Singletrack With Mathias Eichler

Breaking news from this morning: Fastest Known Time sells to Outside Interactive. Here's a first commentary by Alex Bond, Ashly Winchester and Jason Hardrath on the possibly exciting changes and the worries for the trail running community.

• New Owners of Fastest Known Time
• Outside Interactive, Inc. Acquires Fastest Known Time
• Alex Bond Instagram
• Ashly Winchester Instagram
• Jason Hardrath Instagram

For this special episode Thomas Reiss returns to Singletrack to share the story of his epic climb of Aconcagua, the highest mountain outside the Himalayas. What a perfect inspiration to chase vert during Virtual VERT Challenge weekend.

• Thomas Reiss
• Thomas Reiss on Instagram
• #208: 'Schinken, Eier und Nudeln'

Thank you Tailwind Nutrition, COROS and Nathan Sports for supporting the Virtual VERT Challenge.

Zooming in from the beautiful Methow Valley Alison Naney is a trail runner, running coach, massage therapist and owner of Cascade Endurance. We chat about running a business and running the Grand Canyon.

• Cascade Endurance
• Alison Naney on Instagram
• Women of Distance podcast

Keith Laverty is back on the show to talk about his win at last weekend's Fat-Ass style Burt 55K on Bainbridge Island, Washington. We chat about how to build a race and adventure run calendar for the year and we share some fun new gear for 2022.

• Coach Keith Laverty
• Keith Laverty on Instagram
• Gorge Waterfalls
• Javalina Jundred
• Rabbit
• Poulsbo Running
• Salomon Soft Flask XA Filter
• Garmin Forerunner 945 LTE
• Speedland PDX
• Rock Candy Running's Virtual VERT Challenge

Trail Legend Krissy Moehl joins Singletrack to talk about circumnavigating Mt. Baker, her upcoming book release and Chuckanut 50. It's Krissy's 20th year directing this classic ultra in the Chuckanut Mountains outside Bellingham, Washington. We chat about the history of the race, the gritty details of permitting and rules during COVID and what this race means to her and the trail community here in the PNW and beyond.

• Chuckanut 50
• Chuckanut 50 on Instagram
• Krissy Moehl
• Krissy Moehl on Instagram
• Running Your First Ultra – Krissy Moehl

Cover photo by Glenn Tachiyama.

Tailwind Nutrition is sponsoring the Virtual VERT Challenge!

This week I am chatting with Daniel Probst, race director of the one of a kind Mt. Baker Ultra. After racing Tor De Geants Dan was inspired to bring this race with a 100+ year history back to life. Hear about the challenges and beauty of creating a race route that traverses glaciers, crosses rivers and requires serious mountain expertise by the participants and volunteers alike.

• Mount Baker Ultra
• Mount Baker Ultra on Instagram
• Tor des Géants
• Tifosi Swank XL sunglasses

Cover photo by Chris Duppenthaler.

High altitude mountaineer and explorer Andrew Hughes joins us for a very special episode of Singletrack to share his story and journey from growing up in the shadow of Mount Rainier to climbing the Seven Summits.

• Andrew Hughes
• Andrew Hughes on Instagram

First Ten to the Top – Brand new Singletrack Shirt now available.

World traveller and running coach Matt Urbanski joins Singletrack this week. He's the co-founder of Team Run Run the popular online marketplace for running coaches. I asked him to try to convince me that I should get myself a running coach for this upcoming year of running. Will he succeeded?

• Team Run Run
• Team Run Run on Instagram

Brought to you by the Virtual VERT Winter Challenge 2022

When I stumbled upon the 'Women who FKT' project I got super excited and needed to know more. Instigator Marta Fisher is here to tell her story, the inspiration behind the project and the call to action. Here's to a summer filled with adventure, and FKT chasing.

• Women who FKT
• Women who FKT on Instagram

Brought to you by the Virtual VERT Winter Challenge 2022

Jason Reathaford joins us from the other side of the state to share his story into ultra running, from conquering 100 milers himself to becoming the race director for the Badger Mountain Challenge in Richland, WA. We chat about challenges for race directors to keep being a UTMB qualifying race to the love for this sport way beyond the comfort zone.

• Badger Mountain Challenge
• Badger on Facebook
• La Sportiva Bushido II GTX