Let's Talk Trail Running

2026 UTMB Race Preview and Predictions

Play Fantasy Freetrail here. Links Discussed in Podcast: UTMB Course Description per their website: Zach Miller Youtube Documentary by Billy Yang. Doug Mayer Book abo

2026 CCC Race Preview

Play Fantasy Freetrail here. Links Discussed in Podcast: CCC course description per UTMB website. Strava file for Martyna M. 2025 CCC win. Strava file for Francesco

2026 OCC Race Preview

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2026 Sierre Zinal Race Preview

Links Discussed in show: Doug Mayer Trail Runner Mag article. Doug Mayer Run the Alps article for 50th anniversary of race talking to race legends both male and female.

2026 Speedgoat 50k Race Preview

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2026 Western States 100 Men's Race Preview

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2026 Western States 100 Women's Race Preview

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2026 Broken Arrow Preview

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2026 Zegama Marathon Race Preview and Picks

Play Fantasy Freetrail here. Links Discussed in Show: 2025 Zegama IRunFar recap by Deki Fourcin. Subhub Headlines Article with Zegama top 10 times. IRunFar Article o

2026 Transvulcania Ultramarathon Preview and Picks

Author’s Note: Feel free to skip forward from 30:00 to about 32:30 into the podcast due to technical difficulties and apologies for some profanity. I thought the window t

2026 Skyrace Des Matheysins Preview

The 6th Skyrunning World Series race of the year is here and it is a stacked field on both sides. Today we’ll discuss the favorites from both races as well as recap some

2026 Canyons 100k and 50k Preview

The final golden tickets for entry into 2026 Western States Endurance Run are up for grabs this weekend. Who would be the most exciting racers to add to the field that ar

2026 Madeira Island Ultra Trail 115k Race Preview

The northern hemisphere trail season is fully here by now with a big weekend of racing that includes Madeira Island Ultra Trail 115k (MIUT) and Canyons by UTMB this weeke

2026 Calamorro Skyrace and Gorge Waterfalls 30k Race Preview and Predictions

A double whammy preview episode with two big sub-ultra races next weekend. One Skyrunning World Series race and one of Freetrail’s very own races with a nice prize purse

2026 Tenerife 47k and Chianti by UTMB 120k Race Previews

Links discussed in show: Zaid Malek BBC Article IRunFar Chianti Race Recap from 2025. Kilian Jornet strava file from 2025 Chianti 120k race. Roberto Delorenzi strava

2026 Acantilados del Norte Skyrace Preview

Join me as I preview the first European race of the 2026 Skyrunner World Series season, including 3 of the top 4 men’s short trail finishers from worlds last year. I also

2026 Transgrancanaria Classic Race Preview

Question: What do last year’s UTMB winner, a 3 time Lavaredo winner, a 2 time CCC winner, and a dual winner of OCC/CCC have in common? Answer: They’ll all be lining up a

2025 Freetrail TROY Results Retrospective and Discussion

A deep dive into the 2025 Freetrail Trail Runner of the Year (TROY) results. The goal of this podcast is to discuss the results of the 2025 TROY voting: what went right,

2026 Black Canyon 100k Race Preview and Predictions

Olympic medalists coming to the trails in their prime, is Jim Walmsley toeing the line, and who the heck is walking away with a Golden ticket? Things are about to get wil

2026 Hong Kong 100k Race Preview

Happy 1 year anniversary of Let’s Talk Trail Running! 1 year ago I recorded my first preview to a very small audience & here we are a year later back at it. Thanks to eve