Latest Ultramarathons Podcast Episodes
Race Report: Emily Durgin + 2024 USATF Olympic Trials Marathon
Women's Running Stories - February 23, 2024 05:00 - 39 minutesAdidas professional runner Emily Durgin shares how it all went down at the 2024 USATF Olympic Trials Marathon, which took place February 3, 2024, in Orlando, FL. On the line at this race, in addition to a national championship title, cash awards and series points, racers were vying for a spot on ...
Emma Grace Hurley: Life as a Professional Runner, Making Big Moves
Women's Running Stories - February 16, 2024 05:00 - 29 minutesEmma Grace Hurley is an exciting young professional runner, now running for the newly formed all-women's team, the Heartland Track Club. Emma Grace was first featured on WRS in March 2023, in our Race Report episode about the USATF 15k National Championships, which was held on March 6, 2023, at t...
Anushay: Doing hard things is exciting
Trail Running Women - February 15, 2024 09:43 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 155 ratingsAnushay has always defined herself as an Academic but struggled to call herself an athlete. She moved to Canada from Pakistan and quickly became involved in the trail running community and with a bit of work is now both an athlete and an ultrarunner. Anushay was inspired to go further and pus...
JayEll Alexander: CEO Black Girls Run, Leading a Movement 258,000 Strong
Women's Running Stories - February 09, 2024 05:00 - 29 minutesJay Ell Alexander is a runner and the CEO of one of the largest running groups in the United States: Black Girls Run, aka BGR, with 258,000 members. Alexander has been leading BGR for six years now, after working as marketing and PR lead for the previous six years. And she has a very clear unders...
Race Report: Katie Camarena + 2024 USATF Cross-Country National Championships
Women's Running Stories - February 02, 2024 05:00 - 30 minutesEmerging professional runner and new member of Tinman Elite out of Boulder, Colorado, Katie Camarena tells the story of how it all went down from her viewpoint racing in the 2024 USATF Cross-Country National Championships, which took place January 20, 2024, in Richmond, VA. On the line at this ra...
Trail Tips: Listener Q & A's !
Trail Running Women - February 01, 2024 09:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 155 ratingsWe discuss your big training questions for your new 2024 goals! We had questions on back yard ultras, mental strategies when you increase in distance, how to stay healthy when you run a 100miles, what to have in your vest, and more! Find Alyssa @theory_in_motion If you'd like a backlog of e...
Michelle Sikes: NCAA Champion, Author of Kenya's Running Women: A History
Women's Running Stories - January 26, 2024 05:00 - 33 minutesMichelle Sikes's story centers around how her collegiate running career is inextricably linked to her first book, Kenya's Running Women: A History, published in December 2023. This is the first academic monograph to focus on the history of any women's sport in Africa. Back when she was in her co...
Sister Liz Sjoberg: Becoming a Sister on the Run
Women's Running Stories - January 19, 2024 09:05 - 42 minutes"I don't think I really liked running until maybe two or three years in of actually trying to run. I wouldn't even call myself a runner at that point at all, but just somebody trying to get their life right and trying to have some balance. It really started to open up a new world for me." Sister ...
Steph: Breaking the Mental Barrier
Trail Running Women - January 18, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 155 ratingsSteph is the person you want to listen to at the start of the season. Her determination and hard work to better her times until she ultimately broke 3 hours in a marathon is inspiring for any distance runner. We get into her postpartum return to running, the timing of covid and training, and how...
Anita Cardinal: Don't Stop Unless You Are Proud
Women's Running Stories - January 12, 2024 05:00 - 44 minutesAnita Cardinal is an ultra trail runner, advocate for the indigenous community, race director, and community builder who lives in Northwestern Canada in the beautiful city of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. In her story, Anita gets into why running has been a powerful force in her life from a very ea...
Cherie Turner: Over 50, Sub 20, 5k Project: Part 3, The Reset
Women's Running Stories - January 05, 2024 05:00 - 37 minutesIn this episode, part 3 of this series, Cherie shares how a freak non-running injury caused her to take time away from structured workouts and formal training. While the injury was a bummer, in the end, it provided a healthy reset. Cherie shares how the recovery process has gone and why she feels...
Solocast: Year End Reflections and 2024 Intentions
Trail Running Women - January 04, 2024 08:02 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 155 ratingsWelcome to 2024! We wrap up 2023 by reviewing the best of the year, and then chat what the listener goals and intentions are for 2024. Huge thanks to everyone who has supported the show for so many years, you guys are amazing!! If you'd like a backlog of episodes - check us out here: Patr...
2023 Reflections: Clips to Take With You Into the New Year
Women's Running Stories - December 29, 2023 05:00 - 38 minutesFor this episode, I chose a variety of clips from 10 episodes published in 2023 that have stuck with me and made an impact. This isn't a "best of" so much as a celebration of the huge variety of experiences and motivations women have in this sport. I hope you'll find something in here to motivate...
Natalie Barlatier: Unwavering Commitment
Women's Running Stories - December 22, 2023 05:00 - 44 minutesNatalie Barlatier has a determination when it comes to her running that is truly remarkable. Barlatier discovered a love of track and field in her youth, but took a break from running when she entered college. She returned to the sport after being diagnosed with MS in her late 20s, and began to e...
Finn: Behind the scenes of the Singletrack podcast
Trail Running Women - December 21, 2023 08:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 155 ratingsFinn Melanson is the Host of the Singletrack, a podcast covering the professional mountain ultra-trail running scene. If you haven't checked out Singletrack yet, go do it now! We had such a great chat about everything Finn is doing in the Trail Running world including his goals for media coverag...
Briana Boehmer: A Difficult Decision and the Power of Support
Women's Running Stories - December 15, 2023 05:00 - 40 minutesBriana Boehmer had dreamed about qualifying for an Olympic trials since she was young. But she'd let go of that dream as she moved into her 40s. In her mind, she had aged out. That all changed in 2020. Boehmer's first competitive sport was running, which she did through college. After college, sh...
Kaz: Performance Psychologist
Trail Running Women - December 14, 2023 08:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 155 ratingsKaz has a PhD in human behaviour and MSc in Sport and Exercise Psychology, and has studied our power to perform when faced with adversity. Passionate about helping people believe in themselves she explores what is it about our fears, courage, resilience, and mindset, that drives us to succeed...
Superior Hike Trail FKT w/ Andrea Larson
Ultra Running Magazine Podcast - December 13, 2023 19:15 - 57 minutesAndrea Larson, an incredible trailblazer, recently set an FKT on the Superior Hiking Trail in northern Minnesota. As a resilient mother of three and executive director of Ironbull, Andrea shared her inspiring journey with Scotty which included scorching weather and tough terrain, as well as her ...
Neely Spence Gracey: Pregnancy, Marathons, Disney Fun, and a Stroller Mile World Record
Women's Running Stories - December 08, 2023 05:00 - 47 minutesProfessional distance and marathon runner Neely Spence Gracey has been a competitive runner since she was in her teens and running has been a part of her life since she was born: both of her parents were competitive runners, and her father was an internationally competitive marathoner. In recent ...
Acadia & Peter: Running 100miles with a friend
Trail Running Women - December 07, 2023 09:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 155 ratingsAcadia is a midwife living in Maine and Peter is a Harvard trained lawyer living in Oregon. They have been best friends since high school and decided to tackle Bear 100 together. We chat about how they handled attempting to match the highs and lows of an ultra with a friend, and still make it to...
Ari Hendrix: Journey to the Olympic Marathon Trials, a Quest to Top The List
Women's Running Stories - December 01, 2023 05:00 - 59 minutesElite marathon runner Ari Hendrix did not grow up dreaming of running. Up through college, Hendrix’s athletic heart was firmly focused on the basketball court. But when professional prospects didn’t pan out after her college career ended, Hendrix had to face the harsh fast reality that the sport ...
Sue McDonald: 9 Times a Masters World Record Holder
Women's Running Stories - November 24, 2023 05:00 - 36 minutesThe story behind becoming 2023 USATF Masters Track and Field Athlete of the Year. Masters 60+ track and field athlete Sue McDonald has been a competitive athlete most of her life. And she's been a competitor in a wide variety of events: she'd started out her collegiate career as a heptathlete and...
Red Rock Canyon 50km: Race Recap
Trail Running Women - November 23, 2023 13:12 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 155 ratingsMy husband Andy and I ran Red Rock Canyon 50km in Las Vegas. I was 18 weeks pregnant, and he is a hobbyist. We chat before and after the race about everything from training with a 4 year old, to wondering if one of us maybe didn't train enough. Check out more pics @trailrunningwomenpod ...
Molly Huddle: 2023 NYC Marathon, Postpartum Bone Health, and What Comes Next
Women's Running Stories - November 17, 2023 09:43 - 37 minutesTop American distance pro runner Molly Huddle tells the story around her 2023 NYC Marathon, her first time racing this distance since having her first child, Josephine, in April 2022. WRS featured Huddle in March of this year, 2023, to tell the story of her postpartum return to racing and how it ...
Milly: Training for the London Marathon as an Amputee
Trail Running Women - November 16, 2023 08:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 155 ratingsMilly is a total powerhouse of a human being and will leave you with no doubt that you can overcome anything life throws at you. In 2017 she lost a leg in an accident and immediately set new goals for herself academically and physically. She's now the first Amputee to complelete the worlds steep...
Race Report: Rachel Smith + 2023 USATF 5k National Championships
Women's Running Stories - November 10, 2023 08:46 - 25 minutesElite runner and Olympian Rachel Smith tells the story of how it all went down from her viewpoint racing in the 2023 USATF 5km National Championships, which took place November 4, 2023, in New York City. This is Smith's first big event back since having her first child, her daughter, Nova, 6 mont...
Trail Tips: What should the off season look like?
Trail Running Women - November 09, 2023 08:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 155 ratingsAlyssa is back to answer listener Q & A! We have some great questions about off season running, cross training on the bike, gut issues, and your first 7km race. Gary's blog: http://garyrobbinsrun.com/blog/2023/10/what-really-went-down-in-whistler Find Alyssa: @theory_in_motion Ne...
Verna Volker: A Journey of Health and Healing, Culture and Community
Women's Running Stories - November 03, 2023 05:00 - 35 minutesVerna Volker first started running as a way to improve her health. Over time, however, her relationship to the sport has grown and changed, to become a more personal and powerful part of her life. She started out pursuing road marathons and then moved to the trails, stretching her limits in ultra...
Ultra Shorts: What's the Issue w/ Editor Amy Clark
Ultra Running Magazine Podcast - October 31, 2023 18:43 - 13 minutesIn this fartleck of an episode, UltraRunning Magazine Editor-in-Chief, Amy Clark, dishes out some of the ultra goodies to be found in the October / November issue, which celebrates the ultrarunning community. With race coverage of the Warriors UltraRun, High Lonesome 100, Manitou's Revenge and m...
Cherie Turner: The Over 50, Sub 20, 5k Project: Part 2, Learning to Train Well
Women's Running Stories - October 27, 2023 04:00 - 27 minutesIn June of this summer, 2023, Women's Running Stories host and producer Cherie Turner closed the chapter on running longer distance races (at least for now), like marathons and ultras, and turned her attention to the 5k. Her goal: break 20 minutes in the 5km. Cherie is currently 54 years old and ...
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