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Episode 010: Jackpot! Another G.O.A.T Win, Early Barkley Hype, and Newbie Lessons

In this episode we go over race results from the last two weekends and this includes some big races and a big win at Transgrancanaria by the G.O.A.T. Courtney. We go over John Kelly's article on what he knows about how to get into the Barkley Marathons and we get pumped up about the Barkley race in the process. We also go over a X (twitter) post by AJW about the new generation spending to much time in aid stations. In addition, we discuss an article from UR Magazine written by Chris Weller on the 6 lessons from a first-time ultramarathoner.
John Kelly's article about how to get into Barkley: https://randomforestrunner.com/2024/02/how-to-get-in-to-the-barkley-marathons/
Barkley Marathons documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZ-DE-hmiGE
6 lessons from a first time ultramarathoner: https://ultrarunning.com/featured/six-lessons-from-a-first-time-ultramarathoner/
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Episode 009: Black Canyon Exceeded the Hype, UR Performances of the Year, & Laz in UR Hall of Fame!

Fun episode this week, we rehash all the excitement from the stacked field at Black Canyon 100K on Saturday. In some sad news, the marathon world record holder Kelvin Kiptum and his coach died in a car crash. In some better news, Laz got inducted into the ultrarunning hall of fame! We also go over UltraRunning Magazine's top 5 performances of 2023 along with the top 5 age group performances of 2023.
Video from Black Canyon Live Stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gQwflCmbAs
7:32:33 see the river crossing where at the far end 1st place Rachel Drake just takes off while second place Becca Windell struggles to get up the bank. 8:47:30 see Nate Jewkes pass Hans Troyer right at the finish line.
Story about Kelvin Kiptum: https://www.npr.org/2024/02/11/1230775293/kelvin-kiptum-runner-marathon-world-record-dead-car-crash
Gary Cantrell "Laz" inducted into Ultrarunning Hall of Fame: https://ultrarunninghistory.com/hall-of-fame/gary-cantrell/
UR Mags top performances of 2023 (must be a subscriber):
Women: https://subscriber.ultrarunning.com/archive/article/performances-of-the-year-6#30
Men: https://subscriber.ultrarunning.com/archive/article/performances-of-the-year-6#31
UR Mags top age group performances of 2023 (must be a subscriber):
Women: https://subscriber.ultrarunning.com/archive/article/performances-of-the-year-6#32
Men: https://subscriber.ultrarunning.com/archive/article/performances-of-the-year-6#33
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Episode 008: Muddy Raccoons BC Preview and Predictions and 100 100s

This week we go over race results from last weekend and a few of them were very sloppy conditions. We preview and make our predictions for Black Canyon 100K this weekend. There is a crazy amount of elite ultrarunners of all experience levels running this year. The course might be crazy too with some snow in the town where the race starts and super high rivers to cross. We discuss this new runner tracking system that will be the wave of the future. Finally we give kudos to Will Sprouse, one of the most unique ultrarunners out there who has interesting fueling methods and just achieved something that not many ultrarunners have done.
Mountain Outpost to livestream Black Canyon this weekend: https://www.youtube.com/@MountainOutpost/streams
Freetrail's Fantasy Ultrarunning website to make picks: https://fantasy.freetrail.com/events
ATRA's article on ActiveTrack:
https://trailrunner.com/trail-news/atra-includes-activetrack-in-event-standards-program/
ActiveTrack's website: https://active-track.com/ Will Sprouse on the Adventure Jogger podcast and an IRunFar article about him: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/will-sprouse-beer-pizza-and-over-100-100-milers/id1512991688?i=1000641774494
https://www.irunfar.com/iron-will-100-mile-the-founder-story-behind-kansass-new-adaptive-friendly-ultra
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Episode 007: URM's Old School Ultras, Multi-Media Happenings, and a Pineapple Marathoner

In today's episode we go over race results from last weekend and a new ski vert record. We also take a look at UltraRunning Magazine's Old School Ultras for 2024, ATRAs article on Luis Escobar, two new ultrarunning films recently released on YouTube, a free webinar series for race directors, and a Pineapple marathoner. 
UltraRunning Magazine's Race Calendar: https://ultrarunning.com/calendar/
UltraRunning Magazines Old School Ultras: https://ultrarunning.com/old-school-ultras/
ATRA's Luis Escobar article: https://trailrunner.com/trail-news/luis-escobar-photographer-and-event-director-promotes-cooperative-trail-running-media/
ATRA's article about the free webinar series for race directors: https://trailrunner.com/trail-news/ustrc-announces-enhanced-free-webinar-series/
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Episode 006: Awards Season Continues and more UTMB Drama

This week we go over race results from Bandera (forgot a few in the last episode), Winter Spine, Hong Kong 100K, Coldwater Rumble, Lake of the Woods, and Crystal Springs. We also cover URs 2023 top 3 ultrarunners of the world, ultrasignup's 2023 data awards, and top 5 FKTs of 2023. We go over the current drama and breaking news about some elite ultrarunners making their concerns know about the UTMB / Ironman organization. The show is closed out with an impressive feat in China, a chain smoking 50 year old laid down a 3.5 hour marathon while chain smoking the entire race!
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Episode 005: URs of the Year, Weird Awards, and RUFA

Discussions this week include race results from H.U.R.T 100 and Bandera 100K. We go over UR Magazine's North American ultrarunners of the year #7 - #1. Ultrasignup's keeping trail running weird award winners were annouced so we cover that as well. Finally we talk about the trail running series called Running Up For Air (RUFA) which is a cool concept for a great cause that has really picked up steam in the last few years.

Episode 004: Countdowns Careers and Lead Balloons

In this episode we go over race results from last weekend, discuss some of UltraRunning Magazine's top 10 ultrarunners of the year from 2023, talk about AJWs article announcing his career change, and do our film review of the La Sportiva sponsored / Billy Yang directed new short film called "Like a Lead Balloon: 30 Hours at the Leadville 100."

Episode 003: Trail Running Weirdos

In this episode we go over race results from last weekend and discuss the nominees for Ultrasignup's Keeping Trail Running Weird awards in 2023.

Episode 002: Records and FKTs of 2023

This episode's discussion focuses on some of the incredible world records, course records, and fastest known times that ultrarunners set in 2023.

Episode 001: Intro + Origin Stories

In this first episode we discuss why we are starting this channel and also what to expect. We also introduce ourselves and tell our origin stories about what brought us to the world of trail and ultrarunning.  Watch the video version on YouTube https://youtu.be/b_NZsP1N-hI