Trail Runner Nation

Dying to Run: When Running Is Who You Are | EP 804

Matt Fitzgerald returns to Trail Runner Nation to talk about his deeply personal book Dying to Run: An Athlete’s Quest for One More Finish and the long COVID diagnosis th

Aging As An Athlete - Your Mind Remembers. Your Body Has Changed | EP 803

In this new Aging As An Athlete episode with Krissy Moehl, Coach Kirk Keller has been running since 1974, and nearly six decades later, he’s still training, racing, coach

Caffeine Makes You Faster… Until It Doesn’t | EP 802

Caffeine is one of the most researched performance aids in sport, but Dr. Neil Clarke says its biggest misconception is that it works the same way for everyone. The resea

What If You Haven’t Found Your Limit Yet? | EP 801

Ryan Lange thought nine years of ultrarunning had given him a pretty good idea of his limits, until mile 88 of the Summit 200 changed everything. When he learned he was l

You Don't Need a Bib to Be a Runner | EP 800

For much of her career, Ellie Greenwood measured herself against the best runners in the world, but her relationship with running has evolved toward something less measur

The Secret Every Happy Trail Runner Knows | EP 799

Matt Lambert has become one of the quiet legends of the Auburn trail community, not because of race results, but because of the joy, generosity, and gratitude he brings t

You're Probably Carrying Water the Wrong Way | EP 798

Hydration can make or break a long run, but there isn't a universal formula that works for everyone. Kramer Ammons shares how he tests everything from sweat rate and hydr

Aging As An Athlete - The Best Miles Aren’t Always the Fastest | EP 797

Krissy Moehl, Kathleen Egan, and Jenny Jurek, affectionately known as the Mullet Train, share the story behind their goal of completing 1,000 trail miles together, includ

Three Elite Coaches. Six Impossible Decisions | EP 796

Coaching advice almost always starts with, “It depends.” In this special Ask the Coaches episode, Don and Scott take away that safety net by forcing Ian Sharman, Hal Koer

Sophie Grant: The Adventure That Changed Everything | EP 795

Sophie Grant had reached a point where even the hardest ultramarathons no longer carried the uncertainty they once did, and after years of infertility and IVF, she realiz

Sometimes You Have to Borrow Belief | EP 794

We often think of ultrarunning as an individual pursuit, but Eric Strand’s Western States story proves that the strongest performances are rarely solo efforts. After crac

The Hidden Performance Killer Nobody Trains For | EP 793

Most runners focus on pace, heart rate, and fueling, but heat may be the hidden factor that determines whether a great race turns into a survival march. In this conversat

13 Miles. 7 Stops. One Ironing Board | EP 792

What would you think if you arrived at a trailhead and saw runners strapping full-size ironing boards to their backs? That’s exactly how Don and Scott discovered Iron X,

More Data. Better Gear. Slower Runners? | EP 791

Runners have more data, technology, nutrition products, and training advice than ever, so why does Dr. Phil Maffetonebelieve many of us are actually getting slower and le

Has Trail Running Lost Its Soul? | EP 790

Trail running has grown from a small community of passionate runners into a global sport, bringing bigger races, better gear, international competition, and more opportun

You're Probably Using Caffeine Wrong | EP 789

Caffeine is one of the most researched performance enhancers in endurance sports, yet most runners know surprisingly little about how to use it effectively. In this conve

EP 788: The Hardest Part Wasn't the Race

Marc Hopkins, author of Hard Things, set out to write a book about running the Bigfoot 200, but what emerged was something much deeper. In this conversation, he shares ho

EP 787: Aging as an Athlete- What Climbers Know About Longevity That Runners Need

What if getting older doesn't mean doing less, but doing it better? In this installment of the Aging as an Athlete series, legendary ultrarunner Krissy Moehl welcomes lon

EP 786: Everything You Need to Know Before Western States

Western States is more than a 100-mile race. For many ultrarunners, it's the unofficial holiday that defines the season. In this annual Trail Runner Nation tradition, And

EP 785: Why Fitness isn't Enough

What separates great ultrarunners from everyone else isn't just fitness. It's how they think. In this conversation, legendary coach and runner Ian Sharman shares the phil