text us your thoughts about this episode or ideas for future episodes! Michael McKnight is a professional trail runner for Salomon based in Logan, UT. You may recognize Michael as one of the top athletes on the 200 mile racing scene and we do talk a bit about that towards the end of the episode, but this conversation delves a fair bit into the philosophical as well as Michael reflects on being outspoken on social media on a whole array of issues, managing a coaching business through turbulent ec...
Aug 02, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 105
Text us your thoughts about this episode or ideas for future episodes! In this episode of the Long Run Archives I am joined by co-host Brett Hornig and special guest Jeff Colt to discuss and debate a whole slew of trail and ultrarunning topics and current events. Discounts: Rabbit - use code Singletrack20 at checkout on their website ( https://www.runinrabbit.com/discount/SINGLETRACK20 ) to get 20% off your next order HVMN - use code Singletrack20 at checkout on their website ( https://hvmn.com/...
Jul 27, 2022•1 hr 25 min•Season 1Ep. 104
Text us your thoughts about this episode or ideas for future episodes! Lindsay Dakota is a Co-Founder of Naked Sports Innovations. You're probably familiar with their running bands, but maybe not as familiar with their running vests or their new trail racing shoe. Maybe you also also noticed athletes like Adam Peterman and Camille Herron crossing the finish line of this year's Western States 100 using their gear. Regardless, if you're a long-time listener of Singletrack, you know our first love ...
Jul 22, 2022•54 min•Season 1Ep. 103
