Karen Dunn joins the Pod!

Karen is a VDOT and UESCA Certified Running Coach and is the Head Coach & Trainer for Strengthen Your Stride run coaching. There she works with runners of all ages and ambitions, helping them to reach their running goals!

Karen and Sam talk about her growth in the sport and what brought her to the ultra-trail scene. We talk about tackling big ambitious goals like qualifying for the Olympic Trials as a masters athlete and just what a commitment that is.

Karen shares her personal experiences with some of the more popular nutrition trends in our sport and thoughts on racing mindsets.

Sam takes things a little sideways at times but that is what he's here for right?

In this post Black Canyon celebratory episode we chat with Elliot Cardin and Ferdinand Airault about their equally amazing and incredibly different races at Black Canyon 100K this year. Both Elliot and Ferdinand are in the professional class of athletes and it was really fun to get a look into what its like to compete with the very best in the world. We could have gone on for hours with this one and look forward to speaking with Elliot and Ferdinand more in the future!

Enjoy, and as always remember to subscribe to the pod!

Chris and Sam catch up and shoot the breeze on a variety of pressing and extremely important trail running topics and ask for listener input. We finish up the episode celebrating some of the east coasters headed southwest for Black Canyon!

The beast has risen in the east and we are deep in the snow and winter cold!

How hard has it been for you to get out the door? Do the work? Stay motivated? Stay Positive? Stay Connected?

Sam flies solo for a short set of things we can all do to keep it going and keep our minds, bodies and souls in a healthy place this winter!

Sam and Chris launch into the 2025 trail season by sharing nutrition, gear and trail favorites and fails. The discussion gets into season planning, hopes and dreams for the future of our sport and is there a place for parkour in trail running?

Enjoy the ride with us here and happy trails!

In our final episode of 2024/first episode of 2025 Sam and Chris catch up on Dirty Bird and Hellgate as well as wax nostalgic on the year that was trail running on the East Coast. And we tackled the most challenging of subjects: "what makes and east coaster an east coaster?"

Happy New Year Everyone!

The video version of episode 8, where we talk about the rugged splendor of Hellgate!

Its Hellgate week! And Sam is joined by two Hellgate veterans, Carl Bligan and Mike McMonagle.

Discussion ranges around memories, lessons and experiences from Hellgate and other races as well has the magnetic draw of this East Coast 100k now in It's 22nd year.

You can feel that the stoke is already high and we are all excited to close the 2024 racing season out with a bang!

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Enjoy!