Hot off the Arizona trails is Becca Windell, celebrating not only her podium finish at Black Canyon 100k but capturing one of the elusive golden tickets to Western States 100K.

Her passion for wildlife led her down the path to her career as a biologist, studying diseases threatening the fauna in the American west.

We also chat about her experience at The Bear 100 in 2021; her only 100 miler to date and what she learned at The Canyons in 2021 that helped her to succeed at this year's Black Canyons.

She also shares her dreams of racing in the new World Trail Majors series and her answers to rapid-fire questions about her life, career, and interests add a fun twist to the episode.

Here is Becca Windell...

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Tania shares a fascinating chronicle of her journey into ultra running, from her initial days of being a non-runner to resolutely training and completing ultra-marathons, over 20 to date. 

She details her latest adventure, to race across five deserts (Namibia, Gobi, Jordan, Antarctica, Chile) in 12 months with the aim of raising funds for Indigenous children in Mexico. 

Find out why she chose this challenge in particular and what race she ultimately has set her sights on for 2025.

We plan to check back in with Tania after each desert race to find out how it went!

All this and more so stick around

Here is Tania...

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Tania's Coaching/Pod/Charity here : https://www.runstrongcoaching.com/

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Jakob Herrmann is a Swiss living in California, and an experienced runner who has completed an incredible number of races including seventy-nine marathons, over fifty 50K’s, and twenty-five 100 milers. His first ultra was back in 2005 at the JFK 50 - go big or go home!   

Some of his more notable races include Javelina 100, Rio Del Largo 100, and Man vs Horse. 

Jakob is also the race director of the Swiss Alps 100 which is a qualifier for three of the biggest North American races - Hardrock, Western States 100, and Badwater 135. It includes over 10,000 metres of climbing in a stunning setting around the Alps.

Which means you better sign up early for the Swiss Alps 100 because it will sell out quickly!

All this and more so stick around

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Marcus Kjellberg is an ultra runner with diabetes and content creator from Sweden.  We came across one of his YouTube videos that he created about the Val D’Aran race in Spain last year - it’s an event put on by UTMB and some say the 100 miler is equal to or harder than the UTMB’s 100 miler.

During his Val D'Aran experience it turned into a lightning show and the race was stopped,  what happened next? 

We also chat with Marcus about some of his other YT videos such as his UTMB and Kullamannen 100 races.  

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Wow Wow Wow !!

What a year 2023 has been, we hit 100 episodes and chatted with amazing ultra athletes.

The 4 events in our Gotta Run Racing series were a success and we have added more content on our YouTube Channel with new virtual runs, our running adventures and Podcast chats.  Head on over to our Youtube channel and subscribe to not miss any uploaded videos.

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Holly Grahn is an ultra runner, certified registered Hypnotherapist and Life Coach living in British Columbia. She has conquered some of Canada's epic ultra races finishing the Canadian Death Race 4xs as well as Fat Dog 120 and Squamish 50 just to name a few,  through her coaching, she specializes in helping runners change their mindset, reduce stress, improve focus and visualize success! 

In our chat with Holly we will discuss her ultra running journey and how hypnotherapy helped her succeed and could possibly help you in your running journey. 

Here is Holly...

You can follow Holly on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/leadingedgehypno/

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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...

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Based out of San Francisco, California, 30 year old Anna Kacius is an endurance athlete with an impressive resume, including qualifying for the Olympic marathon Trials in 2020 and competing for Team USA at the 100K World Championships in Berlin 2022.

Anna placed 4th at Black Canyon 100K this year, and recently won the Javelina Jundred 100K breaking the course record by 25 mins with a time of 8:13! She was 2nd overall.

We chat with Anna about all this and more including her plans for next year which include a WSER golden ticket attempt at Black Canyons.

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Jon Rea, fresh off his Javelina Jundred record breaking win with a time of 12:43, earned his third golden ticket to Western States.

We chat about his very first ultra - the Golden Gate Dirty 30 50K back in 2015 and Desert Rats 100k (50k) which earned him a spot at CCC this past summer. 

He also shares his thoughts on the UTMB/WAM controversy and going back to WSER in 2024.

All this and more! Here is Jonathan...

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Blake Slattengren of Seattle, Washington had a great performance in his debut 100 miler at Javelina Jundred this year, coming in second and snagging his first Golden Ticket to Western States 100.

We chat with Blake about how he started in the ultra scene with his first race in New Zealand the Old Ghost Ultra - 85K in 2021 then went on to win the next 5 out of his 7 ultras.

We chat about the ultra scene in and around Seattle and his battle for 2nd place and Golden Ticket at Javelina 100!

All this and more.

Here is Blake...

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