Let's Talk Trail Running

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Links Discussed in Show:

2025 Zegama IRunFar recap by Deki Fourcin.

Subhub Headlines Article with Zegama top 10 times.

IRunFar Article on how to win the Zegama Marathon by Mallory Richard.

Golden Trail World Series Youtube Recap from 2025 Race.

List of past winners at Zegama.

Zegama Weather Forecast.

Author’s Note: Feel free to skip forward from 30:00 to about 32:30 into the podcast due to technical difficulties and apologies for some profanity. I thought the window that I was recording the podcast on had been closed but was mistaken. Once it was fixed I decided to keep rolling rather than restart 30 minutes in. My sincerest apologies!

Links Discussed:

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2025 IRunFar recap by Deki Fourcin:

https://www.irunfar.com/2025-transvulcania-ultramarathon-results

2026 IRunFar Preview by Justin Mock:

https://www.irunfar.com/2026-transvulcania-ultramarathon-preview

Peter Frano Strava File:

https://www.strava.com/activities/14437004064/overview

46 miles, 14,000 feet of vert on Spanish Canary island of La Palma off the northwest of Morocco.

Course Records:

Men’s: Luis Alberto Hernando 6:52:39 in 2015

Women’s: Ruth Croft 8:02:49 in 2024

The 6th Skyrunning World Series race of the year is here and it is a stacked field on both sides. Today we’ll discuss the favorites from both races as well as recap some happenings this past week from UTMB Canyons, MIUT 115k, and the London Marathon.

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Links Discussed in Episode:

2024 Race Recap Video on the Traditional Race route.

2022 Mens Course Record Strava File from Sylvain Cachard.

La Pointe Pessey Youtube Documentary.

Davide Magnini Presanella Salomon TV Documentary.

The final golden tickets for entry into 2026 Western States Endurance Run are up for grabs this weekend. Who would be the most exciting racers to add to the field that aren’t in yet? On the men’s side you’ve got to imagine it would be great to have previous winner Adam Peterman back in along with either Hayden Hawks or Zach Miller while on the women’s side Riley Brady could really add more zest to what is already an extremely spicy field in the women’s race.

The northern hemisphere trail season is fully here by now with a big weekend of racing that includes Madeira Island Ultra Trail 115k (MIUT) and Canyons by UTMB this weekend. Here is a race preview for MIUT 115k with a strong men’s field and a women’s field that should be a battle between a trio of favorites.

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Links Discussed in Podcast:

2025 MIUT IRunFar Race Recap.

Freetrail Interview with Rod Farvard.

Youtube video of Aurélien Dunand-Pallaz.

Philipp Ausserhofer instagram profile.

Vincent Esmiol Échappée Belle Strava File.

Trail Talk Podcast Interview with Rebecca Horman.

A double whammy preview episode with two big sub-ultra races next weekend. One Skyrunning World Series race and one of Freetrail’s very own races with a nice prize purse thrown in. We’ve got Skyrunning World Series Champions and Golden Trail World Series Champions kicking off their season with their first races of the year at Calamorro Skyrace.

Links Discussed in Podcast:

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Luca Del Pero 2025 Calamorro Course Record Race

Sara Alonso 2025 Calamorro Course Record Race

Links discussed in show:

Zaid Malek BBC Article

IRunFar Chianti Race Recap from 2025.

Kilian Jornet strava file from 2025 Chianti 120k race.

Roberto Delorenzi strava file from 2025 Tenerife 47k race.

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Join me as I preview the first European race of the 2026 Skyrunner World Series season, including 3 of the top 4 men’s short trail finishers from worlds last year. I also discuss the results of the 2026 Transgrancanaria classic which saw a sweep from the Albons and some notable drops on both the men’s and women’s fields.

Articles Mentioned on Podcast: Skyrunner Website description and Skyrunner Substack Preview from last year’s race. Transgrancanaria Recap from IRunFar.

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Question: What do last year’s UTMB winner, a 3 time Lavaredo winner, a 2 time CCC winner, and a dual winner of OCC/CCC have in common?

Answer: They’ll all be lining up at this year’s Transgrancanaria start line for an early season show down- Tom Evans, Hannes Namberger, Hayden Hawks, and Jon Albon are all lining up at this early season classic to do battle.

The women’s field includes two of last year’s podium finishers and a 2025 TROY top 10 finisher lining up for her first time in Sunmaya Budha.

Articles Mentioned in Podcast: IRunFar 2025 Recap

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