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The Steep Stuff Podcast

James Lauriello

Professional trail runner James Lauriello sits down with some of the most interesting athletes, coaches, adventurers, and personalities in the mountain running world to take an inside look at what drives them and what it really takes to chase greatness in the mountains.With no script and no two conversations quite the same, The Steep Stuff Podcast dives deep into the people, stories, and ideas shaping trail, mountain, and skyrunning. From training and racing to adventure, gear, lifestyle, the highs

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34:33

Courtney Coppinger - Pre Sunapee Scramble (U.S....

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2026/06/04

Send us Fan Mail Two loops can mess with your head in a way a single climb never will, and Mount Sunapee is the perfect example. We sit down with Courtney Coppinger to get specific about what wins a mountain classic style race: how hard to push the first climb, where the real separation happens on lap two, and why the steep grass start is the fastest way to ruin your day if you get greedy. If you love mountain running, trail racing, and short high-intensity climbs with technical descents, thi...

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Aimee Kohler- Pre Sunapee Scramble (U.S. Mountain...

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2026/06/04

Send us Fan Mail The East Coast trail running season flips on fast, and suddenly you’re staring down wet descents, ski-slope climbs, and a start line packed with people who have nothing to lose. We sit down with mountain runner and race director Aimee Kohler right before Sunapee to get practical about how you actually prepare for a short, brutally competitive mountain race when life is already full. She’s coming off injury, rebuilding fitness in a compressed training block, and still managing...

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17:58

Gabby DeAngelis- Pre Sunapee Scramble (U.S. Mountain...

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2026/06/04

Send us Fan Mail That moment when a trail points straight down, the mud is slick, and your brain says “absolutely not” but you go anyway, laughing the whole way. That’s the vibe of our pre-race sit-down with Gabby DeAngelis as Sunapee race week finally arrives, and it’s also a perfect window into why New England trail running hooks so many people. We talk with Gabby about her unconventional path into the sport, from four years of college soccer at Siena to discovering she actually loved trac...

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49:18

Dan Curts - Pre Sunapee Scramble (U.S. Mountain...

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2026/06/04

Send us Fan Mail A neck surgery is not part of any training plan, but it became the center of Dan Curts offseason and the lens for everything that came after. We sit down with Dan ahead of Mount Sunapee to talk about what recovery actually feels like when your body is “cleared” but not fully back, from tightness and numbness to the strange details you never expect. It is an honest look at health, patience, and how quickly confidence can wobble when consistency gets interrupted. From th...

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31:12

Kicking off the La Sportiva Green Mountain & Grandeur...

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2026/05/29

Send us Fan Mail Your backyard peak can be more than a workout, it can be a measuring stick for an entire community. We’re joined by Kelsey Quinn from La Sportiva marketing plus athletes Anton Krupicka, Jason Dorias, and Tom Goth to unpack the La Sportiva Green Mountain and Grandeur Peak Challenge, running May 15 through June 15. The goal is simple and addictive: chase the fastest uphill time, stack the most summits, or just get in the game and let the mountain sharpen you. We get into...

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59:04

The Sub Stack Short Trail News - Episode 4

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2026/05/27

Send us Fan Mail Trail running is getting faster right in front of us, and you can see it in the results: course records dropping, deeper fields showing up everywhere, and athletes crossing over from road and track with zero patience for “easing into” the trails. We sit down with Rachel Temaichek to catch up on a wild personal update from racing in Europe, then zoom out into what’s already shaping the heart of the season across US trail racing, the Golden Trail World Series, the Skyrunner Wor...

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58:04

#181 - Simon Kearns

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2026/05/22

Send us Fan Mail Mount Rainier is not the place where you get to switch your brain off and “just suffer.” The route moves, the glacier breathes, and a boot pack that looked safe two days ago can point straight at a crevasse. That’s why Simon Kearns’ new Mount Rainier round trip on-foot FKT, 3:43:50 car to car, stopped us in our tracks. Simon is an RMI Expeditions mountain guide and a rising name in mountain running and skyrunning, with speed records that include Mount Hood and a recent...

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53:31

#180 - Taylor Stack

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2026/05/21

Send us Fan Mail A muddy mountainside, a deafening wall of fans, and a start line stacked with icons of trail running. Taylor Stack joins us right after Zegama to break down the day he turned a “maybe top 20 is solid” opportunity into a third place podium against one of the deepest Golden Trail World Series fields anywhere. If you’ve ever wondered what it actually feels like to race in Europe’s steep, wet, technical chaos and still finish fast, Taylor gives the clearest picture I’ve heard.&nb...

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25:08

Some Thoughts on Zegama

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2026/05/20

Send us Fan Mail Zegama-Aizkorri in the rain is supposed to slow people down. Instead, it gave us one of the loudest statements of the year, and I needed a solo mic to process it. The course was wet, muddy, and technical enough to punish every mistake, yet the racing still felt electric on both sides of the field. If you follow trail running, mountain running, skyrunning, or the Golden Trail World Series, this is the kind of weekend that reshapes expectations. We have to talk about Tove Alex...

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#179 - Kristina Randrup

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2026/05/16

Send us Fan Mail A pro trail runner who spends her days modeling blue whale populations sounds like a made-up character, but Kristina Randrup is very real and very deep in both worlds. We talk about what it’s actually like to pursue a PhD at the University of Washington while racing ultras for Brooks, and why “computer ecology” can be just as meaningful as fieldwork when the goal is conservation and truth. We get into blue whale recovery and why the numbers look radically different depending...

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90:34

Zegama-Aizkorri Race Companion

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2026/05/14

Send us Fan Mail Zegama-Aizkorri is the race that turns a mountain into a stadium. One steep Basque climb packed with cowbells, one technical day where mud can rewrite the script, and a start list so deep that a “safe” prediction still feels risky. I sit down in person with Steve Taylor to build a true Zegama race companion: equal parts course preview, culture primer, and athlete scouting report for anyone following the Golden Trail World Series. We start with what makes Zegama different. St...

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#178 - Stevie Kremer

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2026/05/12

Send us Fan Mail Stevie Kremer's name is stitched into trail running history, but the part that surprised us most wasn’t the podiums. It was how she built a world-class career without letting running swallow her life whole. Stevie takes us from a childhood split between German roots and growing up in Connecticut to discovering running later than most, then finding her stride in Colorado and accidentally stumbling into the trails that would define her. We talk about the rocket-ship years of s...

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#177 - Kieran Nay

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2026/05/08

Send us Fan Mail He flew across the world, navigated a high-stakes visa process, got sick right before travel, and still walked away with a breakthrough weekend. We’re back with mountain running standout Kieran Nay, fresh off the WMRA World Cup in China, where he delivers a top 15 in the uphill and a top 10 in the Mountain Classic, including the surreal experience of racing on the Great Wall. We talk through what WMRA events feel like on the ground: the organization, the media presence, and ...

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#176 - David Norris

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2026/05/05

Send us Fan Mail David Norris is stacking proof-of-fitness in the most honest way possible: show up early, race hard, learn fast. We sit down to catch up right as he rolls out big spring results including a win at Big Alta 50K and a podium at Gorge Waterfalls 50K, all pointing toward a new challenge at Snowdonia 100K. If you’re curious about ultra running progression, trail running strategy, and how a mountain specialist stretches into longer distances without losing speed, this conversation ...

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#175 - Max King

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2026/04/30

Send us Fan Mail Barkley Marathons is famous for suffering, but Max King explains the part most people miss: it’s a puzzle that rewards cooperation as much as fitness. We talk about why he’s drawn to deep-woods, off-trail navigation, how the old-school “tear a page from a hidden book” checkpoints actually make sense, and what it takes to build the kind of year-to-year knowledge that can move you from survival to real progress. If you’ve ever wondered why even elite runners struggle there, Max...

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#174 - Erin Ton

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2026/04/28

Send us Fan Mail She’s calling in from the backcountry of Utah with a Starlink connection, fresh off slot canyons, desert miles, and yet another FKT. Erin Tun is back, and our catch-up quickly turns into a deep look at what it actually takes to move fast in the mountains when the air is thin and the consequences are real. We dig into Erin’s four-month South America push anchored by altitude training in Quito, Ecuador, where repeat climbs and local trail running community support helped set t...

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#173 - Olivia Amber

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2026/04/23

Send us Fan Mail She steps away from competition for years because of serious health issues then returns with a top-five at Transgrancanaria and an audacious Sierra project that looks more like an alpinist’s dream than a runner’s itinerary. Olivia Amber joins us from Bishop, California to talk about building a comeback that’s less about hype and more about durability, curiosity, and doing hard things for the right reasons. We dig into how a Midwest childhood and an All-American Nordic skiing...

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#172 - Marcel Höche

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2026/04/21

Send us Fan Mail A top European trail runner lands in the US, strings together races and workouts across the West, and leaves with a clearer view of what makes American trail running culture feel so alive. We sit down with Marcel Höche, professional athlete for the Adidas Terrex team, right after his spring swing that includes Big Alta and a podium at the Lake Sonoma 50K. Along the way, he breaks down what surprised him most: the speed of the fields, the variety of terrain, and the post-race ...

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9:01

Announcing Our Presenting Sponsor

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2026/04/20

Send us Fan Mail Use code SteepStuff for 20% your cart on Sidas.us Follow James on IG - @jameslauriello Follow the Steep Stuff Podcast on IG - @steepstuff_pod Follow Sidas USA on IG - @sidas_usa

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#171 - Aimee Kohler, Founder & RD of The Running Kind

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2026/04/16

Send us Fan Mail Trail running says it loves the outdoors, but are we willing to change how we race to protect the places we run? I’m joined by Aimee Kohler race director of The Running Kind, a small but fast-growing organization putting on carbon-neutral trail races across Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and upstate New York, including the brutally steep Climate For Climate in the Catskills. We talk about why the Northeast is still underrated for mountain running, and why “smaller mountains” can d...

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