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PODCAST

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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47:22

ULTRA NEWS | Barkley Marathons, Black Canyons and...

The Home Trails Podcast ·

2026/02/16

Get in touch with Ultrarunning Sam here ⬅️ Hayley Wilson - Podcast listener and Home Trails WhatsApp group member, joins me for a run down of whats been happening in the sport over the weekend! We chat about the results from the 2 separate golden ticket races that were held over the weekend - Black Canyons 100/50k held in the USA and Tarawera 100k held simultaneously down under in New Zealand. Multiple golden tickets were up for grabs in each of the races, so we chat about who won what. Obvio...

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58:27

ANNA TROUP | Spine Race 2026 Winner!

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2026/02/09

Get in touch with Ultrarunning Sam here ⬅️ Anna Troup joins the Home Trails Podcast to talk all things Spine Race! Anna has a long history with the race and this year saw her win the women's race in 109 hours, in some epic weather conditions. Anna talks about her preparations (or lack of) going into this race. Off the back of winning the summer edition of the race, Anna yet again had to deal with reoccurring issues with stress fractures that almost put her out of the race. We dive into the on...

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66:57

KRIS JONES | Arc 50 Winner

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2026/02/07

Get in touch with Ultrarunning Sam here ⬅️ In this episode I'm joined by Kris Jones! Kris recently won the Arc of Attrition by UTMB 50 and he shares his experience at this years mud-fest! This is Kris's first appearance on the Home Trails Podcast, so we obviously start with the obligatory Superhero Question. Kris comes from a background that combines world class orienteering with world class track and road running. Which clearly is the perfect combination, because he seems to win and set cour...

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62:39

SARAH PAGE | 1st Place Spine Challenger South!

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2026/01/31

Get in touch with Ultrarunning Sam here ⬅️ Sarah Page is officially here! With her recent 1st place and 3rd overall at Challenger South, Sarah has firmly put her stamp on the Winter race on just her first attempt at Britain's Most Brutal! She finished the race in 29 hours and 3 minutes, to put her on the overall podium in 3rd and take the win in the women's race. Unfortunately due to the bad weather diversions, this time doesn't count as a new course record. But we all know what t...

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44:32

CHARLOTTE FISHER | Arc Of Attrition 2nd Place!

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2026/01/26

Get in touch with Ultrarunning Sam here ⬅️ Podcast favourite - Charlotte Fisher returns for yet another episode!...by this point we've both lost count of how many times! We chat about her experience at this years Arc by UTMB which delivered the aforementioned attrition in bucket fulls! With a DNF rate of over 60% this wasn't a race for the fainthearted. But Charlotte battled her way to a strong 2nd place. We talk about her storming away from the pack, before a fall in wet conditions ultimatel...

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87:24

SPINE RACE Review - Sam's DNF and TURA AWARDS Results!

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2026/01/20

Get in touch with Ultrarunning Sam here ⬅️ Robin the Running Accountant joins Sam as the cohost on this one. Firstly to quiz him about his Spine Challenger South DNF story......warts n all! Then, we round up all the action from all of this year's Spine races, including an in depth conversation about Jon and Damo holding hands during the Sprint North. Just how bad the conditions were for everyone. The outstanding performances from all races and how Double Deckers don't qualify as race nu...

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Cameron Wright | Spine Media Team

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2026/01/09

Get in touch with Ultrarunning Sam here ⬅️ I catch up with Cammy for a quick chat before this years races kick off. We chat about changes to how the media team operate over the week of racing. How the weather is affecting the race and what's new from the media coverage. Cam is obviously very busy manning the helm of the media team this year, since Will Roberts is absent for 2026. But we managed to have a chin wag about my favourite race none the less! HT @ultrarunning_sam @hometrails_ http:...

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61:01

ALICE KERSHAW | Spine Race 2026 PREVIEW!

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2026/01/08

Get in touch with Ultrarunning Sam here ⬅️ In this episode we speak to returning guest Alice Kershaw! Alice is no stranger to the podcast and no stranger to the Spine. Having been on the podium on 4 separate occasions. Including wins at the Sprint and Challenger South. This time Alice is taking on the full winter Spine and for those of us in the know, she is tipped to do really well. She talks about her new approach to racing which includes the wise guidance from non other than Damian Hall hi...

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61:40

JON SHIELD | Spine Sprint North 2026 PREVIEW

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2026/01/06

Get in touch with Ultrarunning Sam here ⬅️ In this episode of the podcast we talk to returning guest Jon Shield. Jon talks about the year he's had since he was forced to drop out of Challenger North last winter with a calf injury. He talks about his successes and failures in between and how he now feels ready to put down a strong performance at the Sprint North race next week. Obviously, Jon quite rightly called me out on my comment during my interview with Damo where I may or may not, have s...

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60:51

JACK SCOTT | Spine Challenger South 2026 PREVIEW!

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2026/01/05

Get in touch with Ultrarunning Sam here ⬅️ Jack returns to the podcast to talk about Spine South this coming weekend. Jack broke with his tradition of radio silence prior to big races, in favour of a more relaxed approach to media. Is this a new version of Jack? Possibly so it seems...... Jack previously stayed away from the media prior to the Spine to stay in his zone mentally. But now Jack is a bit older and a bit wiser its seems and has learned to switch off his mental game prior to ...

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50:28

James Gibson | NEW Double Winter Bob Graham Round Record

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2025/12/31

Get in touch with Ultrarunning Sam here ⬅️ James returns to the Home Trails podcast to talk about his historic double winter Bob Graham Round record! Running a total of 132 miles, with 54,000 ft of ascent in 42 hours and 56 minutes! Going anticlockwise first, before switching to clockwise for the second round. This betters the previous time set by Caspian James, by nearly an hour. In the podcast, we talk about his approach to training for, and completing a feat that has never been accomplishe...

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67:50

TURA 2025 - End of Year Joint Podcast to Discuss This...

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2025/12/27

Get in touch with Ultrarunning Sam here ⬅️ The Trail and Ultra Running Awards are back agin for 2025! In this joint podcast....Ultrarunning Sam, Kate from RunUltra and Robin The Running Accountant discuss this years potential winners and who did what this year in 2025. We've simplified the voting this year so there's no option to pick from a list, the choice is yours and the winner of each award is the one with the most votes....Simples. So follow the link to vote and be in with a chance to w...

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47:03

James Nobles | Spine Race 2026 Preview

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2025/12/24

Get in touch with Ultrarunning Sam here ⬅️ SPINE SEASON: James returns to the Home Trails podcast for a third time. This time we talk about his return to the big one! Having dropped out of the full winter race in 2024 with a foot injury, he returned to the race to run the Challenger South with his dad in the epic conditions we saw in January. This time, back to full health he's on the start line for the full deal again. In this episode we talk about his learnings from the year his foot ...

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62:33

Damian Hall | Spine Race 2026 PREVIEW

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2025/12/19

Get in touch with Ultrarunning Sam here ⬅️ Spine Season continues! Damo returns to the Home Trails Podcast. This time to talk about his recent Three Solo project that didn't go 💯 to plan....and his plans to return to it in 2026. We dive into how he feels going into the Spine Sprint North race in January, a break from his norm of doing the full race. We talk about the level of FOMO he will be having come January 10th weekend and we talk about his hopes of bettering his time from the test run

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56:32

Arthur Hill | New Winter Bob Graham Round Record!

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2025/12/14

Get in touch with Ultrarunning Sam here ⬅️ In this episode we meet Arthur Hill for the first time. Arthur recently set a new winter BGR record in 14:54, taking 4 minutes off Gavin Dales record from last year! Arthur was helped during his legs by a host of Lake District royalty, including Kim Collison, Beth Pascal and of course Gavin Dale himself. In our chat we talk about his route into fell running in his early 20's, his obsession with the Bob and his training leading up to this round. Arthu...

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Warren Renkel | From A Running Ending Injury, To...

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2025/12/12

Get in touch with Ultrarunning Sam here ⬅️ Non SPINE episode! In this episode I speak to Wozza the running coach. Warren came on the podcast to talk about his amazing recovery from what doctors told him was the end of his running career. Warren defied the odds and made a full recovery, to the point that he started racing again and won the Ultra Trails Wales 50 mile ultramarathon. But before we even got onto the subject of his injury, I quizzed him about his coaching style and some of the mis...

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106:17

Lindley Chambers | King Of The Spine Race Kit List!

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2025/12/11

Get in touch with Ultrarunning Sam here ⬅️ SPINE SEASON! We continue Spine Season with the return of Lindley Chambers, the king of all things kit list related. Lindley comes on the podcast to discuss everyone's favourite subject...the kit list for the Winter Spine Race. In this episode we discuss the recent changes to the list, controversial items being added/removed and the reasons for it. We discuss the changes to navigation equipment, mapping and checkpoints. We also talk about...

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60:16

Jamie Rutherford | Spine Media Team And Going All In...

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2025/12/08

Get in touch with Ultrarunning Sam here ⬅️ SPINE SEASON! In this episode I speak to Jamie Rutherford. Jamie is one of the original OG photographers on the race and has helped to build the storytelling style of the media team. In this episode we talk about his origins as a runner and as a photographer. We talk about his first ventures into race photography and how he was in the right place at the right time to earn his spot on the media team at the race. We also talk about his recent dec...

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JOHN KELLY | Winter Spine Race 2026 Preview

The Home Trails Podcast ·

2025/12/04

Get in touch with Ultrarunning Sam here ⬅️ Welcome to the Home Trails coverage of the 2026 Winter Spine Race! We begin our lead up to this years race with a preview from a familiar face, John Kelly! John returns for the 4th time to Britain's most brutal race! He returns to better his race from last year when he was suffering with an attack of the sleep monsters on the first night of the race. John talks about this issue and his approach for this years race, which includes a home made 'altitud...

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79:54

Holly Stables | The Speed Project Film And Correct...

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2025/11/26

Get in touch with Ultrarunning Sam here ⬅️ In this episode we welcome Holly Stables to the podcast fir the first time! Holly has had a long career, firstly in competitive marathon running, before she transitioned into trail and ultra. We ask the 'Superhero' question and find out where it all began and where she is now. Holly talks about the evolution f her training and approaches to feeling and strength. We dive into some of the races that she's won and CR'd over the years. Finally, we talk a...

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