Ultrarunning’s 2015 Year in Review with Karl Hoagland, Sarah, and Eric

2015 has been quite a year for the sport of ultrarunning. We’ve seen great performances by veterans, runners of all levels enter the sport, and even seen some controversy that we’ll likely be dealing with for the long run. During the past twelve months, URP released 54 episodes and those interviews, in addition the rest of the MUT media tribe, have given us plenty of fodder for lively conversation.

Ultrarunning Magazine Publisher and Western States Endurance Run Board Member Karl Hoagland joined Sarah and I to discuss standout performance, surprises, trends, and influential runners in our sport. Who stood out this year? Who should we watch next year? John Trent is the answer to one question, Zach Miller the other…What were the questions. What are the trends that will affect our sport int he coming year?

Karl at his 50th birthday party. — Karl blowing out the candles at his 50th birthday party with fiance Erika holding the cake.

Episode Notes:

This episode brought to you by Destination Trail Runs, the good folks behind Tahoe 200 and Bigfoot 200. Tahoe is one of my favorite places on earth, and I’m lucky enough to be running Tahoe 200 in September. Care to join me?

Karl is the publisher of ultrarunning magazine, the resource for all things related to ultramarathons. I subscribe to one magazine, and ultrarunning is it.

Here’s the interview with Karl’s finance Erika when she helped prep us for Western States this year.

Outro music Before the Night is Done by Matt Flaherty.

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20 Responses to "Ultrarunning’s 2015 Year in Review with Karl Hoagland, Sarah, and Eric"

Jesse says:

December 21, 2015 at 5:28 pm

Wow…my wife went to HS with Victor. I’d never heard of him…As I was listening to the podcast she heard his name and immediately told me he was a super guy she went to school with him. Small world, very cool small world. URP strikes again!!!

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1. eric schranz says:
  
  December 21, 2015 at 5:48 pm
  
  Very cool. Victor and his company represent the best that is MUT running.
  
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Ian Sharman says:

December 21, 2015 at 6:36 pm

Great show. Plus I never realized Matt Flaherty could play or sing – very cool.

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1. eric schranz says:
  
  December 22, 2015 at 5:18 am
  
  Thanks Ian. Matt’s a great musician. I’ve been pushing/begging him to release more music…hopefully soon!
  
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  1. Matt Flaherty says:
    
    December 22, 2015 at 8:31 am
    
    I’ve got a few new things in the queue to record, I just need to get un-busy enough to do it! Hopefully soon. 😉
    
    Also, ART (active release technique): http://www.activerelease.com/ I’ve found it useful in treating some calf/Achilles stuff as well. In particular, where the soleus slides under the gastroc seems to be pretty susceptible to adhesions (like Karl mentioned), but it’s been very useful with my Achilles in the past too. And once you learn it, sometimes you can self-apply ART a bit—usually not as good as a practitioner, but it’s still something.
    
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Chris Ellyatt says:

December 22, 2015 at 4:49 am

Eric, I would just like to thank you again for your continued work in our sport. As I’ve told many people, this website is one of the major reasons I took up ultra trail running, and it continues to be a source of inspiration for me. Getting up at the crack of dawn to grind out the miles is always just a little easier after reading the daily ultra news or listening to the enthusiasm everyone shares on your podcasts.

So thanks for a fantastic year and my first year of ultra running. Here’s hoping for an even better 2016!

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1. eric schranz says:
  
  December 22, 2015 at 5:19 am
  
  Chris- Thanks so much for your kind words. I love what I do and my guests bring some great energy to the shows. Have a wonderful 2016.
  
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Ultramarathon Daily News, Tue, Dec 22 - UltraRunnerPodcast: Ultramarathon News, Podcasts, and Product Reviews says:

December 22, 2015 at 6:58 am

[…] catch the latest episode with Karl, Sarah, and myself? We talk about standout performances from 2015, surprises, trends, and influential companies and […]

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Kevin says:

December 22, 2015 at 9:26 am

Thanks for another great year of URP! This is really really great for the sport.

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Kris says:

December 22, 2015 at 10:04 am

Without URP I wouldn’t be a trail runner or aspiring ultra runner. I would never be able to finish a long run without listening to at least one episode of URP. Thank you for the work that you do and for your support of the community. All the best in 2016.

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1. eric schranz says:
  
  December 22, 2015 at 3:58 pm
  
  Thanks Kris, but don’t blame me for your running addiction! 🙂
  Run healthy in 2016!
  eric
  
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  1. jesse says:
    
    December 22, 2015 at 4:02 pm
    
    URP helped prep my for my first Ultra and 100. The advice Ive gleaned from URP’s podcasts has been huge. Thanks you for supporting, helping and informing the trail community. Here is to another great year, Slainte!
    
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Lisa says:

December 23, 2015 at 12:55 pm

Thank you for all you do Eric! I’m so glad I found your podcast this year! It inspired me to do my first 50k and trail run last weekend! It was awesome! Thanks for the daily inspiration!

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1. eric schranz says:
  
  December 26, 2015 at 5:28 am
  
  Awesome! Nice job finishing your first 50k! What’s next???
  
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M @readeatwriterun says:

December 27, 2015 at 8:22 am

I listened to the 2014 year-end review with you Eric, Sarah and Tropical John one year ago today/tomorrow (Sun 28th) while I was doing my first ultra….50k within Across the Years. I can still picture where I was on the course when you were talking about who you’d want to run with (I think Sarah said her father…made me think as I lost my mom in 92 and then my dad early in 2015). As you listed the episodes, I had flashes of where I was when I listened to some of them (mostly on my treadmill, but occasionally on a hotel treadmill or on a bike the day after my Oct marathon – that was the ep with Eric’s mom). Also seems like I missed a few.

I’m with you on a reset on Jan 1 Eric! (though knock wood I am seeing some improvements now, maybe my body is getting ready) It’s been a tough running year for me due to lots of life stuff/stresses and minor injuries just before each of my goal races (within a week of both). 2014 was such a great training and racing year for me, it made the difficulties of 2015 perhaps feel harder. But I did get to run my first Boston! Now training for my second. Very lucky.

And Sarah, I’m with you on trying to be more intentional about device use. I’ve noticed similar changes in my mind, mood, attention span – fractured, distracted, impatient. I try to read every night before bed and limit online time in the evening, but may do so even more. Congrats on getting in to States! I’ll be cheering for you.

Eric – I definitely rec ART and possibly Graston (which will hurt). My chiro does those as well as other therapies and they’ve been huge for me. When you can’t get to an ART practitioner, investigate Trigger Point, which you can do on yourself. It was the only thing that helped me years ago when I had posterior tibial tendon problems, and is still one of my first go-tos (along with my chiro). Get the book (3rd ed) by Travell/Simons on Amazon to help, and a lacrosse or trigger point ball. Hope it helps, let us know!

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Travis says:

January 15, 2016 at 11:24 pm

Still looking for people to pace at the Tahoe 200?
I can be there Sunday evening till whenever.

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