Trail Runner Nation

Sally McRae  and  Warren Pole  join the nation to review the newest volume of the TRN Audio Magazine.  Here is a list of the articles we discuss: Tipping Point Blinded by the Light I may be Having a Heart Attack Goal!!!! This Season's Must Have Color is Orange Motivation: What is Your Goto Mantra? Brake or Break? Is that English? In the Long Shadow of Mont Blanc Now Jacko Willink "Good" video 33 S...

We jump in the TRN time machine and travel back to 1988 to compare how trail running has changed.  Tim Twietmeyer, 25-time, silver buckle owner and 5-time champion of  Western States 100 , join The Nation to discuss. Winners of the  33shake  photo promotion.  Each will receive 10 Satchels of the chia energy gel.  Post your photo/video on social media and tag #fuledby33shake and #inspiredbytrn to e...

Matt Fitzgerald  (sports nutritionist, writer, athlete, coach) hits another home run with his latest book,  "The Endurance Diet: Discover the 5 Core Habits of the World's Greatest Athletes to Look, Feel and Perform Better" .  (Whew, that was an endurance title).  Matt took the last two years to do in depth with the top endurance athletes from different sports and from around the world.   3 winners...

Don and Scott look back on the last 5 years of podcasts and revisit the great guests and topics from 2016. Top downloaded TRN Podcasts since 2011 Top downloaded TRN Podcasts in 2016

This is our second annual holiday game show edition!  We pinned the European Union against the East Coast of the USA.This year  Andy Jones-Wilkins  and  Warren Pole  rejoin with team mates  Donna Ní Cuarta  and  Ashley Walsh .   The Nation goes rogue and kicks it game show style.  We adapt the 1970's game show,  "100,000 Pyramid"  to create a trail running version.     Listen to  last year's game...

Dr. Mihály Csikszentmihályi describes flow as being "completely involved in an activity for its own sake. The ego falls away. Time flies. Every action, movement, and thought follows inevitably from the previous one...Your whole being is involved, and you're using your skills to the utmost". Wow!  How do we bottle that and release it on race day? AJW's article on Flow " The Pleasure of Flow " Podca...

Eric Byrnes   retired from major league baseball with a batting average of .259, 109 home runs, 396 RBIs, and an OBP or .320.  Now what does he do?  One thing that is taking up some of his time is trail and ultra running.  Eric explains how his experience in MLB has helped him in becoming a passionate trail runner. Diamond to the Rough video Learn more about the  Pat Tillman Foundation

"The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire".   Malcolm Gladwell's  best-selling book published in 2000,  "The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference"    can translate in to our sport.   Andy Jones-Wilkins  and  Zach Bitter  join The Nation to discuss what some of these little things are an...

Pam Reed  recently broke her leg.  Our East Coast Executive Producer and Headmaster,  Andy Jones-Wilkins , joins The Nation to discuss what it takes to make a comeback from injury, in a race, from professional setbacks, personal relationships, etc. Pam's previous podcast:  "Visualization and Leaping Out of Your Comfort Zone with Pam Reed" Pam Reed's book, "The Extra Mile" Check out the  TRN Store...

Gary Dudney is a prolific writer and can be seen in  "Ultra Running Magazine" , "Trail Runner", "Runner's World", "Running Times", and others.  He has run over 200 ultras and 50 Hundreds.  He joins The Nation to explain what he has learned over the years, especially how to find joy in the journey of running. The Tao of Running Website The Book:  " The Tao of Running: Your Journey to Mindful and Pa...

Gary Robbins  has won the  HURT 100-mile trail race  3 times and many other races.  He is also a coach and race director.  Gary joins The Nation to talk about his experience at  Barkley Marathons "scraping" his  "10 essentials for safe backcountry adventures, trail running style" pacing and fueling "fade-rate" Check out Gary's  coaching site Gary's  Coast Mountain Trail Series  The Squamish 50 The...

Sally McRae is busy.  She called, we agreed to hit record and now we have the first ever TRN "Phone-Cast" with Sally.  Photo Credit: Billy Yang 

Dr. Joe Uhan is a physical therapist, Board­-Certified Orthopedic Specialist, coach.....oh, and he can run!  Joe can be seen and read regularly on  IRunFar  and  UltraRunning Magazine .   He joins The Nation to talk about running efficiency and bio-mechanics.   Running efficiently is very simple, but NOT EASY.  Here are some links to what we discussed: Joe's Ultrarunning Magazine's November articl...

Dr. Phil Maffetone   has changed the way most of us eat, train, run and live our lives.  He joins The Nation to talk about the social stress of the "No Pain, No Gain" philosophy, hydration, getting enough vitamin D, using fish oils, and much more. Here are some links to things we discussed: "Social Stress of 'N0-Pain No-Gain'" article HR threshold test The MAF Test Dr. Maffetone's Books Phil's Mus...

   Coach Travis Macy and  Andy Jones-Wilkins join The Nation to discuss why trail running is more than just logging miles and how it becomes part of who we are.  In TRN style, we approach this topic by throwing out words that spark these ideas: Faith Calm/Stillness Therapy Nook Community Failure Technology/gear Grain

TRN regular and running guru, Dr. Mark Cucuzzella joins The Nation to do a brief recap of this years  Freedoms Run , a race he has directed for the past 8 years.  We then talk about the "pendulum swinging back to minimalist shoes" and how it is important to have good running form. Check out the 3  Efficient Running Training Modules  that Dr. Mark and the U.S. Air Force created. Here is the most po...

Meghan Arbogast  has been running for over 30 years and continues to be competitive with other runners that are 1/2 her age.  She seems to be getting faster!  She joins The Nation to discuss how she got into running, her training regime, love for running, race strategies and her favorite Taco Bell menu item. Hire Meghan to Coach you HERE New Yorker article, "Meb Keflezighi, Bernard Lagat, and the...

This is Part 2 of the  Tahoe 200 Endurance Run  just finished up a week ago.  There were over 100 people that started this race of 205.5 miles, including our own Don Freeman.  We are doing a tw0-part podcast devoted to the race report (because this is twice as long as a 100-mile race, duh). Andy Jones-Wilkins  and  Jimmy Dean Freeman  join this podcast to cover the experience of running the race f...

The  Tahoe 200 Endurance Run  just finished up a week ago.  There were over 100 people that started this race of 205.5 miles, including our own Don Freeman.  We are doing a tw0-part podcast devoted to the race report (because this is twice as long as a 100-mile race, duh). Race creator and Director,  Candice Burt,  joins us with Donna Ní Cuarta, a volunteer that flew over from London. In Part 1 we...

USA Track & Field certified coach, elite athlete, and author of  " Running For Happiness and Health: A Beginners Guide to Faster Pain-Free Running " ,   Jason Fitzgerald  joins The Nation to discuss some of the basics of running.  Whether you are a beginner or seasoned veteran, Jason's book will give you practical advice and drills that can help you become a more fit, faster runner while reducing...

That is one of John Wooden's quotes.  He would have been a great ultra running coach. John's great niece,  Kelley Puckett , joins The Nation to discuss  Jimmy Dean Freeman' s race report from the 2016  Badwater 135 mile  race.

Lee McKinley, a well-accomplished ultra runner and tri-athlete, lends his wisdom to the podcasts as we discuss why we choose to go to the next level.  Lee is competing in his third Ironman Kona in this October and talks about how his training has changed over the years.  We also pressure Don into signing up for the  Tahoe 200 mile race  in September. Race Director of the Tahoe 200 Candice Burt joi...

Mark Johnson  has been around the endurance community as a participant and as a reporter and photographer. He shares with The Nation his new book,  "Spitting in the Soup - Inside the Dirty Game of Doping in Sports" . In this book, Mark teaches us about the history of performance enhancing drugs in sports.  Doping has been around for a long time, for many reasons, but only recently banned.  Take a...

Victor Ballesteros is an accomplished trail runner that has evolved into starting his own business,  Victory Sport Design . Victor has developed some strong opinions on how to be a good pacer from his experience as a racer and pacing many of his friends.  A few years ago he penned a great article on pacing,  "The heART of Pacing" .  He joins The Nation to discuss his experiences and wisely teaches...

Endurance athlete and coach,  Travis Macy , rejoins The Nation to expound on his book,  Ultra Mindset .  We take the lessons learned from ultra running and translate them in to life: business, relationships, parenting, etc. Our original  podcast with Travis Check out the course,  Ultra Mindset For Endurance Athletes .  The cohort begins on October 29, 2016 The book is available at most book outlet...