Dying to Run: When Running Is Who You Are | EP 804
This gets to the emotional center of the episode rather than simply describing Matt's circumstances. Almost every committed runner understan...
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Aging As An Athlete - Your Mind Remembers. Your Body Has Changed | EP 803
Coach Kirk Keller joins Scott and Krissy Moehl to explore what it really means to keep running well as the decades add up. The conversation...
Caffeine Makes You Faster… Until It Doesn’t | EP 802
Caffeine can make you faster, reduce perceived effort, and help you push through fatigue, but there’s no universal dose or strategy. Dr. Nei...
What If You Haven’t Found Your Limit Yet? | EP 801
After nearly a decade of ultrarunning, Ryan Lang discovered another gear at the Summit 200 when learning he was in first place completely ch...
You Don't Need a Bib to Be a Runner | EP 800
Ellie Greenwood joins Trail Runner Nation to explore what happens when running stops being about finish lines, PRs, and bib numbers and beco...
The Secret Every Happy Trail Runner Knows | EP 799
Trail running isn't just about fitness. For Matt "Lamb Chops" Lambert, it's been a lifelong source of joy, perspective, healing, and connect...
You're Probably Carrying Water the Wrong Way | EP 798
Hydration is far more than simply drinking when you're thirsty. Kramer Ammons explains how to build a personalized hydration strategy by und...
Aging As An Athlete - The Best Miles Aren’t Always the Fastest | EP 797
Krissy Moehl, Kathleen Egan, and Jenny Jurek set out to cover 1,000 trail miles together, but somewhere along the way the miles became almos...
Three Elite Coaches. Six Impossible Decisions | EP 796
Three legendary ultrarunning coaches face rapid-fire “Would You Rather?” scenarios, forcing them to choose between competing coaching philos...
Sophie Grant: The Adventure That Changed Everything | EP 795
After a painful chapter in her life and a growing sense that racing had become routine, Sophie Grant chose a challenge big enough to scare h...
Sometimes You Have to Borrow Belief | EP 794
Western States finisher Eric Strand shares how his crew and pacers carried him through the final 22 miles when he was ready to give up, reve...
The Hidden Performance Killer Nobody Trains For | EP 793
Heat is one of the biggest performance limiters in trail running, yet most runners don’t understand how to train for it. Aline Barre from CO...
13 Miles. 7 Stops. One Ironing Board | EP 792
When a routine trail run leads Don and Scott to discover runners carrying ironing boards into the woods, they uncover the surprisingly real...
More Data. Better Gear. Slower Runners? | EP 791
This episode challenges the idea that more data, technology, and fueling automatically make us better runners. Dr. Phil Maffetone explains w...
Has Trail Running Lost Its Soul? | EP 790
Trail running has grown from a small community of passionate runners into a global sport, bringing bigger races, better gear, international...
You're Probably Using Caffeine Wrong | EP 789
Caffeine is one of the most researched performance enhancers in endurance sports, yet most runners know surprisingly little about how to use...
EP 788: The Hardest Part Wasn't the Race
Marc Hopkins , author of Hard Things , set out to write a book about running the Bigfoot 200, but what emerged was something much deeper. In...
EP 787: Aging as an Athlete- What Climbers Know About Longevity That Runners Need
What if getting older doesn't mean doing less, but doing it better? In this installment of the Aging as an Athlete series, legendary ultraru...
EP 786: Everything You Need to Know Before Western States
Western States is more than a 100-mile race. For many ultrarunners, it's the unofficial holiday that defines the season. In this annual Trai...
EP 785: Why Fitness isn't Enough
What separates great ultrarunners from everyone else isn't just fitness. It's how they think. In this conversation, legendary coach and runn...