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It’s that time of year again. Spine Race season!
From now until the end of the year we will be releasing special Spine race episodes.
We will hear from the team behind the scenes from the organisation, from the media team and from the runners themselves.
We will deliver the big names hoping to do well again and also throw in some wildcard entries to keep your eyes fixed on the dots.

First up we have Lindley Chambers, who is responsible for finalising the route and overseeing everything kit related. If you’ve had any involvement with the race personally then Lindley’s name will be familiar to you.
He may strike fear into the hearts of many, but deep down he is just a passionate runner who shoulders the heavy responsibility of making sure nobody gets hurt or lost on Britain’s most brutal race!

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In this episode of the podcast I speak to James Elson.

James is well known for his exploits as a long course ultrarunner who’s completed some of the toughest and most prestigious races around the globe.
He’s also the race director and head honcho at Centurion Running, who put on some of the best 50-100 mile ultramarathons in the UK.
We talk about his own running career competing at The Spine Race, Tour De Geants and Western States.
We also dive into the new World Trail Majors series that Centurions very own South Downs Way race is now part of.
James also give us his perspective on the whole UTMB saga as it rumbles on in the trail running community and his thoughts on the direction that our sport will go in.

Super nice guy and was a pleasure to interview him.

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In this special episode of the podcast I get the exclusive first interview with the IRONMAN UTMB group about the recent events with Gary Robbins WAM races and UTMB’s new Whistler Ultra Trail race.
I recently posted on social media that I was worried that we weren’t really hearing directly from them about what happened and their own perspective on what went down.
I got the chance to virtually sit down with Paul Huddle - Senior director of global trail running and Keats Mcgonigal - Vice president of North American operations and ask them all the awkward questions that we in the trail running community have been wanting to ask them!

Did they push out WAM intentionally? Or was it just a right place at the right time scenario?

Did they regret their decision to host the race on that same weekend in September?
How do they feel about the outpouring of anger towards Ironman for the announcement?

And most importantly, how do they, and how do we, all move on from all of this to get back to the sport that we all love. Trail running in beautiful places!

It was an eye opening interview for myself and I feel a lot more informed about what went down in Whistler.

But don’t just take my word for it. Have a listen and see if you feel any different.
Also please share the link for this episode everywhere you can on socials, so that more people get to hear both sides of this story!

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On this episode of the podcast myself and Ben Wells Runs Fells speak to Kate Allen from the RunUltra website.

Last week I wrote an article for the website discussing the current controversy surrounding the UTMB/Iron Man situation in Whistler.

We have an unbiased conversation about who could be to blame (if anyone even is) and how the trail running community around the world have reacted to the announcement of their new race in British Columbia.

We talk about the ethics of the decision to put the race on the same weekend that Gary Robbins and his Coast mountain trail running  normally have their own WAM races.
We chat about if it’s intentional, or just bad timing. Have a listen and decide for yourself.

Kate also tells about the new inov8 store that’s opened up in Bakewell, serving the needs of trail runners in the Peak District.
We also have the usual catch up about injury and the Spine race, so for those of you who play, get your Spine Bingo cards out! 

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On this episode of the podcast i speak to Matt Buck - AKA Running Bucky.

Matt has been in the sport of ultra running for many years and has turned his love of trail running, into a profitable business.

After a moment of inspiration at Marathon De Sables, he decided that running coaches don’t all have to be idiots. He also realised that there are many people out there who want to start trail running, but don’t know how to get started.
Running Adventures was born out of that idea.

We talk about his long standing relationship with Salomon as part of their trail running team and we talk about his other great passion, music.

Obviously it wouldn’t be an ultra-running Sam podcast if we didn’t talk about The Spine Race. So to keep all of the Spine bingo players out there happy, we dived into his DNF at this years race in January and how he feels about it on reflection.

Matt is a great guy and has had a lot of success coaching and guiding runners up and down the country.
It was a pleasure to speak to him.

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On this episode of the podcast I speak to the ultra running legend John Kelly - AKA Random Forest Runner.

We talk about his background as a data scientist. How it helps with the planning and execution of running a really really long way.
We dive into his running history and how he ended up running The Barkley Marathons as his first official ultra!

We also answer the question that everyone asked me to put to him, is he coming back to The Spine Race in 2024?

To find out the answer to this and much more, please watch, listen and subscribe on all platforms!

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On this episode of the podcast I speak to Ellis Bland, fresh off his win at Lakes In A Day.

This was a deep conversation that took me off guard to begin with. We talked at great lengths about body dysmorphia in men, how we seem to perpetuate the notion that “lighter is faster” and the rise of the hybrid athlete in ultramarathons.

We talk about his love of all types of running and his passion for racing in more of a North American style, different to how he’s perceived as a “fell runner”

We obviously talk about Vaga and it’s rise from being an idea, to now dominating the running world selling caps and beanies in 30+ countries globally.

Ellis is a very intelligent and interesting guy and I believe he will go on to become a truly great ultra runner on the world stage!

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In this episode of the podcast I speak to Richard Lazenby about his recent win at the 13 Valleys - 7 valleys race.

We talk about his background in trail and ultra and how he got to be toeing the line at the inaugural Lake District 100km ultra last weekend.

We talk about his approach to training, dealing with niggles in the lead up to this race and how he specifically trained to meet the demands of a tough mountain race.

We talk about his creative side and his day job as a tattoo artist.

Richard is an interesting guy and he was a pleasure to speak to.

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On this episode of the podcast I speak to Damian Hall.

This is Damo’s third time on the podcast and we wasted no time getting into the nitty gritty of a few things that have happened in the last week, in the world of running and ultramarathons.

Firstly Damo gives his personal thoughts on the sad news about the famous Sycamore Gap tree being felled overnight by vandals.

We then talk about Adidas’s new ‘single use shoe’ and how the Green Runners are obviously most disturbed about it coming to market.

After those two rants, we then get onto another hot topic……UTMB and their recent addition of Dacia as a leading sponsor.

We even have time to talk about his recent 4th place at TDG and his training leading up to the Spine race this coming January.

A great listen if you are interested in keeping up to date with what he and the other Green Runners are up to on our behalf.


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Something a bit different for this episode. I speak to friend of the show Ben Wells about all things fell running.

Ben is involved with all things fell running in north Wales. We talk about the history of fell running, the events available to everyone and his favourites.

I also fire your questions about fell running at him. So thanks to everyone that sent in their questions for Ben and hopefully we managed to suitably answer some of them to the best of our ability.

Let me know your thoughts on wether this format works or not and we may have a regular guest spot for Ben going forward!

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