We’ve all heard the saying, “Ultra running is 90% mental and the rest is in your head”. Addie Bracy a sports and performance phychologist rejoins The Nation to dive deep into this oft-times neglected part of our training...
Trails can be intimidating with varying technical challenges. Four coaches from Sharman Ultra Coaching help us understand these challenges and give us some tips on how to feel more comfortable. Ian Sharman, Liza...
Hillary Allen was on the top of her sport, Skyrunning, when she fell 150 feet off an exposed ridge, breaking two ribs, fracturing her back, ruptuing a ligament in her foot and breaking both wrists. She joins The Nation to discuss the mindset of...
Sometimes we just have to have a light fun episode. We invited Andy Jones-Wilkins to join us on a new type of episode, Spin the Bottle, a randomized vocabulary game. Join us and play along. We referenced AJW’s postmortem episode...
In our second monthly installment of Training Principles, we attack the subject of consistency. Joining us on this episode are some amazing coaches and consistent runners. We chose some running and coaching couples for this episode:...
Eric Clifton was inducted into the American UltraRunning Hall of Fame in 2021. He was the fastest and most dominating 100-mile trail runner in the 1990s. He has amassed more than 60 ultra wins and his win ratio at the 100-mile...
Davy Crockett, the host of the podcast, “Ultrarunning History” joins us to help us understand our community’s history and helps us better understand our tribe’s culture. Davy has run over 100 100-mile finishes since starting in...
Are you new to trail or ultra running? Are you interested in testing the a new distance? Krissy Moehl wrote the book that can help you. We talk with Krissy about her updated second edition of the book and how it can help you become a better...
Are you looking to begin running? Are you having trouble with consistent running? Are you wanting to take your running to a new level? This episode will help. Adam Kimble recommended the James Clear Book, Atomic Habits...
In 2022, we will be doing a monthly episode focused on Training Principles. In this episode, we start with the principle of Quality Training. We have invited four experts to give their take on quality training: Sally McRae: strength training =...