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Kate flies alone this week and chats to Jake Catterall about his incredible “Super Loop” in Chamonix last August. He ran every UTMB race, one after another, and yes that includes PTL. He’s getting married tomorrow and we send him our congratulations and best wishes for a fabulous day. Thanks for tuning in! If you enjoyed this episode, please follow the podcast and leave a quick rating or review; it helps other runners find the show.Listen on Spotify | Apple | YoutubeFor more stories, in-depth gear reviews, and training plans from the world of ultra and trail running, hop over to the RunUltra website. Sign up for free and join one of the largest ultra-running communities PLUS you’ll get discounts on loads of products and services from our lovely partners.If you have any questions, feedback, or a story to share, we’d love to hear from you; join the RunUltra community on WhatsApp. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit runultra.substack.com

We chat to the co-founder of Ultra X, Sam Heward who earlier this year bought the Dragon’s Back Race from Ourea when it folded. We are also joined by Bryony Shircore, who ran the inaugural Dragon’s Fire two day race, which follows the first two days of the full route. Thanks for tuning in! If you enjoyed this episode, please follow the podcast and leave a quick rating or review; it helps other runners find the show.Listen on Spotify | Apple | YoutubeFor more stories, in-depth gear reviews, and training plans from the world of ultra and trail running, hop over to the RunUltra website. Sign up for free and join one of the largest ultra-running communities PLUS you’ll get discounts on loads of products and services from our lovely partners.If you have any questions, feedback, or a story to share, we’d love to hear from you; join the RunUltra community on WhatsApp. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit runultra.substack.com

Robin and Kate have a wonderful conversation with Ant who recently completed the UTMB’s PTL, Petite Trot de Leon. They discuss this incredible race, and the fact there’s relatively little exposure about it in comparison to the rest of the events held during the same week. Antonio describes the team any how they planned and carried out their challenge, including saying a sad goodbye when one of them had to drop. All preceded by Kate and Robin having their usual catch up on news.Ant also wrote a race report about PTL, which you can read here if you’re looking for a serious adventure.Photo credit: Manu BortolottiThanks for tuning in! If you enjoyed this episode, please follow the podcast and leave a quick rating or review; it helps other runners find the show.Listen on Spotify | Apple | YoutubeFor more stories, in-depth gear reviews, and training plans from the world of ultra and trail running, hop over to the RunUltra website. Sign up for free and join one of the largest ultra-running communities PLUS you’ll get discounts on loads of products and services from our lovely partners.If you have any questions, feedback, or a story to share, we’d love to hear from you; join the RunUltra community on WhatsApp. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit runultra.substack.com

We’re back! After various holidays, Robin and Kate start the autumn season with Tom Joly, fresh off his finish at UTMB last weekend. They chat about Tom’s race, his training and lead up to the race. We talk about the other stories around UTMB and look forward to Tom’s plans for 2027.Thanks for tuning in! If you enjoyed this episode, please follow the podcast and leave a quick rating or review; it helps other runners find the show.Listen on Spotify | Apple | YoutubeFor more stories, in-depth gear reviews, and training plans from the world of ultra and trail running, hop over to the RunUltra website. Sign up for free and join one of the largest ultra-running communities PLUS you’ll get discounts on loads of products and services from our lovely partners.If you have any questions, feedback, or a story to share, we’d love to hear from you; join the RunUltra community on WhatsApp. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit runultra.substack.com

A fascinating, funny and genuinely heartfelt conversation with Sophie Woods and photographer Zoe Salt about their extraordinary adventure taking on the full Via Alpina. Sophie became the fastest person ever to complete the 2,018km route from Trieste to Monaco, covering more than 117,000m of elevation across eight countries in just 28 days, 17 hours and 59 minutes. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit runultra.substack.com