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Borderlands Trail and Ultra Running — 311 episodes
Karl Meltzer | Speedgoat, UTMB, and Trail Running’s Boom
Harvey Lewis | The Mind Behind the Ultras
Harvey Lewis | The Man Behind the Ultras
Ciele Athletics and the Rise of Running Culture
Satisfy x Adidas: Who Won the Circle Pit Backlash?
Western States 2026 Analysis | 10 Things I Couldn't Stop Thinking About
Trail Running Culture Doesn't Scale | Bob Crowley's Response
Western States Wants to Protect, UTMB Wants to Grow
Why Western States is America's Most Important Race | More than a Run
Why Trail Running Hides Competition
What Happens When Running Becomes Your Job? | Jacob Puzey
The Race That Makes Trail Running Real
What SATISFY Reveals About Trail Running
Can Trail Running Stay Human?
Can Trail Running Handle Growth?
Why Ultrarunners Keep Going When Their Body Says Stop | Matt Johnson
How People Become Ultrarunners (No Clear Path)
The Problem With Professional Trail and Ultra Running
Why Running Changes You (It’s Not Just Fitness) with Raz Rauf
A Risk Most Running Brands Wouldn’t Take
Ultra Running Exposes Who You Really Are (wtih Mike Kratzer)
Why People Run 100 Miles (with Billy Yang)
Why Trail Running Feels Like Skateboarding but Isn't
How Do You Rebuild a Life? Tommie Runz on Sobriety, Loss, and Running
Is Ultrarunning Losing Its Charm?
Is Ultrarunning Changing? Dirtbag Culture vs Luxury Running Brands
44 Running Shoes Tested Over 6,000 Miles | Honest Verdicts
10 Things I Love About Trail Running Right Now (Spring 2026)
How Ciele Athletics Built a Running Movement
What It Takes to Break Records in Ultrarunning
Ultra Running Nutrition: An Elite Coach Reframes Fueling
Balancing Training, Work, and Ultrarunning at the Elite Level
Francesco Puppi | Black Canyon and Running in America
Trail Running Culture: Alex Zono on Dirtbag Ultras and Design
Why Running Is Becoming Part of Fashion Culture
Running Industry: Why Trail Runners Should Be Paying Attention
Ultra Running Influencers: The Love–Hate Reality
How Laz Lake Changed (and Preserves) Ultrarunning
Inside the Barkley Marathons with Laz Lake
What Barkley Marathons Reveals About Ultrarunning
Ultra Running with Dean Karnazes: Simplicity, Letterman and Legacy
Scott Jurek | Has Ultra Running Become Too Polished?
The Speed Project: The Underground Race Changing Running
The End of the Beginning for Borderlands Trail Running
300 Miles at 22 Weeks Pregnant: Allie Gibbons' Speed Project Atacama Story
For DIE HARD Trail Running Shoe Fans
Trail Runner-ish, Light the World through Running, & The Next Great French Running Brand
Was I Right About SATISFY? Aravaipa? | a Recap of 2025 Predictions
Running Recovery Slides & The Big Lebowski w/ Inky Steve
Endurance is Punk Rock with Mike Herrera of MxPx
What Happens When You Stop Using Strava?
Who is the Alex Honnold of Trail Running? with James Lauriello.
Ryan Becker on the Changing Landscape of Pro Running
Mount to Coast: Inside the Trail Running Shoe Brand
Running Gave Ian Morgan Life, Took It Away, and Gave it Back Again
40,000 Kids in East African Run Clubs
Growing the Heart of Trail Running | Borderlands Family Meeting
Jason Schlarb, Elite Runner and Norda Team Manager
Rocky Raccoon 100 | Where Roots Come Alive [trail icons: Texas]
Caleb Bowen & Javelina Jundred | Revenge After a 14:20 Finish Last Year
Careth Arnold & Javelina Jundred | 2025 Wins at TDS, Twisted Fork, and Hurricane 100k
Sage Canaday & Javelina Jundred | Two Ultrarunning Legends
Can You Beat Mount to Coast H1s for the Price?
What did Hans Troyer Say? Matt Johnson, Ultrarunning Hallucinations, Lesser Knowns, + More | Hyperlyte Hotline
From Scrubbing Toilets to Running Ultras: Biel
Taking Nolan's 14 FKT Back from Francois D'Haene
Running Insight from Matt Johnson, Dylan Bowman, and Candice Burt
Patrick Stangbye talks Portal, Big Mountain Running, and Beating Zach Miller's Split
Finish in a Good Place | UNNA and the Heart of Running
Elite Ultrarunning Nutritionist Shares Race-Winning Secrets
TheROCKER by Satisfy is Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas
For the Trail Running Geeks Out There | Pro & Lesser Knowns | + Listener calls
theMAMMOTH 200 + Jimmy Elam, the Chico State Legend
The Unbelievable Winning Streak of Rachel Entrekin | theMAMMOTH 200
Max Jolliffe on theMAMMOTH 200, Satisfy Running Team, and more.
Tim Tollefson + Hilary Yang | theMAMMOTH 200
Taylor Spike | Long Trail Running Veteran
Joe Corcione | The Power of Belief: Achieving the Impossible in Ultra Running
Bandera | No Whiners, Wimps, or Wusses [trail icons: Texas]
This Week in Trail Running
Dead Last at Wasatch 100
Managing Sleep, Nutrition, + Overcoming Alcohol Addiction | Abraham Bejil + Edgar Lazoya
Doug Mayer | Tor des Géants, Run the Alps, + the Race that Changed Running
Mike Kratzer + Tom Reynolds | Two souls of endurance running UTMB and The Speed Project
Emily Hawgood | UTMB 2025
Dan Green | UTMB 2025 [CCC]
Hannah Allgood | UTMB 2025 [OCC]
Jason Schlarb | UTMB 2025
Abel Recknold | UTMB 2025 [CRAFT team manager]
Lotti Brinks | UTMB 2025 [CCC]
Allison Baca | UTMB 2025 [CCC]
Hayden Hawks | UTMB 2025
Building Mental Strength for Ultrarunning Performance [Full Price Athlete]
2025 UTMB: Deepest Field of All Time? + Leadville 100 Recap
UTMB Addresses Our Travel Fee/Carbon Fee Concerns
Explained: Big Mountain Running Nutrition for 50k to 250 Miles
Wolfie's World, Patrick Stangbye x Zara, UTMB's Carbon Fee Response
Training, Challenges, Setbacks: Countdown to Moab 240 [Full Price Athlete]
UTMB: Great But Facing Critical Challenges | Bad Runners Take
Borderlands Explained | a Brave New Running World
Transformed by Running [Wolfie's World]
The Pacer Debate: Should We Allow Pacers at 100 Milers?
Ultrarunners Pay Full Price, Nothing's Free [Full Price Runner]
The Hardrock 100: A Run not a Race? It's a Race. And a Run. [Bad Runners Take]
What's Special About Hardrock 100? Hyperlyte Hotline, Outrider Running League, Dan Green/Max Jolliffe/Wolfie Run [Bad Runners Take]
Paris Fashion Week + Run Culture - what's the connection? + PFW Recap
Post Game Show: Western States 100 - What Will We Remember About 2025 10 Years from Now?
Who is Going to Win? Pre Western States Race Coverage: Bad Runners Take
Matt Daniels: 10 Minutes with The Nolan Ryan of Trail Running | Pre Western States Commentary
Jeff Browning: 10 Minutes with the Great Bronco Billy | Pre Western States 2025
Ryan Montgomery: 10 Minutes with a Legend in the Making | Pre Western States 2025
Paris Fashion Week is for Runners
Chris Severson: 10 Minutes with a non-elite running Western States | pre Western States
Emily Hawgood: Ten Minutes with Zimbabwe's Finest Ultrarunner | Pre Western States 100
Hans Troyer: 10 Minutes with the Kid himself | Pre Western States 100
Dan Green: 10 Minutes with the Silver Bullet | Pre Western States 100
Hans Troyer/The Kid, WSER Hype, Pure Running at Paris Fashion Week [Bad Runners Take]
Feed Your Running Dream [Wolfie's World]
Is Norda 001 the Air Max 1 of running? + Mallrats [Inky Steve]
Lydia Oldham | 650km Projecto Portugal, Solo TSP, and How to Savor Big Accomplishments
From 50 Miles to Moab 240 with Kade Wilcox
Made Men vs the Associates, Haves vs Have Nots, Established vs Disruptors, WSER 2025 Narratives [Wolfie's World]
Will Western States Records Fall in 2025? [States Debates]
[Bad Runners Take] Max Jolliffe/Trail Earnhardt, BPN's Backyard, a Dirtbag Race, WSER Hype
[Wolfie's World] Present Challenges Create Your Future Self
Lindsay Dakota | Founder of Naked Sports Innovations
Speedland, Vans, + High Fidelity: Trail Running Shoes x Sneaker Culture
Fair vs Just, the Purpose of Discipline, and Legendary DQs [Wolfie's World]
Made Men vs. Associates: Western States 100 2025
[WEEKEND EDITION] Hayden Hawks is out of WSER. Why? What about UTMB? [Wolfie's World]
The Race Director Hustle: what do they do?
What is the Ultimate Why? [Wolfie's World]
THE 100 MILE DISRUPTOR: Bad Runners Take
Born to Run author, Chris McDougall - Caballo Blanco, Barefoot Ted, and the Rest of the Gang.
Wolfie's World: Pressure of Racing, Gym Bro Ultrarunners, + Balancing Ego
Bad Runners Take - Cocodona 250 Coverage, Hardrock Gatekeeping, WSER: Mademen vs. the Rest
10 Ultramarathons I want to Run RIGHT NOW
Karl Speedgoat Meltzer Joins the STATES DEBATES: Nike vs. Hoka
Big Mountain Trail Running Shoes: Arc'Teryx, La Sportiva, Rossignol
Cocodona Rivalry: Finn Melanson vs Max Jolliffe [Wolfie's World x Bad Runners Take]
DFL Before DNF, How to Keep Going, Zion 100 miler
Facing Darkness: The Psychology of Ultrarunning + the Goggins Effect [Wolfie's World]
English Ultrarunning with Inky Steve
[Soar Running] Serendipity in Running + Design
Trail Running is Supposed to Be Messy [Wolfie's World]
Running, Self-Actualization, & Toxic Masculinity
Pre-Race Nutrition for Ultramarathons
Preparing to Run Further than Ever (+ the price)
Every Runner's Journey is Valid and Inspiring [Wolfie's World]
Trail Running for All: Past the Gates, Into the Wild
From Baseball to Ultrarunning, Maurten Sponsors Hardrock [Wolfie's World]
Bad Takes on Trail Running Current Events: Cam Hanes + Courtney, Max to BPN, AZ Monster vs Cocodona
Borderlands: 3 Year Anniversary
Chianti: the Race We Wanted + Needed [Wolfie's World]
The Running Shoe Revolution You May Not Know About
Is Jurek or Walmsley the Male GOAT of WSER? AJW + Wolfie: STATES DEBATES 2.0.
Nike Trail Running: the Big Bad Wolf or Best of the Best?
Buy/Sell: David Roche, Portal, the Speed Project, Self-Expression in Nutrition, Walmsley x UTMB
What are the Effects of Marijuana + Alcohol on Running?
Reflections on the First 'States Debate' [Wolfie's World]
Wind + Fire at Oklahoma Ultra, French Ultra Kit Requirements, & Training for 100+ Milers
Is Western States Vulnerable to a New Premier American Trail Race? [States Debates]
Training, Recovery, Nutrition, and Hydration: Trail Runner Juggling [Wolfie's World]
How Many TRAIL RUNNERS Are There?
How to Actually Finish an Ultra Marathon
JIM WALMSLEY IS BACK [Wolfie's World *911*]
[Wolfie’s World] The Greatest Era of Running | Running as Performance Art
The Heart of Trail Running [Vision Update]
FIVE Mobile Apps for Runners (not Called STRAVA)
[Wolfie’s World] Running Gear: Performance or Persona?
The Trail Running League is Happening
Running Nutrition: What you ACTUALLY need
[Wolfie’s World] Failure at Jackpot 100
[Wolfie's World] Are We Overthinking Running? + the Joy of Crewing
Altra and Topo Athletic: Wildly Similar/Different Shoes
Nutrition Myths for Ultra Runners
Has Western States Peaked as the Premier American Ultramarathon? [Wolfie's World]
Impressions of Norda: Obsessed with Excellence and Hospitality
Fast Nutrition Tips for Ultra Runners with Elite Runner and Nutritionist
Wolfie's World | No Prize Money for Golden Tickets? + Black Canyon 100k Preview
New Trail Running League + Angermund Reaction | Bad Runners Take
Billy Yang | An Interview with the Best Running Filmmaker
[Wolfie's World] 'Clean Sport' is an Illusion in Trail Running.
Mike Kratzer Runs Paris, solo TPS, Fashion Week + Running...why?
Increase Race Entry Fees, Swag Bags, Belt Buckles, + Listener Calls
[Wolfie's World] Running Discipline is Freedom, about Taylor Spike - a Trail Testimony
How to Keep Running When You Want to Quit, Late Race Survival.
Are We Paying too Much for Ultramarathons? How Did Laz Lake Become an Icon? Listener Calls.
[Wolfie's World] Why Trail Runner of the Year Misses the Mark.
Training for Success in Your A Race: Strategies for Ultra Races
Why Print Media is Making a Comeback with Simon Freeman, Like the Wind Magazine
[Wolfie's World] Why Satisfy's Response to Nike was Uninspiring.
2025 Buy/Sell: Satisfy Running, Cocodona 250, Ketones, Nike, UTMB, Here for the Women's Race: Bad Runners Take
Rethinking the Running Community (and why it matters): the Future of Borderlands
Trail Running Brotherhood: Wolfie's World
Best Trail Running Shoes and a peek at 2025
Think Speed to Run Faster: Wolfie's World
Jasmin Paris at Barkley Marathons, no name UTMB winner, Cirque Series, and Sörmlands
The Secret to Ultra Running: Unshakeable Confidence [Wolfie's World]
Trail Shoe Therapy, help me (and you) find the right shoe
Steve Prefontaine meets Anthony Bourdain: Wolfie's World of Running
Community over Competition, Self-expression over Performance, Training over Racing
Why We Run: The Misunderstood Motivations of Trail Runners
Unlocking the Secrets of Speed & Endurance Training with Floris Gierman
Why Trail Running is the Ultimate Holiday Escape
Why the Trail Running Shoe Industry Is Exploding Right Now
The Unexpected Joy of Urban Running
The Problem with Ambassador Culture in the Running Community: BAD RUNNERS TAKE
Storytelling in Running with Matt Trappe
BAD RUNNERS TAKE: Breaking Down DNF Culture: Why We Need to Celebrate Our Miles.
Music Inspired by Trail Running Suffering
[MUSIC] Suffering and surviving an ultratrail race, EPISODE 100
HOKA Revolution: How a Brand Changed Trail Running Forever
200-Milers: the New Frontier or a Distraction?
The Best Races Under 10 miles: Cirque Series founder Julian Carr
Two running empires, Adidas vs Puma. The famliy feud + the current trail shoe portfolio.
Matt Johnson's Run Across Texas + Sally McRae's Mammoth Project
Billy Yang's Question, Javalina Jundred's HEAT, How do We Build Bigger Hype for Golden Tickets?
The New Satisfy Running Shoe, Jean-Marc Djian, and Desert Ultrarunning
Do I Have Trail Running Credibility?
Why Brooks Running Shoes Still Fly Under the Radar
The 215 Mile "Race Across Scotland"
Golden Trail World Series Explained: The Trail Running Competition I Missed
Running Into Midlife: Nico's First Ultra at 52 and emotions running on former East German land.
Trail Running’s Most Underrated Brand Right Now | The North Face
How to Finish Leadville 100: Belief + Disbelief at Altitude
It's Javelina Jundred Season. the Burningman of Ultra Trail Running
Finding Peace of Mind in Ultrarunning with War Photographer Jacob Zockerman
Why Can't We Compare Courtney + Katie? Who is the GOAT? Where Did All the Rock Stars Go? Bad Runners Take.
Trail Running Gear: Salomon’s Legacy and Evolution
Where is the Trail Running Capital of North America?
The only running brand I see in Copenhagen? with SAYSKY Founder Lars Pedersen
Why Didn’t the Salt Lake foothills have a proper ultra?
What Happened to Leadville 100, Badwater 135, + Dean Karnazes? Remember the Titans.
Is Wasatch 100 the Best 100 Miler in the World? Did UTMB live up to the hype? 3 more things that inspire me.
UTMB Week 2024 • Is Trail Running ready for super fandom? UTMB doubled prize money; is that enough? Bad Runners Take.
A flow state not available to trail runners with Jacob Puzey
What do Race Directors do? The Jonas Vingagaard of Trail. The Spirit of Running transcends Borders.
Is there room for more trail runners? with Randi Zuckerberg
The Myth of Trail Running, the Origin of the 'DNF Before DNF' documentary, and How to Keep Going When the Finish Line is Torn Down.
Is Borderlands Improving Trail Running? What is Believe in the Run doing at Ultratrail Events?
Is West Coast or East Coast Trail Running better? The Hellbender 100 with MidPacker Pod's Troy Meadows
Is Buffalo 100 one of the great American Ultramarathons? with Ben Sorenson
Bad Runners Take | Can the Trail Running Industry Afford to Sponsor Athletes? Did Hayden Hawks Say the Right Thing?
How to finish 100 miles. Trail Grit Serial Podcast 4 of 4
A Wise Runner has many Counselors. Trail Grit Serial Podcast 3 of 4
Bad Runner's Take: Is the trail running too young to be a spectator sport? Is a profitable volunteer-ran race the way to go?
Why Do I Find Hope in Ultra Running? Trail Grit Serial Podcast 2 of 4
How Do I Go From DNFs to Belt Buckles? Trail Grit Serial Podcast 1 of 4
the life of PATH Projects with co-founders Brian and Scott
A Bad Runners Take | UTMB + Gary Robbins, Hardrock storylines, death in the family
Japanese take on American Trail, 100 Miles 100 Times, Caveman Instincts
A Bad Runner's Take on Western States | American River Baptism, Doing the Expected, the Problem with Golden Hour
Go Run with Me + Scott Hickenlooper + the Hurt 100
Western States is For Midpackers
Why does Mammoth Trailfest Sell Out
Only Three Finishers at Devil's Gulch 100
Ultramarathon Suffering on Video
The Brutal Last Mile of High Lonesome 100
Scout Mountain is the Best Community in Ultrarunning
A Heritage American Ultra Race | Palo Duro Trail Run
A Hurricane at Mozart 100 2024
Marathon des Sables with Meghan Hicks of iRunFar
Emma's Race Looked Over at Mile 74, She Finished
The Fastest Growing Non-UTMB Ultra in Europe, The Sormlands 100
The Surprising Beauty of the No Business 100 Miler
Zion Ultras is the Greatest Desert Race in the World
The flat and fast YETI 100 w Jason Atnip
Cheese and meat UTMB Aid Stations
Cocadona Race + Course intel with Joe Corcione
Death March Run Co is killing it right now.
Tailwind Nutrition is nourishing runners all over the world
Satisfy Running Co-founder, Brice Partouche
Speedland Co-founder, Dave Dombrow
Shit in the Woods captures the best Ultrarunning Moments
I just finished a 100 miler after DNFing 8 times.
100 Mile Race Day, Aid Station, + Nutrition Strategies
Enduring Hard Races: Lessons from Late Race Survivors
Willie Nelson’s Harmonica Player, Mickey Raphael
Final Prep for Zion 100 Miler
Mental Performance Tips for 100 Milers
MxPx frontman on Endurance + Life | Mike Herrera
028 • Ultrarunning Grandslammers | Landy + Kaden Coleman
027 • Casey Brady | How to know your body is ok to keep going mid-race
026 • Devon Yanko | 6 Days in the Desert going FURTHER
025 • Jameel Gaskins | First Time Trail Runner
024 • Chris McDougall | Born to Run author
023 • Alex Horn | Evolutionary Biologist + C17 Pilot + DoD + Ultrarunner
Ryan Mansell | Army Special Forces and Ultrarunner
021 • Philip Speer | Comedor Restaurant + Comedor Run Club
Hal Koerner Inspired a Generation of Trail Runners
Break through the Deep Desire to Quit MidRace
Quitting Cannot Be an Option in An Ultra
206 consecutive 100+ mile weeks and you can too.
The Intersection of Reading and Running: Insights from Colby Sharp
From Pro Tennis Player to Ultra Runner with Alex Mueller
Ultrarunning + Skateboarding + Hot Sauce with Brian Ambs
Be a specialist at running 200 milers with Michael McKnight
Michael Versteeg on Satisfy, Saddles, + Cocadona
Surviving the Grindstone 100 Miler with Troy Meadows
How did Tommy Green Run Across Utah (and why?!)?
TaMar's Tips on Running Mechanics
Candice Burt's Tips on Surving Long Endurance Runs
"I got 976th place, I told you I'm the best" with hybrid ultramarathoner Matthew Johnson
Elite Runner's Advice on Pushing Through Ultramarathons with Anthony Costales
Survivng the Wasatch 100 & Bear 100 Ultramarathons back to back
100 Mile Ultramarathon Nutrition Tips
Dylan Bowman's Advice for 100 Milers | Freetrail Co-founder
From DNF to Finish: Insights from Jeremy Cox
How to Survive the Tahoe 200-Mile Trail Race with Elsa Jaworski
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