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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160. Andy Wacker | How's The Trail Team doing?

160. Andy Wacker | How's The Trail Team doing?

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159. Zach Miller | Ever forward: embracing the past and the future of trail running.

159. Zach Miller | Ever forward: embracing the past and the future of trail running.

Zach Miller is a professional trail runner for The North Face living in the United States. We caught up on a number of things happening in our sport right now, some future evolutions, then his curren...

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Tim Tollefson is a professional trail runner for Craft living in Mammoth Lakes, California, and the race director of the Mammoth Trail Fest.  In this episode with Tim, we talk about community, antidop...

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157. Roberto Delorenzi | Skyrunner World Series Champion, consistency at the top level, highest race results to training ratio??

157. Roberto Delorenzi | Skyrunner World Series Champion, consistency at the top level, highest race results to training ratio??

Roberto Delorenzi is a professional trail runner for Brooks coming from Switzerland. Roberto has had a stellar 2024 season, with 38 races and 17 wins including 4 Skyrunner World Series races plus the ...

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156. Lauren Gregory | Elevating the game in trail running

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155. Eli Hemming | Working my way up to the top: how to become a professional trail runner

155. Eli Hemming | Working my way up to the top: how to become a professional trail runner

Eli Hemming is a professional runner for Adidas Terrex from Kremmling, Colorado. Eli is maybe my greatest competitor of this 2024: we shared the podium at OCC in Chamonix, where he was first and I wa...

20 Nov 20241h 4min

154. Vic Johnson | Nutrition principles for outdoor athletes - part 2

154. Vic Johnson | Nutrition principles for outdoor athletes - part 2

Vic Johnson⁠ is maybe better known on the internet as Mountain Sports Dietician. The principles surrounding sports nutrition are relatively simple - applying them is not. Vic’s mission is very simple,...

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153. Vic Johnson | Nutrition principles for outdoor athletes - part 1

153. Vic Johnson | Nutrition principles for outdoor athletes - part 1

Vic Johnson is maybe better known on the internet as Mountain Sports Dietician. The principles surrounding sports nutrition are relatively simple - applying them is not. Vic’s mission is very simple, ...

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