Podcasts about ultra trail du mont blanc

Send us a textKabelvågingen Hallvard Schjølberg (49) løp i helga UTMB for 4. gang i sin karriere. Han kom seg rundt Mont Blanc-massivet på tiden 24:42:25, noe som holdt til 44. plass totalt, 39. plass for herrene og 3. plass i kategorien 44 - 49 år. Nå står Hallvard for 3 av de 5 beste prestasjonene for en nordmann i UTMB. Litt av en legende! Denne praten ble spilt inn tirsdag 3. september, dvs 3 dager etter målgang. Lenker:NEDA-hjørnet på Fjellsport.noHK's utstyrsliste på lighterpack.comPatreon / FØKK ASFALTNEDA's lika på FreeTrail FantasyEnjoy!Support the show

Voici le 12e épisode de la 3e saison de La Bande à D+ animé par Nicolas Fréret avec :

Colin Kirk-Potter grew up running on the fells and a career as a Royal Marine meant fitness was always going to be central to his life. Back when he joined the Marines, a day on Dartmoor involved brutal training but these days he loves nothing more than to run around its trails and fells - to the stage where he's even written a book about the best routes. Colin's running has seen him take on extreme races all around the world, including the Bob Graham Round and the Ultra-Trail Du Mont-Blanc, where he even beat ultra running legend Scott Jurek. But perhaps his greatest challenge came when he struggled with PTSD after serving in Afghanistan. Life in 'civvy street' saw him drinking too much and picking fights, but it was running which helped him to rediscover himself and find peace. Running Tales spoke to Colin about why running like a toddler is good for you, opening a running shop and becoming coach, and exactly how he came to beat one of the greatest runners of all time...   --------------------------------   You can order Colin's book, Dartmoor Trail and Fell Running: 31 Great Runs, on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dartmoor-Trail-Fell-Running-Great/dp/1906095841  

On this episode, we, have Dr. Claire Heslop, an emergency physician in our home city of Toronto. We became aware of Claire after her amazing performance at Ultra Trail Du Mont Blanc as the top Canadian in 2021. She has competed in some pretty amazing races including the Ultra Mirage in Tunisia, MIUT Madeira, Bigfoot 200, Moab 240 and The Track in Australia - 520KM stage race in 2017. 2023 has been a big year for her, racing at Transgrancanaria (for the fourth time), UTMB (also for the 4th time finishing 11th) and recently finishing Kullamannen 100 in Sweden.   We chat about all this and her view on being a sponsored ultra runner in this sport. Here is Claire... You can follow Claire on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/shinesonit/ If you enjoyed our show please leave a rating and review.  We would really appreciate it. Check out GottaRunRacing website here and use promo code GRRPODCAST for discounts - gottarunracing.com Check out our YouTube Channel here - https://youtube.com/@GottaRunRacing Check out GRR Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/gottarunracing/ Check out GRR Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/gottarunracing/ Check out GRR Twitter here: https://twitter.com/gottarun_racing Support us on Patreon here : https://www.patreon.com/gottarunracing

MDUM Raúl Di Cristina, un boricua que ocupa su tiempo libre corriendo los senderos de Puerto Rico y otros países por horas, muchas horas. Raúl es ultra maratonista, compite en eventos de más de 26 millas, a través de terrenos complejos y paisajes maravillosos. Recientemente completó el Ultra Trail Du Mont Blanc en Francia donde la ruta lo llevó por un camino de 62 millas a una altura de 21,000 pies.

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Today's guest is from one of the flattest countries in the world, Bahrain. In fact, the highest point in the entire country is only 134m above sea level and that's not even open to the public. Why is that relevant you may ask? Well, our guest today just completed what is widely considered the hardest ultramarathon in the world, UTMB. For those who don't know UTMB stands for the Ultra Trail Du Mont Blanc, a 171 km trail race with 10,000m of elevation - all with a time limit of 46 hours and 30 minutes. Fatema Husain is the first Bahraini National - woman or man to complete this race and she is here to tell us all about it. This year UTMB started on Friday, 1st of September at 6pm and as it always does, it traversed the Tour Du Mont Blanc hiking path across France, Italy & Switzerland. All starting and ending in Chamonix with the magnificent Mont Blanc as the backdrop to the start and finish line. What's more remarkable is that Fatema once didn't consider herself a runner, in fact it took her a year and a half to build up to running 3 km on a treadmill. Fatema is determination embodied and our chat with her has already given us some ideas about taking on the Tour Du Mont Blanc ourselves. In today's episode we chat with Fatema about how she went from having very little physical activity in her day-to-day life to completing what many consider the pinnacle of the ultra running race calendar. We chat through how she built up her endurance over the past ten years from running to running ultras. Her cycling career - yes, she is also a Bahraini National cycling champ… and the day-by-day of UTMB, including the support she got along the way, racing against cut off times and making peace with pain. We also hear what it felt like carrying the Bahraini flag over the UTMB finish line for the first time ever. For more information on UTMB visit: https://utmb.worldTo follow Fatema Husain on Instagram, follow @FateMoves We were also delighted to see the celebration and acknowledgement that Fatema has received since arriving home. For more information check out the Bahrain News Agency article here. Our wider support team for this episode includes Editor JJ Thompson and our Artwork is by the talented Alexandra Hickey of Studio Theodore. Find us on @themettleset We hope you enjoy the episode! Dawn & Afshan

Dans cet épisode de Trail Story podcast, je vous propose un retour sur l'UTMB® 2023 qui s'est déroulé du 1 au 3 septembre 2023 à Chamonix. Cette année pour la 20 édition nous retrouvons un doublé historique avec un Américain et une Américaine sur les plus hautes marches du podium. Jim Walmsley, boucle les 170 KM et les 10000 M de D+ en 19h37'24'' suivi d'un autre américain Zack Miller 19h58, et enfin cocorico Germain Grangier termine 3 ème en 20h10. Déception pour Mathieu Blanchard 2 ème l'an dernier qui termine 4 ème en 20h54. A noté la superbe performance de Ludovic Pommeret qui termine 5 ème en 21h00.  Chez les femmes, l'Américaine Courtney Dauwalter 23h29'14'' réussie l'exploit de boucler dans la même année le triplé magique en remportant la Western states en juin, la Hardrock 100 en juillet et l'UTMB début septembre, tout juste hallucinant... Elle est suivie de l'Allemande Katharina Hartmuth 2ème en 24h10 et enfin superbe performance de Blandine L'Hirondel notre Française championne du monde 2019 et 2022 qui termine 3 ème pour son 1er ultra-trail en 24h22.  Laissez vous emporter par la folie américaine à Chamonix et vibrez UTMB 2023 !   Bonne écoute à toutes et tous Gaëtan  Trail Story  Pour soutenir TRAIL STORY :  1️⃣ Parlez du podcast à tous vos ami(e)s traileurs et traileuses. 2️⃣ N'hésitez pas à mettre 5⭐sur votre plateforme préférée (spotify, deezer, apple podcast...) 3️⃣ Abonnez-vous pour ne rater aucun épisode. 4️⃣ Suivez toute l'actualité de trail story sur Trailstory.fr Instagram Facebook  N'hésitez pas à me laisser un commentaire par mail à : trailstory.fr@gmail.com Merci à toutes et tous bonnes aventures Trail.            

Finn Melanson and Brett Hornig recap the 2023 Ultra Trail Du Mont Blanc - the live coverage, major takeaways, top athlete performances, the possible futures of the event, and listener takes.Sponsors:Feetures - use code Singletrack20 at checkout on their website (https://feetures.com/) to get 20% off your next order.Kodiak Cakes - use code Singletrack15 at checkout on their website (https://kodiakcakes.com/singletrackpodcast) to get 15% off your next order.Oladance - use code ST at this link (https://oladance.com/ST) to get $30 off the Oladance OWS2 headphones.Pillar Performance - use code SINGLETRACK at checkout on their website for 15% off your next order. American listeners - use this link. International listeners - use this link.Maurten - head over to their website (https://www.maurten.com/) and shop for gels, bars, and drink mixes.Brooks Running - check out their High Point clothing collection and new and improved Cascadia 17 shoe at this link (https://www.brooksrunning.com/singletrack)Timestamps:(2:02) - Noah Lyles trail running connection(6:59) - unequal coverage of the women's race, UTMB social media wins(18:14) - whether Jim need to move to the French Alps to win this race, what he does next(39:28) - future dominant storylines now that an American man has won UTMB(50:30 - women's race analysis, interesting statistics(68:45) - whether you have to be a full-time athlete now to win UTMB(72:24) - men's race analysis, interesting statistics(82:09) - what does Courtney Dauwalter do next (87:42) - other big takeaways from UTMB(96:09) - golden tickets from CCC, where the Americas Majors might be in 2024Links:Follow Finn on Instagram, Strava, Youtube, and PatreonFollow Brett on Instagram, Strava, and YoutubeFollow AS Fireball on TwitterSupport the show

C'est une émission exceptionnelle que La Bande à D+ vous propose à l'occasion de la 20e édition de l'UTMB. Le rédacteur en chef de Distances+ Nicolas Fréret reçoit pas moins de 23 athlètes et personnalités du monde du trail pour un talk-show animé et riche autour de cinq débats d'une durée de 30 minutes chacun. Voici les membres de La Bande à D+ au micro de cet épisode spécial

Finn Melanson and Brett Hornig provide in-depth analysis, commentary, and predictions for the women's field lining up for the 2023 Ultra-Trail Du Mont Blanc.Sponsors:Feetures - use code Singletrack20 at checkout on their website (https://feetures.com/) to get 20% off your next order.Oladance - use code ST at this link (https://oladance.com/ST) to get $30 off the Oladance OWS2 headphones.Pillar Performance - use code SINGLETRACK at checkout on their website for 15% off your next order. American listeners - use this link. International listeners - use this link.Kodiak Cakes - use code Singletrack15 at checkout on their website (https://kodiakcakes.com/singletrackpodcast) to get 15% off your next order.Maurten - head over to their website (https://www.maurten.com/) and shop for gels, bars, and drink mixes.Brooks Running - check out their High Point clothing collection and new and improved Cascadia 17 shoe at this link (brooksrunning.com/singletrack)Links:Follow Finn on Instagram, Strava, Youtube, and PatreonFollow Brett on Instagram, Strava, and YoutubeFollow AS Fireball on TwitterSupport the show

Finn Melanson and Brett Hornig provide in-depth analysis, commentary, and predictions for the men's field lining up for the 2023 Ultra-Trail Du Mont Blanc.Note - we will be releasing our women's field preview tomorrow evening (Sunday, 8/27) as well as our CCC previews on Monday and Tuesday of next week. Stay tuned!Sponsors:Maurten - head over to their website (https://www.maurten.com/) and shop for gels, bars, and drink mixes.Kodiak Cakes - use code Singletrack15 at checkout on their website (https://kodiakcakes.com/singletrackpodcast) to get 15% off your next order.Feetures - use code Singletrack20 at checkout on their website (https://feetures.com/) to get 20% off your next order.Oladance - use code ST at this link (https://oladance.com/ST) to get $30 off the Oladance OWS2 headphones.Brooks Running - check out their High Point clothing collection and new and improved Cascadia 17 shoe at this link (brooksrunning.com/singletrack)Pillar Performance - use code SINGLETRACK at checkout on their website for 15% off your next order. American listeners - use this link. International listeners - use this link.Links:Follow Finn on Instagram, Strava, Youtube, and PatreonFollow Brett on Instagram, Strava, Youtube, and The FeedFollow AS Fireball on TwitterSupport the show

Canyon Woodward has found success on a few different types of trails over the last few years. In addition to an impressive top-50 finish at the Ultra-Trail Du Mont-Blanc in August, he served as the campaign manager for Maine State Senator Chloe Maxmin's victorious House & Senate runs in 2018 and 2020, which put him on a demanding campaign trail through rural America rivaling that of any ultra. So we sat down with this seasoned political strategist, passionate climate activist, trail runner, and published author to hear about how his new film, Rural Runners, captures where all of these different interests intersect; why the key to both trail running and politics is mostly about just showing up; and a whole lot more. TOPICS & TIMESCanyon's background (2:01)Convincing Harvard to divest from fossil fuels (5:14)Life on the campaign trail with Senator Maxmin (7:09)Practical steps for political involvement (11:16)Dirt Road Revival (14:44)His multi talented brother, Forest (19:21)Rural Runners (20:23)Finding success at the 100-mile distance (23:18)UTMB (26:55)His writing process (33:03)Canyon's list of must-read authors (34:37)Upcoming races (35:23)“Would you ever consider running for office?” (37:01)CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCASTSCRAFTEDBlister PodcastGEAR:30Bikes & Big Ideas Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joe Grant is an ultra runner and mountain athlete who holds the FKT on the Colorado Trail and has competed all over the world at races such as the Hardrock 100, Ultra-Trail Du Mont-Blanc, and the Iditarod in Alaska. He also explores the mountains by bike and competed in the Arizona Trail race in 2016 on a fully rigid drop bar bike. Born in England and raised in France, he now lives in Durango, Colorado. In this conversation, Joe talks about his complicated relationship with the premise of FKTs, why he tries to orient his projects around the place and the trail rather than himself, and where he stands on the documentation debate in bikepacking and ultra running. He also talks about some of his recent projects, including “Home to Home,” in which he and some friends captured his on-foot attempt at The Colorado Trail with only analog film cameras and a guitar. Even though he's built a career on winning races and accomplishing unprecedented challenges in the mountains, he explains why he tries to make his projects about more than just the records. 

Il y a des semaines qui marquent dans une vie de traileur, et celle de l'UTMB fait forcément rêver... On y a passé la semaine, on va vous faire suivre toutes les courses, les présentations, les départs, arrivées, des interviews de coureurs, bénévoles, assistants, organisateurs. Il y a aussi du karaoké, des moments émouvents, tristes, exceptionnels... Une véritable immersion sonore au coeur de l'événement Trail le plus populaire au Monde !  Fermez les yeux, et c'est parti pour un incroyable voyage...  Vous pouvez retrouver Oufff sur les réseaux sociaux :  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/oufff.appli  Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/oufff_podcast  Twitter : https://twitter.com/Oufff_app  Podcast préparé et monté par Adrien Quesnel Si vous avez aimé l'épisode, merci de nous laisser un petit commentaire et des petites étoiles !  À bientôt pour un nouvel épisode.    

Dans cet épisode, on explique tout sur l'UTMB !  Le parcours, chaque côte, chaque descente, les barrières horaires. Pour en parler on a invité comme d'habitude un élite : Germain Grangier 9e en 2019.  Et une personne du milieu de peloton comme vous ! C'est Anne Bouferguene finisheuse en 2018 qui est avec nous pour vous donner ses conseils.  On espère que cet épisode va vous aider à atteindre votre but !  Bonne écoute à tous ! ➡️ Soutenez-nous pour recevoir des épisodes exclusifs de Oufff : https://steadyhq.com/fr/oufff

Bonjour, dans ce sixième épisode de Raconte ton sport, nous sommes allés à la rencontre de Michel et Alain, deux collègues de travail devenus compagnons de route avec une passion commune: l'ultratrail.  Ils nous racontent leur parcours et comment ils en sont venus au trail. Vous découvrirez également deux grands sportifs à travers leurs anecdotes qui sont parfois à couper le souffle. Ils nous Raconte Leur Sport.    Vous pouvez retrouver sur les réseaux sociaux de Raconte ton sport des exclusivités concernant Michel et Alain :  Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/racontetonsport/?hl=fr  Twitter : https://twitter.com/raconte_ton  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/racontetonsport2  Merci à vous d'avoir écouté ce podcast, n'hésitez pas à nous donner votre avis sur celui-ci pour améliorer les suivants ! C'était le dernier épisode de la saison 1, on se retrouve le 14 avril pour un hors série exceptionnel sur le handisport. Et au mois de mai, on repart sur une deuxième saison exceptionnelle ! 

Dans cet épisode de Trail Story podcast «l'UTMB le rêve d'une vie ! » Je vous propose de suivre Guillaume Moulin finisher de l'Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc 2019. Guillaume nous raconte son parcours pour arriver à cette course mythique. Il nous parle également de l'avant course, les points, l'inscription, le tirage au sort, la préparation. La course, le départ et son ambiance unique, le parcours avec ses hauts et ses bas, mais surtout les émotions partagées avec sa famille et ses amis. Un moment de grâce autour du Mont blanc, 171 km et 10000 M de D+ avec la consécration à l'arrivée à Chamonix. Alors êtes-vous prêts à faire le tour du Mont Blanc et à vivre le rêve UTMB ?  Bonne écoute à toutes et tous  Retrouvez tous les épisodes de votre podcast Trail préféré sur le site : trailstory.fr  N'hésitez pas à vous Abonner à Trail story sur les principales plateformes d'écoutes (Deezer, spotify, podcast addict ...). Si vous utilisez APPLE PODCAST et que vous avez aimé cet épisode n'hésitez pas à le noter 5 étoiles et mettez un commentaire. Cela permettra à votre podcast trail préféré d'être mieux référencé sur les sites de podcasts. Merci de votre aide N'hésitez pas à me laisser un commentaire par mail à : trailstory.fr@gmail.com Vous pouvez retrouver toute l'actualité de trail story sur le site :  https://trailstory.fr mais aussi sur :  Instagram : trailstoryodcast   Facebook : trailstory podcasts & blog  YOUTUBE : trail story   Merci à toutes et tous bonnes aventures Trail.    

Andrea Mason is a passionate sports person with an extreme sense of adventure. Her philosophy is everyone can "create your own epic". In September 2019, she completed what most believed was an impossible challenge; swimming 34km across the English Channel, Cycling 900km across France and then climbing Mt Blanc – all in just 4 days and 20 hours. Exactly one year later, she successfully completed the Mt Blanc Triple Crown. Swimming 38Km around the perimeter of Lac Annecy, cycling the gruelling Tour Du Mont Blanc and running 170km around one of the most challenging trails runs in the world, the Ultra-Trail Du Mont Blanc – all in just 4 days, 23 hours and 40 mins. On this week's podcast, we talk about her journey to these adventures and the struggles she has had to overcome. As well as her passion for her new charity.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-modern-adventurer/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Welcome to Episode 34 of the Eat for Endurance Podcast, featuring elite vegan ultra-runner and coach, Yassine Diboun. Yassine has a really inspirational story, and I'm so grateful that we were able to have such a long and in-depth discussion, including how he was able to overcome years of substance abuse and overhaul his entire life to become the amazing athlete and role model that he is today. He's also an all-around awesome person - we had many laughs in this episode and I admire him greatly for all the important work that he is doing in his community out in Portland through his company, Wy'East Wolfpack.In case you're not familiar with Yassine and his many athletic accomplishments, he has been competing consistently as a high-level ultra-runner since 2007, and has won or reached the podium of tons of races since then. Some career highlights include four finishes of the Western States 100 miler including top ten in 2013, 3rd place in the HURT 100 in 2016, representing the USA in the IAU World Trail Championships in 2015, and finishing the Ultra-Trail Du Mont-Blanc in 2019. Yassine has also set several Fastest Known Times, including the 483-mile Oregon Pacific Crest Trail in 2016. We cover SO much in this episode that I can't list them all, but here are some highlights:Yassine's recent Movement Through Darkness running project in Portland to raise funds and awareness for programs benefiting others who are in recovery. In Yassine's words, this year has been “next-level-challenging” and "we must find ways to see the light, and hope for better days ahead.”His work to diversify the sport of trail running, though Wy'East Wolfpack programsBecoming Vegan in 2008 - why he changed his diet, how it affected his training and racing, and what a typical day of fueling looks likeChallenges he faced as a kid, and his years of struggle with substance abuseRediscovering his athletic self after becoming sober in 2004, and how he got into trail running and ultras His general sports nutrition as well as what his nutrition looked like during some of his race career highlightsYassine, thanks again for your time and for sharing your story. It was so much fun chatting with you and I really do hope we get a chance to meet in person some day and hit the trails together!And to my listeners, I hope you are all staying safe and healthy. Thank you so much for supporting the show! If you enjoy it, please share with your friends and leave a rating and/or review on iTunes. Thank you!Learn more about Yassine and his company:Wy'East Wolfpack: https://www.wyeastwolfpack.comFollow Yassine on Instagram and TwitterOther Announcements:We discuss Spring Energy in this episode - if you'd like to try it, use code "Eatforendurance" for 10% offI'm collecting nutrition questions for a future Ask Me Anything episode, so email me if you'd like yours included  - eatforendurance@gmail.com!Do you or someone you know have an interesting / motivating athletic story to share? I'm planning my next Recreational Athlete Nutrition Profile, consisting of multiple shorter interviews, and would love to feature you! Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/eatforendurance)

The RunRunLive 4.0 Podcast Episode 4-377 – Alex Runs Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc  (Audio: link) audio:http://www.RunRunLive.com/PodcastEpisodes/epi4377.mp3] Link MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks -   Hello, and welcome to the RunRunLive Podcast episode 4-377, I will be Chris your host, thank you for joining me.  I am speaking with you the day after US Thanksgiving.  The weather has finally started to turn here and it is below freezing outside.  Teresa and I went and ran the Ayer Fire Dept 5K on Thanksgiving morning.  I get to see many of my friends from the running club.  One of our members, Anthony was the original race director who created the race.  I used to go up and run the Feaster 5 miler in Andover but this is so much more convenient.  The Feaster gets almost 10,000 runners and a bunch of local running celebrities show up to take pictures with McGilvary.  It's a good race but Ayer is less hassle for us being the next town over.  I can't say I had a good race.  I can't say I had a bad race either.  In terms of how I felt and the pace I ran it wasn't my best effort, given how I actually tried to train for the race and am coming off a successful marathon campaign. But, on the other hand, being out on a cold, sunny morning with my daughter and all my friends – there's really no complaining about that! Today, we speak with friend of the show, Alex, about his epic adventure at the Ultra-trail du Mont Blanc at the end of the summer.  If you pay attention to the ultra world you may have heard of Leadville or Western States.  UTMB is the Western States of Europe, if you will.  It gets all the best international mountain and trail runners.  It's over 100 miles long and has an insane amount of vertical.  Alex, used to volunteer to edit the audio for the interviews on RunRunLive.  Another one of those Sympatico friendships I've been graced with through the podcast.  I think you'll enjoy it.  Remember a couple episodes back when I gave you my new Apple sauce recipe?  Well, I tried an excellent variation.  I've started putting overripe bananas and ripe peaches in with the apples. And I've discovered you don't have to peel the apples either.  Just throw it all into an oven-safe dish, covered and bake it on low all day long and you get amazing, healthy apple sauce for your morning oatmeal.  In section one of this episode I'll talk a little about how I attempted to pivot from the marathon to the 5K and in section two I'll write about running in the city of Boston.  … I finally got around to getting my flu shot.  I try to get in each fall because I think it's important to do my part in keeping the herd healthy.  I usually don't' get sick since I started training regularly.  A number of people I know, work with and even my wife who is usually healthy as a horse came down with this nasty chest cold this fall that seemed to last for 2-3 weeks.  I went down to the local drug store, CVS, where they give the shots on a Saturday.  It wasn't a very productive day for me.  The dump was closed because of veterans' day and I didn't know it until I loaded up my truck and drove over there.  I found it impossible to get in for a haircut two weekends in a row due to some bizarre spike in the demand for haircuts locally.  But, I did manage to get the flu shot.  While I was sitting there an old man came in and joined me.  It was veterans' Day and he was wearing a WWII commemorative hat.  He told me that he enlisted in 1942 at the age of 17.  He was in Normandy 6 days after D-day.  He was stationed in Czechoslovakia.  Then he went to the Pacific theatre and was in the Philippines and Japan.  He'd be about the same age as my Dad would be if he were still alive.  Local guy.  Grew up in the town.  Lived his life there.  Still there.  Getting his flu shot.  Imagine the changes he's seen? That was a couple weeks ago.  Today is thanksgiving.  I find myself thankful.  On with the show. … I'll remind you that the RunRunLive podcast is ad free and listener supported.  What does that mean? It means you don't have to listen to me trying to sound sincere about Stamps.com or Audible.. (although, fyi, my MarathonBQ book is on audible) We do have a membership option where you can become a member and as a special thank you, you will get access to member's only audio. There are book reviews, odd philosophical thoughts, zombie stories and I curate old episodes for you to listen to.  I recently added that guy who cut off is foot so he could keep training and my first call with Geoff Galloway.   “Curated” means I add some introductory comments and edit them up a bit.  So anyhow – become a member so I can keep paying my bills.   … The RunRunLive podcast is Ad Free and listener supported.  We do this by offering a membership option where members get Access to Exclusive Members Only audio and articles. Member only race reports, essays and other bits just for you! Links are in the show notes and at RunRunLive.com … Section one – Pivoting from the Marathon to a 5K - Voices of reason – the conversation Alex Cooke Alex is 43 and hails from Birmingham in the UK. Like many of us, he started running in early middle age to improve his health, but quickly found benefits in multiple dimensions. He's got a busy life, and uses running dreams to keep him motivated to train and live a bit cleaner. After [not quite] conquering the Boston marathon and falling in love with the European Alps on a family holiday, he set his sights on trail running and, specifically, the Ultra Trail Du Mont Blanc -  a 106 mile, 33,000 feet mountain race as his next goal. Three years after setting the goal, did the reality live up to the dream? Twitter: @TrustCooker Instagram: trustcooker UTMB stats and videos:  Section two – Running in the City - Outro Excellent job my friends, you have slipped, crawled and struggled through 30 hours of the RunRunLive podcast Episode 4-377.  The intro for this podcast was written just around Thanksgiving.  Now it is 2 weeks later.  Apologies for the tardy publishing cadence.  My new gig in the city is very intense and time consuming.  I don't have any place to record.  By the time I get to the weekend I have a full slate of other activities and no time to record either – I'm also fairly wrung out intellectually.  But that's not your problem!  It's not a problem for me either.  I'll figure it out.  I have spent these few weeks well and wisely.  I ran my turkey trot 5K and it was as struggle but I did ok.  I got to spend some time with my friends and Teresa. It's a nice event to kick off the day.  Last weekend I ran the 4.7 mile leg, leg 2, of the Mill Cities Relay.  I ran 7:30's as I predicted but it was hard work and I was fairly sore on Monday of this week.  Basically I'm feeling the effects of a active fall racing season.  Coach wants me to start training for Boston but I kind of want to take some time off and do something different.  I was looking at Comrades Marathon in June – but that's probably outside my reach – as epic as it is.  I'll figure something out.  I'm so busy I find I'm falling into the ‘switching cost' trap. This is what happens when you work on many important things in parallel.  Every time you go from focusing on one important thing to focusing on the next important thing you pay a penalty.  It takes your brain a certain period of time to transition out of the one thing and then refocus on the next.  It's like when you're working on a project and you are deeply focused and the phone rings.  It's important so you answer.  Now you've lost the flow of that project. What ends up happening eventually, as you try to string more projects in parallel, is the time spent switching and absorbing the impact of the switch begins to outweigh the value of the thing you switched to.  They discovered this concept in the early computers.  Eventually the entire CPU is tied up switching tasks and nothing gets done.  What do you do?  Unfortunately, the answer is to work longer and try to carve out appropriately large and specific chunks of time for important tasks.  You may find that the only time you can find is outside of work hours.  Or, you can say no.  You can identify those things that are not urgent but are important and make sure those get done.  Because those are the things that will pay off over the long run.  For example, you are having to deal with customers because you don't have enough qualified employees.  What should you do?  If you don't deal with the customers, you'll take a high profile hit for being unresponsive.  But, if you don't focus on hiring and training you will never get out of the trap. You'll be tempted to try to do both.  Deal with customers and hire and train in the spare time.  What happens? You end up being mediocre at both.  As painful as it is you have to focus on the thing that will give you the long term win, not the thing standing in front of you screaming.  It comes down to knowing what you're trying to accomplish and aligning your tradeoffs with those strategic goals.  Sounds strangely intellectual when I talk about it this way.  In reality it's the chaos of daily life.  I'm going to keep plugging along, doing the right thing, and I'll see you out there. MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks -

The RunRunLive 4.0 Podcast Episode 4-377 – Alex Runs Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc  (Audio: link) audio:http://www.RunRunLive.com/PodcastEpisodes/epi4377.mp3] Link MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks -   Hello, and welcome to the RunRunLive Podcast episode 4-377, I will be Chris your host, thank you for joining me.  I am speaking with you the day after US Thanksgiving.  The weather has finally started to turn here and it is below freezing outside.  Teresa and I went and ran the Ayer Fire Dept 5K on Thanksgiving morning.  I get to see many of my friends from the running club.  One of our members, Anthony was the original race director who created the race.  I used to go up and run the Feaster 5 miler in Andover but this is so much more convenient.  The Feaster gets almost 10,000 runners and a bunch of local running celebrities show up to take pictures with McGilvary.  It’s a good race but Ayer is less hassle for us being the next town over.  I can’t say I had a good race.  I can’t say I had a bad race either.  In terms of how I felt and the pace I ran it wasn’t my best effort, given how I actually tried to train for the race and am coming off a successful marathon campaign. But, on the other hand, being out on a cold, sunny morning with my daughter and all my friends – there’s really no complaining about that! Today, we speak with friend of the show, Alex, about his epic adventure at the Ultra-trail du Mont Blanc at the end of the summer.  If you pay attention to the ultra world you may have heard of Leadville or Western States.  UTMB is the Western States of Europe, if you will.  It gets all the best international mountain and trail runners.  It’s over 100 miles long and has an insane amount of vertical.  Alex, used to volunteer to edit the audio for the interviews on RunRunLive.  Another one of those Sympatico friendships I’ve been graced with through the podcast.  I think you’ll enjoy it.  Remember a couple episodes back when I gave you my new Apple sauce recipe?  Well, I tried an excellent variation.  I’ve started putting overripe bananas and ripe peaches in with the apples. And I’ve discovered you don’t have to peel the apples either.  Just throw it all into an oven-safe dish, covered and bake it on low all day long and you get amazing, healthy apple sauce for your morning oatmeal.  In section one of this episode I’ll talk a little about how I attempted to pivot from the marathon to the 5K and in section two I’ll write about running in the city of Boston.  … I finally got around to getting my flu shot.  I try to get in each fall because I think it’s important to do my part in keeping the herd healthy.  I usually don’t’ get sick since I started training regularly.  A number of people I know, work with and even my wife who is usually healthy as a horse came down with this nasty chest cold this fall that seemed to last for 2-3 weeks.  I went down to the local drug store, CVS, where they give the shots on a Saturday.  It wasn’t a very productive day for me.  The dump was closed because of veterans’ day and I didn’t know it until I loaded up my truck and drove over there.  I found it impossible to get in for a haircut two weekends in a row due to some bizarre spike in the demand for haircuts locally.  But, I did manage to get the flu shot.  While I was sitting there an old man came in and joined me.  It was veterans’ Day and he was wearing a WWII commemorative hat.  He told me that he enlisted in 1942 at the age of 17.  He was in Normandy 6 days after D-day.  He was stationed in Czechoslovakia.  Then he went to the Pacific theatre and was in the Philippines and Japan.  He’d be about the same age as my Dad would be if he were still alive.  Local guy.  Grew up in the town.  Lived his life there.  Still there.  Getting his flu shot.  Imagine the changes he’s seen? That was a couple weeks ago.  Today is thanksgiving.  I find myself thankful.  On with the show. … I’ll remind you that the RunRunLive podcast is ad free and listener supported.  What does that mean? It means you don’t have to listen to me trying to sound sincere about Stamps.com or Audible.. (although, fyi, my MarathonBQ book is on audible) We do have a membership option where you can become a member and as a special thank you, you will get access to member’s only audio. There are book reviews, odd philosophical thoughts, zombie stories and I curate old episodes for you to listen to.  I recently added that guy who cut off is foot so he could keep training and my first call with Geoff Galloway.   “Curated” means I add some introductory comments and edit them up a bit.  So anyhow – become a member so I can keep paying my bills.   … The RunRunLive podcast is Ad Free and listener supported.  We do this by offering a membership option where members get Access to Exclusive Members Only audio and articles. Member only race reports, essays and other bits just for you! Links are in the show notes and at RunRunLive.com … Section one – Pivoting from the Marathon to a 5K - Voices of reason – the conversation Alex Cooke Alex is 43 and hails from Birmingham in the UK. Like many of us, he started running in early middle age to improve his health, but quickly found benefits in multiple dimensions. He’s got a busy life, and uses running dreams to keep him motivated to train and live a bit cleaner. After [not quite] conquering the Boston marathon and falling in love with the European Alps on a family holiday, he set his sights on trail running and, specifically, the Ultra Trail Du Mont Blanc -  a 106 mile, 33,000 feet mountain race as his next goal. Three years after setting the goal, did the reality live up to the dream? Twitter: @TrustCooker Instagram: trustcooker UTMB stats and videos:  Section two – Running in the City - Outro Excellent job my friends, you have slipped, crawled and struggled through 30 hours of the RunRunLive podcast Episode 4-377.  The intro for this podcast was written just around Thanksgiving.  Now it is 2 weeks later.  Apologies for the tardy publishing cadence.  My new gig in the city is very intense and time consuming.  I don’t have any place to record.  By the time I get to the weekend I have a full slate of other activities and no time to record either – I’m also fairly wrung out intellectually.  But that’s not your problem!  It’s not a problem for me either.  I’ll figure it out.  I have spent these few weeks well and wisely.  I ran my turkey trot 5K and it was as struggle but I did ok.  I got to spend some time with my friends and Teresa. It’s a nice event to kick off the day.  Last weekend I ran the 4.7 mile leg, leg 2, of the Mill Cities Relay.  I ran 7:30’s as I predicted but it was hard work and I was fairly sore on Monday of this week.  Basically I’m feeling the effects of a active fall racing season.  Coach wants me to start training for Boston but I kind of want to take some time off and do something different.  I was looking at Comrades Marathon in June – but that’s probably outside my reach – as epic as it is.  I’ll figure something out.  I’m so busy I find I’m falling into the ‘switching cost’ trap. This is what happens when you work on many important things in parallel.  Every time you go from focusing on one important thing to focusing on the next important thing you pay a penalty.  It takes your brain a certain period of time to transition out of the one thing and then refocus on the next.  It’s like when you’re working on a project and you are deeply focused and the phone rings.  It’s important so you answer.  Now you’ve lost the flow of that project. What ends up happening eventually, as you try to string more projects in parallel, is the time spent switching and absorbing the impact of the switch begins to outweigh the value of the thing you switched to.  They discovered this concept in the early computers.  Eventually the entire CPU is tied up switching tasks and nothing gets done.  What do you do?  Unfortunately, the answer is to work longer and try to carve out appropriately large and specific chunks of time for important tasks.  You may find that the only time you can find is outside of work hours.  Or, you can say no.  You can identify those things that are not urgent but are important and make sure those get done.  Because those are the things that will pay off over the long run.  For example, you are having to deal with customers because you don’t have enough qualified employees.  What should you do?  If you don’t deal with the customers, you’ll take a high profile hit for being unresponsive.  But, if you don’t focus on hiring and training you will never get out of the trap. You’ll be tempted to try to do both.  Deal with customers and hire and train in the spare time.  What happens? You end up being mediocre at both.  As painful as it is you have to focus on the thing that will give you the long term win, not the thing standing in front of you screaming.  It comes down to knowing what you’re trying to accomplish and aligning your tradeoffs with those strategic goals.  Sounds strangely intellectual when I talk about it this way.  In reality it’s the chaos of daily life.  I’m going to keep plugging along, doing the right thing, and I’ll see you out there. MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks -

Mike’s love for adventure runs deep. His journey west for a college education turned out to also be an education in the mountains where he developed a passion for the outdoors. His post college days took him to Whitefish, Montana where he ski patrolled and began dabbling in trail running, for which he would later become well known. He then transitioned to ski patrolling at the late Moonlight Basin (now Big Sky Resort) where he retired from his ‘James Bond’ ski patrol career to pursue running full time. His focus on running has led to numerous top finishes in iconic ultra running races such as the Ultra Trail Du Mont Blanc & the Hard Rock 100, as well as a first place and a course record on the Big Horn 100. In 2015 Mike, along with teammates Mike Wolfe & Steven Gnam, ran 600 miles from Missoula, Montana to Banff, Alberta, Canada across a region known as the Crown of the Continent. In the past few years Mike has re-shifted his running focus to skiing in the winter months, exploring the backcountry and becoming a leader in the new (to the US) sport of ski mountaineering racing. Mike’s accomplishments speak for themselves, but it’s his demeanor and thoughtfulness that really shine in this interview. Enjoy!

Anna-Marie Watson grew up in an outdoor-loving, adventurous family. The adventures continued as she served nearly a decade in the British Army. Upon leaving the military, she knew she did not want a standard job and "normal" life. So, what did she do? She flew to New Zealand to bicycle the country. This started a series of adventures that led her to competing in the world half Ironman, running (and winning second female) the Marathon De Sables, and many other adventures. And she is not slowing down. She is currently training for The Ultra Trail Du Mont Blanc – a 171 km race around Mont Blanc. She offers coaching services as well through her company, Reach For More Coaching. She shares much about what it takes to build an adventure-focused lifestyle. www.rfmcoaching.com

Anna-Marie Watson grew up in an outdoor-loving, adventurous family. The adventures continued as she served nearly a decade in the British Army. Upon leaving the military, she knew she did not want a standard job and "normal" life. So, what did she do? She flew to New Zealand to bicycle the country. This started a series of adventures that led her to competing in the world half Ironman, running (and winning second female) the Marathon De Sables, and many other adventures. And she is not slowing down. She is back on to fill us in on the Ultra Trail Du Mont Blanc – a 171 km race around Mont Blanc. She offers coaching services as well through her company, Reach For More Coaching. She shares much about what it takes to build an adventure-focused lifestyle.   rfmcoaching.com facebook.com/RFMCoaching twitter.com/RFMCoaching instagram.com/rfmcoaching   Be sure to take advantage of your ASP discount of 15% at http://www.Action-Heat.com/adventure  ActionHeat makes battery-operated heated clothing that will keep you warm and toasty! Coupon Code: adventure

Anna-Marie Watson grew up in an outdoor-loving, adventurous family. The adventures continued as she served nearly a decade in the British Army. Upon leaving the military, she knew she did not want a standard job and "normal" life. So, what did she do? She flew to New Zealand to bicycle the country. This started a series of adventures that led her to compete in the world half Ironman, running (and winning second place female) the Marathon De Sables, and many other adventures. And she is not slowing down. She is back on to fill us in on the Ultra Trail Du Mont Blanc – a 171 km race around Mont Blanc. She offers coaching services as well through her company, Reach For More Coaching. She shares much about what it takes to build an adventure-focused lifestyle. rfmcoaching.com facebook.com/RFMCoaching twitter.com/RFMCoaching instagram.com/rfmcoaching Save 20% off the best freeze-dried meals you’ll ever eat with Peak Refuel (@peakrefuel). Use the code ASP20 at checkout by visiting https://peakrefuel.com/ Gear up for the 2018-2019 ski season by shopping Powder7 Ski Shop's massive selection of new and used gear at https://www.powder7.com/ Support the Adventure Sports Podcast by giving as low as $1/month to our efforts to produce this show at https://www.patreon.com/AdventureSportsPodcast Call and leave us a voicemail at 812-MAIL-POD or 812-624-5763 or send an email to info@adventuresportspodcast.com

Originally aired April 24, 2017 Anna-Marie Watson grew up in an outdoor-loving, adventurous family. The adventures continued into adulthood as she served nearly a decade in the British Army. Upon leaving the military, she knew she did not want a standard job and a "normal" life so, what did she do? She flew to New Zealand to bicycle the country. This started a series of adventures that led her to compete in the world half Ironman, running (and winning second place female the Marathon De Sables. She isn't slowing down either. She is currently training for The Ultra Trail Du Mont Blanc – a 171 km race around Mont Blanc. She offers coaching services as well through her company, Reach For More Coaching where she shares much about what it takes to build an adventure-focused lifestyle. www.rfmcoaching.com facebook.com/RFMCoaching twitter.com/RFMCoaching instagram.com/rfmcoaching Try CS Instant Coffee for 50% off your first order for the months of September and October only! Go to csinstant.coffee and use the code "ADVENTURE" at checkout. Support the Adventure Sports Podcast by giving as low as $1/month to our efforts to produce this show at patreon.com/AdventureSportsPodcast   Contact us at info@adventuresportspodcast.com