Ultrarunning News

By: Christian Malmström and Daniel Westergren
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  • We cover everything of interest in ultra-trail, road and track races. With an emphasis on the most prolific and competitive ultrarunning races and records globally.
    2022
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  • Inside Belgium's Backyard Triumph: a discussion with Merijn Geerts, Ivo Steyaert & Frank Gielen.

    Inside Belgium's Backyard Triumph: a discussion with Merijn Geerts, Ivo Steyaert & Frank Gielen.
    Oct 27 2024

    Belgium may be a small country, but once again, it showed the world the strength of its endurance athletes. Merijn Geerts, Ivo Steyaert, and Frank Gielen decided to stop together after 110 yards, sharing a new world record and leading Team Belgium to a resounding victory in the 2024 Backyard Ultra Team World Championships.

    Daniel Westergren spoke with them 35 hours after they finished. Together, they discuss the power of teamwork, the secrets behind Belgium's success, future plans, and much more.

    Photo: Caroline Dupont

    00:00 Introduction to the Belgian Backyard Ultra Champions

    02:11 Post-Race Reflections and Recovery

    03:51 Frank Gielen Joins the Team

    05:52 Secrets to Belgian Success

    09:46 Team Dynamics and Training

    20:28 The Importance of Crew Support

    22:23 Breaking World Records and Team Achievements

    28:09 Pushing Beyond Limits: The Final Hours

    30:18 Running Together vs. Running Alone

    30:39 Adapting to Different Running Partners

    31:14 The Final Hours and Team Dynamics

    33:14 Deciding to Stop at 110 Laps

    34:55 Reflecting on the Team's Decision

    36:54 Celebrating the Victory

    39:20 Anecdotes from the Race

    41:36 The Appeal of Multi-Day Races

    43:40 Lessons Learned from Ultra Running

    46:48 Comparing Backyard Ultra to Six-Day Races

    52:27 Future of Backyard Ultra Records

    58:12 Pressure to Perform at Big's Backyard Ultra

    59:42 Concluding Thoughts and Inspirations
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  • Interview with Aleksandr Sorokin after his 24-hour world record in Verona

    Interview with Aleksandr Sorokin after his 24-hour world record in Verona
    Sep 23 2022

    In this special episode Daniel Westergren talks to Aleksandr Sorokin after his incredible new 24-hour world record, at the European Championship in Verona, Italy. 319.614 km, or 198.599 miles, are numbers that are difficult to comprehend. This 41-year old Lithuanian has started a new chapter in the history of ultrarunning, yet he is a very down to earth person.

    There is also a video version of this interview at https://youtu.be/6L6w3xEHjxA. For a prerace interview with Aleksandr Sorokin, see https://youtu.be/b2GX-gnZ-lU.
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    36 mins
  • Katie Schide & Germain Grangier from Val d'ran, Lootie runs across the world, Joe McConaughy new FKT on John Muir Trail

    Katie Schide & Germain Grangier from Val d'ran, Lootie runs across the world, Joe McConaughy new FKT on John Muir Trail
    Aug 19 2022

    Today we have interviewed the winner from Val d'Ran by UTMB Katie Schide (CDH) and Germain Grangier (VHA) who is one of the power couples of our sport.

    We also have a fresh interview with Lootie who is about to finish her run across the whole world.

    Finally we caught up with Joe McCongaughy (stringbean) who set an impressive unsupported FKT on the John Muir Trail.

    Contact us at info@ultrarunning.news
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    53 mins

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Great format

Fantastically orchestrated podcast made for easy listening, superb questions outside the box makes these podcasts interesting instead of the same questions every other podcast asks which forces the guests share more about themselves and their running. We’ll done you two

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