Zack Beavin: From "Mediocre College Runner" to a 40 mile hilly race at a 5:54 pace! - #152
"Mediocre"? I don't think so! Zack has done 7 ultra races and won all of them. And he's from Kentucky, proud of it, and why maybe you haven't heard of him. "I like the east. It's green. I'd like t...
26 Aug 202135min
Ride and Run: the long history of horses and humans running trails - #151
Riding and Running on trails is more connected than you know! The Western States 100 originally was a horse race, not a running race. And this year Susie Kramer did both, with one of the fastest com...
20 Aug 20211h
David Bone: 89 FKTs, all in the UK! - #150
89 FKTs is a lot! And 51 of them have been in 2021, including sometimes 2 in one day. I presume this is intentional? "I used to race more, but the pandemic caused me to focus on where I live. And ...
13 Aug 202146min
Speedland: David Dombrow & Kevin Fallon tell how to start a new shoe company - #149
Wow - a new running shoe company! That's gotta be hard - why are these two men doing it? "We've been designing shoes for 25 years for other company's. There was always a compromise. We wanted to b...
6 Aug 202134min
Andrew Hamilton: the "King of the 14ers" knocks down another massive project! - #148
He's done it again! After 5 YEARS of planning, Andrew climbed the hundred highest summits in Colorado in a huge non-stop effort of 22 days. And established two new Routes and FKTs within that effort ...
30 Jul 20211h 4min
Mick and Mike: Regional Editors tell us the Best Routes in the UK - #147
There are 490 FKT Routes in the UK - get the insider scoop on them - Our two Regional Editors from the UK tell us what is new and cool, and then walk us through some classic FKT routes. "1,051 FKTs h...
23 Jul 202150min
Let's Hear This Again: What Are The Gender Issues in Running? - #146
The 2021 Hardrock Hundred Mile Endurance Run starts today. Two days before the run an important meeting took place where the event announced a new policy to increase women’s participation. Starting i...
16 Jul 202143min
Trees not Tees: Scotland leads with a brilliant environmental initiative for all runners - #145
You need to hear this inspiring story! Jim Mann, a top ultrarunner from Scotland, had this brilliant idea: ask race directors to give runners the option of having a tree planted in their name instead...
9 Jul 202142min
