171. Katie Asmuth | Identity, Resilience & Racing: A Journey Through Western States and Beyond

171. Katie Asmuth | Identity, Resilience & Racing: A Journey Through Western States and Beyond

In this episode, Katie Asmuth—elite ultrarunner and Western States finisher—joins Francesco to reflect on the emotional highs and lows of racing, recovery, and personal growth in the sport of trail running.


They explore Katie’s connection to Western States, the identity challenges athletes face, and how she balances motherhood with high-level training. Katie shares lessons on resilience through injury, the joy of returning to the process, and the importance of community, age, and experience in long-distance running.


This conversation is honest, powerful, and full of insight for any runner navigating life, goals, and identity on the trails.


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120. Carlos Ferrer | Mile & Stone - The must-read newsletter for trail running pros and enthusiasts

120. Carlos Ferrer | Mile & Stone - The must-read newsletter for trail running pros and enthusiasts

Carlos Ferrer Fernández is a trail runner from Paris and the managing director of the newsletter Mile and Stone. I invited Carlos on the podcast after following his newsletter for a while, and discove...

13 Maalis 20241h 8min

119. Kimi Schreiber | The value of authenticity

119. Kimi Schreiber | The value of authenticity

Kimi Schreiber is a professional trail runner, a journalist and a podcaster from Germany. She runs for Adidas Terrex. In this episode, we chat about running, training and trail running media, but the ...

6 Maalis 20241h

118. Coach Lab with Parker Farabee | How to build an aerobic base

118. Coach Lab with Parker Farabee | How to build an aerobic base

Parker Farabee is a trail runner, physiotherapist, exercise physiologist and coach from Portland, Oregon. In this episode we talk about base training and how to build an aerobic base. What are the b...

28 Helmi 202430min

117. Robbie Simpson | Running fast on any surface, any distance

117. Robbie Simpson | Running fast on any surface, any distance

Robbie Simpson is a professional trail and road runner from Scotland, sponsored by Adidas Terrex. Robbie is one of the best all around athletes in the world: he's run anything from 5k on the road to u...

21 Helmi 20241h 7min

116. Coach lab with Max Keith | How to monitor your training

116. Coach lab with Max Keith | How to monitor your training

Max Keith is a trail runner from Chile and the co-founder of Vert. In this episode we talk about how to monitor your training: what data and metrics should we be paying attention to? Technology, with ...

14 Helmi 202450min

115. Henriette Albon | Winter Bob Graham Round FKT, quitting a "normal" job and turning pro, balancing racing and personal projects, keeping it fun!

115. Henriette Albon | Winter Bob Graham Round FKT, quitting a "normal" job and turning pro, balancing racing and personal projects, keeping it fun!

Henriette Albon is a professional runner for Arc'teryx living in Norway. Henriette just set the women’s winter FKT of the Bob Graham Round, one of the most challenging and famous trail routes in the ...

7 Helmi 202459min

114. Coach lab with Parker Farabee | How to deal with an injury, cross training and rehab.

114. Coach lab with Parker Farabee | How to deal with an injury, cross training and rehab.

Parker Farabee is a trail runner, physiotherapist, exercise physiologist and coach from Portland, Oregon. In this episode we talk about how to deal with an injury and about cross training and rehab. W...

31 Tammi 202429min

113. Voices from the Vert.run community: Kristin Jensen | Trail running in Denmark, training with Vert, running long and backyard ultras

113. Voices from the Vert.run community: Kristin Jensen | Trail running in Denmark, training with Vert, running long and backyard ultras

Kristin Jensen is a trail runner from Denmark and a Vert.run explore athlete. Kristin is a passionate runner whose goal is, like many other athletes that we coach, to run longer, faster and stronger w...

24 Tammi 202444min

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