Welcome to Episode 22 of Peak Pursuits, your ultimate podcast for everything trail running in Australia. This week’s episode is hosted by Sim Brick, Vlad Ixel and Jess Jason! The team brings you updates from Vlad and Sim and Jess’ race recap of her win at Hounslow; before diving into a review of all the results from the week including the awesome Aussie team at SkyRunning World Champs!

Start - 59:30 :- Vlad update, nutrition talk, Jess’ race recap and Sim’s race prep.

With the running news light on this week, most of the ep is catching up with the team as we get an update from Vlad after the whirlwind end to his 12 weeks in Europe - with a side tangent all things Bix nutrition and where trail running nutrition is heading in general. Then we get the deep dive from Jess of all the lessons from her triumphant first trail marathon, taking the win at Hounslow Classic against an incredible field of women! There was lessons galore that we get to her just how Jess came out on top of, and the brutal aftermath of her longest race yet. We end this segment with hearing about Sim’s final lead into her next two Golden Trail Series races in the USA on her training stint in Font Romeu.

59:30 - 1:05:45 :- SkyRunning World Champs Brief Recap

We start our results for the week with a rundown of all the Aussie performances at the SkyRunning World Champs in Spain, with some great results across the board from the team in some gnarly and steep terrain! We will be aiming to get

1:05:40 - 1:14:15 :- Aussie Race Results

We then cover a couple of Aussie races that went down over the weekend:

Hownslow Classic: https://www.multisportaustralia.com.au/races/hounslow-classic-2024

Sturt Gorge Trail Run: https://eventstrategies.racetecresults.com/results.aspx?CId=90&RId=553

Kedumba Half Marathon: ttps://tempus.racetecresults.com/results.aspx?CId=16516&RId=391&EId=1&dt=2

Coastal Classic: https://www.racetecresults.com/results.aspx?CId=16253&RId=6242

1:14:15 - End : What’s coming up

Lastly, we do a quick run through of the upcoming trail races around the country and what is coming up for us.

Thanks for tuning in to Peak Pursuits! Connect with us on Instagram @peakpursuits.pod to share your thoughts, questions, and your own trail stories. Until next time, keep hitting the trails and chasing those peak pursuits!

Sim: @theflyingbrick_

Jess: @jess.jason95

Vlad: @vladixel

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