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Welcome to Episode 3 of the Trail to South Korea!

In this ep, hear about a hiccup in Sarah's training as she navigates illness and moving state, and a rundown of what a massive training camp week in Bright looks like for Mikey and Charlie. 

The crew then talk everything nutrition and gear - from training nutrition, sweat rates, belt vs pack, the weight of gear, shoe choices, and more! Many little gems of info for runners of all levels in this one. 

Thanks for listening!

Sarah: @sarahludo

Charlie: @cowboyhamilton

Mikey: @mikey_dimuantes

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Welcome to Episode 25 of Peak Pursuits, your ultimate podcast for everything trail running in Australia. This week’s episode is hosted by Sim Brick, Jess Jason and Vlad Ixel and takes you through their training/race weeks, discusses/tries to understand the Camille Herron Wikipedia scandal, and covers some results from the week around the country!

Start - 40:00 :-Training/Race Talk

The discussion of how to best prepare for the Asia Pacific Trail Running Championships continues with Jess and Vlad recapping where they are at - including the challenges of recovery for Jess and some insane vert training from Vlad. Then hear about Sim’s chaotic week of travel and jumping in races at the last minute including a win at Ultra Trail Lago Maggiore!

40:00 - 56:00 :- Trail Running News

It’s not often a scandal pops up in trail running but this week socials have been blowing up with an interesting situation regarding Camille Herron and Wikipedia, so the team discusses what happened and some of their thoughts about what seems to be a very messy situation! Also on the news board this week is the announcement of more UTMB trail races in Asia that gives Aussies more easier-to-access options to qualify.

56:00 - 1:02:45 :- Race Results

We then cover a few Aussie races that went down over the weekend:

Duval Dam Buster (Thanks for sending in info Kisimir Gregory): https://my.raceresult.com/309030/#0_4D6867

Run the Maine: https://tomatotiming.racetecresults.com/results.aspx?CId=16&RId=29711&EId=1&dt=0

Great Southern Half Marathon: https://eventstrategies.racetecresults.com/results.aspx?CId=90&RId=552

1:02:45 - End : What’s coming up

Lastly, we do a quick run through of the upcoming trail races around the country and what is coming up for us.

Thanks for tuning in to Peak Pursuits! Connect with us on Instagram @peakpursuits.pod to share your thoughts, questions, and your own trail stories. Until next time, keep hitting the trails and chasing those peak pursuits!

Jess: @jess.jason95

Sim: @theflyingbrick_

Vlad: @vladixel

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Welcome to episode 2 of the Trail to South Korea!   

In this ep, hear a more in depth replay of what the training weeks of Sarah, Charlie and Mikey look like, before we do a deep dive into the courses for APTRC.  

 Plenty of insights in this one into the different approaches to the race and thoughts behind each of the key sections, which may help your own mental approach to your next trail event!   

Thanks for listening!

Sarah: @sarahludo

Charlie: @cowboyhamilton

Mikey: @mikey_dimuantes

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Welcome to Episode 24 of Peak Pursuits, your ultimate podcast for everything trail running in Australia. This week’s episode is hosted by Sim Brick, Jess Jason and Vlad Ixel and takes you through their training/race weeks, answers a listener question about backyard ultras and covers some big results from the week around the country!

Start - 37:20 :-Training/Race Talk

Hear where Jess is up to in her training post Hounslow and how the first trail marathon has affected her. Then hear about Vlad’s search for vert in his training for Asia Pacific Trail Running champs and how he got 6000m in a week in Perth. Finally hear about Sim’s worst race of the year so far at altitude in Mammoth lakes - this is recorded only 2hrs post finishing so you get a very raw recap!

37:20 - 55:45:- Listener Question: Backyard Ultras

The team answers a listener question about backyard ultras and give their training advice/how they think they would train if they were to do one themselves.

55:45 - 1:02:00:- Race Results

We then cover a few  Aussie races that went down over the weekend:

Surf Coast Century - https://tomatotiming.racetecresults.com/Results.aspx?CId=16&RId=29707

Yurebilla - https://eventstrategies.racetecresults.com/results.aspx?CId=90&RId=556

Sydney Trail Series - St Ives: https://my.raceresult.com/309783/results#0_F927D2

1:02:00 - End : What’s coming up

Lastly, we do a quick run through of the upcoming trail races around the country and what is coming up for us.

Thanks for tuning in to Peak Pursuits! Connect with us on Instagram @peakpursuits.pod to share your thoughts, questions, and your own trail stories. Until next time, keep hitting the trails and chasing those peak pursuits!

Jess: @jess.jason95

Sim: @theflyingbrick_

Vlad: @vladixel

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Welcome to the first Peak Pursuits Podcast special series!

Follow Sarah Ludowici, Charlie Hamilton and Mikey Dimuantes in their lead up to the inaugural Asia Pacific Trail Running Championships in South Korea this October. 

In this first episode you'll be introduced to these three powerhouses of Australian trail running and hear how their year so far has panned out. 

Listen in to future episodes to get break downs of their training weeks, hear about their nutrition and gear planning, how they navigate the travel, and so much more!

Thanks for listening!

Sarah: @sarahludo

Charlie: @cowboyhamilton

Mikey: @mikey_dimuantes

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Welcome to Episode 23 of Peak Pursuits, your ultimate podcast for everything trail running in Australia. This week’s episode is hosted by Jess Jason, Brodie Nankervis and Maddy Reynolds! This ep was a bit of a struggle with internet connections in Albania for Brodie but the team brings you updates from Maddy and Jess, a great discussion on mentally dealing with injuries that evolves into a discussion of body image, and as usual all the results from the week.

Start - 26:00 :-Training Talk

Hear an update of what Maddy has been up to since we last spoke to her post OCC and her struggles with biking in France, including a discussion about the how and when to return to different types of training after bigger races as Jess and Maddy both currently are.

26:00 - 50:15 :- Listener Question Gone Wonderfully Rogue (content warning - body image)

The team answers a listener question about mentally dealing with injuries, and in doing so Jess and Maddy open up on the much needed discussion of body image in running, fueling, and the things they have had to deal with in relation to theses to get to where they are today.

50:15 - 58:00 :- Race Results

We then cover the Aussie results at GTWS and a couple of Aussie races that went down over the weekend:

Headlands 27km GTWS: https://my.raceresult.com/300132/results

Pilliga Ultra: https://tempus.racetecresults.com/results.aspx?CId=16516&RId=385&EId=2

Mighty Jarrah Half Marathon: https://bluechipresults.com.au/results.aspx?CId=11&RId=1764&EId=6

58:00 - End : What’s coming up

Lastly, we do a quick run through of the upcoming trail races around the country and what is coming up for us.

Thanks for tuning in to Peak Pursuits! Connect with us on Instagram @peakpursuits.pod to share your thoughts, questions, and your own trail stories. Until next time, keep hitting the trails and chasing those peak pursuits!

Jess: @jess.jason95

Brodie: @brodie_nank

Maddy: @maddyreynolds98

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Welcome to Episode 22 of Peak Pursuits, your ultimate podcast for everything trail running in Australia. This week’s episode is hosted by Sim Brick, Vlad Ixel and Jess Jason! The team brings you updates from Vlad and Sim and Jess’ race recap of her win at Hounslow; before diving into a review of all the results from the week including the awesome Aussie team at SkyRunning World Champs!

Start - 59:30 :- Vlad update, nutrition talk, Jess’ race recap and Sim’s race prep.

With the running news light on this week, most of the ep is catching up with the team as we get an update from Vlad after the whirlwind end to his 12 weeks in Europe - with a side tangent all things Bix nutrition and where trail running nutrition is heading in general. Then we get the deep dive from Jess of all the lessons from her triumphant first trail marathon, taking the win at Hounslow Classic against an incredible field of women! There was lessons galore that we get to her just how Jess came out on top of, and the brutal aftermath of her longest race yet. We end this segment with hearing about Sim’s final lead into her next two Golden Trail Series races in the USA on her training stint in Font Romeu.

59:30 - 1:05:45 :- SkyRunning World Champs Brief Recap

We start our results for the week with a rundown of all the Aussie performances at the SkyRunning World Champs in Spain, with some great results across the board from the team in some gnarly and steep terrain! We will be aiming to get

1:05:40 - 1:14:15 :- Aussie Race Results

We then cover a couple of Aussie races that went down over the weekend:

Hownslow Classic: https://www.multisportaustralia.com.au/races/hounslow-classic-2024

Sturt Gorge Trail Run: https://eventstrategies.racetecresults.com/results.aspx?CId=90&RId=553

Kedumba Half Marathon: ttps://tempus.racetecresults.com/results.aspx?CId=16516&RId=391&EId=1&dt=2

Coastal Classic: https://www.racetecresults.com/results.aspx?CId=16253&RId=6242

1:14:15 - End : What’s coming up

Lastly, we do a quick run through of the upcoming trail races around the country and what is coming up for us.

Thanks for tuning in to Peak Pursuits! Connect with us on Instagram @peakpursuits.pod to share your thoughts, questions, and your own trail stories. Until next time, keep hitting the trails and chasing those peak pursuits!

Sim: @theflyingbrick_

Jess: @jess.jason95

Vlad: @vladixel

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Welcome to Episode 21 of Peak Pursuits, your ultimate podcast for everything trail running in Australia. This week’s episode is hosted by Sim Brick, Brodie Nankervis and guest host Maddy Reynolds! The team brings you a short interview with Maddy complete with a brilliant trail fail story; before diving into a review of all things UTMB,  covering this week's Aussie results, and a quick look at the team for Skyrunning World Champs coming up next weekend!

Start - 25:00 :- Meet Maddy + Maddy’s OCC Recap

First up, meet Maddy and hear about her start in trail running during covid, her quick rise to some incredible results on the trail in Aus and her recent move to live in France. We also get a full run down of Maddy’s day coming a brilliant 31st female at OCC, complete with how she got lost, her favourite parts of the course and how it felt to be out there!

25:00 - 43:20 :- Brodie/Sim Update

We then get a very quick update from Brodie as he leads into the VK at Skyrunning World Champs next week and hear from Sim about her week of two halves with some big runs followed by the biggest downfall of being a traveling coeliac athlete. The roller coaster continues in a if-you-don’t-laugh-you’ll-cry kinda fashion!

43:20 - 50:00 :- Trail Fail

Maddy brings us a whopper of a trail fail this week with the story of a ‘short’ run in Italy that ended with being driven home in a Police car, and Sim embarrassingly manages to fall into an electric fence.

50:00- 1:20:00 :- UTMB Recap

In our race results segment, we first of all cover all things Aussie UTMB results before running through the overall results and giving some of our performances of the week. With so many to choose from the team have some good stories from the top end of the field and further back!

1:20:00 - 1:25:30 :- Weekend Race Results

We then cover a couple of Aussie races that went down over the weekend:

Coastal High Fun Run: https://results.sportseventservices.com.au/results.aspx?CId=16287&RId=6381

Cape Pallarenda Fun Run: https://my.raceresult.com/256324/

2:25:30 - End : What’s coming up

Lastly, we do a quick run through of the Australian team for the Skyrunning World Championships next weekend which we will dive deeper into on next week's ep, before highlighting the upcoming trail races around the country and what is coming up for us.

Thanks for tuning in to Peak Pursuits! Connect with us on Instagram @peakpursuits.pod to share your thoughts, questions, and your own trail stories. Until next time, keep hitting the trails and chasing those peak pursuits!

Sim: @theflyingbrick_

Brodie: @brodie_nank

Maddy: @maddyreynolds98

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Welcome to Episode 20 of Peak Pursuits, your ultimate podcast for everything trail running in Australia. This week’s episode is hosted by Sim Brick, Brodie Nankervis and guest Claire O’Brien-Smith! The team brings you a UTMB Preview for Aussies and overall, Brodie’s Recap of his day out at Kima, and this week's results from Aus and Aussies around the world!

Start - 37:00 :- Meet Claire + UTMB Preview

First up, meet Claire and hear about her start in trail running, her less than ideal day out at UTMB last year, and how her preparation has gone for another crack at the 176km loop this year! We then run through the top ranked Aussies in each distance and a preview of the STACKED fields in UTMB, CCC and OCC.

37:00 - 1:10:45 :- Trofeo Kima Recap

We then get a blow by blow rundown from Brodie about his race at Trofeo Kima, an absolute beast of a 50km race in Italy that didn’t quite go to plan but provided a lot of lessons. Sim and Brodie discuss the lessons learned that Brodie will take forward and then Sim rounds out this section with a very brief update on her training rebuild after her woes of the last couple weeks.

1:10:45 - 1:11:30:- Trail Fail

We’ve all done that thing where you say you’ll be back from a trail loop in an hour or two and end up out there for double the time planned right? We would love to hear submissions for the most wild stories of expected time vs actual time on a trail, hit us with your best!

1:11:30 - 1:19:45:- Weekend Race Results

In our race results segment, we cover this week’s trail races, including:

Capital to Coast: https://my.raceresult.com/304544/results

Sydney Ultra Marathons: https://my.raceresult.com/305075/

Wonderland Run Grampians: https://www.webscorer.com/race?raceid=363283

Cirque Series: https://competitivetiming.com/cirque-series-grand-targhee-wy-results/

1:19:45 - End : What’s coming up

Lastly, we highlight the upcoming trail races around the country and what to look out for on the global scene.

Thanks for tuning in to Peak Pursuits! Connect with us on Instagram @peakpursuits.pod to share your thoughts, questions, and your own trail stories. Until next time, keep hitting the trails and chasing those peak pursuits!

Sim: @theflyingbrick_

Brodie: @brodie_nank

Claire: @claireobriensmith

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Welcome to Episode 19 of Peak Pursuits, your ultimate podcast for everything trail running in Australia. This week’s episode is hosted by Sim Brick, Jess Jason and Brodie Nankervis, with a brief cameo interview from Anders Kjaerevik of Norway! The team brings you updates on their races, this week's results, and cover this week's trail running news.

Start - 44:00 :- Training/Race Talk - First up, hear about Jess’ build to Hounslow and the things she is learning along the way to her first trail marathon. Then hear about Brodies final preparations for Trofeo Kima including meeting up with Vlad in person for the first time for a hard long run! Then Sim gives an update on her race that wasn’t a race at the Golden Trail World Series in Poland.

44:00 - 48:50 :- Trail Running/Podcast News

***Peak Pursuits UTMB Shakeout Run*** - We are going to host our first live running event to try and get as many aussies and anyone else that wants to join as possible together in Chamonix during UTMB week! Details: Monday 26th August, Meet 8:30 am at the Bix Hydration Expo tent for an ~30min easy run. Post run hydration at the Bix tent!

Also in exciting news, the Australian Team for the Asia-Pacific Trail Running Championships in South Korea in October was announced by AUTRA this week! It includes two of the podcasts own as part of a very strong team to go tackle the short trail, long trail and junior races. 

48:50 - 58:00 :- Listener Question - We tackle one listener question and one host question this week. The listener question comes in from Toby Sparkes and asks about how important ITRA points might be for world championship selection next year. Then Jess asks for advice about how to carry the mandatory 2L of fluid for Hounslow as she has never had to carry this amount before so Sim, Brodie and Anders all give their strategies.

58:00 - 1:14:20 :- Meet Anders! - Anders  is adventuring around Krakow with Sim after the GTWS race so he jumps in for a quick cameo chat to hear some stories and a different approach to trail running. Hear about Ander’s home in Norway, his strava art, his homemade ‘Human sized hamster wheel’ treadmill, his homemade altitude chamber mishaps and how he has experimented with his training to get the best results.

1:14:20 - 1:22:00 :- Weekend Race Results

In our race results segment, we cover this week’s trail races, including:

Run Larapinta - https://tomatotiming.racetecresults.com/results.aspx?CId=16&RId=29690

Myponga Loop -  https://eventstrategies.racetecresults.com/results.aspx?CId=90&RId=546

Glenbrook Trail Marathon - https://tempus.racetecresults.com/results.aspx?CId=16516&RId=390&EId=3

Cirque series - https://competitivetiming.com/results/2024/245535E

1:22:00 - End : What’s coming up - Lastly, we highlight the upcoming trail races around the country and what to look out for on the global scene.

Thanks for tuning in to Peak Pursuits! Connect with us on Instagram @peakpursuits.pod to share your thoughts, questions, and your own trail stories. Until next time, keep hitting the trails and chasing those peak pursuits! 

Sim: @theflyingbrick_

Jess: @jessjason

Brodie: @brodie_nank

Anders: @andersponny

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