"The Dirt" Trailrunning Podcast
Ornery Mule Racing - The OMR team shares coaching, community and race recap shows about the run, trail and ultra distance community. There is something for everyone!
Coaching- Coach Loretta Tobolske-Horn & Coach Lindsay Phenix discuss training every Thursday
Community & Race recap- occasional shows by the OMR crew
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 50 minutes
- Episodes
- 105
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
Earth Day Race Recap- Loving Memory of Jim Briscoe
Get the Scoop on Kettle Moraine 100 & tips for racing ultras!
Kettle Moraine 100, it's that time again! Get the inside edge about the course and what it takes to have a strong finish with OMR coaches Loretta & Reese.
Not running Kettle? No worries, you'll find …
How to hill train to make you a stronger athlete
On today's episode coaches Loretta & Reese express the importance of hill training for race preparation. After a short intro, Coach Reese reflects about his mindset while managing a busy schedule, th…
Recovery tips post training run & race recovery. Coaches' view on how to best aid your recovery
In this episode Coach Reese and Coach Loretta cover the pillars of helping to aid in post run recovery. They share knowledge in how to recover in different type of racing scenarios. Take a listen and…
How do you use cross training to compliment your running?
In this episode of Coffee with Coaches, Coach Loretta and Coach Reese share about how cross training can be incorporated into your running training plan. The coaches share how they worked with a coup…
How to practice your aid station strategy
Today's podcast brings us a conversation about aid stations & how they can help & hinder your race. Coaches Loretta & Reese expand the topics of how to practice your aid station strategy, how to prep…
Packs, belts or bottles-which are you going to use in your next event?
OMR Coaches Loretta & Reese talk pros and cons of each gearing method & give some entertaining stories alongside!
Bonus: The coaches answer a listener question at the end -let's keep them coming!
P.S…
Get the Inside Scoop for OMR's Earth Day Trail Race!
Coach Reese recently ran the course and Coach Loretta is here to help understand the demands of the race as well as how listeners at home can train in the weeks before April 22nd.
Even if you aren't …
Fatigue-Is it good or bad? When, if at all do we expect to feel it and how do we plan for it?
This week's episode brings us a discussion on navigating training fatigue. Join OMR coaches Loretta and Reese as they discuss two components to fatigue and how they impact our training and racing. As…
Split Styles - How to choose a strategy for your race
What's the best split to run your best race? Do we want to be negative splitting all of the time? This episode, Reese and Loretta explore ways to strategize for workouts and races. They both provide …
How Do You Define Your Training & Racing Goals
In this episode, Coaches Loretta and Reese break down what it means to define these two types of objectives and how to approach goal setting for your next race, next season and your future athletic c…
Intrinsic vs Extrinsic Motivation- the reason behind why we run
Intrinsic vs extrinsic motivation is a concept we all unintentionally experience-but what is it and how does it shape your 'why"? Here we detail what both types of motivation are, how to find them wi…
Mindset for the "pain cave" in workouts, life and maintaining focus & presence during runs and life.
Join Coach Loretta and Coach Reese in a chat about how we approach speed workouts and how it applies to race day and life.
Frozen Gnome Race Recap Part 2 - Nicki & Sid
Learn about the Frozen Gnome 50k/10k with the Race Director Michele Hartwig, and Course Directors/Course Designers. Conversation is all the FUN things we are excited about for 2022 and 2023! We hope …
Frozen Gnome '23 Race Recap - "The Jeffs"
Learn about the Frozen Gnome 50k/10k with the Race Director Michele Hartwig, and Course Directors/Course Designers Jeffrey Lenard and Jeff Goodmanson. Well known as the infamous "Jeff's" for the extr…
Behind the Coaching Scene - OMR Trail Run Coaching - Coach Reese and Coach Loretta
Join us for a behind the scenes coaching conversation in today's minisode with Coach Reese and Coach Loretta. They talk running with all sorts of random thoughts. Gain suggestions for your running! t…
2022 Year in Recap
Michele, Nicki & Sid cheer in 2023 with the "behind the scenes" inside scoop on all that is going on at Ornery Mule Racing! We love hearing from you. Please like, subscribe and leave a comment! In th…
Midwest States 100 Race Recap
In this episode of the Dirt Trail Running Podcast Midwest States 100 Race Director Michele, Course Director Sid and Ultra Mom Nicki talk about what was going on behind the scenes leading up to the ra…
Reese Slobodianuk Kettle Moraine 100 Male 1st overall
Reese Slobodianuk ran his first 100 mile race at Kettle Moraine 100. He was specific in his training while having fun. This combo proved to be a winner where he finished as 1st overall male in his d…