The Steep Stuff Podcast

#193 - Joe "Stringbean" McConaughy - RD North Bend Trailfest & Ultrarunner

Send us Fan Mail A mountain town, a brutally steep VK, and a trail festival that’s trying to feel like a hometown party instead of a corporate expo. We’re joined by Joe

Most Replayed Episode: Allie (McLaughlin) Avatar, 2022 World Uphill Champion

Send us Fan Mail A hip that might not cooperate. A course that’s basically a slip-and-slide. A start line you’re not even sure you’ll stand on. Then somehow… you find yo

Most Replayed Episode: Grayson Murphy, 2X Mountain Running World Champion

Send us Fan Mail Winning world titles is hard. Getting told you are “fine” for 18 months while your body is clearly breaking down might be harder. We sit down with Grays

BONUS Episode - UTMB Predictions with Nick Tusa

Send us Fan Mail UTMB week brings out the most honest kind of sports conversation: we have a stacked start list, a million storylines, and almost no certainty once the r

UTMB OCC Race Companion with Nick Tusa

Send us Fan Mail UTMB week has a way of making trail running feel bigger than sport. The streets of Chamonix fill up, legends stroll past like it’s normal, and suddenly

Christian "Slim" Allen - Pre UTMB OCC Interview

Send us Fan Mail Sierre Zinal doesn’t hand out gifts, and neither does a season that starts with a stress reaction, rolls into a posterior tib strain, and then keeps whi

Noah Williams - Pre UTMB OCC Interview

Send us Fan Mail Chamonix does something to your brain. You land, look up at the peaks, and suddenly every run feels like it should be longer, harder, and higher. We sit

UTMB ETC Race Companion with Rachel Tomajczyk

Send us Fan Mail A 15K can feel longer than a 100K when the course is straight up, straight down, and the field is absolutely loaded. We’re fired up for ETC in Courmayeu

Taylor Stack - Pre UTMB ETC Interview

Send us Fan Mail Mont Blanc in the background has a way of rewriting your definition of “normal.” We’re checking in with Taylor Stack from Chamonix as UTMB week starts t

Sam Lewis - Pre UTMB ETC Interview

Send us Fan Mail A hamstring injury doesn’t just take away fitness. It can mess with your confidence, your decision-making, and even your ability to trust basic sensatio

Sydney Petersen - Pre UTMB ETC Interview

Send us Fan Mail Chamonix has a way of making trail running feel like the center of the universe, and Sydney Peterson is soaking it up while she can. After stacking a st

Finlay Grant - Pre UTMB ETC Interview

Send us Fan Mail A race where the “course” is more like a suggestion sounds fun right up until you’re waist-deep in a peat bog, freezing, and trying to decide which ridg

#192 - Kirsty Skye Dickson

Send us Fan Mail A 3:05 at Sierre-Zinal and a Mont Blanc Marathon 23K podium is the kind of season that usually comes with “full-time pro” stamped on it. Kirsty Sky Dixo

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Most Replayed Episode: Joseph Gray, Mountain Running’s Greatest of all Time

Send us Fan Mail The mountain running GOAT label sounds shiny until you hear what it demands day after day. Joseph Gray joins us for a wide-ranging, no-fluff talk about

#191 - Tyler Andrews, FKT Holder - Mount Everest

Send us Fan Mail One decision on Everest can erase years of work, and Tyler Andrews knows that better than most. After six failed summit pushes and three straight Everes

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#190 - Abby Bennett, The Journey Back From Hip Labrum Surgery

Send us Fan Mail A “clean” MRI can still leave you limping, doubting yourself, and stuck in the worst kind of uncertainty: pain without answers. James sits down with Abb

Beast of Big Creek Race Companion with Rachel Tomajczyk

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Daniel Antonioli & Beñat Albisu, Pre Beast of Big Creek Interview

Send us Fan Mail They just landed in Seattle, they’ve barely had time to shake out their legs, and they’re already thinking about one thing: how a U.S. sky race will fee