Gotta Run Podcast

While pretty fresh on the ultra trail scene, Ethan Peters has achieved quite the string of impression wins.

He started running ultras in 2018 by completing his first ever ultra the Haliburton 100 in …

We came across Aaron's profile on Instagram @irunovermountains and it peaked our interest; he's a content creator, ex-pat from Northern Ireland spending his time between London and Chamonix and he's …

Jocelyn Briggs is a personal trainer, coach and ultrarunner living in Whitby, Ontario.

We met her when she volunteered at our Fiddle50 event this past June and learned that she would soon be taking o…

Norman finally made it to the start line of the UTMB after reading about it in a magazine fifteen years ago.  The idea of running through 3 countries, (France, Italy, Switzerland) has been on his min…

Our final day came upon us a little sooner than anticipated (weather was expected to rapidly change from the extreme heat to a lot of rain/thunderstorms) but we made the most of it!

We enjoyed anothe…

Said arrivederci to Italy, Bonjour to Switzerland today! Headed out from Val Ferret just outside Courmayeur and climbed almost 800 metres in about 6K to arrive at the Grand Col Ferret bordering the t…

Off to a fresh (and earlier) start on Day 2 from Courmayeur. Our itinerary included an 18K day with a long climb in the first 5K. 

Met some interesting people on the trail, many of whom were circumna…

We arrived in Courmayeur from Geneva and got right down to business! 

An 8K 'shakeout' run was on the itinerary and we figured it would be a great way to get our flatlander legs warmed up.

Little did…

Hey everyone we are back after a little break, here's a quick recap of our Rainbow Trail Run event that took place last month and a preview of what we are up to next (and why you won't hear a new epi…

Jennifer St. Amand, a 48-year-old ultrarunner from Dexter, Minnesota, originally from the east coast of Canada, was the final finisher at the 2023 Western States 100, finishing with 21 seconds to spa…

Originally from Hungary now based in Hong Kong, Eszter Csillag made the most of her first ever visit to the United States by not only competing in the country's oldest 100 miler Western States 100 bu…

Katie Asmuth is a Saucony sponsored ultra runner and days after her incredible performance at the 2023 Western States 100, we were fortunate enough to chat with her about her epic day from Olympic Va…

We first spoke with Steve Day in 2022 when he was a guest on our Canadian Trail to Western States series Ep 38. He's back in 2023 to chat about his experience at Western States 100 and his unexpected…

Kicking off our 3rd year of the Canadian Trail to Western States series is Francesco Riccadona of Stouffville, Ontario.  After 7 years of submitting qualifying races, his ticket was finally pulled!

W…

Ultrarunner and coach Robbie Britton recently broke the 24-hour British record which has stood since 1982!  He covered a distance of 277.439 km in a  24-hour continuous race, involving laps of Ruffin…

Galen Reynolds is an expat of our native Canada and when we heard he had been named to Team Canada for the upcoming World Mountain and Trail Running Championships, we jumped at the chance to chat wit…

We love chatting with fellow Race Directors!

Andrew Fairhurst is the co-director of North America's only qualifier of the Skyrunner World Series, billed as the most technical racing circuit in the Wo…

Edmonton based runner Priscilla Forgie had never heard of Western States 100 when she ran her first ultra back in 2019 and now, thanks to an incredible performance at The Canyons has earned herself a…

Arden Young from Calgary joins us to chat all things running.  Fresh off her win at The Desert Rats Trail Race where she qualified for UTMBs CCC (listen to hear more on that), 

Arden has impressive p…

After relocating from Florida to Utah just prior to the pandemic, Meredith Johnson was eager to find other like minded women to explore her new backyard with and thus, the Women of the Wasatch group …