019. Trail running myths, classic questions and mistakes | Training, racing and recovery

2021 was a memorable year for many reasons. Through the eyes of Francesco Puppi and Max Keith, we close the year with a deep review of what happened inside the sport of trail and ultra running over the past season. Some topics that we covered: circuits: Golden Trail Series, Ultra Trail World Tour, Skyrunning, World Mountain Running Cup new projects for 2022: UTMB world series, UTMB-IRONMAN partnership, UTWT coming to an end, the new mountain running world cup top performances in trail and ultra running during 2021 best/most consistent athletes of 2021 most exciting races to follow 2021 rising stars most important announcements and news (Kilian leaving Salomon, the cancellation of the world mountain and trail running championship, the still very difficult collaboration among private organizations and institutions) what happened inside Vert :) Enjoy! _____________________________ Download the app and sign up to one of our training plans on vert.run You can send us a message with any questions you would like to ask to us or our guests! https://anchor.fm/vertrun/message Support us by subscribing to our podcast, sharing it or writing a review!

22 Dec 20211h 41min

Martina Valmassoi is an outdoor athlete and a community manager for Salomon. She comes from Italy and she’s based in the beautiful Dolomites, where you’ll most likely find her climbing up a slope, running on a ridge or taking breathtaking pictures from her skimo, running or cycling adventures. She’s worked with many elite runners and with the most iconic races and trail running events all over the world. She’s developed a very personal approach to the sport which she likes to share with authenticity and style. In this episode we talk about her relationship with nature, her balance between training and working, how she combines ski mountaineering and trail running. Martina does what many people would consider their dream job, travelling, working with athletes and events and communicating all this to the world. We talk about how it started and how it’s going, and how it’s not always as easy as it looks, and how she took her chances and risks earlier in her career. We talk about her relationship with social media and how she sees the development of trail running. Finally, we finish her interview with a series of one-shot questions asking her opinion on the ultimate Italian dilemma: pizza or pasta? Follow Martina on social media: @martiskka Download the app and sign up to one of our training plans on vert.run You can send us a message with any questions you would like to ask to us or our guests! https://anchor.fm/vertrun/message Support us by subscribing to our podcast, sharing it or writing a review!

15 Dec 20211h 18min

rnnr is a running company based in Colorado that makes super cool hats, beanies, socks and tees. We chatted with Kate and Justin Arsenault, founder and co-founder of rnnr, running enthusiasts and big fans of Vert. Kate and Justin seriously love running, but don’t take themselves too seriously as runners. And that's the main idea behind their company. They were motivated to start rnnr to inspire people running, building that cool atmosphere and camaraderie that creates its various and colorful community. It goes back to the main reason WHY we run: to move our bodies, to feel good about ourselves, to see new places and meet amazing people. Kate was originally motivated to start the company after working with kids as a special ed teacher and track/XC coach. She started sponsoring kids to be part of their school running programs. Nowadays, rnnr supports many initiatives supporting youth running programs and communities. During this episode we learn how the idea of rnnr was born, how the company started, what are the challenges of growing a business, the fine art of having a family, being athletes and balancing that with running a company. Pay a visit to rnnr.com and check out their insanely cool distance or trucker hats! Follow rnnr on Instagram @rnnr Have a question or something you want to talk about? send us a message here! (training, racing, new guests and topics..) Support us by subscribing to our podcast, sharing it or writing a review! ENJOY!!

8 Dec 202133min

Moisés Jimenez is an ultra runner for The North Face and the founder of Vert.run. Moi was born in Venezuela, but he grew up in the Chilean Patagonia, an incredibly wild and unspoilt territory which inspired his passion for trail running. He currently lives in Annecy, France, with his wife Kirsten Kortebein, where you can find them enjoying any kind of outdoor activity in the alpine playground or a cup of coffee on the lake. In 2021, Moi decided to focus his training on UTMB, the incredible 170km - 10000m loop around Mont Blanc. After dropping out in the latest stage of the race, he picked himself up and decided that he was not done for the year. He dedicated some time to recovery and, in the meanwhile, he got married. Eventually, Moi went on to take a wonderful third place at Maxi Race 50 mile, his final race of the 2021 season and also his home race in Annecy. In this episode we learn from him how he planned his training for UTMB and Maxi Race, and how he handled the effort, the nutrition and the mental strategy for his 50 miler. Have a question? send us a message here! https://anchor.fm/vertrun/message and get a chance to ask us about anything (training, racing, new hosts, more topics..) Follow Moi on Instagram @moises.jimenez https://www.instagram.com/moises.jimenez/?hl=en Sign up to a 50 mile training plan on Vert.run! https://app.vert.run/chooseplan Support us by subscribing to our podcast, sharing it or writing a review!

3 Dec 202156min

Lucy Bartholomew is an Australian ultrarunner sponsored by Salomon. Though only 25 years old, she's had an incredible career, placing in some of the toughest ultra trails around the world and becoming one of the most popular athletes in the sport. It wasn't always perfect, it wasn't always easy, but Lucy learned to navigate the highs and lows of running (and life) in a very powerful and inspiring way: without hiding fears and doubts, but accepting them and ultimately turning them into strengths. She's developed her passion for running way beyond races and competition, chasing curiosity, empowering people and giving them the inspirations to get out and run on the trails, showing them that the real motivation often lies within themselves. The idea of running The Larapinta Trail, a 231 km route from Mount Sonder to Alice Springs, going through some of the most remote and wild landscapes of the Australian Outback, was born in the middle of a pandemic. Sharing much more than just the running aspect, the movie Running Out shines a light on going beyond limits, the value of community, and showcases some of the most beautiful landscapes of central Australia. Thanks Lucy for taking us through them! Follow Lucy on Instagram @lucy_bartholomew https://www.instagram.com/lucy_bartholomew/ Watch her movie Running Out http://www.runningoutmovie.com/ Sign up to one of her Vert.run training plans: Become an Ultra Runner and Run your first 50 miler https://vert.run/lucy-bartholomew/ Support us by subscribing to our podcast, sharing it or writing a review!

23 Nov 20211h 12min

Tom Evans is a professional trail and ultra runner sponsored by Redbull and Adidas Terrex from Loughborough, Great Britain. He's been an athlete we have always looked up to since he entered this sport in 2017, making his debut at Marathon des Sables (3rd place). He's covered pretty much any distance and type of terrain, he's crazy fast on the roads (63:15 half marathon PR, 13:41 5000m) and he's got an incredible talent for the ultra distances. We sat down and chatted with Tom while he's recovering from a knee surgery, easing back into training and taking care of his rehab at the Redbull Athletes Performance Center, in Austria. We went into the details of his training programs and nutrition; we discussed the importance of cross training, recovery and mental strength. What really inspired us during our conversation was how professional and scientific, but at the same time well balanced, his approach to the sport is. After three years at the highest levels in the sport, in 2021 Tom chased his Olympic dream running the British marathon trials. We tell the story of how it went and what he learned from the experience, which ended up..in the hospital. Finally, we dive into the new project that Tom has recently developed with Vert.run: a new training plan for 80-120km ultra trails, where he shared his knowledge and very powerful approach to training. Follow Tom Evans on social media: @tomevansultra Sign up to his new training plan on vert.run Support us by subscribing to our podcast, sharing it or writing a review!

16 Nov 20211h

Karina Carsolio is a Mexican trail runner (corredora de montaña) sponsored by Salomon. She comes from a family of world class mountaineers from which she inherited her love for the mountains and the high altitudes (she lives above the clouds at 2600m of elevation, on a vulcano!). She enjoys running on very technical terrain, which is no doubt since this year she stood on the podium of Dolomyths Run, the 3rd stage of 2021 Golden Trail World Series. Her deep interest for physiology and her studies in medicine, together with her passion for trail running, made her realize how little awareness and information related to women's health there is among athletes. One of her missions is to extend the research on this topic, to share this type of information and make it available to anyone, in particular to help female athletes struggling with REDs (relative energy deficiency), eating disorders and body image. Follow her on social media @karicarsolio and find out more about her project: La Atleta Integral

10 Nov 202150min

Pascal Egli is a Swiss mountain runner and ski mountaineer who likes steep and technical races. He has an endless passion for mountains and their unspoilt landscapes, where mostly he feels at home, preferably above 3000m of elevation. While being a world class athlete, he's also completing a PhD in glaciology at the University of Lausanne. Coming out of his first ultra, we sat down and chatted about his running career, his training and his future plans in the sport. We covered his environmental activism, his commitment for non profit organizations like POW (Protect Our Winters Switzerland) and Kilian Jornet Foundation. We talked about the importance of recovery, the environmental awareness of trail runners, his glaciology field work and the balance between his studies and his professional athletic career. Please welcome: Pascal Egli!

4 Nov 202151min