Episode 17: Trail Running in the Olympics, 100km training volume, Snakes, and Blackberry Bushes

Welcome to Episode 17 of Peak Pursuits, your ultimate podcast for everything trail running in Australia. This week’s episode is hosted by Sim Brick, Jess Jason, and Vlad Ixel, bringing you training updates, listener questions, trail fails, race results, and exciting trail news.

Start - 30:00 Training Talk

Here about Jess’ win at the Perth Trail series, Vlad's food and beverage free podium in Austria, and how Sim navigated maintaining training around the trip to Europe.

30:00 -  54:00 Listener Question

Next, we tackle a listener question that takes us down a few training rabbit holes. What starts off as a discussion about the amount of volume required to run a 100km event turns into a discussion about the ins and outs tapering, and then Jess jumps in asking for advice about what her longest run should be for Hounslow marathon. Lots of useful info for everyone in this one!

54:00 - 58:20 Trail Fails Segment

In our Trail Fails segment, hear how Jess’ feet suffer as she makes the oldest mistake in the book and Sim gives a run down of an unfortunate incident with blackberry bushes.

58:20 -  1:09:40 Trail Running News

The team discusses ITRA’s press release covering their pledge to get Trail Running in the Olympics with Brisbane 2032 being the aim for the inaugural edition, including a few ideas for event formats that we think would be damn cool to see! See the full press release here - https://itra.run/News/Article?id=46088a4a-8978-46bd-8630-0371b3a3f166

1:09:40 - 1:23:56 Weekend Race Results

In our race results segment, we cover this week’s trail races, including:

Trail Running Series Silvan - https://tomatotiming.racetecresults.com/results.aspx?CId=16&RId=29681

Perth Trail Series Truth or Consequences - https://www.webscorer.com/race?raceid=360899

Sri Chinmoy Canberra Trail 100 - https://my.raceresult.com/301772/#1_12AF90

Mt Crawford Trail Run TRSA - https://eventstrategies.racetecresults.com/results.aspx?CId=90&RId=549&EId=6

Kunanyi Trail Series Tolosa Half - https://www.webscorer.com/race?raceid=360873

Burralow Bush Run NSW - https://tempus.racetecresults.com/results.aspx?CId=16516&RId=389&EId=1&dt=2

Border Bolt Running Fest QLD - https://results.sportseventservices.com.au/results.aspx?CId=16287&RId=6380

1:23:56 - End : What’s coming up

Lastly, we highlight the upcoming trail races including our predictions for Sierre-Zinal this coming weekend and what to look out for in the next week in Aus. Stay tuned for more exciting events and opportunities to hit the trails.

Thanks for tuning in to Peak Pursuits! Connect with us on Instagram @peakpursuits.pod to share your thoughts, questions, and your own trail stories. Until next time, keep hitting the trails and chasing those peak pursuits!

Sim: @theflyingbrick_

Vlad: @vladixel

Jess: @jessjason

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