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Peak Pursuits

Welcome to Peak Pursuits, where we chase dirt-packed trails, soaring ridgelines and the thrill of a finish line like no other. Hosted by trail obsessives and elite runners Simone Brick, Brodie Nankervis, Vlad Ixel and Jess Jason — plus deep-dives with James Sieber — we bring you candid chats with Australia’s top trail runners.Expect behind-the-scenes stories, honest conversations about training, injuries, mindset and balancing life off-trail; plus the latest on Aussie races, events and endurance

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Episode 43: Ice Marathon's, Donna Double Training,...

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2025/02/04

Welcome to Episode 43 of Peak Pursuits, your ultimate podcast for everything trail running in Australia. This week’s episode is hosted by Sim Brick, Vlad Ixel and Brodie Nankervis.Listen in as the team discuss Vlad’s upcoming Ice Marathon in India, Sim starts to get specific with her Donna Double training and Brodie recaps his runs at the Oceania Orienteering champs. Then stick around to hear the crew discuss the reason Brodie has gotten sick of running social media!Finished off with some great

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Episode 42: Meet Paige Penrose, Double vs Single Run...

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2025/01/29

Welcome to Episode 42 of Peak Pursuits, your ultimate podcast for everything trail running in Australia. This week’s episode is hosted by Sim Brick, Jess Jason, and guest host Paige Penrose! Listen in to hear about Paige’s unique start in trail running running and her time in NCAA, followed by updates from Sim and Jess, listener questions about double vs single run days and poles, and lastly some big news dropping from SingleTrack Events with the formation of a new Trail Team!SingleTrack

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34:13

Hong Kong 33km Winner Billy Curtis!

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2025/01/23

Welcome to a special episode of the Peak Pursuits podcast where you will get to hear host Brodie Nankervis interview Billy Curtis fresh off his win in ‘The Third’ at HK100 and recent move to Japan.Thanks for joining us on Peak Pursuits! Connect with us on Instagram @peakpursuits.pod and share your thoughts, questions, or your own trail stories. Until next time, keep hitting the trails and chasing those peak pursuits!Billy: @billycurtisBrodie: @brodienankMusic from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):

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Episode 41: HK100, Strength Testing for Runners, and...

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2025/01/21

Welcome to Episode 41 of Peak Pursuits, your ultimate podcast for everything trail running in Australia. This week’s episode is hosted by Sim Brick, Vlad Ixel, and Brodie Nankervis. Listen in as Vlad recaps his 3rd place at HK100 ‘The Third’, Brodie gets back into some running, and Sim sparks a conversation about strength training and testing for runners.The team then answer a question about the timing of this years short trail championships being outside the world champs qualification window, and

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63:58

Episode 40: Two Bays, Dealing with Race...

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2025/01/15

Welcome to Episode 40 of Peak Pursuits, your ultimate podcast for everything trail running in Australia. This week’s episode is hosted by Sim Brick, Jess Jason, and Brodie Nankervis. Listen in as Jess recaps her 2nd place at Two Bays 28km, Sim runs a 400m PB, and Brodie takes us through where his rehab is at and how it affects his planning for the year.The team then give some of their thoughts on how to deal with race cancellations in the wake of Two Bays being cancelled mid-race on the weekend.Two

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Episode 39: Welcome to 2025!

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2025/01/08

Welcome to Episode 39 of Peak Pursuits, your ultimate podcast for everything trail running in Australia. This week’s episode is hosted by Sim Brick, Jess Jason, and Vlad Ixel and is a bit of a round-table discussion on all things coming up in 2025, including: World Mountain and Trail Running Championships. Australian selection policy and nomination form here: https://www.athletics.com.au/get-involved-athletics/world-mountain-and-trail-running-championships Golden Trail National/World Series:

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Episode 38: 2024 Wrapped Part 2!

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2024/12/31

Happy New Year Peak Pursuiters!This ep is hosted by Brodie and Sim as they bring you their (very subjective and at times biased) thoughts on:- Aussie Female/Male Trail Performance of the year- Worldwide Female/Male Trail Performance of the year- Best Aussie Race Battles of 2024- Most Improved Aussie Athletes- Who to Watch in 2025- What to look forward to in 2025We hope you enjoy and we would love to hear your thoughts! Listen in next week for us chatting through all things 2025 on the Aussie trail

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Episode 37: 2024 Wrapped Part 1

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2024/12/24

Welcome to Episode 37 of Peak Pursuits, your ultimate podcast for everything trail running in Australia. This week’s episode is hosted by Sim Brick, Jess Jason, and Vlad Ixel and has a bit of a different flavour as the crew start with updates on their weeks, answer a listener question, and then dive into part 1 of our 2024 Wrapped with the following questions answered: Best piece of gear 2024 Favourite shoes of 2024 Best training learning Biggest trail running news Itra National League:

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93:04

Episode 36: Sim's Chiang Mai 100km Race Recap, Vlad's...

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2024/12/17

Welcome to Episode 36 of Peak Pursuits, your ultimate podcast for everything trail running in Australia. This week’s episode is hosted by Sim Brick, Brodie Nankervis, and Vlad Ixel with the team talking through a major race plot twist from Vlad, Sim’s 100km race recap from Thailand, and the prize money available at BackYard Ultras before diving into all the usual segments and results.Start - 27:00 :- Vlad’s Plot Twist and Brodie Becomes a CyclistWe kick off with Vlad giving us a rundown of where he

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82:43

Episode 35: Sustainable Training and Learnings From...

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2024/12/11

Welcome to Episode 35 of Peak Pursuits, your ultimate podcast for everything trail running in Australia. This week’s episode is hosted by Jess Jason, Brodie Nankervis, and guest host Juliette Soule fresh off her second place at UTK 100km! Get to know Juliette and hear her race recap before diving into all the usual segments and results.Start - 45:40 :- Meet Juliette SouleGet to know Juliette Soule, a gun trail runner for Asics who recently placed second at UTK 100km. Listen in for everything from

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64:02

Episode 34: UTK Recap and Inspirational Stories with...

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2024/12/04

Welcome to Episode 34 of Peak Pursuits, your ultimate podcast for everything trail running in Australia. This week’s episode is hosted by Jess Jason, Vlad Ixel, and guest host Dave Stewart! Get to know Dave before diving into Jess’ race recap at UTK then keep listening for Vlad’s recap of his most recent trip to Asia and some awesome results for the week!Start - 21:30 :- Get to Know DaveAs MC for some of the biggest races in the country, Dave Stewart is well entrenched in the trail running scene and

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60:54

GPT Recap with Race Director Joe Dorph!

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2024/11/28

Hi Peak Pursuiters!Listen in to this race recap episode for everything that goes on behind the scenes when it comes to putting on an event like GPT100. From the origin story of getting the event off the ground, the massive logistics involved in a point to point 100 mile, and the sort of thinking and decision making that goes on when races have to be stopped early for safety like this years event.We hope you have enjoyed listening to this years Trail to GPT and it has sparked some motivation to go

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Episode 33: Ultra Trail Kosciuszko Preview, UTA is a...

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2024/11/26

Welcome to Episode 33 of Peak Pursuits, your ultimate podcast for everything trail running in Australia. This week’s episode is hosted by Sim Brick, Jess Jason and Brodie Nankervis and recaps Sim and Brodie’s races at GPT, Jess’ final prep for UTK 32km, covers a big announcement from UTA, and runs through some awesome results for the week!Start - 47:30 :- Sim and Brodie’s GPT Race RecapsBrodie and Sim chat through their wins at GPT and what went down out on the course in some brutal conditions.47:30

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Episode 32: GPT Preview and Tips for Building Up Your...

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2024/11/18

Welcome to Episode 32 of Peak Pursuits, your ultimate podcast for everything trail running in Australia. This week’s episode is hosted by Sim Brick and Brodie Nankervis ahead of both of them tackling the GPT50k this week. Sim and Brodie take you through a GPT preview, answer a listener's question about building up training from a low mileage base, and run through some awesome results for the week!Start - 33:30 :- Sim and Brodie’s final GPT buildBrodie takes us through his first full week back in Aus

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Episode 31: Racing to your potential, Sarah Ludo's...

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2024/11/12

Welcome to Episode 31 of Peak Pursuits, your ultimate podcast for everything trail running in Australia. This week’s episode is hosted by Sim Brick, Jes Jason, and guest host Sarah Ludowici closing the circle on Trail to South Korea!. Hear about Sarah’s race and a surprise about the lead up, before hearing about Jess’ race decision for Kosci and Sim’s race recap of Triple Top Mountain Run. Followed up with a listener question about reaching your potential, and the results of the week!Start - 23:00

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45:48

Trail to GPT 3 - The Course and Race Day Planning

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2024/11/07

Welcome to Episode 3 or out 3-part mini series in partnership with SingleTrack Events and the Grampians Peaks 100!This episode features last year's 2nd place female and all around trail superstar Cecilia Mattas to talk through the different sections of the course with host Sim Brick, including what to expect from the terrain, tips for aid stations, where you'll be traversing at night vs day, and Cecilia gives her personal experience of the course last year for everyone to learn from.Cecilia and Sim

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Episode 30: Blake Turner's Podium at APTRC!

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2024/11/05

Welcome to Episode 30 of Peak Pursuits, your ultimate podcast for everything trail running in Australia. This week’s episode is hosted by Sim Brick, Jess Jason, and guest host Blake Turner fresh off his podium performance at APTRC Short Trail!. Hear how it went down, the lessons both Jess and Blake learned from the race, and then all the usual segments!Start - 33:30 :- Blake and Jess’ Race RecapsHear Blake and Jess recap their races representing Australia at the Asia Pacific Trail Champs including

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Episode 29: Busted Ankles, Race Choices, and APTRC...

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2024/10/30

Welcome to Episode 29 of Peak Pursuits, your ultimate podcast for everything trail running in Australia. This week’s episode is once again coming at you from three different locations as it is hosted by Sim Brick, Brodie Nankervis, and Vlad Ixel. The team talk through their recent races, their overall thoughts on the asia pacific trail champs, and plenty of tangents along the way to covering some results from the week.Start - 31:30 :- APTRC RecapsHear all about the APTRC from Vlad before he recaps

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Trail to South Korea Episode 5

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2024/10/24

It's race week! Hear from Sarah, Charlie and Mikey from South Korea in the final couple of days before their races. The team talk through their thoughts on the course now that they have seen it, shoe choice, race tactics and more.Website with Live Stream/Tracking links: https://aptrc2024.com/Short Trail starts 9am AEDT Friday 25th OctoberLong Trail starts 7:30 AEDT Saturday 26th OctoberCharlie: @cowboyhamiltonMikey: @mikeydimuantesSarah: @sarahludoBrodie: @brodienankMusic from #Uppbeat (free for

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54:25

Trail to GPT2 2 - Gear and Nutrition for GPT

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2024/10/24

Welcome to epsiode 2 of our 3-part mini series in partnership with SingleTrack Events and the Grampians Peaks 100!This episode features Aussie trail powerhouse Oowan Davies who is running GPT100 for the first time this year after a massive year already with wins at Adelaide Ultra 100, Buffalo Stampede 100 and more!Oowan and host Sim Brick chat through the mandatory gear list, with tips and ticks on type of gear, placement in the pack, how to pack light but safe, and all the tricks Oowan has learned

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