She Trails Podcast

Very happy to welcome Martina Valmassoi to the podcast. Last month, she had one of the best race of her career: winning Trail 100 Andorra by UTMB, on technical, mountainous terrain that suited her strengths and love for adventures. She shares more about this race experience and her recent journey rebuilding from injury, cycling to Zegama and Andorra to build up to the race. We explore the importan...

So excited to welcome Jazmine Lowther to the podcast. She is a pro trail runner, who most recently finished on the podium at Madeira Island Ultra Trail, one of her Bucket List Race. Growing up in a small town in Canada, her life has been shaped by an openness to people, experiences and a love for movement and nature. We deep dive into her recent race but we also talk about how we can be leaders in...

Really excited to be joined by Bee Leask on today’s episode, an adventurer and qualified mountain leader from Scotland. She shares how growing up in the Shetland islands created a sense of freedom, ease and forever bond with the outdoors. Bee started her Munro-bagging journey, right alongside the early days of social media, and documented her adventure. We talk about this journey opening her mind...

Really excited to be joined by Kate Shuttlewood on today’s episode, fresh off her win at the Wild Horse 200 in Wales. We dive into her journey, from a lifelong love of sport to finding her latest passion in the ultra endurance running space. We talk about how everything came together at Wild Horse 200, she shares the highs and the lows , the route, what worked, the highlights, learnings and the ch...

Very happy to welcome Caro Wilson for a new episode, she is an ultra-runner based in Scotland who took on a 222km multi-stage race called Ultra X Tanzania, back in February. We deep dive into her journey from beginner to ultra-distance athlete, exploring the mindset shifts, challenges, friendships and breakthroughs that carried her through one of the toughest endurance events. She shares what it t...

I’m really happy to welcome Katja Takala to the podcast: a mum, ultra-runner, Ironwoman, and entrepreneur. Growing up in Finland, being active outdoors was simply a way of life, and running has been part of hers since childhood. We talk about how that relationship with running has evolved through different life stages, and how it also was the foundation for building her business, Stolt Running . W...

I’m really excited to be joined by Gemma Hillier-Moses for this new episode. She is a pro ultra runner from the UK who’s made an incredible rise in just three years of trail running. We caught up right after her longest race yet at Chianti Ultra Trail, racing alongside some of the best women trail runners in the world. We discuss her journey, and the perspective and life changes that came from fac...

So excited to welcome Henriette Albon for this new episode, an amazing mountain runner based in Norway. She just won TransGrancanaria for the second consecutive year, with her husband also taking the top spot this year. We dive into what it takes to perform at that level, the discipline behind the scenes, and the big life decisions that came with going all-in on the athlete lifestyle & buildin...

So excited to welcome Mercedes Siegle-Gaither for this new episode, she is a professional ultra mountain runner for Merrell, based in Colorado. She has been running ultras for over a decade, exploring different distances and terrain, and recently raced UTS 100 miles and Arc50 in the UK so we dive into those in more details. We also discuss the balancing act of wanting to do it all: racing, staying...

So excited to welcome Shirin for a new episode. Her story begins in the mountains of Iran, growing up climbing alongside her dad, where she fell in love with adventure and the outdoors. Her connection to the mountains never left her and she kept it alive by leading expeditions back in Iran, becoming a climbing instructor and more recently, getting into ultra-running. We talk about coming into the...

So happy to welcome Siân Longthorpe for this new episode of the podcast. Running has been a constant in her life, on the road and the trails, through different life stages, and more recently the transition to her new life as a woman. She shares more on her journey with us, the initial fears of loosing the community that means a lot to her, and how her relationship with running evolved, becoming an...

Super excited to welcome Megan Boxall today! I catch up with her in the middle of a truly huge adventure, running the coast of Britain. She shares the preparation, work behind the scenes and the why for this journey, raising money and awareness for the Samaritans charity that supported her through her own mental health struggles. On day 95, she tells us more about the coast path’s views, adapting...

I’m so happy to welcome Trish Patterson for this first episode of 2026. She is is an adventurer, based in the UK who loves running and exploring in the mountains, and this December, she became the first person ever to complete a Winter Dragon FKT. It represents 370 kilometres and over 16,000 meters of elevation along the spine of the mountains of Wales. This FKT is the result of years building exp...

I am really excited to welcome Sabrina Pace-Humphreys to the podcast. She’s an ultra-runner, co-founder of Black Trail Runners, and is known for bringing joy, representation, and meaningful change to the trails. In this episode, we chat about what it takes to help more people feel welcome in trail running, which is something she dives into in her latest book "Start where you are". We explore the q...

Very happy to welcome Lydia Oldham to the podcast today. She’s an ultra-runner and since a couple of years has taken on big solo adventure projects, her latest one being a 500km run from London to Cornwall. We talk about her mindset and attitude towards change, and the resilience she built when swimming competitively. We also go into more details on all the things we don’t see when following these...

Super excited to welcome Sophie Grant to the podcast! She’s an ultra-runner, coach, mountain adventurer who has been showing up consistently in this sport for years. Sophie recently completed her third Tor des Géants, and we dive into what that experience looked like! But this episode isn’t just about racing. We talk about what radical change could look like for women in endurance, the incredible...

So happy to welcome Lianne van Dijk to the podcast today. This summer she tackled the Dragon’s Back Race, a 380 km, six-day ultra-running challenge across the spine of Wales. In her first ever stage race, and her first race in Wales, she finished 3rd woman and 10th overall. We dive into what the experience was really like, the highs, the lows, what she learned by trying something completely differ...

So happy to welcome Milly Young on the podcast today. Based in the mountains in France, she is a climber and runner, and describes running as her way to explore and a means to adventure and connecting with nature. This year, she completed her second PTL a UTMB race, short for La Petite Trotte a Leon, with her brother. She tells us more about this unique experience, 300km of less explored trails as...

So happy to welcome Sylvia Nordskar on the podcast today. She is a pro-ultra runner from Norway, who recently took on the 100k finals of the UTMB series, considered one of the most competitive in history this year, as 3 past winners stood on the start line. We take time to unpack her experience, where she got the second place in a very exciting women’s race. We also explore more about her journey...

This is a special episode, and the last one of a mini series of 3 episodes, following Rebecca Devereux on her way to OCC, the 50k finals of UTMB in Chamonix. We dive into her week in the mountains, her race experience and much more. Hope you enjoyed this serie and now this episode! Wtf x Black Trail Runners tshirts are available here Subscribe to "She Trails Podcast" for future episodes, wher...

Today I am very happy to share my conversation with the awesome Anna Troup . We recorded this episode after her Summer Spine journey, 268 miles along the Pennine Way, where she won the race outright. Endurance athlete since she was young, she tells us more about why she started and loves ultra-running and how it evolved with the years, alongside the different stages of her life as a mum and profes...

Excited to share the second episode mini series of 3 episodes, following Rebecca Devereux on her way towards OCC, the 50K category final for the UTMB World Series in Chamonix in Chamonix. This time, we focus on her training journey, what she focused on, what works for her, and mental & physical strategy for the day. She also answers some questions from you all from instagram! Hope you enjoy th...

Super happy to welcome Johanna Antila to the podcast for today's episode. We recorded this episode before Western States, where she was the first Finnish Female on the start line! From her career in Track and Field, to her career in Ultra-Running now, she tells us more about the journey, and what’s special about this year. In this conversation we talk about how and why she chooses the races she ta...

Excited to welcome Natalie Utting-Thomas to the podcast for today’s episode, where we stay on the theme of ultra long distance, and deep dive into her latest race, Wild Horse 200 in South Wales. She won the women’s race and was 4th overall, taking 10 hours off the female course record. We talk more about her journey, falling in love with long distances, the adventures, what it means, and learning...

This is a special episode, and the first one of a mini series of 3 episodes, following Rebecca Devereux on her way towards OCC at the end of Summer in Chamonix. I love the way she shares her running and training journey on instagram, and I was so excited when she said yes to create this series of episodes together. In the first episode we focus on her why behind taking part in this iconic race, th...