Want Ultra Success? Focus on Your Weaknesses
If you want to improve upon a previous ultramarathon, you have to look critically at yourself and your training. In today's episode, that's...
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20 of 73 episodesEverything I Know About Ultrarunning I Learned from my 98-Year-Old Grandmother
Last year I lost my grandmother, one of the people I admired most. Over the years she taught me a lot about how to live life - much of which...
A Different Approach to the "Why" Question (and Lessons Learned from the 2019 Hellbender 100)
"Why do you run ultramarathons?" During last year's Hellbender 100, my answer to that common question completely changed.
The Seasons of Life (and a New Season of Trail Talk)
Trail Talk is back... with an update episode mostly about me - where I've been, why I quit the podcast, and the season of life I've been goi...
Training and Relationships: A Candid Conversation with my Wife
Training for a big race is hard, not just on you, but on your family and friends. Today I sit down with my wife Katie to talk about how bett...
Adapting: The Key to Ultra Success
Let me tell you a little story about the recent South Mountains 50K...
Embracing the Seasons
We're runners, we love to run. So what happens when we suddenly don't find that joy in logging miles anymore? In today's episode, I share my...
The New Trail Talk
Welcome to the new and improved Trail Talk. Here's a quick intro.
The 3 Stages of an Ultramarathon (And Why an Ultra Might Not Be For You) -- How to Run an Ultra, Part 4
From my experience, there are three stages to every ultramarathon, one of which is why so many runners don't finish. Here's what to expect.
Training the Mind: The Mental Side of Training for and Running an Ultramarathon
They say that running an ultramarathon is 90% mental, so what does it actually take? To me, the mental game starts before you even sign up f...
Ultrmarathon Training: What it Really Looks Like (How to Run an Ultra, Part 2)
Want to run an ultramarathon? Here's what to expect when you start training, and the main differences between training for a marathon and tr...
How to Run an Ultramarathon Part 1: Choosing Your Race
Want to run an ultramarathon? It starts with selecting the right race for your goals, inspirations, and abilities. In part one of this four...
New Series, Updates, and What I've Been Up To
Where have I been and what happened to Trail Talk? Here's your answer. Plus, a new mini-series starting next week! Woo!
How to Run a "Training" Race
Most plans for endurance events include training or practice races of a shorter distance ahead of your main goal race. In my opinion, these...
No Time to Run (Plus, Who You Are)
I have no time to run. Or at least that's the excuse I tried to pull on my wife the other day. In today's episode I share her response, and...
Confession: I Ran Just 24.5 Miles in the Past 4 Weeks
Real talk with Doug Hay. What to do when running is no longer fun.
Evaluating My Training: What I Learned from the Past 5 Months of Running
Back in January I wrote a post called "How I'm Training for a 100K Ultramarathon with a Newborn," where I outlined five strategies that woul...
Bill Sycalik on Running a Marathon in all 59 US National Parks
Can you imagine visiting all 59 US national parks in the span of just over a year? Now how about running a full marathon in each one of them...
4 Things I Wish I Knew Before My First Trail Run
Looking back, there are a number of things I wish I had known going into my first trail run. Lessons or advice that would have saved me a lo...
What I Carried on a 32 Mile Adventure, Evaluation, and the Spring Summits Challenge
Today's episode is split into three parts, (1) a look at my recent 32-mile Art Loeb run, (2) the value of self-evaluation, and (3) a new 7-d...