In this episode I speak to Kitty-Leigh Oxley about the Community Traverse!In the wake of the collapse of Ourea Events, Kitty decided that all that training and money spent getting to the start line of The Northern Traverse couldn't go to...

On this episode of the podcast we speak to Dan Holder.Dan completed this years Arctic Spine race, a non-stop 293 mile winter ultramarathon along the Kungsleden Trail in Arctic Sweden.Dan had to contend with -40 degree temps, 40mph...

On the podcast this week we have Jon and Henriette Albon!The power couple for 2026? It seems so! They both decidedly won their respective races at TGC, with Jon battling friend of the show - Josh Wade to a hard fought win. Whilst Henriet...

ULTRA NEWS!This week we had the sad news that Ourea Events had ceased trading. OE host some of the UK's most beloved ultramarathons including; The Northern Traverse, encompassing the Lakes Traverse, Dales Traverse and the Moors Traverse....

In this episode of the Home Trails Podcast we talk to our resident coach, Warren Wrenkel.....Wozza!Subjects on the docket this episode:* The Norwegian Method for training (includes an example for you to try)* VO2max - Is it...

In this episode of the Home Trails Podcast, I'm joined by by James Nobles and Martin from Kelp&Fern to discuss UTS by UTMB.James has been very vocal in his criticism of UTS changing the iconic Snowdonia route last minute, especially ...

Louise returns to the Home Trails podcast for her second appearance. The first was as part of a short format Spine Race preview episode, so we didn't dive too much into her life story. In this episode we go right back to her early d...

Hayley Wilson - Podcast listener and Home Trails WhatsApp group member, joins me for a run down of whats been happening in the sport over the weekend!We chat about the results from the 2 separate golden ticket races that were held over t...

Anna Troup joins the Home Trails Podcast to talk all things Spine Race!Anna has a long history with the race and this year saw her win the women's race in 109 hours, in some epic weather conditions. Anna talks about her preparations (or ...

In this episode I'm joined by Kris Jones!Kris recently won the Arc of Attrition by UTMB 50 and he shares his experience at this years mud-fest!This is Kris's first appearance on the Home Trails Podcast, so we obviously start with ...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...