https://ultrarunnerpodcast.com/ Ultramarathon news, interviews, gear and argument. en-US https://ultrarunnerpodcast.com/what-a-hundred-mile-season-costs/ https://ultrarunnerpodcast.com/what-a-hundred-mile-season-costs/ 2026-08-24 Entries, qualifiers, travel, shoes and the things nobody budgets for. A realistic accounting of one year built around a hundred-miler, and how people actually pay for it. https://ultrarunnerpodcast.com/leah-yingling-and-gear-reviews/ https://ultrarunnerpodcast.com/leah-yingling-and-gear-reviews/ 2020-06-18 A Pennsylvania cross-country upbringing, a move to Utah, and a homemade 40-mile traverse that became a fixture. https://ultrarunnerpodcast.com/ellie-pell-trails-and-trials/ https://ultrarunnerpodcast.com/ellie-pell-trails-and-trials/ 2020-03-05 Recorded days after the Atlanta Trials, with a runner who got there by way of an accidental half marathon win. https://ultrarunnerpodcast.com/jared-beasley-book-about-al-howie/ https://ultrarunnerpodcast.com/jared-beasley-book-about-al-howie/ 2019-09-09 An interview with the author of In Search of Al Howie, about the Scots-Canadian ultrarunner whose records outlasted almost everyone who remembers him. https://ultrarunnerpodcast.com/jonathan-levitt-podcasting-and-predictions/ https://ultrarunnerpodcast.com/jonathan-levitt-podcasting-and-predictions/ 2019-06-25 Two podcasters comparing notes on format, gear, booking guests and why the medium stayed so male — plus Western States predictions. https://ultrarunnerpodcast.com/sean-blanton-interview/ https://ultrarunnerpodcast.com/sean-blanton-interview/ 2019-04-01 A race director and a podcaster disagreeing on the record about a course ruling, then moving on to Barkley, sponsors, media and the East Coast scene. https://ultrarunnerpodcast.com/dani-moreno-interview/ https://ultrarunnerpodcast.com/dani-moreno-interview/ 2019-02-26 A collegiate 10k runner's first trail ultra ended with the USATF 50k Trail Championship. This is the conversation a week later. https://ultrarunnerpodcast.com/why-i-quit-drinking-beer/ https://ultrarunnerpodcast.com/why-i-quit-drinking-beer/ 2018-12-30 Trail running has built a large part of its social identity around beer. Stepping out of it for a year turns out to be complicated in ways that have nothing to do with alcohol. https://ultrarunnerpodcast.com/bob-shebest-everyone-has-a-plan-until-it-falls-apart/ https://ultrarunnerpodcast.com/bob-shebest-everyone-has-a-plan-until-it-falls-apart/ 2018-06-28 A well-prepared runner, a good race through mile 62, and then eight hours of vomiting, sleeping on the trail and refusing to stop. https://ultrarunnerpodcast.com/girls-on-the-run/ https://ultrarunnerpodcast.com/girls-on-the-run/ 2018-06-21 Trail running recruits adults who found it late. Almost every other sport recruits children. The Broken Arrow 10k is a small argument for changing that. https://ultrarunnerpodcast.com/semi-rad-coms-brendan-leonard-interview/ https://ultrarunnerpodcast.com/semi-rad-coms-brendan-leonard-interview/ 2018-03-26 The writer behind Semi-Rad on his first hundred, the REI film that went everywhere, sobriety, and the effect of cameras on a race course. https://ultrarunnerpodcast.com/raidlight-responsiv-10l-race-vest-review/ https://ultrarunnerpodcast.com/raidlight-responsiv-10l-race-vest-review/ 2017-11-08 An 8.1oz mountain vest with a rotary tightening dial, deep four-way-stretch dump pockets, and pole storage in three configurations. https://ultrarunnerpodcast.com/courtney-dauwalter-rrr100/ https://ultrarunnerpodcast.com/courtney-dauwalter-rrr100/ 2017-09-15 Dauwalter won Run Rabbit Run 100 in 2017 after losing her sight at around mile 90 and covering the last stretch effectively blind. https://ultrarunnerpodcast.com/nathan-vaporkrar-waistpak-review/ https://ultrarunnerpodcast.com/nathan-vaporkrar-waistpak-review/ 2017-08-04 A 2.1oz step-through waistbelt designed with input from Rob Krar — comfortable and well laid out, with a flask shape and closures the review would change. https://ultrarunnerpodcast.com/kyle-robidoux-athletes-disabilities/ https://ultrarunnerpodcast.com/kyle-robidoux-athletes-disabilities/ 2017-07-11 Recorded in taper week before his first hundred, on running blind, finding trail guides, and what a new race division was for. https://ultrarunnerpodcast.com/naked-running-band-review/ https://ultrarunnerpodcast.com/naked-running-band-review/ 2017-04-24 A 2.3-ounce waistbelt that carries 3L and genuinely does not bounce with a full soft flask — undermined at launch by stitching quality. https://ultrarunnerpodcast.com/john-kelly-interview-barkley-finisher-15/ https://ultrarunnerpodcast.com/john-kelly-interview-barkley-finisher-15/ 2017-04-10 Recorded days after Kelly became the fifteenth person to finish the Barkley Marathons, on planning, failure and fatigue. https://ultrarunnerpodcast.com/stephanie-case-rescue-in-the-alps-and-pushing-our-limitations/ https://ultrarunnerpodcast.com/stephanie-case-rescue-in-the-alps-and-pushing-our-limitations/ 2017-02-08 Recorded five weeks after a serious fall on the Tor des Géants course, with a runner who has trained in South Sudan, Gaza and Afghanistan. https://ultrarunnerpodcast.com/hardrock-lottery-lawsuit/ https://ultrarunnerpodcast.com/hardrock-lottery-lawsuit/ 2016-12-06 A runner threatened a class action over the Hardrock 100 lottery. The underlying questions about transparency and refunds are more interesting than the threat. https://ultrarunnerpodcast.com/jim-walmsley-run-western-states-2016/ https://ultrarunnerpodcast.com/jim-walmsley-run-western-states-2016/ 2016-06-29 Walmsley was ahead of course-record pace at Western States 2016 when he took a wrong turn late in the race. This is the conversation a few days later.