Ep6: Chasing the Snail - Tales from the 2026 Atlas Mountain Race

Episode 6: Chasing the Snail - A report from the 2026 Atlas Mountain RaceIn this episode Mark breaks from the Mental Preparation for Ultra events that has been the theme of this series to have a chat with Richard Hunt and Matthew Franklin who have both come back from the 2026 Atlas Mountain Race. This years edition was an epic edition due to the weather influencing the route and conditions.Even though they were never more than 20km apart on the tracker neither spoke to each other on the race so this conversation starts with them working out where they met on the race.They give a first hand report of the race especially the changes and impact.To hear more conversations from the Ultracycling scene please subscribe to the feed on your preferred podcast platform. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit markgilmour.substack.com