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The Home Trails Podcast

Ultrarunning Sam brings you the best of British and global trail and ultra running.Official Podcast in residence for the Winter Spine Race 2025, The LAP 2025 and 13 VALLEYS 2025

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75:12

Charlotte Fisher | New Women's Isle of Wight FKT Record

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2024/11/19

Send us a textIn this episode I speak to returning guest Charlotte Fisher.The last time we spoke, Charlotte had just won the @centurionrunning North Downs Way 100.But after a disappointing year of injuries and race cancellations, she decided that she needed to turn the negatives into a positive. She did this by planning and executing a new women's FKT record on the IOW coastal path!She did this in 11 hours and 48 minutes, knocking nearly 2 and a half hours off the previous women's reco...

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45:04

ULTRA NEWS! | UTMB Mallorca, Matt Choi, Rich Roll and...

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2024/11/08

Send us a textSam and Robin round up the recent events in the world of Ultra trail running from around the world!We talk about the recent controversy surrounding UTMB Mallorca, with the last minute cancellation of the 100 mile race and subsequent fallout from not offering refunds or clear communication.We hear from Charlotte Fisher who spent 5 months preparing for this race. She tells us how disappointed she is with the race organisers.We also talk about Matt Choi and his lifetime ban from al...

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58:33

Cameron Wright | The Spine Race and Beyond The...

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2024/11/05

Send us a textOn the podcast this week I talk to Cameron Wright, digital communications lead at Beyond The Ultimate and The Spine Race.As an outdoor photographer and videographer, Cameron talks about his experiences covering the Global Race Series for BTU around the world and the obvious challenges that it presents. From sideways rain in Scotland, to sand dunes as big as houses in 45 degree heat, he gets to see it all!In this interview we talk about Camerons route into his new role, through h...

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39:29

Greg Vollet | Golden Trail World Series Finals and...

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2024/11/01

Send us a textIn this episode I speak to returning guest Greg Vollet, creator of the GTWS.We talk about the highlights from the 2024 series, that controversial pass at Mammoth Trail Fest and the future of the series in 2025.Greg defends criticism of the series 'flower petal' design for courses that allows maximum spectator access and media coverage. He goes on to talk about the potential for the format being used at the upcoming Olympics in LA. As always its great to speak to Greg and he...

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54:06

Robin Leathley | The National Backyard Ultra...

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2024/10/30

Send us a textIn this episode I speak to Robin about the recent backyard ultra championships.But firstly we talk about his instagram page "The Running Accountant"where Robin breaks down the past week in ultra running and explains this crazy sport that we love, for newbies and the ultra curious.'Robins Running Roundup!' breaks down races and events and explains how they work to your average Joe. Robin aims to get more people into trail running and this is one of the avenues he uses.The other w...

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52:43

Amy Hart | Running For Mental Health

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2024/10/24

Send us a textIn a break from our usual programming......I speak to Amy Hart.Amy is, in her own words, 'just a normal runner' which is true, but aren't we all? Even us ultra runners are just normal runners! Well, between snacks and sit downs when we're actually running......In this interview we talk about Amy's life growing up in foster care, her struggles with moving schools frequently and feeling like she would end up uneducated, jobless or even in prison!But Amy didn't let herself become j...

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65:14

James Gwinnett - Alcoholic to Ultrarunning Author

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2024/10/19

Send us a textOn this weeks episode I speak to former SAS: Who Dares Wins contestant and now author, James Gwinnett.James has had a colourful past to say the least!After a serious neck injury ended his rugby career, he fell into a deep depression that turned into alcoholism. But after seeing the London marathon on TV, he decided enough was enough and sought professional help.AA and running helped him quit his drinking and set him up with his new passion of running. The London marathon was jus...

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47:10

Sarah Perry - 13 Valleys Winner and Body Shaming in...

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2024/10/08

Send us a textIn this episode I speak to Sarah Perry.Sarah by her own admission is a reluctant podcast guest, but after months of me asking, she finally relented! I'm so glad she did because we had a great chat about a number of subjects.We did the obligatory "superhero question" to find out how she got into running. We talk about her successful FKT of the South West Coast Path earlier in the year and we obviously talk about her record setting win at 13 valleys over the weekend.We also dive i...

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60:06

Kim Collison - Swiss Peaks 360 and Spine race 2025 plans

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2024/10/01

Send us a textIn this episode I speak to returning guest Kim Collison.Last month, Kim won the Swiss Peaks Trail 360km 85,000ft mountain race.In this interview Kim talks about overcoming past DNF's in long ultras to finally put together the performance he knew he had in him.Kim talks about how significant this race is in his build to the Spine race in January 2025. With this successful race in place, Kim plans to hit 'Britains Most Brutal' race with everything he's got. With 3 unsuccessful att...

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33:53

Camille Herron and Wikigate

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2024/09/27

Send us a textI speak to Kate Allen from RUNULTRA about the Camille Herron controversy.We talk about what allegedly happened and what the media has to say about it all. We discuss 'trial by social media' and the effect not just on Camille herself, but also how it affects our beloved sport of ultra running.This isn't an episode of hate towards Camille, just a conversation about what actually happened and what could happen in consequence.URS

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62:56

Will Roberts - Extreme Environments Photography and...

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2024/09/20

Send us a textIn this episode we welcome back Will Roberts.Normally we speak to Will about all things @SpineRace but this time we did a deep dive into his professional career as a photographer in some of the worlds most extreme environments.We talk about his career in media, his passion for travel and how he essentially blagged his way into his first media job for @BeyondTheUltimateRaces Obviously we do speak about the Spine Race because we both feel so passionately about B...

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52:25

Max King - Dragons Back Winner 2024

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2024/09/14

Send us a textIn this episode I speak to US ultra running legend Max King.Max recently popped over from the USA to win the legendary Dragons Back Race. A 380KM stage race over 6 days traversing the length of Wales from Conwy in the north, to Cardiff in the south!In this interview we chat about his experience of the iconic British stage race, that tests even the hardest ultra runners. We talk about his nonexistent recces of the course and how everyday was for him, fortunately a nice surprise.W...

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50:11

Josh Wade - Fastest Brit at UTMB

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2024/09/07

Send us a textJosh returns as a guest to the podcast with an outstanding performance at this years UTMB.Josh ran himself into a final position of 11th, making him the highest placing Brit at this years race!When you hear how his race started out, the more you realise what a great result he had on a day that could have ended as a DNF, like it did for so many others at this years race.As always, we talk about his training leading into this years race. We talk about his reflections on the result...

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44:29

BONUS EPISODE! - Home Trails ep2 | Jack Scott |...

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2024/08/28

Send us a Text Message.For the super nerds that wanted to hear the first edit before it was cut down for visual aesthetic reasons!An extra 7 minutes of training talk that was removed from the video version after this version. So it's essentially the same but with some additional insights into his training and prep.More conducive to listening in the podcast format.The video can be found here https://youtu.be/qQcDPLj1YUY?si=rP_FCDy__4sPNvunURS

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72:03

David Roche - Leadville 100 champion and new course...

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2024/08/24

Send us a Text Message.In this episode I team up with Kate from RunUltra to speak with David.We talk about his historic race at the Leadville 100 where he not only won his debut 100 miler, but actually broke Matt Carpenters 19 year old course record in the process! Dropping it from 15:42 to 15:26!We talk about his training and preparation leading into this race. We discuss his specific approach involving numerous interventions designed to give David the edge on the long standing record. We di...

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42:59

Fiona Pascall - UTMB 2024 Preview

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2024/08/19

Send us a Text Message.In this episode I speak to returning guest Fiona Pascall.We talk about #vanlife as Fiona is already in the Alps to finish her training whilst residing in her 4 wheeled home. We chat about her success at Mozart 100 and how British the weather was! We talk about her training leading up to this point and the injury post Mozart that hampered her plan.Fiona is one determined Pascall and I'm sure she will live up to the family name and race well at UTMB Mont Blanc!URS

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51:12

Hugh Chatfield - 2024 UTMB Preview

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2024/08/15

Send us a Text Message.In this episode I speak to returning guest Hugh.Hugh's first appearance on the podcast was after his win at Dragons Back last year. This time we catch up with him as he prepares to race CCC at this years UTMB races.We talk about what he's been up to since we last spoke, including joining the Elite Trail Team and training like a true professional!Hugh now has his sights set on the 100K race in the Alps and plans to give it everything he's got!URS

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57:24

Keith Wigley and Tom Joly - UTMB 2024 Preview

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2024/08/08

Send us a Text Message.In this weeks episode I speak to British runners Keith Wigley and Tom Joly about their plans for UTMB at the end of the month.We talk about their friendly rivalry and banter as they train together in Tignes ahead of the greatest trail running show on earth!This is the first episode in a short series leading up to the race, so expect more UTMB related episodes coming soon!URS

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57:09

Ryan Thrower - Western States 100 and Freetrail

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2024/07/18

Send us a Text Message.In this episode of the podcast i speak to one of the founders of FREETRAIL the US trail and ultrarunning media empire.Ryan makes up 1/3 of the Freetrail team along with Dylan Bowman and his wife Harmony.In this chat we talk about Ryan's involvement in the growing business that produces podcasts, short form and long form media projects.As a dedicated trail runner himself, we talk to Ryan about his recent running of WSER, which was an 8 year project for him. We talk about...

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49:20

Sarah Woodley-Williams - Author of How To Survive An...

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2024/07/11

Send us a Text Message.In this episode I speak to Sarah Woodley Williams about her new book for runners, How To Survive An Injury With Ben.Sarah's book is a lighthearted look at how we as runners try to get navigate the doom of an injury. The book highlights the fact that we're all the same when it comes to having to hang up our runners for any length of time due to the dreaded injury.We talk about her own running, representing South Wales at cross country, her ventures into ultramarathons an...

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