Download our conversation with Dr Katie Wright, the first woman to win a Last Person Standing event and gain a golden ticket to Big’s Backyard in Tennessee. Katie won the Riverhead Backyard Relaps Ultramarathon with 201 km in 30 hours and 5170m of vertical gain.
Read MoreDownload our conversation with TrailRun Magazine Editor, athlete, and Director of Tour De Trails, Chris Ord. This is a ripper of a good chat. We gallop straight out the gate talking about the future of trail running and adventure tourism and the benefits for the environment and communities.
Read MoreDownload our conversation with The North Face Athlete Zach Miller about his life at 10,000 feet, coping with injury, adventure vs structured racing, the temptation of all you can eat buffets, and how do you train for an ultramarathon at sea?
Read MoreDownload our conversation with Elise Downing about that one time she ran the entire British Coast, and how one follows this up? And indeed does one have to? Eugene and Elise talk about recognition, managing excessive cake offerings, her role with Breca Swimrun and the kindness of strangers.
Read MoreDownload our conversation with Roger Robinson about a life spent running, his new book When Running Made History, how running connects us, heals and nurtures us, and is, in times of terror, dislocation, and strife, one of the last remaining peaceful mass participation phenomena.
Read MoreDownload our conversation with runner and massage therapist Luke McCallum about his travels and work in Iten, Kenya, the difference in approach between elite and recreational athletes, how you need to be a bit kinder to yourself on the old foam roller and indeed just why sometimes more isn’t more. It’s less.
Read MoreDownload our conversation with World Skyrunning Series Champion Holly Page about, well….Lots of things. Cycle touring, maintaining a full time job and relying on the kindness of Romanian builders to ferry you to the start of races (on the way to winning the world series).
Read MoreDownload our conversation with Sam Manson about his love of Riverhead Forest and his journey from precocious trail running talent and 1B5-toting enthusiast to reluctant elite multisport athlete.
Read MoreDownload our conversation with Gareth Morris, Commonwealth Games Silver Medalist Rifleman and trail runner, about the mindset of being elite in a chosen sport and applying that mindset to trail running, his journey with running and shooting, representing your country and how he’s lobbying to get an extra “L” into the word Laingholm.
Read MoreDownload our conversation with Adharanand Finn, author, journalist, and runner about his new book, Rise of the Ultra Runner: A Journey to the Edge of Human Endurance.
Read MoreDownload our conversation with Camille Herron, five times world record holder and current 100 mile Tarawera champion. We chat about her recent trip to New Zealand, how her love of life has been reinforced by a car crash prior to her departure and so much more.
Read MoreDownload our conversation with Dr John Onate, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences at the University of California, Davis, and ultra-runner. We talk sleep deprivation, wellness, depression, and drugs.
Read MoreDownload our conversation with Kelton Wright, of Headspace, about trail running, mindfulness practice, and how being present in the moment can benefit our whole lives, not just the part of it spent on the trails. We also catch up with Tarawera 100 mile winner Jeff Browning and third place Grant Guise about their race and indeed what went down.
Read MoreDownload our conversation with Tim Sutton about the concept of adventure as something that you undertake where you are, rather than where you think, feel, or want to be. Multiple Tararua SK finisher, Wuu2k 62 km Winner, and Revenant Original, Tim discusses how his love of stepping outside of what is considered normal within the culture of trail running was born.
Read MoreDownload our conversation with Weston Hill about the No-Plan-Plan and the joy of following your nose. From an engineering career to careening around Europe competing in the European Sky Running Series, taking 13th at CCC and 3rd at Leye China, Weston show us all that sometimes, even if following your passion doesn’t turn out the way you think it will, it’s more that worth it.
Read MoreDownload our conversation with Vajin Armstrong about connection, the moment, process, joy, the mind, meditation, community, and his journey from disillusion and abandonment of running to where he is today: one of Aotearoa/New Zealand’s most stalwart competitors
Read MoreDownload our conversation with Anna Frost, Dunedin’s First Fastest Hardrocker and arguably the most successful New Zealand trail and ultra athlete. Anna burst onto the mainstream 10 years ago and enjoyed years of success, however now is at a different point in her life. In addition to being supported by Merrell, Anna owns Trail Run Adventures, a company that brings people to amazing places worldwide to run trails.
Read MoreDownload our conversation with Courtney Dauwalter where we talk about Courtney’s philosophy on competition, distance, and training and much more (including, but not limited to, Fargo, Prince, Nordic Skiing, Funny Accents, Animal Jokes, and, most importantly for Matt, Lord of The Rings).
Read MoreDownload our special edition of Dirchmas!!! Or Dirt Church Christmas!!! Come in, pour yourself a mimosa and tuck into the Tofurkey sarnies. We rip through our year in running, our favourite performances of the year, people to watch and our greatest of the guest Greatest Runs Ever.
Read MoreDownload our conversation with Scott Worthington, one of the directors of The Revenant, an event which pushes the limits of what is considered endurance or ultra running in this country.
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