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Trail & Ultra Running Podcasts
35 shows and 5,973 episodes sit under Trail & Ultra Running.
Podcasts for trail runners and ultramarathon athletes — race stories, training texture, fueling for hours, the sport's history
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Once the distance gets properly unreasonable, the conversation changes. Pace charts give way to crew logistics, weather, sleep, stomach trouble and the private argument over whether to keep moving. The best listening stays close to that lived mess.
For broader road-running conversation, head up to Running. Coaching & Form concentrates on mechanics and improvement, while Marathon Training is built around the demands of 26.2 miles. Here, the terrain is rougher and the finish line may be another day away.
Voices from inside the sport
The Human Potential Running Series Podcast has a weathered, improvisational feel. It leaves in the tangents and verbal rough edges, speaking as though everyone already understands why trail culture matters. HPRS Podcast - Episode 75: Camille Herron, The Truth is the direct place to hear that voice applied to a named figure in the sport.
Trails, Tales, and Fails - An Ultra Running Podcast is brisker and more openly social: friends swapping practical notes, teasing one another and letting the occasional mishap become part of the story. Within that range are Maverick Jurassic Coast 50K: PBs, cowpats, & kit fails and From Family Life to the Sahara: Taking on Marathon des Sables Together, among others. For something immediately useful, try Ultra Tip Tuesday #6: Train on Terrain That Matches Your Goal Route.
Racing, training and the long view
Running long - A trail and ultra running talk gives race craft plenty of room. 176. CCC Win Breakdown: Strategy, Fueling & The New Smartest Coach for Trail Runner is a technical entry point; 180. Max Keith & Moises Jimenez | Run Less, Live More: Finding Balance as an Athlete widens the frame.
Trail Running Ireland Podcast pairs local racing with coaching and sports-science questions. Start with Ep 130 - Race Director of The Kerry Way Ultra - Eileen Daly - The Joys and Challenges of being a RD! or the bluntly practical Ep 124 - How to Train Muscular Endurance Without Losing Your Aerobic Base. For a stranger endurance spectacle, Marathon & Ultra Running Podcast - With Suman Silwal offers The Barkley Marathons: Deliberately, Brilliantly Insane.
Where to start
Choose Trails, Tales, and Fails - An Ultra Running Podcast for warm race-day company, Running long - A trail and ultra running talk for performance detail, or Trail Running Ireland Podcast when training questions are driving the listen.
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The highest-scoring 60-second moments anywhere in trail & ultra running, one per show.
Drawn from 371 playable clips across 17 shows.
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The newest trail & ultra running clips in the library, one per show — ordered by when the clip was made, not when the episode came out.
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Race director interviews, fueling debates, and championship recaps from the Irish trail and ultra scene.
Deep history of ultrarunning — Barkley origins, legendary figures, and the strange stories behind the sport's early decades.
Panel banter around pacing, DNFs, kit, crew logistics, and the lived reality of preparing for very long efforts.
Race recaps, athlete conversations, and coaching discussions covering the competitive and psychological sides of trail and ultra running.
Unpolished, community-focused conversations about ultra culture, public lands, burnout, and why people keep showing up.
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Covers the nuances between road running and trail/ultra for beginners, and the culture to expect before your first start line.
Race director perspectives, regional championship coverage, and the community texture of trail racing in the British Isles.
Training plans, uphill running principles, and episode-by-episode documentation of preparing for 100-mile and 200-mile efforts.
Detailed biographical and archival episodes on ultrarunning's founders, pioneers, and the mythology behind iconic races like Barkley.
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Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc — a 170km trail race circumnavigating Mont Blanc across France, Italy, and Switzerland, one of the most prestigious ultras in the world.
An unofficial record for completing a specific trail or route as fast as possible, outside of organized race formats.
Withdrawing from a race before the finish line — common in ultra running, where finishing is never guaranteed and course conditions can change rapidly.
An almost-unmarked, 100-mile trail race in Tennessee with no official course map, historically completing fewer than 20 runners since its founding in 1986.
Total elevation climbed over the course of a trail race or training run — a key metric for comparing trail difficulty that flat distance alone cannot capture.
Support roles in ultramarathons — crew members provide aid at designated points, while pacers are permitted to run alongside an athlete in later race stages.