The Trail Runners Experience
Welcome to The Trail Runners Experience. Conversations about trail running by trail runners. Includes training tips/advice and personal race experiences.
Hosted by Daniel Farrugia and Ashley Druve
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 64 minutes
- Episodes
- 92
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2023
#68 ft. Jessica Schluter
Jessica Schluter is a two time winner of the Blackall 100, Australian representative at the World Trail Running Championships 100 and has performed extremely well at a high level in Australian ultras…
#67 ft. Hayley Teale
Hayley Teale is one incredible athlete. With a list of ultra wins longer than my arm, Hayley shares her joy of running and her approach to training in today's episode. A true lover of trails with a k…
#66 ft. Sonja Jansen
Frequently finishing on top of the podium, Sonja Jansen is a fantastic athlete, an aerospace engineer, a wife, a mother and much more. In this episode we dive into what makes Sonja tick and how she h…
#65 ft. Kym Williams
With over 60 ultras and 35 Marathons under his belt Kym Williams knows a thing or two about running long distances and finding his limits. A stalwart of the South Australian running community for sev…
#64 ft. Tamas Lorincz
After a long hiatus The Trail Runners Experience is back with an incredibly inspirational man to kick things off. Tamas tells the story of his fascinating journey across the planet, from Germany to I…
#63 ft. Beau Miles
Father, husband, adventurer, runner, kayaker, Youtuber, PhD, story teller, lumberjack and human bean, Beau Miles joins The Trail Runners Experience for a in-depth conversation about his simply breath…
Coaching Roundtable 4
The latest installment of the Coaching Roundtable featuring Ashley Druve, Isobel Ross and Daniel Farrugia sees our coaches grappling with some big questions in this new world. We discuss goals - both…
#62 ft. Ina Schapiro
Ina Schapiro returns to the podcast to share some valuable perspectives and tips on how runners can stay safe and be responsible during the Covid 19 pandemic. As a doctor who works in Accident and E…
#61 ft. Steve Tripp
Our Kiwi friend Steve Tripp joins the fun on the podcast as we share our favourite races of all time and discuss the adventures and true joys of running.
Note: There is little, to know talk of Covid …
#60 ft. Andy Blow
Former elite triathlete and founder of Precision Hydration Andy Blow joins the Trail Runners Experience to talk all things sweat and hydration. Ash, Daniel and Andy deep dive on hydration in this epi…
#59 ft. Cam Munro
In today's episode we talk all things 'Last One Standing' with one of the best in the game, Cam Munro. Cam is an accomplished ultra runner who has been hitting the LOS race scene hard and has even qu…
Coaching Roundtable 3
This special episode of the Coaching Roundtable talks about the biggest news in the world at the moment - Coronavirus (Covid 19). Ashley, Daniel and Isobel talk about how this global pandemic is impa…
#58 ft. Brodie Sharpe
Brodie Sharpe from the Run Smarter Podcast joins The Trail Runners Experience to talk about common running injuries and how runners might avoid getting injured in the first place. Brodie is a qualifi…
#57 ft. Robbie and Sarah Wickham
In today's episode Daniel interviews Adelaide trail/ultra runners Robbie and Sarah Wickham. Robbie and Sarah share their incredible story of their passion for the trails and their unique trail weddin…
#56 ft. Simone Brick
Sensational Simone Brick returns to The Trail Runners Experience and talks about her busy life balancing work, study and a huge training load. She goes into detail about recovering from her recent in…
Coaching Roundtable 2
In this episode of the Coaching Roundtable the coaches discuss have a wide ranging discussion. Ashley asks about Macrocycles, Mesocycles and Microcycles, Isobel asks about recovery between big races …
#55 ft. Chris Ord
Journalist, photographer, videographer, editor, producer, trail guide, event manager and all round adventure lover Chris Ord joins the conversation to talk about his fascinating life as an outdoors-m…
#54 ft. Andre Laboy
This week's episode features a fantastic conversation with Andre Laboy. Andre is the head of product at Vdot02, the coaching platform Daniel uses to coach his numerous athletes. Andre is a very accom…
Coaching Roundtable 1
In the first OFFICIAL episode of our Coaching Roundtable, Daniel Farrugia, Isobel Ross and Ashley Druve dive head first into three running related questions. This monthly collaboration will cover tra…
#53 ft. Terry Davis
In this episode Daniel recaps his Ultra Easy's 100km race in New Zealand that he ran over the weekend and Ash discusses his battles with the heat and humidity in Qld.
Daniel interviews race directo…