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The Dirt Church Radio Trail Running Podcast
Interesting conversations with interesting runners


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Episode 286: Silver Buckles and Subaru Studios - Andrew McDowall Runs Down Western States
Episode 286: Silver Buckles and Subaru Studios - Andrew McDowall Runs Down Western States

Download our conversation with Andrew McDowall about his run at Western States Endurance Run, a race he tried to enter for nine years. What’s it like to finally run a bucket list race? And why was he acting like Nemo?

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Matt Rayment27 July 2024
Episode 285: The 2024 WUU2K Special – Leaving it all out on the trail
Episode 285: The 2024 WUU2K Special – Leaving it all out on the trail

In which our heroes travel to a place you can’t beat on a good day to do a race you can’t beat ever, the Wellington Urban Ultra. – Dirt Church Radio. Interesting Conversations With Interesting Runners.

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Matt Rayment17 July 2024
Episode 284: Have you got what it takes? Coach Kerry and Ali on what to think about when planning your next goal
Episode 284: Have you got what it takes? Coach Kerry and Ali on what to think about when planning your next goal

Download our conversation with coaches Kerry Suter and Ali Pottinger about planning for a big race or adventure. What are the things you need to think about?

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Matt Rayment13 July 2024
Episode 283: Bradley Houghton – Trail Running NZ and the 2024 WUU2K Preview
Episode 283: Bradley Houghton – Trail Running NZ and the 2024 WUU2K Preview

Download our conversation with Bradley Houghton, the brains and voice behind Trail Running NZ, the original trail running newsletter in NZ, we discuss all things trail, and run through the WUU2K.

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Matt Rayment3 July 2024
Episode 282: Big Race, Big Plans - How to Avoid Big Mistakes (plus Andrew McDowall's Western States Dream)
Episode 282: Big Race, Big Plans - How to Avoid Big Mistakes (plus Andrew McDowall's Western States Dream)

Download our converstion with Andrew McDowall about his how he has chased his Western States dream for nine years, plus our thoughts on what to do and what to avoid in the build-up to your bucket list race.

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Matt Rayment29 June 2024
Episode 281: Anthony Kerr-Taylor - From zero running to an endurance record in just four years.
Episode 281: Anthony Kerr-Taylor - From zero running to an endurance record in just four years.

Download our conversation with Anthony Kerr-Taylor who in four years has gone from a trot on the trails to the NZ soil record holder in the backyard and 8th place at Tarawera Ultra Trail 100 miler this year.

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Matt Rayment19 June 2024
Episode 280: Tasting Fitness, Finding Her Stride, and Running into the Teeth of the Gale
Episode 280: Tasting Fitness, Finding Her Stride, and Running into the Teeth of the Gale

Download our conversation with Coach Maree Leith about her big project, and our top tips for hitting the streets in the midst of winter (and nerding out about headlamps).

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Matt Rayment15 June 2024
Episode 279: Caitlin Fielder - Rotorua’s Finest and Golden Trail Series Hotshot
Episode 279: Caitlin Fielder - Rotorua’s Finest and Golden Trail Series Hotshot

Download our conversation with Caitlin Fielder about mindset, training, her fine art business, what it’s like to room with Courtney Dauwalter, and whether the Salomon camps as cool as they look on Instagram?

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Matt Rayment5 June 2024
Episode 278: 2024 Ultra-Trail Australia by UTMB Special + Live Show.  Dirt Church Radio 278. 
Episode 278: 2024 Ultra-Trail Australia by UTMB Special + Live Show.  Dirt Church Radio 278. 

Download our 2024 UTA Special, where Matt and Ali go to The Blue Mountains to do the running and the talking and also repair to a flash-as library for podcasting and did we mention it was cold? Also, 7000 runners!! OMG

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Matt Rayment22 May 2024
Episode 277: 2024 Ultra Trail Australia Preview with Ali Pottinger and Kerry Suter
Episode 277: 2024 Ultra Trail Australia Preview with Ali Pottinger and Kerry Suter

Download our conversation with Ali Pottinger and Kerry Suter from SQUADRUN for the 2024 edition of the Ultra Trail Australia Preview.

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Matt Rayment8 May 2024
The Inaugural Further Faster Live Show Special and the Skedaddle Weekend
The Inaugural Further Faster Live Show Special and the Skedaddle Weekend

Download our Further Faster Live Show plus hear all about the Skedaddle Trail Race, described by Matt as like being beaten up in a Grahame Sydney painting.

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Matt Rayment1 May 2024
Episode 275: Jeff and Jenny Vierling's Tailwind Tales - Taste-Testing and Airport Antics
Episode 275: Jeff and Jenny Vierling's Tailwind Tales - Taste-Testing and Airport Antics

Download our conversation with Jeff and Jenny Vierling, founders of Tailwind Nutrition, about living in a mountain town, the origins and legends of Tailwind, and airport hijinks.

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Matt Rayment26 April 2024
Episode 274: Greig Hamilton - Worsley Warrior and Barkley Marathons Finisher
Episode 274: Greig Hamilton - Worsley Warrior and Barkley Marathons Finisher

Download our conversation with Barkely Marathons Finisher Greig Hamilton for a brilliant discussion about the race, the importance of family, adventure racing, and how tough times and suffering are very different things.

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Matt Rayment24 April 2024
Episode 273: Our quads are shaking already - Taking on the Furber Steps in the Blue Mountains
Episode 273: Our quads are shaking already - Taking on the Furber Steps in the Blue Mountains

This week we speak to Gavin Clifton about Fire and Rescue New South Wales’ Motor Neuron Disease Furber Steps Climb in the Blue Mountains.

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Matt Rayment20 April 2024
Episode 272: The origins of trail running and other great yarns with Roger Robinson
Episode 272: The origins of trail running and other great yarns with Roger Robinson

Download our conversation with Roger Robinson about his new book “Running Throughout Time: The Greatest Running Stories Ever Told”.

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Matt Rayment10 April 2024
Episode 271: Northburn100 with Gareth Morris!!! The Race Where Suffering is the Prize
Episode 271: Northburn100 with Gareth Morris!!! The Race Where Suffering is the Prize

Download our special Northburn episode featuring Gareth Morris with Jean Beaumont, Glenn Sutton, and Terry Davis.

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Matt Rayment30 March 2024
 Episode 270: Backyard ReLaps and Northburn and Barkley Marathons Special – A Weekend For The Ages
Episode 270: Backyard ReLaps and Northburn and Barkley Marathons Special – A Weekend For The Ages

Download our ReLaps Backyard, Northburn and Barkley Marathons Special as we cover off a monster weekend chock full of astonishing breakthroughs (looking at you Greig Hamilton and Jasmin Paris in particular … but so much else too!)

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Matt Rayment27 March 2024
Suzanne McFadden: How Sandy Barwick set a record which took 34 years - and Camille Herron - to break.
Suzanne McFadden: How Sandy Barwick set a record which took 34 years - and Camille Herron - to break.

Download our conversation with Suzanne McFadden about Sandy Barwick’s amazing record that stood for 34 years.

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Matt Rayment23 March 2024
Episode 268: Ali Pottinger - The future of Trail Running for Women in Australasia
Episode 268: Ali Pottinger - The future of Trail Running for Women in Australasia

Download our conversation with Ali Pottinger about the good, the bad, and the way forward for our trail running sisters, from one of our trail running sisters.

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Matt Rayment13 March 2024
Of Surgery and Stuff: A catch-up with Coach Kerry Suter
Of Surgery and Stuff: A catch-up with Coach Kerry Suter

Download our conversation with Kerry Suter, post-surgery and post-Tarawera.

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Matt Rayment9 March 2024
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No Sleep ‘Till Kosci- Dirt Church Radio 305. Kia ora e te whanāu.This week on Dirt Church Radio we have a historic event. This is the first-ever DCR episode recorded without Matt or Eugene. Andrew McDowall and Ali Pottinger traveled to Australi
BONUS POD: Keep It Peripheral—Eszter Horanyi of iRunFar. Nolan’s 14, The Tour Divide, And A Life Of Possibilities. 

Kia ora e te whānau! Sometimes it happens. You speak with someone cool and interesting then you come away with a nagging
Michael Wardian: Giant Steps. adventure to the moon and across the seas- Dirt Church Radio 303.

Kia ora e te whanāu.This week on Dirt Church Radio Ali and Matt speak to a colossus of our sport, Mike Wardian. Regarding Mike’s running achievemen
Timing Your Kick: Things you need to think about four months out—with Ali Pottinger and Kerry Suter of SQUADRUN.

Kia ora e te whānau! On this episode of the AidStation podcast, Matt is joined by the brains trust of SQUADRUN, Ali Pottinger, and
The Future of Dirt Church Radio with Ali Pottinger and Andrew McDowall– Dirt Church Radio 301. 

Kia ora e te whanāu. Please join Matt in welcoming the new co-hosts of Dirt Church Radio, Ali Pottinger and Andrew McDowall. Both have been regular
Dirt Church Radio 300. We Made It. Dr Inia Raumati, Kia Mau Kia Ora, and Eugene’s last show. Live From Small Gods Taproom –.

Kia ora e te whānau! Dirt Church Radio presents to you their 300th show! This is special because we spoke to the
Turn Downhill for What?  The 2024 Crater Rim Ultra – Dirt Church Radio 299. 

Kia ora e te whanāu. This week we bring you some of the action from the Crater Rim Ultra. A Grass Roots race with Champagne Hills. We speak with Dwight Grieve, Emma T
AidStation Podcast 020 – The Inside Game- Resilience, Strategies, and Ch-ch-ch-changes.

Kia ora e te whānau! In this episode of the AidStation Eugene and Matt are both huge Steve Magness fans, and are super excited about his new book Win The I
There Is No Finish - The Backyard Ultra Story with Stephen Parker- Dirt Church Radio 297. 

Kia ora e te whanāu. This week, Matt is joined by Stephen Parker, the author of “There Is No Finish – The Backyard Ultra Story”. Compelled t
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