Trail Tales ARP

Thibault Delacroix is an ultra-distance runner. He grew up in France but has made Australia his home the last few years and he's happy to say he is now an Australian permanent resident. Thibault's running journey began during his first few years living in Australia. It was the beginning of 2018 and he made the decision to give up smoking, this led him to start running as a distraction and he hasn't looked back!  Over the last few years he has completed many races from marathons to a 100 kilometer ultramarathon, to 100 mile ultramarathons, and his desire to keep pushing limits continues. This year he had an ambitious goal of going for the title of Triple Crown Under Grand Master. The Triple Crown Under Grand Master consists of completing 3x 200 mile races within a calendar year. For Australia, the races are:• The Delirious WEST 200 miler February 2024,• The Irrational SOUTH 200 miler April 2024,• The Unreasonable EAST 200 miler August 2024. Thibault is proud to say that he completed the goal and even managed to reach the podium in each of the three races which was a big bonus! Thibault's next project will be creating a documentary about his running journey over this challenge and he will hire a videographer who can help put it all together. Thibaut has a Go Fund ME where any funds received will go towards paying the videographer.  

I had such an amazing conversation with Cody today. He set the Bruce Trail Unsupported FKT just a few short weeks ago, in 14 days and 30 minutes. Cody shared some great stories and some very useful info on unsupported hiking/ultrarunning in the multi-day fashion. He's such an amazing human.

Aaron Conners, ultramarathoner, has only been running for three years and has overcome a tremendous amount personally. In the past two years, Aaron has finished ultramarathons such as the 125K Canadian Death Race and the 108K Black Spur Ultra, along with finishing the Iron Horse 100 miler in both 2022 and 2023. Aaron's journey is one of hope, resiliency and breaking through personal barriers in overcoming a tremendous amount.Aaron can be found on Strava here: https://www.strava.com/athletes/88850292?oq=aaron%20conners

Kevin Barata, ultramarathoner, has run a huge amount of ultramarathon endurance events in his life. Kevin recently had a multi day adventure in finishing the Cocodona 250+ mile ultramarathon in 89 hrs and 6 minutes. Kevin is also a finisher of the inaugural Oregon 200 last year, which is a 200+ mile ultramarathon. Furthermore, Kevin has finished the Fat Dog 120 twice (in 2017 and 2021), has run many backyard ultramarathons into a second day amongst many other ultramarathons. Kevin's instagram is https://www.instagram.com/kbar_runs/. 

Hannah Rollason, ultramarathoner from the UK, began running five years ago in 2019. She progressively went from a Couch to 5K runner in the beginning. Hannah has now worked up to having an incredible journey in completing the Sea to Sky 100K ultramarathon in only a four year span. Hannah has the Edinburgh Marathon with two more ultramarathons planned for 2024 with another 100K coming up this year in July. She has her sights set on a 125K ultramarathon and likely a 100 mile ultramarathon in the future as well. 

Adam Koppany, seasoned ultramarathoner, has journeyed ten 100 mile ultramarathons in his life along with finishing the inaugural Great Divide 200, which is a 205 mile ultramarathon with approx. 40,000 ft of climbing through the mountains of Alberta and BC. Tune in to this amazing episode in which Adam and I discuss effective strategies for ultramarathoning, his experience at the Divide 200 last fall as well as the beyond incredible upcoming 2024 ultramarathon season has ahead of him with three 100 mile races and two 200+ mile races.

Terri Biloski, ultramarathoner, has been running for twenty five years and ultrarunning for sixteen years. Terri has journeyed at least fifty ultramarathons over that course of time, in which at least ten of those ultramarathons are 100 miles or further. Terri's most substantial ultramarathons are the Great Virtual Race Across Tennessee (GVRAT) created by the infamous Lazarus Lake or Gary Cantrell, in which Terri was the fastest human to complete this 1000 kilometre virtual challenge over the span of 11 days and 20 hours amongst 40,000 participants. Terri also has participated in the six day Across The Years organized by Aravaipa Running, in which she travelled 300 miles (483 kilometres) throughout this journey. Tune in to hear all about these adventures and gain valuable insights from Terri, a truly wonderful human being and extraordinary ultramarathoner.