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Very special guest Morgan Powell joins Singletrack to help me unveil the poster art for the Trail Running Film Festival's Global Tour 2026. We chat about the inspiration behind the artwork and get to know Morgen, the artist and athlete behind it all.

• Morgan Powell's design studio: Unthaw.co

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Almost exactly a year after Alex Rienzie first chatted with me on Singletrack he's back with an update on the legal case that kept the trail running community on perpetual whiplash for the entire year of 2025. Now with a full pardon in hand, Alex can share what really went down behind the scenes of Michelino Sunseri's FKT run on the Grand Teton. This is a story that takes us way beyond the mountains and the trails and into court rooms and board rooms and yes, all the way to the White House. What a bonkers story that makes one feel like up is down and down is up.

• Racing Grand Teton – the film
• Alex Rienzie on Instagram
• Alex Rienzie on Singletrack

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Steve joins the show from Bavaria, Germany and we're taking about the sentiment and response in the German trail running community after the announcement from a couple of weeks ago that Zugspitz Ultra Trail would join the UTMB World Series. Steve shares his personal history with the event and his thoughts and concerns about the future of this beloved annual gathering in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. We also chat about his race City & Trail in Alpenstadt on 16. May 2026. An event that previously was a stop of the German National Series of the Golden Trail Series. But even after losing that partnership the event is still growing, and is still attracting top runners from the region. And finally as it is timely we talk about Steve's long held dream to run Western States. With 128 tickets in the lottery, is it his turn this year?

• Steve's comments on Zugspitz on Youtube
• City und Trail 2026
• Steve on Singletrack

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When my friend and almost neighbor ran Western States this past month I knew I had bring the podcast back out of hibernation and have him on the show. Here's my chat with Jan Vleck from Olympia Washington, one of the oldest runners to have ever finished Western States. This one's special.

• Jan on Strava

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Marcel Höche is back on the show and he's calling in from Japan with an update on his never ending racing season. We talk what races he's ran in between finishing is masters degree and he gives us an behind the scenes look at his exciting new business venture: Sunn Nutrition, a brand new high carb drink mix.

• Marcel on Singletrack
• Marcel Höche on Instagram
• SUNN. Nutrition

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This weekend is a massive weekend of trail racing with several high profile events all over the world. The Canyons Endurance Runs by UTMB is happening in Auburn, California, and unlike last year, there's no livestream. I sit down with Jeff Pelletier, king of trail storytelling to discuss the history and the challenges for current version of livestreams and we talk about some ideas on how to move forward. If you're missing sitting the livestream this week, put this conversation in your ears and head out on run.

• Jeff Pelletier's website
• Jeff Pelletier on Instagram
• Jeff Pelletier on Youtube

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Michael Eaton, Brooks Trailhead store manager and host of the Trail Running Film Festival in Seattle joins me to share his person running journey from cross country in his youth back in Kentucky to this year's training block for OCC in Chamonix. We chat about the challenges of life, the highs and lows that come with that, and the peace that can be found in the dedication to a daily training regiment. Michael also shares some details about the Seattle show of the Trail Running Film Festival. Get your tickets!

• TRFF in Seattle
• Brooks Trailhead
• Michael Eaton on Instagram
• Michael Eaton on Strava
• Brooks Trailhead on Instagram

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Exciting announcement incoming! Rock Candy Running's Beast of Big Creek joins the Vert Running Series for the 2025 season. Scott Sowle is on the show to share the news and give us the details. Let the racing season in the PNW kick off!

• Beast of Big Creek
• Vert Running Series
• Scott Sowle on Singletrack

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Friend of the show Alex Bond is back and we're chatting about the fate of Outside. The company formerly known as America's best outdoor magazine and now just a shell of itself with lots and lots of tech under the hood. The news about the latest rounds of layoffs paired with the news they are buying another technology provider puzzles us and Alex and I are here to chat about it. This is a requiem of sort.

• Outside is Done?
• Outside Buys More Tech
• Alex Bond on Singletrack

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This special episode was made possible through the amazing support from Tailwind Nutrition. Maggie Guterl is back as Singletrack co-host on this second episode of a two-part series dedicated to the wonderful, crazy, and often endlessly long world of Backyard Ultras. This week we chat with Sam Harvey and Harvey Lewis. We take a deeper look at the motivations, strategies and principles that can bring you success at this race format that's growing in popularity all over the world. Talking to these champions of the sport I find myself in awe of what humans are able to achieve… and I find myself scanning UltraSignup for the nearest Backyard Ultra event.

Thank you Tailwind for partnering with Singletrack to share the stories of these incredible people of our sport.

• Sam Harvey's website
• Sam Harvey on Instagram
• Harvey Lewis on Instagram
• Living Ultra with Harvey and Kelly on Youtube
• RunUp4Water – Kilimanjaro
• Backyard Ultra
• Tailwind Nutrition
• Part 1: 'Believe in What's Possible', with Fiona Hayvice and Courtney Dauwalter

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