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PODCAST

The Midpacker Podcast

Freetrail - Hosted by Troy Meadows

Freetrail presents The Midpacker Podcast, which follows middle and back of the pack trail runners and ultra runners at the heart of the trail running community. Join host Troy Meadows weekly as he talks through what it takes to balance life and running with everyday runners doing extra ordinary things on and off the trails.

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01:37:08

#21 Kyla Maher | Radical Transformation, Following...

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2023/12/05

The MidPacker Pod is part of the Freetrail network of Podcasts. You can now support the MidPacker Pod on Patreon. Make sure you leave us a rating and review wherever you get your pods. Today on the show Troy Meadows is talking with Kyla Maher. Kyla is a community organizer, and trail and ultra runner based in Bozeman Montana. She is also a content producer and the athlete manager for Janji the up-and-coming running apparel brand that in Kyla’s words is a pocket company that also makes

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01:13:39

#23 Aum Gandhi | Living Your True Calling, Crafting A...

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2023/11/30

The MidPacker Pod is part of the Freetrail network of Podcasts. You can now support the MidPacker Pod on Patreon. Make sure you leave us a rating and review wherever you get your pods. Today on the pod Troy Meadows talks with Aum Gandhi. Aum is an entrepreneur, trail, and ultra runner based in Los Angeles. He is a partner and owner at Run Tri Bike the online site dedicated to sharing the voice of the everyday athlete and we discuss his journey from feeling trapped in a job he hated to developing a

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01:42:26

#22 Shelby Farrell | Betting On Yourself, Living The...

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2023/11/25

The MidPacker Pod is part of the Freetrail network of Podcasts. You can now support the MidPacker Pod on Patreon. Make sure you leave us a rating and review wherever you get your pods. Today on the Pod Troy Meadows brings you a conversation with Shelby Farrell. Shelby is a marketer, cat mom, trail runner, and ultra runner who last year took the plunge, quit her job at Coros, bought a van and with her partner Jason started living the van life with the goal of setting a new FKT on the Long Trail in

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01:39:32

#20 Travis Loncar | Building Freetrail Fantasy,...

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2023/11/09

The MidPacker Pod is part of the Freetrail network of Podcasts. You can now support the MidPacker Pod on Patreon. Make sure you leave us a rating and review wherever you get your pods. The stoke is high today as Troy Meadows brings you a conversation with Travis Loncar. Travis is a trail and ultra runner, computer programmer, and the brains behind Freetrail Fantasy the platform that allows you to pick your top finishers for some of the best trail and ultra races for great prize packages. They talk

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01:18:05

#19 Callie Vinson | Body Image, Crafting Meaningful...

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2023/11/03

The MidPacker Pod is part of the Freetrail network of Podcasts. You can now support the MidPacker Pod on Patreon. Make sure you leave us a rating and review wherever you get your pods. Today on the pod Troy Meadows brings you a conversation with Callie Vinson. Callie is a body image advocate, trail runner, ultra runner, and creative director for a large ad agency who balances living the “Mad Men” vocational life with her love of running and the trails. In today's show, they touch on her

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01:47:30

#18 Hillary Li & Celeste Banks | Trail Sisters Boston...

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2023/10/25

The MidPacker Pod is part of the Freetrail network of Podcasts. You can now support the MidPacker Pod on Patreon.Make sure you leave us a rating and review wherever you get your pods. Today on the Midpacker Pod Troy Meadow talks with Hillary Li and Celeste Banks. These ladies are trail runners and ultra runners who are passionate about creating diversity and inclusion on the trails. They recently took over the leadership roles at the Trail Sisters Boston Chapter and are eager to share their love of

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01:45:08

#17 Timothy Lock | Talking Sustainability How You...

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2023/10/19

The MidPacker Pod is part of the Freetrail network of Podcasts. You can now support the MidPacker Pod on Patreon. Make sure you leave us a rating and review wherever you get your pods. Today on the pod Troy Meadows talks with Tim Lock. They focus a lot of the conversation on sustainability and practical ways to minimize your carbon footprint. Tim is an architect and partner at a firm called OPAL where their focus is on sustainable building design. Tim is a subject matter expert in sustainability

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01:20:51

#16 Michael Loeffler | The Mental Side of Being an...

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2023/10/13

The MidPacker Pod is part of the Freetrail network of Podcasts. You can now support the MidPacker Pod on Patreon. Make sure you leave us a rating and review wherever you get your pods. Today on the show Troy Meadows talks with Michael Loeffler. Michael is a father, husband, psychotherapist, and trail and ultra runner. They tease out some actionable tips that Micheal has for fellow trail runners looking to find balance with and have clear communications and expectations with the people in their

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01:42:43

#15 Matt Chittim | MidPack Rambling and Dissecting...

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2023/10/05

The MidPacker Pod is Presented by Freetrail. You can now support the MidPacker Pod on Patreon. Today, Troy Meadows talks with Matt Chittim. Matt should need no introduction as the host of the Rambling Runner Podcast and one of the founders and co-creatives at Relay. He is also a masters runner and father and recently started dabbling on the trails. They talk about several topics, including how Rambling Runner came to be, the new updates to the Boston Marathon qualifying standard, Matt running his

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01:26:11

#14 Grindstone 100 Mile Recap with Troy, MVD, and...

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2023/09/30

The MidPacker Pod is Brought to you by Freetrail. You can now support the MidPacker Pod on Patreon. Today we are flipping the script on you and the mics are getting turned on the host Troy Meadows! We are stoked to have Freetrailers MVD and Corinne Shalvoy host the pod to ask me about my latest 100 mile effort at the Grindstone Trail Running Festival By UTMB. They talk briefly about Troy's running background, some of his training this year and dive into how his 33 hour experience on the course

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01:41:06

#13 Matt Feldhake | The Art of The Live Stream &...

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2023/09/21

The MidPacker Pod is Brought to you by Freetrail. You can now support the MidPacker Pod on Patreon. Today on the Pod, Troy Meadows sits down to talk with Matt Feldhake. Matt is a father, husband, marketer, and trail runner. Matt is the Marketing Director at Aravaipa Running and has played a pivotal role in bringing us the amazing live stream coverage that we have all come to love from Jamil and Crew. We geeked out a lot on Marketing but also talked about Matt's running and his next race, the

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01:27:00

#12 Heidi Garner | Finding Your Stoke Again,...

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2023/09/14

The MidPacker pod is brought to you by FreeTrail with generous support from Vacation Races. Today on the Pod, Troy Meadows talks to his dear friend Heidi Garner. Heidi is a mother, community organizer, artist, entrepreneur, and Trail and UltraRunner. They talk about how Heidi has found balance in raising several children with her running goals. How she has used her passion for endurance sports to give back to her local community as a board member of the youth swim league that her children are a

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01:43:32

#11 Eugene Day | The Value of Doing Hard Things,...

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2023/09/08

Today on the Pod, Troy Meadows talks with Eugene Day. Eugene is a Data Science and Discrete Event Simulation Director at Seattle Children's Hospital who loves Trail and Ultrarunning, dabbles in poetry and is always striving to be a better leader. They discuss several topics, including Eugene's Sobriety and how he decided to stop drinking. His love of poetry, he actually recites a poem he wrote in the show about his relationship as a mid-to-back of the pack runner and the crazy fast folks

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01:45:12

#10 Jessica Grinspan | Dealing with Injury & Aligning...

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2023/09/02

The MidPacker pod is brought to you by FreeTrail with generous support from Vacation Races. Today on the pod Troy Meadows sits down with Jessica Grinspan. Jessica is a public health researcher, trail runner, and ultrarunner from Philadelphia, PA, with a passion for aligning running pursuits with social advocacy. She is also a vibrant member of the FreeTrail community and an active member of the mental health channel in the FreeTrail Pro Slack community. In today's episode, they discuss how

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01:38:59

#9 Ari Sonnenberg | Austerity, Selfless Service,...

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2023/08/25

In this episode of the MidPacker pod brought you by FreeTrail, with generous support from Vacation Races, Troy Meadows has a discussion with Ari Sonnenberg. Ari has a mindset that is very powerful, and through reckoning with a lot of trauma in his life, more than anyone should have to bear, he has managed to cultivate a thoughtful approach to mindfulness and a zeal for living with a no-nonsense attitude that only a Boy from Brooklyn can have. We dive into Ari's upbringing, his 16-year tour

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01:21:05

#8 Mat Glaser & Maureen Cane | Life Design, Moving to...

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2023/08/17

This episode of the MidPacker pod is brought you by FreeTrail, with generous support from Vacation Races, With all the UTMB festivities right around the corner, the stoke is super high to have this week's guest on the pod. In this Episode Troy Meadows talking with dear friends Mat Glaser and Maureen Cane. A year ago, Mat took a sabbatical from his job as a Teacher in Berkley, and together, he and Maureen moved their family of 4 to a sleepy village outside of Chamonix, France, to explore the

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01:18:51

#7 Vivian Tang | Through Example and Creating...

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2023/08/10

In this episode of the MidPacker pod brought you by FreeTrail, with generous support from Vacation Races, Troy Meadows talks with Vivian Tang about acting locally while thinking globally when it comes to empowering the BIPOC community to embrace the trails. Vivian is a clinical pharmacist, trail runner, and community organizer. She is very passionate about inclusion in trail running and we dive deep into a few topics including the treatment of a group of BIPOC spectators at this year's Boston

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01:24:43

#6 Mellisa Sorenson | Finding the Trails, Backyards...

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2023/08/03

In this episode of the MidPacker pod brought you by FreeTrail, with generous support from Vacation Races, Troy Meadows talks with Melissa Sorenson about finding the trails, parenthood, and the backyard ultra format. Melissa is an ultrarunner, educator, and mother of soon to be 3. Having just recently found out that she is pregnant with her 3rd child. In this episode, we talk about how Melissa and her Husband got into trail running from road marathons and the challenges of running races with small

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01:06:56

#5 Travis Weller | Art, Working with Brands and...

The Midpacker Podcast ·

2023/07/28

In this episode of the MidPacker pod brought you by FreeTrail Troy Meadows talks with Travis Weller about his art and how Travis has aligned with brands in the running space merge his passions with his vocation. Travis is an artist, father, trail runner, and ultrarunner whose work with brands like the North Face and Roark has crafted a life that aligns his creative pursuits and his love of the trails. His limited run with the NorthFace Vectiv launch back in 2021 put Travis on the map with brands

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01:19:02

#4 Jessica Vandenbush | Creating content and having...

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2023/07/20

In this episode of the MidPacker Pod, Troy Meadows talks with Jessica Vandenbush, a content creator, trail and ultrarunner, and all-around fun person. This was an enjoyable conversation centered around some of the unique things Jessica has done around building community and creating content in the running world and how she approaches balance in her life while finding time to pursue her passions. From creating the speed dating 5k to running the Jerome Aid Station at the inaugural Cocadona 250,

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