Running long - A trail and ultra running talk

Dan Curts is a professional trail runner for Brooks coming from New Hampshire, United States. With PRs of 3:43 in the 1500m, sub 4 min in the mile and 13:38 in the 5000m, Dan is a really fast, really talented runner who’s main focus is on mountain running and the sub ultra distances. This year he won the US mountain running up and down champs and has competed at the world trail and mountain runnin...

Our own Max Keith just ran The Speed Project Atacama, a 500km crossing of the Atacama Desert that is not just a race, it’s an adventure, a deep dive into the unknown, a shared experience with all the participants and crews, an introspective journey across one’s emotions and soul.  The only rule of this event is that there are no rules, and that you need to cover the approximately 500km between sta...

James Huw is a trail runner, a science presenter, a geologist, astronomy and climate scientist from Wales, UK. James’ mission is to communicate science, make science cool and accessible to people. With Kilian Jornet he founded the Athlete Climate Academy, a place to give outdoor athletes the background they need to discuss climate change and environmental issues with confidence. In this episode we...

Emkay Sullivan is a professional trail runner for Craft from Reno, Nevada, United States. After a long and challenging year full of success but also some setbacks, Emkay decided to put off her final goal of 2023 and not run CIM, California International Marathon.  In this episode talk about the challenge of training, the difficulty of redefining goals and adjusting a plan, how toughness sometimes...

Malen Osa is a professional trail runner for Salomon living in Spain, in the Basque Country. Malen is only 20 years old and has had a breakthrough season in 2023, placing fourth overall in the final ranking Golden Trail World Series, and top 5 at Dolomyths Run, Pikes Peak Ascent and Mammoth Trail Fest. She’s definitely one of the most interesting young talents in the sport, someone to keep an eye...

Emily Hawgood is a professional trail and ultra runner from Zimbabwe sponsored by Adidas Terrex. Emily is one of the most wonderful and cheerful people I know, not just in the sport of running, and she’s one of the strongest trail athletes in the world, especially in the 100k-100m distance. She’s also a running coach, a strength coach, she studied Exercise Science at the College of Idaho and she h...

Mike McMonagle is trail runner and photographer from Salt Lake City, United States. I met Mike, better known to the public with his instagram handle @shitinthewoods , last year at the world championship in Thailand, and I was inspired by his vibrant pictures showing the athletes in the peak of their efforts. I started following him and I discovered not only a great photographer, but also a great p...

Francesco Puppi⁠ is a pro athlete for Nike and your Running Long podcast host. Today I'm joined by Max and Moi, founder and co-founder of Vert.run, to talk about my 2023 season, including my first experience in a long ultra at Templiers (80km +3500m), where I placed second behind Jonathan Albon. We’re going to dive deep into how the race went, how I felt, what was my nutrition strategy, how I...

Laurein Klein is a trail and ultra runner with an undergraduate degree in athletic training, a master degree in exercise science and experience in the sports medicine field. In this episode we talk about how biomechanics influences running economy and how we can improve our running economy through training to become better and more efficient runners. As trail runners we are constantly striving to...

Gloria Giudici - for me and for some of my friends Rita - is an amateur runner, Sportsshoes ambassador and full time worker who happens to be my girlfriend. Rita - which is Gloria’s middle name, for those of you who are wondering about where it comes from, is one of the hardest working people I know and for sure a great source of strength and inspiration for me. She’s also a great runner and an ac...

Here at Vert, we run to have fun, feel good and learn something about ourselves in the process. How can we build self confidence through trail running? How can we be ok with the fact that we all want to grow and progress, but we may still experience failures and setbacks? How can we feel empowered through trail running? Today's guest is Steve Krenn, a Vert.run coach and trail runner from New Y...

Ida Nilsson is a professional trail runner for Craft, she's from Sweden but she currently lives in Norway. Ida has been in the sport for a very very long time and she’s explored pretty much everything that there is to explore within the sport of running, from the track to cross country, from the roads to the trails. Together with Mimmi Kotka and Emelie Forsberg, she's the co-founder of Moo...

The Golden Trail World Series athletes and crew landed in the United States for the two final stages of the circuit and another adventure in the West of the United States. We raced at the Pikes Peak Ascent in Manitou Springs (CO) where Remi Bonnet set a new course record, beating the legendary mark by Matt Carpenter that was set 30 years ago, and at the new Mammoth Trail Fest 26k in Mammoth Lakes...

Abby Hall is a professional trail runner from Flagstaff, USA, sponsored by Adidas Terrex. I wanted to have Abby on the podcast in a very particular situation, which is not an easy moment for her. It's definitely a moment of struggle or at least not what people generally associate with the life of a professional athlete. Abby had a big injury earlier this year, she broke her leg while training...

Miguel Quinta is a vert.run explore athlete from Portugal living in Spain. Miguel started training with Vert in 2023 with the goal to finish CCC, a 100km race with 6000m around Mont Blanc. In this episode we talk about Miguel’s race, how it went and how he handled the difficulties that he faced; about his preparation (using a specific training plan for CCC designed by Petter Engdahl), the challeng...

Toni McCann is a professional trail runner from South Africa sponsored by Adidas Terrex She's the 2023 OCC women champion, with an incredible race and performance - she ran 53km with 3100m of elevation in 5h18 min. In this episode we talk about her preparation, which was not short of challenges and setbacks, her race, her strategy and in general about her 2023 trail season. We always find it v...

If you're struggling around routines or to get back to your normal life after the summer and hopefully some time off for vacation, training or racing, then this episode is for you! Olya Amelina is a health and performance coach helping people create daily routines around food, sleep, training and rest to enhance performance and achieve their goals in business, sport and daily life. In this epi...

After the summer season and especially after this week's UTMB, we figured it's important to relisten to this conversation with Coach Daniel Rowland on recovery and managing the time after a race. It’s a very delicate period, both physically and mentally: we need to make sure that we've recovered well after a race and many months hard training, and we need to start laying the foundation...

This episode focuses on the nutrition during a race or a long run: you will learn how to fuel during an endurance effort, what it makes sense to eat and what doesn’t, some strategies that will help you always stay on top of your nutrition and get the all energy that you need. Wilfredo Benitez is a trail runner and nutritionist based in Portland, Oregon, and founder of On Pace Wellness , a company...

This episode focuses on nutrition before a race or a long run: you will learn how to fuel before an endurance effort, what it makes sense to eat and what doesn’t, some strategies that will help you get all the energy that you need, in order to achieve your goal. ⁠Wilfredo Benitez⁠ is a trail runner and nutritionist based in Portland, Oregon, and founder of ⁠On Pace Wellness⁠ , a company with the g...

On Pace Wellness  is a company based in Portland, Oregon, which helps endurance athletes to optimize their nutrition for health, wellness and performance. We chat with Wilfredo Benitez, head nutritionist at On Pace Wellness, USATF certified coach and trail runner, about the importance of a balanced nutrition for athletes. How and what we eat have the potential to help make our goals a reality or t...

What are training zones? Why is it so important to run at the correct intensity? With Eoin today we talk about training with heart rate zones, why running at the correct intensity is key and how to use heart rate zones in your daily training. Eoin Everard is an Irish athlete, physiotherapist and pilates instructor with a PHD in biomechanics. Eoin has a background as an international runner with su...

How has the shoe technology evolved during the past decade? How do we choose a trail shoe, what should we pay attention to? What are the most important features, depending on their use and purpose? As trail runners, our most important piece of gear is a pair of running shoes, and there are now well over 200 trail running shoes on the market. That means there are shoes for every foot, every trail,...

Meikael Beaudoin Rousseau and Anna Gibson are two young American athletes and members of The Trail Team . The mission of The Trail Team is to independently support and develop rising athletes into the best professional trail runners in the world through mentorship, skill development, and media exposure.  With Meikael and Anna we will talk about their running background, how they got into trail run...

Rosie Mitchell is a 63 year old lady from Zimbabwe currently living in Cape Town (South Africa). Rosie is an ultra runner, graphic designer, Vert.run athlete and so much more. Rosie is one of our most loyal and dedicated athletes, she’s had an incredible and super inspiring personal story which you will discover in today’s conversation, and she’s currently training for a 100m race in the US. In th...