Running long - A trail and ultra running talk

Toni McCann is a professional trail runner from South Africa sponsored by Adidas Terrex

She's the 2023 OCC women champion, with an incredible race and performance - she ran 53km with 3100m of elevat…

If you're struggling around routines or to get back to your normal life after the summer and hopefully some time off for vacation, training or racing, then this episode is for you!

Olya Amelina is a…

After the summer season and especially after this week's UTMB, we figured it's important to relisten to this conversation with Coach Daniel Rowland on recovery and managing the time after a race.

It’…

This episode focuses on the nutrition during a race or a long run: you will learn how to fuel during an endurance effort, what it makes sense to eat and what doesn’t, some strategies that will help y…

This episode focuses on nutrition before a race or a long run: you will learn how to fuel before an endurance effort, what it makes sense to eat and what doesn’t, some strategies that will help you g…

On Pace Wellness is a company based in Portland, Oregon, which helps endurance athletes to optimize their nutrition for health, wellness and performance.

We chat with Wilfredo Benitez, head nutrition…

What are training zones? Why is it so important to run at the correct intensity?

With Eoin today we talk about training with heart rate zones, why running at the correct intensity is key and how to u…

How has the shoe technology evolved during the past decade?

How do we choose a trail shoe, what should we pay attention to?

What are the most important features, depending on their use and purpose?

Meikael Beaudoin Rousseau and Anna Gibson are two young American athletes and members of The Trail Team. The mission of The Trail Team is to independently support and develop rising athletes into the…

Rosie Mitchell is a 63 year old lady from Zimbabwe currently living in Cape Town (South Africa).

Rosie is an ultra runner, graphic designer, Vert.run athlete and so much more. Rosie is one of our mo…

Masters' running is usually framed as a process of decline and we rarely talk about understanding and optimizing masters runners’ potential in the same way that we do with younger runners.

This epis…

Stian Angermund is a professional trail runner for Asics living in Norway, and the 2023 (and 2022) short trail world champion.

Stian is one of the most humble, well known and respected athletes in t…

Kris Jones is a professional runner for Hoka coming from Wales.

Kris placed 8th at the 2023 world trail and mountain running championships Innsbruck 2023 in the short trail distance, and thanks to h…

Marco Altini is a data scientist, computer science engineer, high performance coach and founder of HRV4TRAINING.

In this episode we talk about heart rate variability or HRV. Measuring HRV is an effe…

Steve Krenn is a trail and ultra runner from New York City and a Vert.run coach.

In this episode we will try to answer the question "can I train for a mountain or trail race even though I live in a f…

Adam Peterman makes his second appearance on this podcast after his incredible 2022, when he became the Western States Champion and the Trail Running World Champion in the long distance event, in Tha…

Craig Thornley is the race director of Western States.

Western States is the oldest 100 mile race in America and one of the ultimate endurance challenges in the world, and Craig has been race direct…

Leo Pershall is a Vert.run athlete and ambassador from California.

Leo has an incredible story in endurance sports, and he went from being an ultra cyclist, to sailing around the world during the pa…

Rachel Drake is a professional trail runner sponsored by Nike from Portland, Oregon.

In this episode we talk about Rachel’s experience with postpartum return to running, how she’s dealing with a bone…

In this episode of Coach Lab we talk about cross training and how to incorporate it into your preparation.

As runners, we tend to focus very much on running and neglect what is a fundamental part of …