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Josh returns as a guest to the podcast with an outstanding performance at this years UTMB.

Josh ran himself into a final position of 11th, making him the highest placing Brit at this years race!

When you hear how his race started out, the more you realise what a great result he had on a day that could have ended as a DNF, like it did for so many others at this years race.

As always, we talk about his training leading into this years race. We talk about his reflections on the result and what he has lined up for the rest of the year.

Josh is a genuinely funny guy too, so its always a pleasure to talk to him.

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For the super nerds that wanted to hear the first edit before it was cut down for visual aesthetic reasons!

An extra 7 minutes of training talk that was removed from the video version after this version. So it's essentially the same but with some additional insights into his training and prep.
More conducive to listening in the podcast format.

The video can be found here 

https://youtu.be/qQcDPLj1YUY?si=rP_FCDy__4sPNvun

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In this episode I team up with Kate from RunUltra to speak with David.

We talk about his historic race at the Leadville 100 where he not only won his debut 100 miler, but actually broke Matt Carpenters 19 year old course record in the process! Dropping it from 15:42 to 15:26!

We talk about his training and preparation leading into this race. We discuss his specific approach involving numerous interventions designed to give David the edge on the long standing record. We discuss carbon shoes, carb intake, bicarb and tons more!

David is a very open guy and we talk about the issues he's had this year after his road accident and suffering from abuse online.

A great listen with lots of valuable insights!

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In this episode I speak to returning guest Fiona Pascall.

We talk about #vanlife as Fiona is already in the Alps to finish her training whilst residing in her 4 wheeled home. We chat about her success at Mozart 100 and how British the weather was! 
We talk about her training leading up to this point and the injury post Mozart that hampered her plan.

Fiona is one determined Pascall and I'm sure she will live up to the family name and race well at UTMB Mont Blanc!

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In this episode I speak to returning guest Hugh.

Hugh's first appearance on the podcast was after his win at Dragons Back last year. This time we catch up with him as he prepares to race CCC at this years UTMB races.

We talk about what he's been up to since we last spoke, including joining the Elite Trail Team and training like a true professional!

Hugh now has his sights set on the 100K race in the Alps and plans to give it everything he's got!

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In this weeks episode I speak to British runners Keith Wigley and Tom Joly about their plans for UTMB at the end of the month.

We talk about their friendly rivalry and banter as they train together in Tignes ahead of the greatest trail running show on earth!

This is the first episode in a short series leading up to the race, so expect more UTMB related episodes coming soon!

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In this episode of the podcast i speak to one of the founders of FREETRAIL the US trail and ultrarunning media empire.

Ryan makes up 1/3 of the Freetrail team along with Dylan Bowman and his wife Harmony.
In this chat we talk about Ryan's involvement in the growing business that produces podcasts, short form and long form media projects.

As a dedicated trail runner himself, we talk to Ryan about his recent running of WSER, which was an 8 year project for him. We talk about the highs and lows during that special race and how he's reflecting on it some weeks later.

We also talk about our mutual love of music and how we view it as importantly as we do our running!

This was a great chat and if i look or sound tired, its because i had to stay up until midnight to make our schedules match up for the recording!

Check out Freetrail.com

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In this episode I speak to Sarah Woodley Williams about her new book for runners, How To Survive An Injury With Ben.

Sarah's book is a lighthearted look at how we as runners try to get navigate the doom of an injury. The book highlights the fact that we're all the same when it comes to having to hang up our runners for any length of time due to the dreaded injury.

We talk about her own running, representing South Wales at cross country, her ventures into ultramarathons and her own experience of being sidelined by injury.

The book contains some valuable insights and practical takeaways to help anyone who is in the unfortunate situation of dealing with time out from our favourite sport!

link to the book on Amazon below.
https://amzn.eu/d/07PJju1s

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In this episode I speak with Ajay Hanspal, who at the start of this month set a new DPB round in 52hrs 51mins 35secs. Covering a staggering 131.93 miles with 58,537ft of vertical!

This was over 4 hours quicker than the original record set by Nicky Spinks.

We talk about his route into running, which is an unusual one given that he used running to help his rehab from a serious traumatic brain injury when he was just 18 years old.

We talk about growing up in the sport of trail running, his journey to breaking that record and his involvement with the ever growing community of Green Runners.

Ajay is a super nice guy and a pleasure to interview!

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I this episode I speak to Rich Gill, also known as Rich Trails and Gillyphotography on socials. 

Rich is fast becoming a household name in trail running photography, having shot at UTS, UTMB, the Arc and numerous other events in the UK and Europe. 

Rich talks about his route into running and his ever growing photographic experience, having the privilege to shoot for major brands and PR companies involved in the trail running scene. 

Rich is a great guy and I’m sure we will be hearing from him in the future! 

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