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Free Outside — 228 episodes

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The Walkman, The Startup, and Cocodona 250

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Tour du Mont Blanc Recap: Three Countries, One Fox Bite

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An Unsolved Outdoor Mystery

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From Barkley Crew to Professional Trail Runner: Jade Belzberg

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The FKT That Took Bob Stewart 3 Tries to Finish

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Rory Linkletter on the Olympics, Social Media, and the Future of Running

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Sage Canaday on Competition, Content, and the Future of Running

8

The Mental Side of Ultrarunning | Lauren Jones on Failure, Hallucinations, and Hard Things

9

Why Trail Running Can't Stop Fighting Itself: TLDR Dumpster Fire Observations

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40TH PLACE IN THE WORLD, The Midwest McGrady of Running

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The Good Wolf with Yassine Diboun

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Cocodona 250 Was Pure Chaos

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Before Cocodona 250: Nerves, Training, and the PCT Mindset

14

Who Wins, Who Falls, and Who Knows: Cocodona 250 Preview Show Ft. Tara and Allison

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Walker of the Year: The Secret to Having the Most Fun

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Sally McRae on Cocodona, Mindset, and What Actually Matters in Ultras

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Cocodona 250 History: The Stories Beneath the Miles

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What You Become Before the Finish Line

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Go Two More

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Vibe. Grind. Shine. (And Don’t Fall). Carb Maxing to run for Team USA

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Heritage Square Bound: Cocodona 250 Strategy

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Salty Boy Training Camp

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He Trained 9 Miles a Week… Then Became an NCAA Champion. The Eric Jenkins Story

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What Happens When the Record Slips Away, with Liz Derstine

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Appalachian Trail FKT Talk, Cocodona Tactics, and the Year of the Fall

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Brackets Are Cooked. Cocodona Prep Is Heating Up

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Mike McKnight Is Directing a 200 While Racing Five More

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Two Guys, One Bracket: Bracketology for Outdoor March Madness

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Two Larabars, Pepperoni, and 900 Kilometers Unsupported

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10,000 Miles on Foot, Madison Blagden’s Biggest Year Yet

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The Wrong Turn That Shook Running

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From Probation to Podiums - Overcoming

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High Performance Exerciser Jacob Banta

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Jeff Galloway’s Legacy: Olympics, Run Walk Run, Meaning, and “Fill Your Dash”

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Barkley Marathons for Valentines Day

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Barkley Marathons: A Recap with Allison, Map, Compass, Vert, Repeat

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Three Minutes of Chaos: Ski Mountaineering’s Olympic Debut, Explained

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Barkley Marathons Before They Were Famous: With the First Finisher, Frozen Ed Furtaw

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Barkley Marathons 2026: The race explained, and I’m Running It

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From Turkey Trot to Black Canyon: The Madison Liechty Story

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Sub-4 Miler to Black Canyon 100K: The Zach Perrin Story

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White Mountains Stories and a Retreat Invite

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Black Canyon 100k Preview: Burritos, Banked Tracks, and Golden Tickets

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Ben Dhiman: From Sleeping by the River to UTMB

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Consistency Beats Intensity: Action over Noise

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Triple Crown, Double Tahoe, One Jeffrey

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My Mom Got Me a Coach (It Was Hayden Hawks)

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Dylisms and being REALLY REALLY good at Exercising

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Olympians Are Winning Trail Races Now, So What Happens Next?

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Do the Stupid Thing (Why Fun Matters More Than Optimization)

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Make It Make Sense: World Cross Country, Burrito League, and Running Media Losing the Plot

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Before You Set Your Next Big Goal

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FKT of the Year Acceptance Speech

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The Jeffrey Awards: FKTs, Controversy, and Absolute Chaos

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Rebuilding the Jeff Brand: Tights, Treehouses, Technical Chaos, and The Mahoosuc Traverse

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Roadside America With Ordinary Jeff: Prairie Chickens, Hot Dogs, and Teddy Roosevelt

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Ultra Running Then vs Now: Jeff Browning vs Jeff Garmire

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From “Someday” to “Now”: Jeffs of the Appalachian Trail

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Operation Hiking Home: 122 Laps on the Manitou Incline

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Filming While Racing, The Jeff Pelletier Method

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The Jeff Behind Your Running Shoe Reviews

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Barefoot Jeff, The Origin Story of Jeff Mogavero

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Olympics, Community, and Jeffing - The Jeff Galloway Way

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Hot Peppers, Fast Legs, and Crotch Pots

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The Gear That Actually Worked This Year

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The Adventure I Wish I Was Still On: The Great Western Loop

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Above the Plateau

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Purpose, Pardons, and Trail TMZ

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The Ultra Wisdom Episode: Best of the Free Outside Show

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When Everything Feels Loud and Messy

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Do Simple Better: Will Murray on winning Javelina 100

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Adult Cross Country, Halloween Chaos, and Santa Sees Javelina 100

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Will Power: Javelina 100 Recap, Molly Seidel News and the rest of 2025

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Tech on the Trail: The Good, the Bad, and the Data-Obsessed

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When the Goal Is Over, but the Feelings Aren’t

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Javelina Jundred Preview Show Chaos

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Love Letter to the Wasatch: Millwood 100

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Chicago marathon Meets Local News

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Exulansis: When No One Gets It But You

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The SCAR Maker and the AT Record Breaker

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A+ Suffering, B+ Sanity: My Self-Graded Appalachian Trail FKT

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The A-T(eam): How We Actually Pulled Off The Appalachian Trail Record

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Southbound and Stubborn: Unpacking the Appalachian Trail FKT

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[While I Suffer] My Top 5 Hallucinations Ranked

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Homeless by Choice: Redefining My Why

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Inside the Appalachian Trail FKT: Tara Dower’s Record-Breaking Journey [Replay]

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AT FKT Strategy: Why I’m Going Southbound

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The Bitter Truth: World Records, Super Shoes, and Science

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The Gear That Might Break Me Or Break The Appalachian Trail Record

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Vote Jeff Garmire: Against Botulism, For the People, and the Appalachian Trail

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Obsess. Break Yourself. Repeat: Joey Camps on the Art of Suffering

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The Tempo of the Trail: Warren Doyle on History, Hiking, and Heart

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The White Mountains Will Eat Your Shoes: Andrew Drummond on the Direttissima

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The Wonderland Trail: A 90-Mile Crash Course in Backpacking

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Failure, Resilience, and a Record: Raven’s Oregon Coast Trail FKT

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No Home, All Heart: The AT FKT Begins

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John Kelly vs. the Appalachian Trail: Lessons from the Edge

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What Is an FKT? The Rules, Styles, and My Appalachian Trail Attempt Explained with Allison Mercer

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Circle of Hell Champion: Bryce Brooks on Running Through Fire

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Am I ready for an FKT yet? THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL FKT?

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Pro Runners vs Influencers: Who’s Really Shaping Trail Running?

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Live from a Hotel Room: AT Training Camp Diaries

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In Defense of Being a Fan (And Why It’s Not Cringe)

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Appalachian Trail Record Training Camp: Alive From Bangor, Maine

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From Bowhunting to Cocodona 250: Cam Hanes Unfiltered

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Lavaredo, Chasing Courtney, and Hot Takes with Alyssa Clark

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Western States Gets an Award Show: The Westees

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The One Where We Fix Western States (ft. Allison Mercer)

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Big Horn 100: No Pacers, No Headphones, All Delusions, and a Hardrock Qualifier

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Therapist Out of Office, AT FKT Coming Up

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Golden Hour Grit

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What is THE WHY? Of doing hard things...

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Racing (and winning) after Kids with Kate Pallardy

114

I’m Going for the Appalachian Trail Record: Here’s the Plan

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A Cinematic Cocodona 250 Race Recap

116

Trail TMZ: Unbreakable 2 is Broken? Western States Drama & Trail Running Chaos

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From DNF to Done: Coree Woltering's Cocodona 250 Story

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The Cocodona Cult and Trail TMZ

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Board Games and Blisters: Kevin Russ on Cocodona and Creativity

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Cocodona Mom: Running 250 miles with your kids

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Should you run Cocodona 250?

122

Cocodona 250: Hallucinations, Hailstorms, and a Five-Time Finish

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Predicting How Cocodona 250 is Going, while running it. Im going out aggressive

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Cocodona 250 Deep Dive: Strategy, Forecasts, and How to Beat Courtney Dauwalter

125

Cocodona 250 Preview and 100 Men vs. a Gorilla

126

Drew Darby’s Career Glow-Up and how to film Ultramarathons

127

Behind the Yellow Gate: Inside the 2024 Barkley Marathons with Hiker Trash Radio’s Doc

128

From the CDT to Content Creation: The Thru Hikers Tim & Renee’s Outdoor Adventures

129

Arizona Monster Victory and How Pete Mortimer still slept 8 hours

130

Gorge Waterfalls 100k, Course Records, And a Stabbing

131

Calendar Year Triple Crown with Jackrabbit: 8,000 Miles, One Year, Zero Mushroom Knorr

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Mantras, Marathons & the Mental side of Hard Things with Alyssa Clark

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Trail TMZ, Why we need it!

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Voicing the Pain Cave with Chris Worden

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Jeffing Everything: My Evolution from the PCT to Barkley and Cocodona 250

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Fastpacking, Filmmaking, Adventuring, Running and Just Being Chad

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The Barkley Marathons: A Race Like No Other

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I Ran for 12 Hours Straight – Here's What Happened... Training For Cocodona

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Hollywood, Hiking, and Meals - The Trail Goods Co. Story

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Bears, Moose & Mountain Lions—My Wildest Animal Encounters on Trail

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How to train for anything - Including Cocodona 250

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Hallucinations and Storytelling Chaos with Joe "Stringbean" McConaughy

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If You Love Public Lands, It’s Time to Pay Attention

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How to turn down a golden ticket with glitter, ft. Helen Mino Faulkner

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Preparing to thru hike the Calendar Year Triple Crown with Stella

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From the Classroom to the Golden Ticket – Will Murray’s Road to Western States

147

Fueling the Dream: How Kelly Newlon Merges Cooking, Trail Running, and Athlete Representation

148

Should You Sit in a Sauna or Just Run Faster? And other common running questions

149

The Black Canyon 100K Preview: Rivalries, Predictions & Outlandish Advice

150

Trail Magic to Course Records: Grant Barnette’s Evolution

151

The Ultimate Chipotle Showdown: Jamil vs. Kevin

152

2025 Predictions, Hot Takes, and Stories with Ken Seals of The Ultra Minute

153

Sodium Secrets: Sweat Science and Mastering Endurance Nutrition

154

What is a Back Yard Ultra? With Shep

155

California Burning: Wildfires, Climate, and Communities with Pete Deneen

156

Big Bend National Park Adventures, Ultra Training, Backpacking, and My 2025 Plans

157

Ideas - Goals - Plans... and the Appalachian Trail Record

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Hot and Cold: The Science of Heat Training and Cold Plunging For Runners

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Overcoming FKT Tragedy on The Pacific Crest Trail

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The Jeffrey Awards 2024: Highlighting the Best & Worst of Trail Running in 2024

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Lost, Scratched, and Soaked: Backpacking Los Padres

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Manifesting Adventure with Professional Traveler Jeff Jenkins

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1980 vs. 2010: Two Generations of John Muir Trail Adventures with Jeff Hester

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Fast Packing and Filmmaking: Jeff Pelletier's Dual Journey on Trail and Screen

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Bronco Billy Rides: The Story of Jeff Browning’s Ultra Career, Chaffing and All

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Ultra Running, Comedy, and the PCT: Jeffrey Binney’s Life Lessons

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Jeff Colt: Talking Burritos, Golden Tickets, and The White Mountains...with a bit of Trail Running

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Jeff Mogavero, Taylor Swift, Trail Running, and Skiing

169

Gear of the Year - My Ramble on the Best Trail Running, Thru Hiking, and Backpacking items of 2024

170

David Sinclair's JFK 50 Mile Course Record - Performance of the Year? And Breaking News

171

Lessons From The Pros: Fueling, Mindset, and Pushing Limits

172

Breaking Records: Nick Fowler's Arizona Trail FKT

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David Roche and Setting Records with Science and Running Economy

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Dean Karnazes: The Ultramarathon Man

175

From Thru Hiking to Ultrarunning: My Evolution, from the PB And Mountains Podcast

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Tara Dower: And the Art of the Appalachian Trail FKT

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Mastering the Backyard Ultra with Frank Gielen

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What is Wrong with Award Season in Ultrarunning and FKTs?

179

The Unique Atmosphere of Javelina Jundred

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Why People Quit So Much More Now

181

The Journey of a Race Director

182

Capturing the Essence of Trail Running through Photography

183

The Ego Trap: Lessons from recent controversies

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Hypothermia and the PCT Yo-Yo with Jon Shwarze

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Appalachian Trail FKT, The WURL, and Catching up on Records

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2nd Place: Recap of The Grand to Grand Stage Race Recap

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The Benefits of Quitting

188

Questions: The Ones You Asked

189

Allison Powell, and the Divide 200 mile Victory

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How to plan for a stage race: Grand to Grand

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Epically Crewing Divide 200 miler

192

The Best Interview Yet. (It's me)

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FAIL at Wasatch 100, When I couldn't trust my body

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How to Run 100 miles, with Joe Corcione

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How to Taper for an Ultramarathon

196

Ruby Crest Trail Yo-Yo Recap

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Wonderful World of Wag Bags

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Hallucinating in the Philippines, Race Directing, and Trail Running with Aaron Barber

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A Record, Ongoing FKTs, and a Moose while Trail Running

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How to get faster, How to train your body, and How to Get Sponsored

201

Working in the Industry, Carb Revolution, Creating Routes, and Failing at FKTs

202

A Beer Mile, Dropping out of a Race, Olympics, Trump in Bozeman, and a JMT FKT attempt

203

Hitchhiking, The Olympics, and The Lost Princess Anastasia

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Setting the Record on the Oregon Coast Trail and Running Houda Trail with Jameson Collins

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Short and Fast, the Other Side of Trail Running with Morgan Elliot

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Failing Epically at the Tahoe Rim Trail FKT

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Montana Meltdown Race, Scummy, and an FKT attempt upcoming

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Huge News and Mika Thewes! We are talking 200 mile races and a new event

209

Crazy Animal Encounters with Grizzly, Moose, Goats, Coyotes, and Mountain Lions

210

Everything About Outdoor and Backpacking Content Creation and YouTubing with Devin Ashby

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Failing Forward: An FKT Attempt on Costa Rica's Tallest Mountain

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The Calendar Year Triple Crown with Brandon Weis

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How we made a movie? The Free Outside FKT Story

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Trail Runner Shelby Farrell's Epic FKTs: Adventures, Costumes, and Van Life with Cats

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Breaking the JMT Record: My Journey to the Fastest Known Time on the John Muir Trail. Inside FKTs

216

Walk with Cal, Tahoe 200, and Talking Backpacking, Thru Hiking and FKTs with Cal Swartzentruber

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Pedestrianism to The Rise of 200 mile running races, and other long-distance ultramarathons

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Fill Out Your Dash and Talking Balancing Running and Music: Liz Derstine's Story

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Interviewed by a Robot. Thru Hiking, Ultrarunning, Backpacking: Artificial Intelligence interview me

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Cottage Brands in the Outdoors with Lloyd Vogel of Garage Grown Gear

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Pursuit of Happiness: Mental Health Journey with Ultrarunning, FKTs, Thru Hiking, and Trail Running

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Crocs, Eclipses, Trail Running Contracts, Bear Encounters, and thru hiking the Pangea Traverse with Lil Buddha

223

Doping, FKTs, Cocodona, UTMB, Trail Running, and Ugly Rocks in this solocast

224

Setting Guiness World Records Running on the Treadmill with Don Reichelt

225

Hallucinations on the Trails

226

Setting the PCT Record with Nick Fowler, the FKT extraordinaire

227

Recap of the Cocodona 250

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Cocodona Episode: Trail Running, Thru Hiking, and FKTs are all the same