Dirt Church Radio Trail Running

Kia Ora Whanau. This week we have a real treat for you. Shaun Collins, the head of Lactic Turkey events, the Running Beast himself, one of the first two people to run the iconic Hilary Trail, and the only person to have completed a triple Hillary trail in one shot. We have an engaging and detailed conversation about the implications that a council-imposed ban on entering the Waitakere Ranges (to c...

Kia Ora Whanau. This week Eugene and Matt have the immense pleasure to sit down with the one and only Jeff Browning. Jeff is a phenomenon in the trail and ultra running world. With over 30 100 mile finishes over the course of his career and a massive string of triumphs lately, including a top five or better placing at the last three Western States Endurance Runs, the record for the WSER-Hardrock d...

Kia Ora Whanau. This week Eugene and Matt sit down with Mal Law, a man who has made, and continues to make, an indelible mark on the New Zealand trail running community. In addition to Mal’s love of adventure and story-telling, perhaps what he is best known for is his ongoing advocacy and fundraising efforts for mental health, having raised to date over $800,000 for the NZ Mental Health Foundation...

Kia whanau. This week’s interesting conversation with an interesting runner is a bit different. Eugene sits down with All Blacks doctor Tony Page who gives us an insight not only into the world of high performance sport but also his own accomplished running career. He’s completed 10 Keplers, four Coast to Coasts, and competed in the tough Two Oceans ultramarathon in his homeland of South Africa. H...

Kia Ora Whanau. We are super excited this week to talk to our first international guest and a man who is a giant in our culture, Mr Dean Karnazes. Over a 25 year career Dean has run more ultramarathons that one can count, set various endurance records, gained 11 one day buckles at Western States Endurance Run and has been a previous Badwater winner. Dean is a best-selling author, having written fo...

Kia Ora Whanau. This week we speak to Brad Dixon, of Everfit Coaching and ENDURObeet about his journey from triathlete to trail and ultra runner, physio to coach, and why living an integrated life full of joy and balance is key to fulfillment. We discuss Brad’s approach to training, and how he will forgo quality over quantity and process over goals every time as he strives to be the best he can in...

This week we have the distinct pleasure of speaking to Dawn Tuffery, who alongside her roles as mother and video producer is also the 3 x NZ 100 km champ and the current New Zealand 24 hour champ (and the person who ran the farthest in the 2017 competition overall). We speak to Dawn about her varied approach to running, life, and how telling stories in different mediums is Dawn’s main love. Of cou...

Joining us for our fourth episode of Dirt Church Radio we have the most excellent Mel Aitken. Mel is based down on the West Coast of the South Island where she is an Inspector in the New Zealand Police and holds the role of area commander. When Mel doesn’t have her hands full with being responsible for 23,000 sq km of rugged bush and coast, Mel crushes trails with a blithe aggression that belies h...

Matt and Eugene turn it up to 11 and break off the knob with Altra New Zealand’s Grant Guise. We talk about Hardrock, Punk Rock, and Grant’s beginnings running track and cross country in Riverton. We lurch though his ten years spent chasing winter across the globe, discuss his journey to becoming an elite ultra marathon runner, and the travails of being self employed in the outdoors industry (whil...

Fiona Hayvice, Wellington, NZ-based Salomon athlete, talks about running success, the things you learn when things don't go quite so well, volunteering, and how her design business and running fit together. Matt and Eugene talk controversy, and share two runners' Greatest Runs Ever.

Paul Charteris chats about his life, changes to his popular race, and his Greatest Run Ever. Hosts Matt and Eugene talk WUU2K in Stuff You Should Know, and bring you two listeners' Greatest Run Ever.

This week on the podcast: A trailer in which hosts Matt Rayment and Eugene Bingham discuss what Dirt Church Radio will be, and the features that will run each week. And there's a special cameo from Matt's faithful running companion, Rigby. Interesting conversations with interesting runners (and dogs) - Dirt Church Radio.