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Welcome to 'The Chamonix Tapes' an inside look at the adidas Terrex Team during the 2021 UTMB. Starting on Tuesday August 24th and running through to Sunday August 29th, there will be a daily podcast release for your audio pleasure. In The Chamonix Tapes 6, we speak with Emily Hawgood and Petter Engdahl. "This summer has been amazing, from not being able to travel to being here in the Alps for 2-months has been superb! The big goal for this Summer has been OCC. So far the adidas Terrex Team support has exceeded my expectations… The team is growing and we will have some really good years ahead of us, adidas Terrex have the aim to move the boundaries of trail running in a new area of professionalism without losing the sport ethos." - Petter Engdahl

Welcome to 'The Chamonix Tapes' an inside look at the adidas Terrex Team during the 2021 UTMB. Starting on Tuesday August 24th and running through to Sunday August 29th, there will be a daily podcast release for your audio pleasure. In The Chamonix Tapes 5, we speak with Robbie Simpson. "I have always like road and I think there is a place for that… But, I am keen to move towards trail and longer distance events. That feeling of running up a mountain on a smooth or technical trail is magical."

Welcome to 'The Chamonix Tapes' an inside look at the adidas Terrex Team during the 2021 UTMB. Starting on Tuesday August 24th and running through to Sunday August 29th, there will be a daily podcast release for your audio pleasure. In The Chamonix Tapes 4, we speak with Taylor Nowlin. "My work required if you test positive you need to self-quarantine for 2-weeks. I was working nights and long shifts, so I never felt amazing, when I got Coronavirus I didn't even know."

Welcome to 'The Chamonix Tapes' an inside look at the adidas Terrex Team during the 2021 UTMB. Starting on Tuesday August 24th and running through to Sunday August 29th, there will be a daily podcast release for your audio pleasure. In The Chamonix Tapes 3, we speak with Sabrina Stanley and Ruth Croft. "I obviously want to do the best for the people who support me and make them proud. I feel I can do this but I want to look at the 15-20yr picture and I enjoy running healthy and fast and I want to do that for as long as possible…. I plan on coming back in 2022 and doing something special." - Sabrina Stanley

Welcome to 'The Chamonix Tapes' an inside look at the adidas Terrex Team during the 2021 UTMB. Starting on Tuesday August 24th and running through to Sunday August 29th, there will be a daily podcast release for your audio pleasure. In The Chamonix Tapes 2, we speak with Macy (Marcel Hoeche) and Ekaterina Mityaeva about shoe design and the new, Agravic Ultra shoe. "Sustainability, materials and who is the consumer? Everyone deserves a perfect shoe… From the very beginning we knew we were on to something super great. I can't begin to tell you how many different shapes of the plate we used in so many different materials. If you pair five shapes and five materials this is 25 pairs of shoes we need to test… It was a complex process which was definitely worth it."

Welcome to 'The Chamonix Tapes' an inside look at the adidas Terrex Team during the 2021 UTMB. Starting on Tuesday August 24th and running through to Sunday August 29th, there will be a daily podcast release for your audio pleasure. In The Chamonix Tapes 1, we speak with the adidas Terrex Team manager, Robert Muecke. "We are not working together with robots. We are working with humans and a team and a team structure is based on human beings. We are here to support humans to their potential. It's so much more than winning one race, it's a process that is set up over years."

Episode 212 of Talk Ultra brings you an interview with Beth Pascall about her current Western States victory, Abelone Lyng co-hosts.