The Home Trails Podcast
Ultrarunning Sam brings you the best of British and global trail and ultra running.
Official Podcast in residence for the Winter Spine Race 2025, The LAP 2025 and 13 VALLEYS 2025
Episodes
187 episodes
SARAH PAGE | 1st Place Spine Challenger South!
Sarah Page is officially here! With her recent 1st place and 3rd overall at Challenger South, Sarah has firmly put her stamp on the Winter race on just her first attempt at Britain's Most Brutal!She finished the race in...
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CHARLOTTE FISHER | Arc Of Attrition 2nd Place!
Podcast favourite - Charlotte Fisher returns for yet another episode!...by this point we've both lost count of how many times!We chat about her experience at this years Arc by UTMB which delivered the aforementioned attrition in bucket f...
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SPINE RACE Review - Sam's DNF and TURA AWARDS Results!
Robin the Running Accountant joins Sam as the cohost on this one. Firstly to quiz him about his Spine Challenger South DNF story......warts n all! Then, we round up all the action from all of this year's Spine races, including an in...
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Cameron Wright | Spine Media Team
I catch up with Cammy for a quick chat before this years races kick off.We chat about changes to how the media team operate over the week of racing. How the weather is affecting the race and what's new from the media coverage.Cam ...
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ALICE KERSHAW | Spine Race 2026 PREVIEW!
In this episode we speak to returning guest Alice Kershaw!Alice is no stranger to the podcast and no stranger to the Spine. Having been on the podium on 4 separate occasions. Including wins at the Sprint and Challenger South.This ...
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JON SHIELD | Spine Sprint North 2026 PREVIEW
In this episode of the podcast we talk to returning guest Jon Shield.Jon talks about the year he's had since he was forced to drop out of Challenger North last winter with a calf injury. He talks about his successes and failures in betwe...
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JACK SCOTT | Spine Challenger South 2026 PREVIEW!
Jack returns to the podcast to talk about Spine South this coming weekend.Jack broke with his tradition of radio silence prior to big races, in favour of a more relaxed approach to media. Is this a new version of Jack? Possib...
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James Gibson | NEW Double Winter Bob Graham Round Record
James returns to the Home Trails podcast to talk about his historic double winter Bob Graham Round record!Running a total of 132 miles, with 54,000 ft of ascent in 42 hours and 56 minutes! Going anticlockwise first, before switching to c...
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TURA 2025 - End of Year Joint Podcast to Discuss This Years Potential Winners!
The Trail and Ultra Running Awards are back agin for 2025!In this joint podcast....Ultrarunning Sam, Kate from RunUltra and Robin The Running Accountant discuss this years potential winners and who did what this year in 2025.We've...
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James Nobles | Spine Race 2026 Preview
SPINE SEASON:James returns to the Home Trails podcast for a third time. This time we talk about his return to the big one!Having dropped out of the full winter race in 2024 with a foot injury, he returned to the race to run the Ch...
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Damian Hall | Spine Race 2026 PREVIEW
Spine Season continues!Damo returns to the Home Trails Podcast. This time to talk about his recent Three Solo project that didn't go 💯 to plan....and his plans to return to it in 2026.We dive into how he feels going into the Spine Sprin...
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Arthur Hill | New Winter Bob Graham Round Record!
In this episode we meet Arthur Hill for the first time.Arthur recently set a new winter BGR record in 14:54, taking 4 minutes off Gavin Dales record from last year! Arthur was helped during his legs by a host of Lake District royalty, in...
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Warren Renkel | From A Running Ending Injury, To Winning Ultra Trail Wales
Non SPINE episode!In this episode I speak to Wozza the running coach. Warren came on the podcast to talk about his amazing recovery from what doctors told him was the end of his running career. Warren defied the odds and ma...
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Lindley Chambers | King Of The Spine Race Kit List!
SPINE SEASON!We continue Spine Season with the return of Lindley Chambers, the king of all things kit list related. Lindley comes on the podcast to discuss everyone's favourite subject...the kit list for the Winter Spine Race...
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Jamie Rutherford | Spine Media Team And Going All In On Photography
SPINE SEASON!In this episode I speak to Jamie Rutherford. Jamie is one of the original OG photographers on the race and has helped to build the storytelling style of the media team. In this episode we talk about his origins a...
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JOHN KELLY | Winter Spine Race 2026 Preview
Welcome to the Home Trails coverage of the 2026 Winter Spine Race!We begin our lead up to this years race with a preview from a familiar face, John Kelly! John returns for the 4th time to Britain's most brutal race! He returns to better ...
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Holly Stables | The Speed Project Film And Correct Coaching For Ultramarathon
In this episode we welcome Holly Stables to the podcast fir the first time!Holly has had a long career, firstly in competitive marathon running, before she transitioned into trail and ultra. We ask the 'Superhero' question and find out w...
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Dan Weller | Wendover Woods 50 + Spine Challenger South 2026 Preview
In this episode of the podcast we speak to Dan Weller. Dan returns to the podcast after previously being on in 2024, when we talked about his wins at the Montane Spine Challenger South and the Pennine Barrier Ultra. This...
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Charlotte Fisher | UTMB Mallorca - 3rd place!
At this point Charlotte is almost a cohost as she returns for her 5th appearance on the Home Trails Podcast!We catch up on what she's been up to since we last spoke about Lakeland 100. We discuss her successful race to 3rd place at Mallo...
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Sam King | 74 Ultramarathons in 74 Days!
https://givestar.io/gs/project-74The link to Sam's challenge is above ⬆️ In this episode I speak to Sam King @fatboysking on instagramSam is currently (at time of writing) 42 days into his challenge to run 74 ultramara...
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Hugh Tibbs - Autumn 100 Winner and New British 100 Mile Trail Record!
In this episode I speak to Hugh Tibbs, about his recent win at the Centurion Running Autumn 100.Not only did Hugh win the race, he also broke the previous course record and set a new British 100 mile trail record!As always, we fin...
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Gary House | How to gamify instagram for ultra runfluencers
Gary speaks to Home Trails about all things ultra running.We talk about his running origin story, his own running successes and how he went from hairdresser, to personal trainer to in-person coach, to instagram stardom.We talk about...
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13 Valleys Ultra 2025 - HOME TRAILS Podcast In Residence!
HOME TRAILS returns for another podcast in residence!This time we head to Keswick in the Lake District to bring you coverage of the Altra 13 Valleys Ultra.We talk to the runners as they prepare to race the 13,7,5 and 2 valley races....
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Tom Evans and Ruth Croft's Nutrition Plans for UTMB with PAUL BOOTH
Nutritionist Paul Booth returns for his 3rd appearance on the Home Trails podcast.This time Paul talks about the nutrition plans he successfully made for this years UTMB winners, Tom Evans and Ruth Croft.Paul goes into great detail ...
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