Running long - A trail and ultra running talk
By Vert.run
169. Max & Moi | Vert.run Co-founders in the future of trail running coaching, AI coaching and the release of Vert Pro
🎙️ In this episode, Max & Moi sit down with Francesco to dive into the state of running and trail running coaching apps—and introduce Vert Pro, the first fully automated coach built specifically for trail runners of all levels.
They break down how Vert Pro works, why it’s shaking up the coaching game, and how Vert.run is leading the way in innovation without sacrificing personalization or quality.
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168. Rod Farvard | Every dog has its day. Reflections, hopes and expectations ahead of the 2025 Canyons 100k
I had the pleasure and privilege to share three weeks of altitude training in Mammoth Lakes with Rod, seeing his hard work, commitment and self believe, learning a lot from him.
It’s been roughly a year since Rod Farvard's name really came into the spotlight. Rod definitely had a breakthrough season in 2024, with the win at Canyons and the second place at Western States coming in quick succession.
As we both get ready to toe the line at the Canyons 100k this weekend, I hope you all enjoy this conversation!
Guest: Rod Farvard
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167. The Biggest Races to Watch in 2025: What’s Coming in Trail Running
What’s Coming in Trail Running in 2025?
Clearly, 2025 is shaping up to be an exciting year for trail running. In this episode we examine the key races and their storylines, athletes to watch, new trends and predictions, strategies and advancements in performance.
Guest: Max Keith
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166. Florian Reiter | Running is for everyone. Reasons why we run, vulnerability and comparison, growth and success
Florian Reiter is a runner, coach, podcaster and physiotherapist from Austria. I was a guest in Florian’s podcast Running Free and it was a great chance to touch on many relevant topics related to running, so we thought it would be fun to do a follow-up episode, and here we are.
We talked about the reasons why we run, how these reasons change over time, obsession and balance, vulnerability and comparison, and how there’s a place for everyone in the sport of running.
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165. Josh Wade | Transgrancanaria Classic podium finish, strategy and preparation
Josh Wade is a professional trail runner for The North Face coming from England.
Josh took third at the Transgrancanaria Classic this year, running an incredible race and surpassing all his expectations. In this episode we go into the details of Josh’s race, from how he managed his strategy to how he handled the preparation leading up to it. We also talk about balancing work versus training, how Josh got into running, about fell running and the lake district, and much more
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164 | Personal updates, racing plans and what we're looking forward to ahead of the 2025 season - with Max Keith
Today I’m sitting down with Max Keith to share some reflections as we approach the core of the 2025 season, which kicked off in big fashion with races like Black Canyon, Tarawera and Transgrancanaria.
Athletes are racing as fast as ever, races are getting more competitive, brands are investing more and more, participation in trail races is increasing across all continents and events, the science of training for performance is making progress and becoming widely available to all participants. It’s for sure an exciting time to be a trail runner. We reflect on some of the recent developments we’ve seen, talk about some personal life updates, the present and future of Vert, and some racing plans for the year.
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163. Dakota Jones | Running for climate action: Dakota's 100mile American record attempt raising money for Footprints Running
Dakota Jones is a professional trail runner for Nnormal living in Salt Lake City.
Dakota is also the founder and executive director ofFootprints Running, a non profit organization with the mission to support climate action at the community level by bringing people together around their shared interest in trail running.
In two days, Dakota is attempting the American record for 100 miles at the Jackpot Ultras with the goal to raise money for Footprints and its 2025 camps.
Dates of fundraiser are Feb. 1 - 21, 2025
Goal: $30,000 for our 2025 camp
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162. Allison Lynch | Running, performance, athletes and influencers: navigating brand marketing in an evolving landscape
Allison Lynch is a writer, artist, competitive runner and sports marketing professional.
Allison has 12 years of experience in brand marketing and communications, specializing in sports technology, running, and fitness. She’s worked for companies like WHOOP and COROS.
I was inspired to invite Allison on this podcast after discovering her work and talent for writing. She wrote a very interesting Substack post on Matt Trappe's newsletter “A matter of brand”, which I really suggest following and subscribing, that is called "Athletes vs influencers: the bubble has burst". I have been following Allison since then and here we are now.
In today’s conversation we talk about the current state of the running universe, the evolution we’ve seen in the past 15 years, with running and outdoor brands progressively shifting away from performance to focus more on lifestyle and fashion, the athletes vs influencers dynamic, how can athletes provide value to themselves and to the brands they work for, how can companies help the athletes build their brand and audience on different platforms.
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Allison personal website and portfolio: https://www.allisonmary.com/
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161. Voices from the Vert.run community: Adina Crawford | Trail running and diversity, changing the narrative and a memorable trip to the French Alps
Adina Crawford is a trail runner from the US and a Vert.run explore athlete. Adina is a passionate runner whose goal is, like many other athletes that we coach, to run longer, faster and stronger while having fun in the process. In this episode we talk about being a trail runner from an underrepresented community in our sport, a memorable trip to the french alps, her experience training with Vert, developing community, training, racing and much more.
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160. Andy Wacker | How's The Trail Team doing?
Andy Wacker is a professional trail runner for Salomon living in Colorado. Two years ago Andy founded The Trail Team, a project with the mission to independently support and develop rising athletes into the best professional trail runners in the world through mentorship, skill development, and media exposure.
We caught up with Andy to see how the project is going, how it has developed into something bigger, how it’s made an impact on the American and international trail running scene, and talk about some future perspectives.
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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 current training, future plans for 2025 and much more. Enjoy!
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158. Tim Tollefson | We need to take care of our sport. Community, growth, professionalization, mentorship, physical and mental health
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, antidoping efforts, sponsorships and opportunities to run professionally, growth of the sport, circuits and Mammoth Trail Fest affiliation with the Golden Trail World Series; we also talk about some personal stories, mental health, validation, acceptance and what success looks like for us.
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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 final and the overall ranking, one european mountain running championship, a third place at Marathon du Mont Blanc, a fifth place in 2:32 at Sierre Zinal, 3 sub 30’ in the 10k, a low 64’ half marathon and many, many other great results.
We caught up with him during his off-season while he’s already keen on getting back to training, we dove deep into his 2024 as well as how he’s developed into the athlete he is today, from his love for the outdoors to his training philosophy and how’s become one of the best professional trail runners in the world. Roberto is also a great friend and we’ve known each other since we were little. We shared an altitude training camp earlier this year, many great battles and a lot of great and fun moments together.
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156. Lauren Gregory | Elevating the game in trail running
Lauren Gregory is a professional trail runner for Nike from Colorado, living on the East Coast and training with the Northswood Athletic team, under the guidance of coach Ben True - a true legend of distance running. Lauren is really, really fast, from the track to the trails: within one season, this year, she ran a 15:17 5000m on the track and she was able to take second at the golden trail world series final in Switzerland.
In this episode, we talk about collegiate running, golden trail, track and trails and how one can help the other, elevating the game in our sport, health, and many other interesting topics.
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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 was second, so I absolutely wanted to have him on the podcast at some point. We’re good friends in life and great enemies during competitions, and we both think this is the best way to show our mutual respect as athletes and competitors: offering the best we’re capable of to each other.
In this conversation we talk about Eli’s life and training with her wife Tabor, in their ranch on the mountains of Colorado, his background as an elite triathlete, becoming a professional trail runner, his upcoming debut in the 50m distance at JFK 50 this weekend and much more.
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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, to help high performing mountain athletes apply these principles properly so they can fuel and hydrate to make the most of their training and perform well at races.
In this short series of episodes that I recorded with Vic, we’re going to learn more about the topic of nutrition for endurance athletes, without pretending to exhaust the topic, but with the aim to give some practical, handy knowledge that you can apply to your own training and racing. This is the second part of our conversation.
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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, to help high performing mountain athletes apply these principles properly so they can fuel and hydrate to make the most of their training and perform well at races.
In this short series of episodes that I recorded with Vic, we’re going to learn more about the topic of nutrition for endurance athletes, without pretending to exhaust the topic, but with the aim to give some practical, handy knowledge that you can apply to your own training and racing.
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152. Matt Daniels | Navigating running and life's rollercoaster
Matt Daniels is a good friend of mine - we’ve known each other since 2016 - and a great, great athlete and mentor. He lives in Boulder, Colorado. I’ve met with Matt in four different countries this year, and we’ve shared a memorable battle at the Chuckanut 50k in Bellingham WA, in March, where I finished first and he finished second, pushing me all the way to the finish to set a new course record.
After a really good first half of the year, Matt struggled to find the right feelings during training and the races he ran reflected his physical and mental condition. In this episode the main theme is the unique connection between the hardships we face in life and those we experience on the trails. We also talk about his training and preparation for Javelina 100m, why he’s confident he can be successful at the 100m distance, how his track background has both helped and hindered his training as a trail runner, his experience with the Boulder Boys as athletes and content creators.
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151. Peter Frano | 2024 CCC runner up
Peter Frano is an elite trail runner from Slovakia who won a bronze medal at the world trail championships 2023 in Innsbruck and finished second at UTMB CCC in 2024. In this episode we discover more about Peter’s training and background, his preparation leading up to CCC, his race strategy and his plans for the future.
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150. Rosanna Buchauer | CCC podium and race strategy, physical and mental fitness, female athletes, pros and cons of being a pro athlete, the importance of cheering for our competitors
Rosanna Buchauer is a professional trail runner from Germany running for Dynafit. This year Rosanna won the Lavaredo Ultra Trail and placed 3rd at CCC at UTMB.
In this episode, we discuss everything about her race, how important it was for her to build confidence after her DNF last year, the physical and mental preparation, what goals she had going into it and how she overcame the low moments to climb on the podium. We also talk about female athletes, the importance of supporting and cheering for our competitors, the pros and cons of being a pro athlete, building an identity outside the sport and much, much more.
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149. Dani Moreno | Going all in as a pro athlete, media dynamics in our sport, sub ultra racing, trail running rankings
Dani Moreno is a professional trail runner for Adidas Terrex based in Mammoth Lakes, California. Dani is a great, great athlete and a true student of the sport.
She has a really good perspective on various dynamics concerning our sport at an elite level, she hosts a podcast called The Sub Hub, together with Emkay Sullivan, she runs fast both on the roads and on trails. In this episode we talk about our races at OCC in Chamonix, injuries and mental health, contentment, about media and how they influence the development of the sport, brands and sponsorships, trail running rankings and a lot more.
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148. Vincent Bouillard | 2024 UTMB Champion
Vincent Bouillard is the 2024 UTMB Champion.
With an incredible masterclass of race tactics and management, Vincent took everyone by surprise and won the most prestigious ultra trail race of the year, finishing sub 20h and running the third fastest performance of all time at UTMB. In this episode we talk about Vincent’s race, his background, his work as a Hoka Shoe Engineer, if and how his life has changed since his achievement.
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147. Meet the coaches | Steve Krenn
Steve Krenn is a trail runner and a coach from New York City.
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146. A conversation around weight, body image, eating disorders and relative energy deficiency in sport
In this episode Francesco is joined by coach Andy for a conversation around weight, Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport, eating disorders and body image in endurance athletes and endurance sports, particularly trail running.
We give some facts and figures and we share our own thoughts and experiences with these issues. We’re glad that they are becoming less and less of a taboo, but there’s still a lot to be done to prevent them and to help the athletes and the coaches and build a better training and sport ecosystem in general.
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145. UTMB week stories and recap
Today we're joined by coach Max, coach Manu and coach Steve for a recap of the UTMB week.
Steve finished MCC and Francesco took second in OCC. Besides the races, the UTMB week is always a great chance to connect with and meet old friends and new people. The high energy and vibrant atmosphere left everyone inspired and grateful for the community that we have in our sport.
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144. Daniel Rowland | Recovery strategies and long term athletic development - reposted
As the summer season is coming to an end and especially after last week's UTMB, we figured it's important to re-listen to this conversation with Coach Daniel Rowland on recovery and managing the time after a race.
It’s a very delicate period, both physically and mentally: we need to make sure that we are actually taking enough time to rest after a race and many months hard training, and we need to start laying the foundation of what is next.
In this conversation we talk about how the cardiovascular, muscular and hormonal systems recover at different times after a race, how we can maintain fitness, how long we should recover within the context of a racing season and with an eye to our long term athletic development.
Daniel Rowland is a trail and ultramarathon runner, a Vert.run coach and an expert in endurance science. Follow him on Twitter @dwrowland !
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143. Athlete guide | How to run OCC
A guide on how to run OCC: from race preparation, logistics and gear to course description and strategy
Resources: UTMB runner guide
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142. Athlete guide | How to run CCC
A guide on how to run CCC: from race preparation, logistics and gear to course description and strategy
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141. Athlete guide | How to run UTMB
A guide on how to run UTMB: from race preparation, logistics and gear to course description, strategy and how to figure out what to do after the race!
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140. Meet the coaches | Manu Ramirez
Manu Ramirez is a trail runner and a coach from Venezuela. He trains and lives between Colombia and Panama.
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139. Jonathan Albon | Western States experience, training ideas, load management and motivation
Jonathan Albon is a professional trail runner for The North Face living in Norway and one of the most accomplished and decorated athletes of our sport. Jon has just raced at Western States, his first ever experience at the 100m distance, where he placed 6th. In this episode we talk about his race at WS and the training leading up to it. We also talk about his training philosophy, how he manages and tracks his training load, how much he’s influenced by what other athletes are doing, his motivation to train and race, and much more.
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138. Meet the coaches | Andy Chickness
Andrea Chickness is a trail runner, a professional ballet dancer and a coach for Vert.run. She trains and lives in the United States.
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137. Ask me anything with Francesco
How did you start trail running? How do you see your future as a runner? will we ever see you at the start of a famous 100 miler? How did you figure out the nutrition strategy that works for you? And much more.
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136. Coach Lab with Moises Jimenez | The reality of endurance training: handling setbacks, learning from mistakes, keeping it fun
Moises Jimenez is a trail and ultrarunner for The North Face and co-founder of Vert.run. He currently lives in Boulder, US.
In this episode we talk about the reality of endurance training: training is hard and progress is often non linear. We must learn to navigate the ups and downs of training and racing, the setbacks, the tough workouts and bad races, always trying to focus on what matters and keeping it fun.
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135. Germain Grangier | Running seriously, but not taking myself too seriously
Germain Grangier is a professional trail and endurance athlete from France sponsored by The North Face.
In this conversation, we discover more about Germain’s lifestyle, his approach to training and racing, why he chose to live in the Mercantour region of the French Alps, the potential he sees in dealing with struggles and setbacks, and his build-up to UTMB, after taking third in 2023.
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134. Meet the coaches | Zeljko Radovic
Zeljko Radovic is a trail runner and a coach for Vert.run from Belgrade, Serbia
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133. Rising stars of the sport: Lukas Ehrle
Lukas Ehrle is a trail, mountain and track athlete from Germany. Lukas is only 19 years old but he's already an accomplished athlete and for sure one of the most interesting rising stars in the sport of distance running. His versatility from the track to the trails is impressive and he represents really well the approach to running that the new generations are bringing to the sport, with his professionalism, focus and high level commitment. He recently earned two medals at the European mountain and trail running championships in Annecy, placing third in the uphill race and second in the up and down race. In this episode we chat about his races, how he trains and how he plans to develop his career in the sport.
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132. Coach Lab with Max Keith | GPS watches: best models, most important features and how to take advantage of your GPS watch for trail running
Max Keith is a trail runner from Chile and the co-founder of Vert.
In this episode we talk about GPS watches: from how to choose a GPS and how to use it, to the best models, the different activity data and some of the most recent innovations in the market.
Maybe you have a GPS watch but you’ve never really understood how to take advantage of a certain feature, or whether a certain data or feedback that the GPS is giving you is actually relevant: then, this episode is for you.
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131. Meet the coaches | Adam Brown
Adam Brown is a trail runner and a coach for Vert.run from Australia
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130. Sophia Laukli | Running and skiing: my life, my soul
Sophia Laukli is a professional trail runner and cross country skier for Salomon coming from the US.
Sophia is only 23 but is already a star of the sport, being the 2023 Golden Trail World Series champion, having won races like the Mont Blanc Marathon and Sierre Zinal and her first cross country skiing world cup race this year.
I decided to reach out to Sophia knowing that she’s battling through an injury and wanting to know how she’s dealing with it and how she feels. As elite athletes, we know that injuries are part of the game but they’re still a very hard situation to get through, and I think being able to support each other and just openly talk about what we go through and what we struggle with can be valuable and teach us something.
During this episode we also discuss training on skis vs running, good and bad sides of both sports, how Sophia plans and handles her training and much much more. It turned out to be a really powerful and interesting episode, and I’m grateful to Sophia for sharing her own perspective in a very honest and authentic way.
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129. Coach Lab with Max Keith | What types of tests can you do to monitor your fitness? Tracking progress and understanding how you're responding to training
Max Keith is a trail runner from Chile and the co-founder of Vert.
In this episode we talk about the different types of tests that you can do to monitor your fitness. Tracking progress is not always easy, and tests are a good way to understand how you’re responding to training, if you know what you’re doing and how to interpret the data - something that your coach can definitely help you with. From very simple field tests like a time trial, an uphill test or the max heart rate test, to more complex lab tests like the VO2max or the lactate test, we will try to shed some light on what you can learn through performing different running tests for your performance.
As always, the principle that is guiding us is to do everything we do with awareness, while having fun: it's very important to have an understanding of what we’re doing, based on who we are, what we do and what our goals are, something that of course a good coach can really help you with.
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128. Kirsten Kortebein | The behind the scenes that most people don't see: building Vert, unglamorous work, freelancing, life between the US and Europe
I’m recording this interview live, from the Vert.run headquarters in Boulder and my guest today is Kirsten Kortebein. Kirsten is one of the vert.run co-founders, together with her partner Moises Jimenez and their friend Max Keith. We talk about what she thinks and how she feels about the journey with Vert, what are some of the challenges that she had to face in her working experience, we talk about work and life balance, setting priorities, growing the company, living with an endurance athlete, crewing experiences and much more.
I’m sorry if the audio quality is not the best, but I hope you can forgive us and still find the conversation interesting and fun.
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127. Coach Lab with Steve Krenn | How to find new trails and how to build routes
Steve Krenn is a trail runner from New York and a Vert.run coach.
In this episode, Steve and I give some tips on how to find trails when you're in a new place, for example for a work trip or when you are on vacation, how to build routes, how to discover the most popular trails in a certain area, how to take advantage of some route builder apps and heatmaps, how to use your gps navigation features.
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126. Francesco Puppi and Leo Pershall | Lake Sonoma recap: preparation, strategy, nutrition, gear and post race reflections
Last week Leo and I ran the Lake Sonoma 50 and Lake Sonoma Marathon in California. We both had very good races, with Leo placing 7th overall in the marathon in 4:01:53, and I winning the LS50 with a new course record in 6:30:17. This is our race recap: we talk about our training leading up to the race, strategy, taper, nutrition, gear, approach, what we learned, what the experience meant and felt like for both of us.
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125. Coach Lab with Parker Farabee | Strength Training for trail runners
Parker Farabee is a trail runner, physiotherapist, exercise physiologist and coach from Portland, Oregon.
In this episode we talk about strength training for trail runners. Why is strength training so important, why do we need strength as trail runners? Of course we're not bodybuilders, so how much strenght do we need?
What type of strength training do we need in order to get stronger, but not bulkier?
We will give some practical examples for the application of strength training in your normal training routine, how you should do it, how often and for how long.
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124. Seth Ruhling | Boulder Boys fan favorite. Training and life in Boulder, the professionalization of the sport, comparing the US and European trail running scene and much more
I’m recording this interview live, from the vert run headquarters in boulder aka moi’s house, and my guest today is Seth Ruhling. Seth is a North Face sponsored athlete, a podcast host and a boulder boy fans favorite. He’s originally from Tennessee but he’s moved to Boulder to chase his dream to train and compete at the highest level in the sport of trail and ultrarunninng.
In this episode, we chat about training and life in Boulder, what makes this community unique, what are some pros and cons of living here, we also talk about the professionalization of the sport, comparing the European and the us trail running scene, and the pressure that athletes often face to compete in longer distances, giving up an organic and probably healthier athletic development, something that is gradually changing and making the sport more competitive and interesting, with media fans and brands giving more attention to short races and sub ultra events.
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123. Yngvild Kaspersen, Toni McCann, Dani Moreno | Updates from Auburn, CA
Yngvild Kaspersen, Toni McCann and Dani Moreno are professional trail athletes for Adidas Terrex and respectively CCC 2023 winner, OCC 2023 winner and third place finisher at OCC 2022.
Yngvild, Toni and Dani are currently in Auburn for a short training camp on the Western States trails, so I thought it would be fun to catch up and see how they’re doing, how their training is going, how they support each other, who’s mostly in charge of cooking, who makes the best coffee, and much more. As endurance athletes, we don’t always get to share our training with other people, but when we do, that’s where the magic happens.
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122. Benjamin Roubiol | Catching up with the 2023 trail running world champion
Benjamin Roubiol is our 2023 trail running world champion. Benjamin comes from France (Savoie) won the world title in the long race in Innsbruck, on a 80km course with 6000m of elevation. We catch up with Benjamin to know how he’s doing and how he is structuring his training in this first part of the season, his goals in 2024, some curiosities about his still very young career and world championship race last year, his studies in environmental science and forest management.
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121. Coach Lab with Steve Krenn | Tips for trail running at night
Steve Krenn is a trail runner from New York and a Vert.run coach.
Running at night can be a beautiful and rewarding experience, if you know how to do it. Some of the most famous ultra trail races often include running through the night. During the wintertime, when the days are short, we’re often running through the dark, before or after school or work. What are some of the best practices that can make your night running experience better and safer? What are some of the things you should pay attention to? From how to choose a headlamp, to navigation, to clothes and gear for the night, everything you need to know about the topic.
If you have any further questions, please feel free to reach out.
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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 discovering a great project that I feel like is contributing to more knowledge, better information and more professionalization in the trail and ultra running space. In this episode, we chat about the genesis of this newsletter, why it’s particularly interesting and how it’s structured, we talk about some of the current and most popular topics of discussions of our sports, and some of its developments, from an economical and structural standpoint.
If you’re a passionate trail runner, if you want to find a job in the trail space, if you want ty stay updated with the most recent news related to our sport, I encourage you all to sign up to Mile and Stone:
https://mileandstone.com/en/
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