Singletrack With Mathias Eichler

Summer's not over. Mountains are still open and this week we get a full dose of high alpine inspiration from Chris Fisher who's the first person to complete the famous WURL, on the double. Yes, that Wasatch Ultimate Ridge Linkup dreamed up by Jared Campbell. And Chris, with the help of some friends and the incredible mountain running community is the first person to complete the full out and back of the route.

• Christopher Fisher on Instagram
• Jared Campbell's WURL page
• WURL on FKT
• Cirque Series

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Adventurer, climber and FKT Chaser Travis Soares shares the story of his massive summer project linking all 247 peaks of the Sierra Peak Section List in an incredible 117 days and change. We chat about the beauty of the Sierras and the inspiration we find in following other's footsteps.

• SPS 2022
• Travis Soares on Instagram
• Travis Soares on Fastest Known Time

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Barrett Gray and Charlie Levy are the first ones to successfully follow my footsteps and complete the Cushman Six. This FKT route above Lake Cushman in the Olympics is just the right mix of trail running, bushwhacking, and climbing to make it challenging, fun, and a very unique adventure experience. And Barrett and Charlie bring just the right amount of experience and speed to the project and take 4 hrs off the time I, Scott, and Chris established almost 2 years ago. Here is the story of their successful run of the Cushman Six. So honored to have them complete this project.

• Cushman Six
• Cushman Six on FKT
• Barrett and Charlie's run on FKT
• Barrett Gray on Instagram

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Singletrack is live from Chamonix for UTMB. Well, sort of. Keith Laverty is calling in from the (almost) finish line during the biggest event in trail running, UTMB week. Keith is sharing his experiences crewing his runners, navigating the Alps for the first time, and some personal impressions of the atmosphere in town. We're hyped! This is big!

• Keith Laverty – Seattle Running Coach on Team Run Run
• Keith Laverty on Instagram
• UTMB live coverage

• Alex Borsuk Hasenohr ran TDS 2021.
• Andrea Löw ran CCC 2021.
• Moritz auf der Heide was signed up for OCC this year but is injured.
• Matt Urbanski ran CCC in 2016 and DNF'ed this year's TDS.
• Maria Dalzot ran OCC in 2021 and is running CCC this year.
• Krissy Moehl won UTMB, in 2013 – the first UTMB ever.
• Hannes Namberger came in 6th last year at UTMB and is running in 2022, and sort of my secret favorite to win it all.
• Eva Sperger DNF'ed UTMB in 2019 and 2021 and Is running this year's race and is clearing in it for redemption.

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Lifelong runner, co-founder of the apparel brand Rabbit, and Santa Barbara Running Company co-owner Monica DeVreese joins Singletrack this week to share her personal journey into running. Monica talks about her transition from roads to trails and later ultra distances and getting picked from the waitlist for this year's Western States.

• Monica DeVreese on Instagram
• Santa Barbara Running Company
• Rabbit
• Cover photo by JC Joson

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Beast of Big Creek 2022 DFL Champions Dawn Golden and Jacque Hooyer are in the house. They join Singletrack to chat about training routines, how they decide on what races to run, and their major marathon projects for this fall. And of course the main conversation is around racing up and down the trails of Mt. Ellinor, joys and cheers at the aid station, and that special feeling of finishing last, but still being celebrated as winners.

• Dawn Golden on Instagram
• Jacque Hooyer on Instagram
• Beast of Big Creek will be back for 2023.

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Matt Urbanski is back on Singletrack and he's calling in from freakin' Chamonix. Jealous! Matt just ran the Hardrock 100 and is here to share what it means to toe this extraordinary start line for the first time and run alongside the legends of our sport. We chat about what makes a race so remarkable that people want to sign up for it year after year. And of course I had to ask Matt a bit about the atmosphere in Chamonix in these last few weeks before the biggest event in trail and mountain runnings.

• Team Run Run
• Matt Urbanski – running coach
• Team Run Run on Instagram
• Cover photo by Teddy Bross

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In this episode we take a new look at the difference between trail races in Europe and North America. German trail runner Steve Auch joins us and share his experience running the Zugspitz Trail, Lavardo, and Squamish and The Rut. His dream race, is and will be Western States, until the lottery gods finally grant him his wish.

• Steve Auch's website
• Steve Auch on Instagram
• Steve Auch on Strava
• Cover photo by Brian McCurdy

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Fresh off a fantastic race Brent Miller joins me to talk all about the Beast of Big Creek. It was an incredible day of racing and I loved hearing Brent stories from the trails, that I, as the race director didn't experience just sitting in camp waiting for runners to cross the finish line and hoping everything would go smoothly. Thanks to all the runners, volunteers, helpers and sponsors who made this incredible event happen. We're already excited for 2023.

• Brent Miller on Instagram
• Brent Miller on Strava
• Beast of Big Creek photo gallery

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This week we're traveling back to the Alps with Lauren Head. To be precise, we're heading to the magical, wonderful Dolomites. Lauren shares her story as she runs Lavaredo Ultra Trail around Cortina d'Ampezzo and rewards herself with all the gelato and pizza.

• Lauren Head on Instagram
• Lavaredo Ultra Trail
• Cinque Torri
• Beast of Big Creek on UltraSignup

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