Trails Collective Podcast
141 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 year ago -On trails we find both solace and community. Moments of flow that bend time and enhance perception of place. Opportunities to test limits and reconnect to roots in play. Unification of our unique collage of backstories and communities into an amazing collective. The Trails Collective seeks to celebrate that narrative through interviews with people who love and live east coast trail running.
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Weekly Rundown | November 19, 2021
November 20, 2021 14:56 - 42 minutes - 58.7 MBThis week in the Northeast Trail World: 4:33 - Fastest Known Times of the Week 7:20 - Results and Voices Segment Begins 8:58 - Daryl Brubaker on the Stone Mill 50 13:45 - HollyAnn Swann on the Rim to River 100 22:10 - Michael Lo Presti on the Hamsterwheel 30h 25:53 - Reagan McCoy on the Tiadaughton Trail Challenge 25k 34:17 - Margaret Frank on the Pocantico Hills Marathon 36:57 - Ian on the Bold Coast Bash 40:57 - Upcoming Events
TC Interviews: Sarah Keyes
November 17, 2021 17:43 - 55 minutes - 76.4 MBSarah Keyes is a nurse and elite athlete sponsored by La Sportiva and Julbo. Sarah has quite the impressive running resume with wins at Breakneck Point Trail Runs, Broken Arrow Sky Race, Hyner Trail Challenge, Runamuck 50K, Post Canyon 50K, Vermont 50M and her first ultra, Wakely Dam 32K. Sarah offers coaching at her website: https://www.sarahruns.com/coaching/ In this episode we talk about having immediate success in running, living in a truck and training for Western States, barriers ...
Weekly Rundown | November 12, 2021
November 12, 2021 18:40 - 1 hour - 101 MBIn this week's Trails Collective Rundown of the Northeast Trail World: 2:04 - In the Media: AT @83, Trail Dog, TC Podcasts 3:54 – UltraSignUp Hotlist 4:36 – FKT’s of the Week 6:10 – Start of Results and Voices 7:34 – Rachel Bainbridge on the Stone Cat 50k 19:45 – Dave Gilbert on the Batona Trail Races 28:33 – Bill Hoffman on the Moreau Trail Half 38:37 – Mason Coppi on the View 25k 45:26 – Natalie Rosamillia on the View 25k and Series 56:01 – McLane Grow on the Mountain M...
TC Interviews: Ben Nephew
November 08, 2021 19:23 - 1 hour - 86.7 MBThis video is about Ben Nephew, Mountain Peak Fitness and Red Newt Racing FKT Trail Specialist. Ben holds a Ph.D. in Biology from Tufts University, a B.S. in Biology and minor in Chemistry from Hobart Collage and currently studies the effects of chronic stress on behavior and physiology in his lab. He also coaches athletes for Mountain Peak Fitness. Ben holds a speedy 1:11 half marathon on the roads and continues to train fast for his trail races today. His PR’s are now 3:10 for 50k an...
Weekly Rundown | November 4, 2021
November 05, 2021 20:25 - 1 hour - 88.5 MBIn This Week's Rundown of the Northeast Trail Running World: 01:02 - Patgonia AirShed Pro Pullover 03:19 – Salomon UltraGlide 07:59 – UltraSignUp Hotlist 09:07 – In the Media – CULTRA and Gagz’ Running Times 10:14 – Start of Results Segment 11:07 – Patrick Blair on the Patapsco 50k 23:49 – Kimberly Drozda on the Horseshoe Bend Boogie 31:55 – Iain Nelson on the Summit 50 / 50 41:26 – Simon Lee on the Castle To River Half 49:21 – Kirby Mosenthal on the Castle To River Half ...
TC Interviews: Wesley Atkinson
November 04, 2021 22:53 - 32 minutes - 44.4 MBThis video is about Wesley Atkinson, the 2019 Eastern States 100 champion and course record holder. In this episode Ellie does a dive into Wesley's history with running, why he started ultras, what his training looks like and his experience at Eastern States. Wesley also explains his recent 100 mile ultra from his home in Pennsylvania and tackling Strava challenges. Wesley's Ultrasignup: https://ultrasignup.com/results_participant.aspx?fname=Wesley&lname=Atkinson Wesley's Strava: htt...
Weekly Rundown | October 29, 2021
October 31, 2021 13:05 - 59 minutes - 82.1 MBIn this Week's Rundown of the Northeast Trail Running World: 1:53:00 - In the Media: FKT.com & Max King 2:48:45 - UltraSignUp Hotlist 3:48:00 - FKT’s of the Week 5:04:00 - Assateague FKT & Richard Wayshner 12:46:30 - Results 14:23:00 – Corey Dowe on the Cranmore Mountain Race 22:50:00 – Ellie Pell on MFAMTL 6 Hour 28:04:57 – Ben Robinson on Call of the Wilds 50k 36:01:48 - Karen Dunn Call of the Wilds 50k 45:41:32 – Marcella Luna on the Piedmont 8 Hour 51:40:36 - Kassan...
Weekly Rundown | October 22, 2021
October 22, 2021 14:12 - 1 hour - 130 MBIn this week's Trails Collective Rundown of the Northeast Trail World: 03:12:15 - UltraSignUp Hotlist 03:50:00 - FKT’s of the Week 04:50:03 - Katharine Spector, NY AT Clip 18:45:46 - Shannon Pinkowski on Mohawk Mountain 5k 26:53:08 - Andy Vermilyea on Mohawk Mountain 8h 32:37:18 - Thaddeus Nelson on the Ghost Train 100 48:46:38 - Tami Sari on the Oil Creek 100 58:12:18 - Anthony Wallick on the Oil Creek 100 1:10:11:43 - Jason Brady on the Hot TWOT 200 1:17:45:00 - Todd Th...
Weekly Rundown | October 15, 2021
October 21, 2021 18:21 - 1 hour - 113 MBThis Week in the Northeast Trail Running World: 1:57:21 - In The Media (CULTRA, DC Peaks, Toughest Races) 6:34:30 - UltraSignUp Hotlist 7:33:20 - FKT’s of the Week 9:01:38 – Start of Results & Voices 10:17:11 - Centurion 24H 11:11:34 - Centurion 24 winner Chase Arsenault 17:34:43 - Rick O’Donnell Memorial 18:18:00 - Big Brad Ultras 18:59:04 - Erik Johnson on Big Brad 50k 21:55:55 - Jason Tardy on Big Brad 50m 28:00:15 - Midstate Massive 29:13:15 - Midstate Massive,...
TC Interviews: Mari Balow
February 13, 2021 00:09 - 1 hour - 56.5 MBThis interview is with Maine Trail Sister and RD Mari Balow.
TC Interviews: Nicole Yokum
February 10, 2021 01:58 - 1 hour - 72.8 MBThis interview is about Nicole Yokum.
TC Interviews: Maine's Mahoosuc Ridge 2 River Challenge
February 10, 2021 01:50 - 57 minutes - 52.7 MBThis interviews is about Maine's Mahoosuc Ridge 2 River Challenge
TC Interviews: Jim Blandford
January 15, 2021 02:10 - 55 minutes - 50.6 MBJim Blandford has depth within the ultrarunning community. He got 2nd at Massanutten in 2012, won it in 2013, got 3rd in 2014 and then took a DNF in 2015. Jim has notable finishes across the ultrarunning spectrum and we ask all the questions you want to know about winning, longevity and staying fit in your forties. Race Reports Facebook Instagram Strava YouTube UltraSignUp YouTube Live Stream
TC Interviews: Kim Levinsky
January 07, 2021 14:57 - 58 minutes - 53.9 MBKim Levinsky has worked hard to make trail running accessible and fun for everyone. She is the RD for Sassquad Trail Running, a running community in the tri-state area. Last year 56% of her finishers were female, all veterans and family sign-ups get a discount and most of racing revenue is donated to local charities. This past fall, Kim completed her first 100 miler and has set numerous FKTs, both supported and unsupported. Kim works in education traveling around her area teaching kids ...
TC Interviews: Vinny Cappadora
December 24, 2020 20:35 - 1 hour - 61.3 MBVinny Cappadora has been running ultras since 2011. He owns Happily Running, a race directing and timing company, and has continued to host races during the COVID pandemic. He took the guidelines given by the government and fit his race to hit them. What does that mean? You will find out in this episode! Vinny has tons of running and volunteering experience, of which is evident in his solid results. Happily Running Instagram: @vinnyruns UltraSignUp
TC Interviews: Grayce Langheine
December 22, 2020 01:17 - 1 hour - 64 MBGrayce Langheine is the local leader of the York, PA Trails Sisters. She holds the FKT of the 66 mile Conestoga Trail and is the race director of the Wildcat 10k. Grayce has won 50 milers and 100ks...but she's also taken a few DNFs including at her first 100 mile. She plans to complete the distance at Massanutten Mountain Run in 2021. In this episode we get deep on how trail running has changed the way Grayce sees fueling her body. We talk about chasing cut-offs, the Georgia Death Race and ...
TC Interviews: Jared Burdick
December 12, 2020 22:18 - 49 minutes - 45.3 MBJared Burdick grew up running. He led his Upstate NY high school team to multiple titles including a second place finish in the state at the 3200. Jared ran for RIT ending his career with a sub-4 1500 and sub 32 10K. He's run 2:20 in the marathon, 67 in the half and grabbed his golden ticket to Western States (placed 19th) at the 2015 Lake Sonoma 50 miler, placing 5th. He has grabbed podium spots at Cayuga Trails, WON the Caumsett 50K, placed 5th at Bandera 100K and won many local races. J...
TC Interviews: Jessica Marion
December 09, 2020 15:30 - 53 minutes - 20.9 MBJessica Marion set the Presidential Traverse FKT on September 13th...and then reset it again on September 28th after Britta Clark stole it a week later. What a time for FKTs and competition. No record is safe for long! Jessica competed and placed 8th at the World Mountain Running Championships last year going head to head with some of the best runners in the country. She has done one 50 miler, the Vermont 50 in 2018 but keeps her legs speedy doing shorter trail races on the east coast. She ...
TC Interviews: Alejandro Zapata
December 09, 2020 15:12 - 58 minutes - 22.8 MBHave you ever watched a video that took your breath away? Have you ever seen a trail running film that made you get up, right then and start running? Alejandro is one of the filmmakers who make that happen. He is the artist behind the Conestoga Cowboys, a group of ragtag guys and gals down in PA who were brought together running the Conestoga Trail. Alejandro himself is a very accomplished filmmaker; his company Reverie produces stories for the real world. Those videos that make you want t...
TC Interviews: Rich Heffron
December 08, 2020 23:40 - 1 hour - 56.9 MBIn 2017, Rich Heffron ran five races. He won four of them. The one he didn’t, was Twisted Branch 100k, arguably the hardest 100k on the east coast. In that race, he lost to Jim Sweeny, the course record holder. In 2018, Rich was attacked by a bird and went to the hospital with injuries interrupting his racing season. He also had a baby and fully embraced the dad role. His son Jude ran his first race at the FLRC indoor track meet, when he was a year old. JWe reached out to Jude for this show,...
TC Interviews: Justin Kousky
December 08, 2020 23:34 - 36 minutes - 14.3 MBJustin Kousky has run over 22 FKTs this year, including a finish at the ULTRA gnarly CUT 112...unsupported. He also won the Midstate Massive Ultra, 8 Hours at the Brewery and the Blue 2 Blue Challenge 50k this year. When is he NOT RUNNING? Last weekend he set the FKT at the Four Birds Trail in 7H30M. The weekend before he used his Turkey Day energy to set the Bear Mountain FKT. The guy only has a few weekends left in the year, I wonder how many FKTs he's got in him. This episode has tons of...
TC Interviews: Elvina Scott
December 08, 2020 23:24 - 40 minutes - 15.6 MBElvina Scott knows how to deal. She's also a big deal; in the lives of her running community and her family. Elvina finished her first 50k ultramarathon less than 5 years ago and completed her first 100 miler last year, Eastern States 100. What is more impressive than that is her commitment to her family and the well-being of her daughters. Elvina is a full time caregiver to her daughter Colby, who suffers from various disabilities. She grew up dancing ballet and diving, but found running ...
TC Interviews: David Hedges
November 13, 2020 00:36 - 53 minutes - 20.8 MBDavid Hedges won the 2020 Breakneck Point trail marathon in a blazing fast 4:35, a solid 45 minutes ahead of second place. He’s currently doing his graduate work at Cornell University, but grew up in Chicago and did his undergrad at Colorado College. When David was 17, David finished 3rd at Twisted Branch in 2015. He was going into his senior year at high school and cross country just wasn’t long enough. Taking a different approach in his early running career, David was running to and from ...
TC Interviews: Kate Mingle
November 06, 2020 08:00 - 50 minutes - 19.5 MBKate Mingle just took second in the gnarly Catstail Marathon a few weeks ago after an up and down 2019 and then pandemic ridden 2020. Speaking of the pandemic, Kate is an engineer working towards the COVID VACCINE! That’s right, not only is she crushing miles and mountains, she’s on the ground working to fight this virus the smart way… ...with SCIENCE. She went to undergrad at Clarkson University studying chemical engineering and then did her PhD at South Carolina. She’s from Maine but cur...
TC Interviews: Silas Carey
October 30, 2020 07:00 - 51 minutes - 20.1 MBSilas Carey is ahead of the times. He and his wife moved to New Zealand three years ago, burnt out on city life. They wanted to move abroad somewhere so he could practice PT and she could teach yoga. Well, they aren't dealing with the pandemic like we are now, and just had a baby. Lucky, lucky family. Growing up in New Delhi and running XC and track at Cortland, Silas started trail running out of college. He enjoyed the longer running involved in cross country so it seemed a natural transit...
TC Interviews: Aliza Lapierre
October 23, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 24.9 MBAliza Lapierre was challenged to see how far she could run on maple syrup. After 30 miles, she had a new nutrition sponsor and a whole new love for the sweet sap flowing from the trees in her beloved homestate Vermont. In addition to being supported by Untapped, she also is sponsored by Salomon and Sunto, two of the biggest brands in ultrarunning. Now, anything shorter than 50 miles feels “fast”. Aliza is very familiar with trails in Ithaca winning Finger Lakes 50s and placing 3rd at Cayuga...
TC Interviews: Cole Crosby
October 16, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 24.2 MBIn 2015 Cole Crosby was running 250 laps on an indoor track. He was hoping to beat Michael Wardian’s WR time of 3:06. With 8 laps to go, he drank a cup of Gatorade from his well-meaning father. That Gatorade was the poison. With 3 miles to go, Cole lost it. He lost everything in his stomach. He lost consciousness a few times. He lost his legs. He walked the last 8 laps and finished in 3:16.43. Along the way, he set a new marathon PR of 2:34. Casual like us Beast Coasters usually do, he’s ne...
TC Interviews: Britta Clark
October 09, 2020 07:00 - 44 minutes - 17.5 MBBritta Clark is studying philosophy at Harvard. Wait, scratch that, she’s getting her Ph.D in philosophy at Harvard. Beginning with environmental science, she got a grant to go to New Zealand to get her Masters. When she was there, she enjoyed the flexibility and persistence reflected in the questions asked in her environmental ethics classes. She’s now interested in climate change specific topics like how quickly to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, how to distribute those costs across nati...
TC Interviews: Daven Oskvig
October 02, 2020 07:00 - 47 minutes - 18.6 MBNeeding not much of an introduction, Daven is a local Rochester and Buffalo running legend. He is an ordained minister in the Lutheran church, and manages to run 90-100 miles per week while keeping the Sabbath day holy. The Lord has blessed him that’s for sure. He ran in high school and college, but took time off competition until he began seminary and needed an outlet. The Lord drove him towards his current passion for crushing both road and trails. He began to get back in shape, then to s...
TC Interviews: Debbie Livingston
September 25, 2020 07:00 - 58 minutes - 22.8 MBDebbie Livingston has been running ultras for over 20 years. Her first 50 miler was the Vermont 50 in 1999, where she met her future husband after exchanging email addresses at the finish. Livingston was 4th, in her first 50 mile race. Oh, and Nikki Kimball won that race, also her first 50. Over 124 races later, Livingston is still at it now participating in the Connecticut FKT 600 Mile Challenge. After her initial success at ultras, there were a lot fewer races to choose from, so she made...
TC Interviews: Scott Parr
September 18, 2020 07:00 - 57 minutes - 53.3 MBScott Parr represents everything a trail runner should be. He loves to run, loves to volunteer and would never hesitate to help someone out even if that means he has to sacrifice his race. He makes others want to run more. His attitude is infectious. He just goes out there and does the best he can. Scott is that guy. The guy who will steal the podium if the “local elite” in the race isn’t on their A game. He’s gotten 6th at Twisted Branch, a tough 100k, the past 3 years. When he sees people...
TC Interviews: Katie Ghidiu
September 11, 2020 07:00 - 46 minutes - 18.1 MBKatie Ghidiu won the last race from the “before” times. Before a pandemic ended running and life as we know it. Before masks were cool and 6 feet of distance meant losing a race by less than a second.She won the Last Runner Standing put on be TrailsRoc in early March...and went out with a bang finishing with a 7:00 mile after hours on a snow-packed trail. Katie was a recruited walk-on for Notre Dame, meaning she was on the bubble of getting into the school and onto the team. She ran with a ...
TC Interviews: Shan Riggs
September 04, 2020 07:00 - 50 minutes - 19.8 MBShan Riggs is running across the country. Having a background in marketing and branding, Shan came to the east coast to work for the Hartford Marathon Foundation, being able to work remotely out of his van. He is taking his unemployment opportunity to try to do something positive in this pandemic. No races this year, meant Shan was out of a job, had a lot of extra time, and decided to do something meaningful. He will be raising money for Food Share, the regional food bank serving Connecticut...
TC Interviews: ALYSSA GODESKEY set the ADK 46er FKT!
August 28, 2020 07:00 - 38 minutes - 14.9 MBAlyssa Godesky just set the supported FKT for the ADK 46er trail in 3 days, 16 hours and 16 minutes. She and Sarah were the first two women to undertake this route, beginning at 4AM on Monday August 17th. We previewed the “racing” ladies the week before the attempt, so check those two shows out! (Alyssa) (Sarah) Though they battled thunderstorms during the attempt, they got relatively lucky with the timing and the weather was bearable. A conservative approach in the beginning paid off and ...
TC Interviews: Eric Eagan
August 21, 2020 15:00 - 1 hour - 71.2 MBEric Eagan was recruited to the best SUNYAC Division 3 school to run track and jump long. The first year, the man who recruited him retired and the program, who won championships for over 20 years, was under new leadership. It was this leadership who instructed Eagan to compete in the triple jump with a broken heel. That jump destroyed him and he began the first of three injuries that shaped his running life. After each injury, he found himself out of shape and uninspired causing him to tak...
TC Interviews: Alyssa Godesky and the ADK 46er FKT
August 17, 2020 00:22 - 1 hour - 23.5 MBAlyssa Godesky has some range in the long events. Her first ultra was the JFK 50 miler, a race she needed to run in order to get onto the US Naval Academy marathon team, which she did. She returned to JFK a few years later and got 3rd, securing her a spot in the Western States Endurance Race, her first 100 miler. She then turned to triathlon under the guidance of the legendary Hilary Biscay and quickly got her pro card. Racing all over the world and training for triathlon did not dampen her...
TC Interviews: Sarah Keyes and the ADK 46er FKT
August 16, 2020 20:18 - 49 minutes - 19.4 MBSarah Keyes is no stranger to the TC Interview series. Having made her first appearance in the early days of the show, we decided to have her back again. Not only has Sarah been nabbing local CRs and climbing mountains, on Monday August 17th, she will begin her longest and hardest FKT yet, the 150ish mile Adirondack 46er. The record is currently held by Ryan Atkins of OCR fame in 3 days, 5 hours and 52 minutes, set last July. Not only will she be attempting this feat, which she has had her ...
TC Interviews: Scott Magee
August 14, 2020 07:00 - 51 minutes - 20 MBScott Magee cancelled the biggest family reunion on the east coast. The call to drop Twisted Branch 100k nearly broke him who was ready to hold the 6th running of the event. He wonders if he could have been more creative. Could they have made the race happen? Possibly, but it wouldn’t have been Twisted Branch. Once you run the event, you’ll understand. It’s the volunteers, the environment, the community, the course that makes this 100k special. Changing anything would undermine the spirit o...
TC Interviews: Jeff Adams
August 07, 2020 16:16 - 50 minutes - 19.8 MBJeff Adams just ran 175 miles in the second edition of the Quarantine Backyard Ultra beginning on Saturday July 11th and tapping out on Monday, July 13th. He is no stranger to going the distance, and loves running for long periods of time. This past September, Jeff set the FKT on the Long Path in Upstate NY passing through the Catskills and the infamous Manitou's Revenge, a race he's done multiple times. In this episode, Ellie and Jeff talk about coming to running later in life, trading s...
TC Interviews: Sophie Kotok
August 07, 2020 13:58 - 49 minutes - 19.3 MBImagine this, you're at the start line of a race ready to have some fun on a beautiful sunny day. Suddenly, your worst racing nightmares have come true! You've forgotten your shoes! They simply didn't make it into your race bag, your kid borrowed them, your cat ate them. Point is, they aren't on your feet and the gun is about to go off. What would you do? That won't stop Sophie because she does most of her warm weather running in sandals. Not a student of Born to Run, Sophie has lived a l...
TC Interviews: Sheila Eagan
August 07, 2020 00:25 - 1 hour - 24.1 MBSheila Eagan is a human this planet could use more of. Not only does she teach ESL students in a poor district of Rochester, she also runs TrailsRoc and Trail Methods, two running companies in Upstate NY. She RDs the most popular race in the world, Many on the Genny and runs the best aid station at Cayuga Trails 50, complete with Sno-Cones, hugs and all the watermelon you could want. Sheila began running for bagels and quickly moved to trails, hills and ultras, her first being the lat...